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wings nigro-fuscous, the longitudinal veins obscure, marked with 

 black; anterior wings with a broad, white band, pointed with 

 fuscous, not attaining the posterior margin, an apical marginal 

 spot, and some of the transverse veins with white spots ; posterior 

 wings with a broad, arcuated band, not attaining the posterior 

 margin, and a larger anal spot, also an apical small spot, and 

 sometimes the transverse veins spotted, white. 



Length to tip of wings 40 millim. Alar expanse 66 millim. 



Hah. Arkansas (Nuttall) ; Pennsylvania ; Missouri ; Lake of the 

 Woods (Bigsby) ; Red River of Lake Winnipeg, always rare 

 (Say) ; New York (collection of Hagen) ; Maryland (Uhler) ; 

 Mexico (Muehlenpfordt). 



The Mexican specimen has a narrower band, and none to the 

 posterior wings. 



6. Ch. maculatus ! 



Neuromus maculatus Ramb. ! Neuropt. 442, 3, tab. x, fig. 2 ; Walker ! 

 Catal. 202, 1. — Chauliodes serricornis Burm.! Handb. II, 949, 1. 



Black ; occiput with flat, ferruginous streaks and spots; antennas 

 black, serrate; thorax fuscous, impressed each side; feet nigro- 

 fuscous ; wings black, a transverse interrupted, middle line, dilated 

 at the anterior margin, but not attaining the posterior margin, 

 and some apical spots, white. 



Length to tip of wings 30 — 36 millim. Alar expanse 45 — 55 

 millim. 



Hah. Philadelphia ; Savannah ; Massachusetts (Scudder) ; 

 Maryland (Uhler). 



I saw a male from Massachusetts, communicated to me by Mr. 

 Uhler under the name of Ch. unifasciatus, which differs a little ; 

 the occipital streaks are black ; a band on the anterior wings 

 broader, white, not attaining the margin, and with one apical 

 point. Is it a distinct species ? 



7. Ch. angusticollis ! 



Chauliodes angusticollis Hagen ! 



Fusco-testaceous ; antennas of the male nodulose, erectly-villose, 

 of the female moniliform ; occiput with flat, fulvous streaks and 

 spots ; prothorax narrow, a middle stripe posteriorly, and each 

 side a lateral one, fulvous ; feet fuscous ; wings gray, confertly 



