132 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Voi. ii. 



Synopsis of species. 

 Hind wings deep yellow. 



Fore wings flesh color or carncous white. 



Abdomen black banded eglanterina 



Black bands obsolete dorsally var. nuttalli. 



Fore wings deep yellow, more or less shaded with light purple. 



Black markings distinct, heavy .... shastaensis. 



];i,ick marks faint or obsolete .... var. denudata. 



Hind wings white, or very pale yellow. 



Terminal black dashes on secondaries ...... hera. 



No terminal bl.ick dashes on secondaries .... var. marcata. 



P. eglanterina Boisduval. 



1852 — Saturnia i-i^lanter'nia BoisnuVAL, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr., (2), Vol. X, p. 323. 

 1S77 — P. Jieia var. arizonensis Sirkckkk, Lep. Roph. et Het., p. 137. 



var. nuttalli Strecker. 



1875 — Fsi-iidohdzis mtllalll '::^IRY.CKKK, Lep. Roph. et Het., p. 107. 



Colored as indicated in the synopsis. Tlie black marks on the 

 wings consist of a basal dash on fore wings, a t. a. and t. p. curved 

 bands, a large rounded discal spot (with or without a narrow white 

 crescent) and terminal wedge-shaped spots on the veins. Expanse, 

 50 — 60 mm. 



Habitat^ from the Rocky Mount, to the Sierra Nev. and Arizona. 

 P. shastsensis Behrcus. 



1880 — P. et^hjiift-i ilia var. shastirusis Bkhrens, No. Am. Ent., Vol. I, p. 62. 



var. denudata JVe//ma'j^e/i. 



iS()i — //. ,[^/aii/f)/iia\av. denmlata Nkumit.GKN, Can. Ent., Vol. XXIH, p. 145. 



Fore wings inn'plish, with a streak of indian yellow between 

 veins 4 and 5, or partly overspread with indian yellow, with black 

 marks as in c^^Iantcrina., or largely suffused by black (from shastien- 

 sis). Or the black marks may become jnilverulent and obscure or 

 largely lost {7'ar. dcnitdata^. 



Habitat.^ Coast region of California to the Sierra Nevada and 

 northward. 

 P. hera Harris. 



1841 — Satiiniia lura IIakkis, Rep. Tns. Mass., p. 2S6. 



1855 — Uiiiiiletica pica Wai.ki'.k, Cat. Brit. Mus., pi. \'I, p. 1318. 



var. marcata Neiima'grn. 



1 891 — Ihiitiltuca hera var. marcata NiiUMOCGiiN, Can. Ent., \'ol. XXIi I, p. 146. 



Wings yellowish white, head, collar, narrow terminal segmentary 

 bands on abdomen antl anal tuft indian yellow. Black marks as 

 in eglanterina or the terminal cuneiform marks of secondaries 

 absent {var. marcafa). Expanse, 55 — 70 mm. 



J/abi/(i/, Rocky Mountain region, Eastern Oregon. 



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