AMMALO. 85 



Parciichates affinis, Grote.Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 245 (1865) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het p. 237. 

 Euchcefes aiirata^ Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 38 (1875); liirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 236. 



Orange-yellow ; palpi, lower part of frons, autennae, tibiae, and tarsi 

 fuscous black ; abdomen orange above, with more or less distinct 

 dorsal and lateral series of black points. Hind wing rather paler. 



Hah, U.S.A., Florida; Mexico, Jalapa {TrujUlo)^ 1 (^ ^ 1 $ , 

 Atoyac (JSchumann), 1 (5 , 2 $, Orizaba {Triijillo), 1 $, Presidio 

 {Forrer), 1 J, 1 $, Yucatan {Oamner), 1 ^ ; Gtuatemala {Rod- 

 riguez)^ 3 S ; Costa Rica {Underwood)^ 3 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui 

 {Champion)^ 1 cT , JBugaba, 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera 

 (Dolby- Ty lor), 1 $ ; Jamaica (Cockerell, Martin, Gosse), 1 d" , 4 $ , 

 type; Haiti (Tweedie), 2 J,l $ ; Cuba; Porto Rico; Grenada 

 (H. H. Smith), 2 2 ; Colombia, Sta. Martha (Boiicard), 1 $ ; 

 Venezitela, 1 2 ; Brazil, Amazons, Paraiia {Austen), 1 S -, Manaos 

 (Trail), 1 S , Leopoldina, Espiritu Sto., 1 $ type aurata, Santarem 

 (Bates), 1 2 5 ^io Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo {Jones), 1 (S , 1 2 • 

 Exp., 6 30, 2 40 millim. 



1340. Ammalo tenera. 



Cycnia tenera, Hiibn. Ziitr. ex. Scbmett. i, p. 7, ff. 3-4 (1827) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 237. 

 Hyphantria coUaris, Fitch, E,ep. Ins. N. York, iii. p. 65 (1856) ; Stretch, 



Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 188, pi. 8. f . 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 236. 

 Tanada antica, Wlk, vii. 1745 (1858). 



Arctia sciurus, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xii. p. 79(1869). 

 Euckcstes t/osefnite, H. Edw. Papilio, iii. p. 146 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 237. 



White ; palpi yellow, blackish at tips ; vertex of head, tegulae, 

 and shoulders orange-yellow ; tibiae and tarsi tinged with fuscous ; 

 abdomen orange above, with dorsal series of black spots on white 

 patches and lateral series of black points. Fore wing with slight 

 greyish tinge in cell ; a yellow fascia on costa extending almost to 

 apex. 



Ab. 1. sciurus. Tegulas and thorax greyish; fore wing with the 

 costa yellow towards base only. 



Hah. Br. Columbia, Fraser R. {St. John), 1 cS ', U.S.A., Georgia, 

 1 S type antica, Colorado, Grote Coll., 2 S , 4 $ . Exp., J 38, 

 2 46 millim. 



Egg. Pack. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 73 (1893). 



Spherical, flattened at base ; glassy and quite smooth under 

 microscope. 



Larva. Young : head whitish flesh-colour ; eyes on a dusky 

 patch ; body whitish, with pale brown piliferous warts ; prothoracic 

 shield large, broad, with pale median suture bearing two pairs of 

 warts in front and three behind ; the 2nd and 3rd thoracic somites 

 with suboval dorsal warts bearing two unequal black hairs ; the 



