298 Mr. W. Schaus's 



and a similar shade from the cell to the outer margin between veins 

 4 and 5 ; a black point at the end of the cell ; the veins with dark 

 brown streaks ; indistinct traces of geminate inner and outer lines ; 

 some dark streaks at the apex, and about the inner angle ; a terminal 

 row of black points. Secondaries white ; the tips of the veins 

 faintly darker. 



9 . Pale violaceous brown, somewhat darker along the inner 

 margin ; the costal margin tinged with greenish ; a black point at 

 the end of the cell • the transverse lines very wavy and indistinct, 

 greenish ; a dark brownish spot at the base of the wings ; a dark 

 streak at the apex, and two above the inner angle, the latter 

 outwardly shaded with white. Secondaries smoky-brown. 

 Expanse $ 33 m.m.; $ 35 m.m. 



Hab. Okizaba, Mexico. 



Dicentria laciniosa, Edw. Larva. 



Length If inches. Head prominent, slightly conical, white with 

 black markings. First segment small, then increasing to 6, 7, 8, which 

 are large, the 9th and 10th are smaller, and the 11th again larger. 

 General ground-colour yellow, with numerous black streaks and 

 spots, forming two dark dorsal bands on segments 4-9. On seg. 4 is 

 a long bright red subdorsal protuberance, surmounted by two hard 

 black points ; on the following four segments and also on the 

 11th are two dorsal shorter red protuberances, close together and 

 likewise with hard black tips ; just beyond these on all the segments 

 is a row of little black tubercles, and two lateral rows of the same, 

 but very small ; laterally segments 7, 8, 9 are darker. Abdominal 

 legs and laterally above prolegs bright red. Prolegs and anal 

 claspers black. Underneath a broad yellow band on segments 4, 5, 

 10, 11 and 12. Transforms underground in a rough earthen cocoon. 

 Pupa f-|- inch in length, rather long, dark shining brown. Pupal 

 state lasts about a month. 



SCHIZURA. 



Schizura, Doubl., Entomol., i, 59 (1841). 



CEdemasia, Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 359 (1864). 



Coelodasys, Pack., 1. c, iii, 363 (1864). 



Differs chiefly from Dicentria in the broader wings and 

 more rounded outer margins of primaries. 



Type. S. ipomese, Db. 

 Ipomse, Db., 1. c, p. 60, f. 8 (1841). 



