156 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
Pupii. — Moderately itoul ; end of abdomen obtuse. The cremaster deeply cleft, 
each spine well developed, rather Long, DOt mneb flattened, ending in a point and 
throw tag off near the end a short branch which nearly meets its fellow with opposite 
•pine. Length 21""". 
Mnth. — llviid gray, vertical tuft above black. Thorax reddish-brown, patagia 
blackish above. No distinct line on the prothoimx. Primaries reddish-brown, ner- 
vulcs black. Base of the costa dark, beyond cinereous with brown scales along the 
edge, which become indistinct waved lines continued across the wing and are more 
obliqne beyond the dieoal dot. The linear reddish discal dot is surrounded by gray, 
and below and beyond is a dark rather broad discoloration curved around it. Beyond 
this the black uervuhs are interrupted by gray scales. There are two obscure series 
of reddish dots near the margin in the interspaces. Opposite theouter series of these 
spots the fringe, otherwise ferruginous, is of a dirty-white. Secondaries white, dis- 
colored with smoky at inner angle. The large tuft beneath the head is lilac-ashen. 
Beneath, the fore-wingl are white, smoky in the middle. Costo-apical dots distinct. 
Fringe white, black at the ends of the nervules, at the base are white dots in the 
interspace. Secondaries entirely white, except the dusky spot on the inner angle. 
Legs ashen, ends of the scales dark, tarsi broadly anunlated with dark. Abdomen 
slender, whitish, a narrow mesial line beneath. In the female the markings are 
more distinct. The two series of ferruginous waved lines on each side of the median 
region are more distinct. The submarginal ferruginous region is more broken up by 
ashen »cales. The secondaries and abdomen above smoky. There are faint traces of 
a slight mesial fascia across the wing. Beneath, both wings are dark smoky. Alight 
ferruginous line on the abdomen, which is itself larger than" in the other species. 
Length of body, male, 90; female, 95; expanse of wings, male, 1.60; female, 1.80 inch. 
Coelodasys cinereofrons Pack., as stated by Grote, is undoubtedly 
a variety of this species now to be referred to the genus Schizura. The 
following notes on the larva of this variety have been received from 
Professor Kiley : 
June 20, found on oak two very small larvae which entered the ground July 8 and 
emerged as moths July 30. Color of larva as follows : Second and third segments grass 
green : the horn of the fourth segment is two-forked and the tips blood red, also the 
tips of the two smaller horns on joints 8 and 11. The rest of the body and head, red- 
dish brown. (Unpublished notes.) 
214. Hyparpax aurora (Abbot and Smith). 
Larva, Plate III, fig. 6, 6a. 
"The caterpillar was taken on the timber white oak, but feeds also 
on other species of oak. It went into the ground and inclosed itself in 
a thin case of dirt July 15, appearing on the wing August 7. Some- 
times this species also buries itself in autumn, and remains till the 
spring, at which season the moth may now and then be observed sit- 
ting on the oak branches." (Abbot and Smith.) 
In New England it is single brooded. The caterpillar, according to 
Abbot and Smith's figure, has a double red hump on the first abdominal 
segment, with a very broad dorsal green baud between this and the 
tubercle on the eighth segment; the anal legs are elevated much as 
in Schizura unicornis. The moth has broad yellow fore- wings, in the 
female pink at base and on the outer margin. 
I am indebted to Miss E. L. Morton for the colored sketches of this 
rather rare larva. 
