834 CATALOGUE OF 



North America. 



3. EUPKOCTIS TEXTOR. 



Candida ; antenna fuscce ; coxce et femora antica lutea ; tibice 

 tarsique antica fusca. Mas. — Abdomen luteum ; fcem. abdo- 

 men subtestaceum. 



Hyphantia textor, Harris, Nat. Hist. Ins. Mass. 



Pure white. Antennas brown, with white tomentum. Fore 

 coxae and fore femora luteous ; fore tibiae and fore tarsi mostly 

 brown. Male. — Abdomen luteous. Female. — Abdomen with a very 

 slight testaceous tinge. Length of the body 4 — \\ lines ; of the 

 wings 11—12 lines. 



a — c. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 

 South America. 



4. EUPROCTIS? SUBACTA. 



Mas. Flavido-alba ; antennce ramis fuscis ; alee anticce striga 

 obliqua pallide fusca. 



Male. Yellowish white. Body slender. Palpi slender, ex- 

 tending very little beyond the head ; first joint short ; third minute, 

 acute-conical. Antennae moderately pectinated, with brown 

 branches. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs 

 slender ; hind legs wanting. Wings broad. Fore wings very 

 slightly convex in front, rounded at the tips; exterior border 

 slightly oblique ; a slightly oblique pale brown discal mark ; first 

 and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third as far from 

 the second as from the fourth. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



5. EUPROCTIS ? OVINA. 



Mas et foem. Alba ; abdominis suturce lutece ; alee antica costa 

 subtus nigra. 



Phalaena-Bombyx ovina, Anon. Ins. Surin. 233, pi. 105. 



Surinam. 



This may be one of the Arctiidce. The larva feeds on Panis- 

 cum plicatum. 



