158 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Vol. ii, 



T. velleda Sto/I. 



1791 -- A'cw/'i-v i-elleda 8101.1, Suppl. Cramer, pi. 41, f. 4. 

 Thorax white, central tuft blackish brown, abdomen pale gray 

 banded with darker gray. Fore wing^s light gray, shading into 

 blackish in median and sub-terminal spaces. Base of wings white; 

 t. a. line n:irro\v, white; t. p. line double, sinuate; s. t. line distinct, 

 even, white, sinuate, forming a large curve from apex to vein 6; 

 terminal lines and outer part of fringe on both wings white. 

 Secondaries pale gray with whitish mesial and s t. lines. Expanse, 

 30 —50 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 

 T. distincta French. 



1890 Tolype distincta Fkench, Can. Ent., Vol. XXII, p. 45. 



Of a slaty gray, the thorax gray in the cT, partly white only 

 in 9. Lines as in velleda, but narrower, almost linear, defined by 

 dark gray shades. The sexes are similar as in jv/Zif^/^;, the 9 slightly 

 paler. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat, Colorado. 

 T. laricis Fitch. 



1856 - Planosa laricis FiTCH, Rep. Ins. N. Y., Vol. II, p. 262. 

 lit-i—Gastropacha velleda var. miiiuta Gkoi'E, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil , Vol. 

 II, p. 433- 

 9 Thorax and primaries pure white, except the brown crest, 

 and the sub-terminal and terminal part of the normal brown mark- 

 ings of primaries. Secondaries and abdomen very pale gray. 



-^ Black; wings dark blackish gray, with three paler bands 

 which correspond to mesial, t. p. and s. t. lines, the two outer 

 undulate. Expanse, 25—30 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 



Genus Dendrolimus Gcrmar. 



1824 — DcndroHmiis Gkkmar, Syst. Prodr.. p. 48. 

 ii-]2—Gloveria Packard, Rep. Peab. Acad., Vol. IV, p. 89. 

 1881 Quadrina G\!.o-YK, Papilio, Vol. I, p. 75; 1886 -Smith, Ent. Amer., 

 Vol. II, p. 124. 



Synopsis of species. 

 Intercostal ceil of secondaries short, reaching^ half way to end of discal cell. . 

 Vein 6 of primaries free or on a short stalk with vein 8; vein 8 free 



or more often, on a staik with vein 7 when 6 is free, dolores. 

 Veins 6 and 7 on a stalk, usually long, rarely none; vein 8 free. 



Gray, sub-terminal line sharply and evenly angled , arizonensis. 



Brown gray, sub-terminal lines obscure .... gargamelle. 



Intercostal cell reaching nearly to apex of discal cell . . - diazoma. 



