3*6 BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID.E. 



Female. — Similar to the male. 

 Expanse : Male and female, 20-24 mm. 

 Habitat. — California, Texas. 



Types : Z. heucheroz and Z. potentiilce, two males and three females. Coll. Hy. Edwards, 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Paranthrene palmii f (Neum.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 15, Male. 



Larunda palmii Neumoegen, Ent. News, Vol. II, 1891, p. 108. 



Zenodoxus palmii Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 148. 



Male. — Head black, palpi orange, collar in front orange, yellow behind. Antennae reddish 

 brown, pectinations black. Thorax black overcast with red scales ; underside with a yellow patch 

 on each side. Abdomen black, first segment yellow, last four segments with very broad yellow bands 

 on the anterior parts ; underside of abdomen with the bands orange. Anal tuft orange. Legs 

 orange, femora black. Fore wings black, overcast with red scales ; underside similar. Hind wings 

 black with red shades, transparent basally ; underside orange. 



Female. — Larger than the male. Antennae simple, and the wings are brighter red. 



Expanse : Male, 15-25 mm. ; female, 27 mm. 



Habitat. — Arizona. 



Types : Male. Coll. Chas. Palm ; male and female, Coll. B. Neumoegen, Brooklyn Inst. Arts 

 and Sciences ; one male, Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Paranthrene canescens {Hy. Edw^). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 13, Male. 



Zenodoxus canescens Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 205 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 

 Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 175 ; ibid. 

 Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 148. 



Male. — Head and palpi with mixed black and white hairs, giving the same a gray appearance. 

 Antennae gray, pectinations brown. Thorax and abdomen black, thickly scaled with gray above and 

 below. Legs gray. Fore wings opaque, brown, densely covered with gray scales ; underside brown, 

 margins gray. Hind wings transparent along the middle, borders brown, fringes white. Underside 

 scaled with gray white. 



Female. — Similar to the male. 



Expanse : Male and female, 18-24 mm. 



Habitat. — Kansas, Colorado. 



Type : One male. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Paranthrene mexicanus {Beuten). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 12, Male. 



Zenodoxus mexicanus Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IX, 1897, p. 216. 



Male. — Head black, palpi and collar white. Thorax black, patagia tipped with white. Abdo- 

 domen black with a white band on the second and last four segments. Anal tuft black. Legs black 

 with white bands. Fore wings brown black, white between the veins on the outer part. Hind 

 wings black. Underside of all wings same as the upper. 



Expanse : 12 mm. 



Habitat. — New Mexico. 



Type : One male. Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



