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CATALOGUE OF 



cinereous, with various grayish streaks and ringlets. Hind win<*s 

 gray. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 55. HALESIDOTA. 

 Corpus robustum. Proboscis longa. Palpi validi, porrecti, 

 nonlongi; articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 3us conicus, minimus 

 Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcanbus quatuor mediocriter longis. Ala? longse, angustax 

 Mas.— Antennae subpectinatae. Fcemina.— Antennae serrate. 

 Halesidota, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 170. 

 Phaegoptera, p., Boisd. Herr.-S chaff. 

 Phalaena, p., Abbot f Smith. 

 Lophocampa, Harris, Ins. Massachus. 258. 



Body stout. Proboscis long. Palpi stout, porrect, not long ; 

 second joint much longer than tbe first; third conical, very minute. 

 Abdomen extending for about one-third of its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibia* with four moderately Ions 

 spurs. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings with the first and second 

 interior veins contiguous at the base ; third about four times further 

 irom the second than from the fourth. Mate.— Antenna? slirfitlv 

 pectinated. Female.— Antennas serrated. 



North America. 

 A. Alae antieae quadrifasciatae. 



A. Ala? antieae fasciis non macularibus. - tessellaris, Abbot. 



±f. Alae antic© fasciis macularibus. - annulifascia, Walk. 



J3. Alae antieae bifasciatae. .... fulvo-flava, Walk. 



1. Halesidota tessellaris. 



Cristataflavescens; ales angustata, antica fasciis tessellatis satu- 

 ration bus. 



Phalaena tessellaris, Abbot Sr Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, 

 ii. 149, pi. 75. y ' 



Halesidota tessellaris, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalana Vera Hipo- 

 crita Sphmgiformes), 170, 1753. 



Var Mas, et foem, Lutea ; fades nigra; palpi nigri, luteo 

 oifasaati; antenna nigra; prothorax viridi fas ciatus ; meso- 

 tnorax viridi trivittatus ; abdomen subtus testaceum; pedes 

 testacei, nigro fasciati ; ala antica pallide testacea fasciis 

 quatuor ohscunoribus nigro marginatis et intersectis. 



