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GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INSECTS 



on each wing. Samia: 



on middle of wing. 



Attacus ceanothi — Samia rubra. 



polyphemus — Telia. 

 Calosaturnia mendocino — Saturn ia. 

 Dryocampa riversii (undetermined). 

 Hemileuca artemis — nevadensis. 



californica — nevadensis. 



electa Wr. 



lucina — nevadensis. 



nevadensis Str. 



neumoegenii Edw. 

 Platysamia californica — Samia rubra 

 Pseudohazis denudata — eleganterina. 



eleganterina (Boisd.) 



shastensis — eleganterina. 



eye spot at tip of front wing. Saturnia: eye spot 



Samia californica — rubra. 



ceanothi — rubra. 



euryalis — rubra. 



rubra Behr. 

 Saturnia californica — Samia rubra. 



ceanothi — Samia rubra. 



eleganterina — Pseudohazis. 



denudata — Pseudohazis elegan- 

 terina. 



mendocino Behrens. 

 Telea ceanothi — Samia rubra. 



eleganterina — Pseudohazis. 



polyphemus (Cram.) 



BOMBYCINA. 



SYNTOMID/E. 



Day flying moths with wings shaped somewhat like those of a wasp. 

 SYNOPSIS OF GENERA. 



Ctenucha. Lycomorpha:: front wings red. Scepsis: small, spread of wings 

 about 30 m.m. 



Apitosia multifaria — Ctenucha. 

 Ctenucha brunnea (Stretch.) 



corvina — rubroscapus. 



harrisii (undetermined). 



luteoscapsis — multifaria. 



multifaria Walk. 



orthoscapsis — rubroscapus. 



robinsonii (undetermined). 



LJTHOSIID/E. 



The moths of this family feed on lichens. 

 Cisthene faustinula — lllice. lacteata Stretch. 



lactea — Clemensia. lllice faustinula Boisd. 



nexa— lllica. nexa Boisd. 



Clemensia albata Pack 



rubroscapus (Men.) 

 Glaucopsis rubroscapus — Ctenucha. 

 Lycomorpha fulgens Edw. 



fulvicollis (eastern). 

 Scepsis gravis — wrightii. 



packardi Grote. 



wrightii Stretch. 



Monograph : — Hampson, 

 British museum. Vol. III. 

 >Emilia roseata (Walk.) 

 Ammalo tenera (Hueb.) 

 Antarctia proba — Diacrisia vagans. 

 punctata — Diacrisia vagans. 

 nevadensis — Apantesis. 

 ornata — Apantesis. 

 shastensis— Apantesis nevadensis 



ARCTIID/e. 



Catalogue of the Lepidoptera PhalsensB of the 



simplicior — Apantesis ornata. 

 rubra Diacrisia. 

 Apantesis arge (Drury.) 

 blakei (Grote). 

 nevadensis (G. & R.). 

 ornata (Pack.), 

 proxima (Guer.). 



