Dkc. 1894-1 NeUMCJEGEN iV- DVAR. X. A. BOMBYCES. lol 



Prinuiries slate gray, the veins broadly lined with red. A basal, 

 discal and outer row of ovate yellow spots. The outer row consists 

 of about seven intervenular spots of varying size, the costal ones 

 largest; sometimes traces of a median lunulate, diffuse, yellow 

 band. Secondaries largely red, yellow at base and centrally along 

 costa, the gray color appearing faintly between the veins toward 

 outer margin. Expanse, 115 — 145 mm. 

 Hii/>ifat, Atlantic States. 



C.sepulchralis Grate 6" Robinson. 



1S65 — Citheroiiia septilchralis Gkotk & Rohinso.n, Proc. Knt. Soc. riiil., 

 Vol. IV, p. 222. 



Even, dark, smoky, purplish brown; basal half of secondaries 

 pinkish. On both wings obscure discal spots and outer waved, 

 darker, smoky band. Antenna; testaceous. E.xpanse, 75 — So mm. 



Habitat, Southern States. 



Genus Basilona Boisduval. 

 1S68 — Basilona BoiSDUVAL, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr. (4), Vol. VIII, p. 317. 

 Synopsis of races. 



Ground color yellow. 



Wing sparsely covered with blackish brown strigose dots . imperialis. 



Wing heavily dovered with such dots . . , v.ir. punctatissima. 

 Ground color deep russet ....... ^''i(' nobillS. 



B. imperialis Dniry. 



I-J-J2 — A (taciis imperialis DuuKV, III. Ex. Ent., Vol. I, pi. 9, (T. i, 2. 



1797 — Pliahvna imperatoria Abhdt & SMITH, Lep. Ins. tla., Vol. II, pi. 55. 



1805 — Koinbyx (iidyma Heauvois, Ins. Afr. Amer., p. 52, pi. 20. 



var. punctatissima N'ciniui'gcn. 



iSgi—Eat-lfs imperialis var. pttinhttissima Nkumckgen, Ent. News, Vol. II, 

 p. 150. 

 race nobilis Neiima'gcn. 



1891— £". imperialis \i\.v. nohilis Neumcegen, Ent. News, Vol. II, p. 150- 

 Light yellow with the following marks in brownish purple. 

 Diffuse strigte on primaries, and outer part of secondaries; tibia;, 

 patagia, center of thorax, two lateral posterior patches on the 

 thorax and a dorsal band on abdomen, absent on the edges of the 

 segments and containing a row of yellow dorsal spots. On 

 primaries a broad undulate t. a. line, two discal spots and outer 

 transverse line running to apex. In the cT the t. a. line is further 



