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1576. Holomelina opella. 



Cfocota opella, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. i. p. 345, & ii. pi. 2. f. 1 (I860); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 353. 

 Crocota nigricans, Reak. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. ii. p. 371 (1864) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p, 352. 

 Cofhocida nigrifera, Wlk. xxxii. 499 (1865) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 489. 

 Crocota obscura, Stretch, Ent. Am. i. p. 103 (1885; ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 352. 

 Crocota rubricosta, Ehrm. Can. Ent. xxvii. p. 345 (1895). 

 Crocota belmaria, Ehrm. Can. Eat. xxvii. p. 315 (1895). 



S . Head and thorax yellow-brown ; antennae blackish ; abdomen 

 yellow-brown with dorsal black bands. Pore win,2: yellow-browii, 

 slightly tinged with fuscous towards inner margin. Hind wing black, 

 with indistinct discoidal spot, or the spot more distinct on a dull 

 crimson patch on costal area extending to just beyond the cell. 



$ . Hind wing ochreous tinged with crimson, the inner and 

 terminal areas suffused with black ; a black discoidal spot. 



Ab. 1. rubricosta: the whole insect suffused with black, leaving a 

 crimson fascia on middle of costa of hind wing. 



Ab. 2. nigricans =helmaria : wholly suffused with black. 



Hah. U.S.A., Atlantic States, New York, 1 $ Grote Coll., 2 6 

 type nigrifera. Exp., 6 24, $ 30 millim. 



Egg. Dyar, Psyche, 1897, p. 119. 



Nearly hemispherical, flat below ; shining yellowish nacreous ; 

 reticulation obscure, narrowly linear-like fine lines traced on the 

 smooth surface in rather elongate irregular hexagonals. Diam. 

 •55 mm. 



Larva. 1st stage : head bilobed, pale reddish brown, width '3 

 mm. ; body whitish, with very long black hairs ; warts i.-v. 

 present, large, the edges fitted in slopes to each other, luteous grey ; 

 hairs spinulated, i.-iv. black and especially long. 



2nd stage : head whitish, eyes black, mouth brown ; width '38 

 mm. ; body whitish, the warts concolorous ; i. very small, one-haired ; 

 ii. large, many-haired; feet pale; hairs fine, black, some much longer, 

 distributed all over body. 



Last stage : head black above ; clypeus and sutures brown : width 

 1*8 mm., body dull grey ; warts and plates black ; hairs stiff, black, 

 short uniform except on wart ii. of thorax and iii. of abdomen, 

 where it is long forming lateral ridges of hair. 



Cocoon a somewhat sticky web of white silk. 



The eggs are laid at end of July, and the larvoe hybernate when 

 about half-grown ; they feed on almost any tender leaves. 



*1577. Holomelina pallicornis. 



Crocota pallicornis, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. vi. p. 312 (1867) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 352. 



$ . Head and thorax dark ferruginous brown ; antennae clothed 

 with whitish scales ; abdomen scarlet above. Fore wing dark 

 ferruginous brown, a spot formed of white scales at base, the wing 



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