223 ORDER LEP1DOPTERA. 



extremity pale ami pointed. On the top there is a row of triangular spots, the apices 

 of which point towards the thorax. Expanse of wing, 2\ - 2) inches. 

 The markings of the forewings are quite similar to thoseof the virguncula found in the 

 vicinity of Albany. 



Callimorpha epimexis. Phalana epimenis ( Drury). ( Plate xliii, fig. 10.) 

 Upper side, black. -Anterior wings ornamented with a single large yellow spot just out- 

 side the middle of the wings. Posterior wing ornamented with a large single red spot, 

 whose outer margin is nearly parallel with the posterior margin of the wing. I'm \ b 

 side, black, and similar to the upper, except two additional straw-colored spots be- 

 tween the large ones and shoulders." Drury, Vol. iii, p. 40 ; pi. 29, f. 3. 



Callimorpha phyllira (Latreille). (Plate xliii, fig. 8.) 



PHALANA phyllira k bombtx ( Drury). Hypercampa (Stephens). 



Upper side : Anterior wings black. Cilia? cream-colored. The margin next to the body 



marked with cream-color : the outer half is marked with a B. The posterior wings 



are scarlet, marked with four angular spots, and margined with black. The under 



side is like the upper, but with fainter colors. 



The caterpillar is marked with small diamond-shaped yellow spots upon its back and 



sides, emitting fascicles of hairs : it feels on corn, peas and wheat, and breeds most of the 



summer. 



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Spilosoma rais (Stephens). Phalana ( Drury). ( Plate xli, fig. 9.) 



Antenna? black and pectinated. Head and body light yellowish brown. The thorax has 

 three black longitudinal marks, and several spots upon the abdomen. Anterior wings 

 black, marked with broad ochre-yellow lines : cilia?, light yellowish brown. Posterior 

 wings light yellowish or ochre-brown, marked with a faint black spot on each, and 

 having a broad irregular border of a dusky black running along the external edsjes. 

 but very narrow in the middle : wings entire. Under side marked like the upper, but 

 paler. ( Westwood : Illustrations of Driry, Vol. i, pp. 15, 16.) 



Spilosoma ctxea (Drury). (Plate xlvii, fig. 7.) 



'•Antenna? pectinated, black : no tongue : head white; back and abdomen ash-color. 

 Anterior wings white : spots numerous, of many forms, and of a sooty black : exter- 

 nal margin marked with five spots ; those nearest the tips, triangular. Posterior wings 

 white, with dark spot near the external edge, and faintly marked near the external 

 angle. Expansion of wing, one inch and live lines.'* Drury. 

 This moth has not fallen under my notice either in the vicinity of Albany, or in Western 

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