548 William T. M. Forbes 



A black line from inner margin at one-third up to cell beyond orbicular, then 

 along lower side of cell to reniform, then much finer and running to inner margin 

 at lower end of postmedial line (of which it is morphologically a part) ; more 

 rarely, with its lower end joined to the lower end of the postmedial line and not 

 going below A. Hind wing with black discal bar, postmedial. subterminal, and 

 terminal lines, and loop, much as in fore wing. 25 mm. (platinalis auct., not 

 Guenee). (H 47:60.) 



June and July; September. Larva probably on sycamore. In C. platinalis, 

 which was described from Missouri but has since only been taken in South America, 

 the subterminal line is irregularly thickened, and the postmedial line joins the 

 looped line above the fold. 



North Carolina to central Illinois, Missouri, and south. 



23. PANTOGBAPTA Lederer 

 (Sylepta, in part) 



Similar to Conchylodes; front less prominent below (fig. 329) ; R B more strongly 

 curved and approximate to R 3+4 . Hind tibia of male of our species clothed with 

 long hair on outer side. 



P. limata Grote and Robinson. White, shaded with pale yellow; marked with 

 dull brown. Basal line excurved, much nearer to base than to antemedial; ante- 

 medial line excurved and slightly wavy; orbicular higher than wide; a brown 

 outline, constricted in the middle; claviform a brown ring, separate from ante- 

 medial line, with a line running from it to inner margin; reniform a strongly 

 irregular brown outline; postmedial line heavy, distinct on costa, obscured below, 

 but when traceable, wavy and parallel to outer margin; subterminal wavy and 

 parallel to outer margin, even at costa. Terminal line even, continuous. Outer 

 third from M-,^ to inner margin, and inner margin beyond middle suffused with 

 dull brown, obscuring the marks. Hind wing somewhat suffused with brown; with 

 a pale spot beyond the double discal bar, and a strong deeply serrate double post- 

 medial line. 37 mm. (H 47:38.) 



Moth in June to August. Larva a leaf roller on linden. 



General in distribution. New York : Vicinity of Buffalo, Ithaca, Big Indian 

 Valley, Ilion, Poughkeepsie, New Windsor, Long Island. 



24. SYLEPTA Hiibner 



Similar to Pantograpta; male hind tibia? normal; maxillary palpi and third 

 segment of labials rather smaller. 



1. S. penumbralis Grote. Light fuscous, shaded with slightly darker fuscous 

 toward margin and slightly paler beyond the postmedial line. Palpi wholly concolor- 

 ous. Lines diffuse, a little darker; antemedial strongly oblique outward, obsolete on 

 costa; discal mark a vertical bar; postmedial line subdentate, excurved a little 

 below cell, running far in on Cu 2 , but rarely as far as opposite the discal bar. 

 Hind wing similar; discal bar less than a third way to apex, postmedial line much 

 as in fore wing. 30 mm. {silicalis Guenee.) 



May; September and October. 



Ohio to Illinois, Missouri, and Florida. 



2. S. obscuralis Lederer. Identical in markings with S. penumbralis, but ochre- 

 ous, veined and shaded with fuscous, the shading especially beyond the reniform 

 along: the outer margin; rarely nearly even fuscous. Orbicular a small dark circle, 

 reniform a lunule, both pale filled; dark terminal bars more distinct. 



Larva on Phytolacca decandra. 



St. Louis, Missouri; Florida; an orange race in Arizona, with intergrades in 

 Texas. 



