Dec. i8,4.] NeUMCKGEN &: DVAR. N. A. BOMBYCES. UO 



var. suprema A^c/o//axr/i. 



1885 — Splnngicampabicolor\2^x. suprema Nhl'MfKOEN, Ent.Amer. , Vol.1, p. 94. 



var. imtnaculata Jewett. 



1882 — Adt-locfphala Incolor var. iiiinuuiilnln JiAVixr, Tap., Vol. II, p. 144. 



Primaries ocherous brown, shadino- into dark flesh pink along 

 external and internal margins, nearly covered with strigose slate 

 gray dot-;. Two white discal dots and a diffuse slate gray t. p. 

 band. The rest of the body antl hind wings dark pink except base 

 of secondaries and a median band, which are carmine red. Ex- 

 panse, 45 --50 mm. 



The var. suprema is entirely sordid cinereous instead of pink- 

 ish, secondaries carmine except the outer border. 



The var. immacitlata lacks the dots on the wings. 



Habitat, Mississippi Valley. 



S. quadrilineata Grotc d^ Robinson. 



1867 — .Adcloctp/itila quadrilivcata Gkoie & Robinson, 'IVaiis. Am. Ent. Soc, 



Vol. I. p. II. 

 Closely resembling bicolor but the primaries less covered with 

 strigoe and those that are present more clouded. T. a. and t. p. 

 lines smoky blackish, equally distinct. A faint discal cloud without 

 white dots. Secondaries rose color from base to near margin, but 

 yellowish at the edge. 9 Antennae simple. fLxpanse, 70 mm. 

 Habitat, Mexico. 



S. bisecta Linfncr. 



1879 — .Aniso/a bist'ctn I.I.N' 1 NKK, Can. Ent., Vol. XI, p. lO. 



var. nebulosa Neunuvgen. 



1S90 — Sphingicampa bisecla var. iit-bulosa Nkumgioen, Ent. Anier., Vol. VI, 

 p. 63. 



Ocherous brown. On primaries, a t. a. angulate and t. p. 

 straight oblique well defined purplish black lines, the wing faintly 

 covered with purplish strigae, or almost without them. A faint 

 discal cloud. Secondaries more or less covered by carmine hairs. 

 In the var. nebulosa, the whole fore wing is thickly covered by 

 diffuse smoky black strigae. Expanse, 65 — 70 mm. 



Habitat, Texas. 



S. heiligbrodti Harvey. 



i's,i1 -Anisi'la heiligbrodti H.-\RVKV, Can. Ent., Vol. IX, p. no. 



