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Schizura apicalis (Grote and Kobiuson). 
Moth , — One 5 
of the aiiteuiue. 
(PI. IV, ag.22^.) 
CceJodasys apicalis Grote and Rob., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil., vi, p. 15, 1866, pi. 2, flg. 7, ^ . 
Grote, Kew Check List N. Amer. Moths, p. 19, 1882. 
Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 31, 1891. 
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Hot., i, p. 568, 1892. 
Keiim. and Dyar, Tnuis. Amer. Eut. Soc., xxi, p. 203, Jnue, 1894; Jonru. N. Y. Eut. Soc., ii, 
p. 117, Sept., 1894. 
Of the size of ^S'. unicornis. Head well tufted on vertex and at the insertion 
Body and wings fawn color or grayish brown, with white s(tale.s; ends of 
patagia and a parallel line on each side behind and a spot over the sciitelluin at the base of the 
abdomen, dark brown. Fore wings with the costa unusually straight, apex a little more s(iuare 
than in aS”. unicornis^ outer edge straight, less curved than usual, moderately oblique. No basal 
line; extrabasal line composed of live scallops. Wings fawn color from base to this line, , and 
inclosing a distinct black streak parallel to the cubital vein; middle of wing whitish, frosted over 
with white s<‘ales; discal mark lai'ge curvilinear, heavier and more curved than in aS\ ^^nicornis, 
A narrow, wliite, wavy, extradiscal line, beginning as a very obli(pie Avhite mark on the costa. 
Venules blackish. 
Beyond the discal mark the wing is fawn-brown, with darker brown intervenular streaks and 
white frosted patches. Hind wings white, with a large dark patch on internal angle. Abdomen 
with a forked tuft. Underside of fore wings gray, white on the inner edge. Hind wings as above, 
but grayish at the costal edge. 
Expanse of wings, S 33 mm.; length of body, S 17 mm. 
Eecognized by the large, heavy, distinct discal mark, the distinct black submedian streak, the 
fawn brown fore wings, and by the white bauds in the middle of the wing, while the hind wings 
are white, being brown in S, unicornis. 
Geographical distribution. — Klttery, Me. (French); New York (Doll); Arkansas (Palm); 
Florida (Slosson). 
Schizura unicornis (Abl)ot and Smith). 
(PI. IV, hue. 20 21 9.) 
PhalfFua unicornis Ahhot and Smith, Nut. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 170, Tab. LXXXVI, 1797. 
Hyboma unicornis Huhii., Verz. Schmett., p. 200, 1816. 
Koiodonia unicornis Harris, Cat. lus. Mass., p. 73, 1835; Rep. Ins. Mass., p. 307, 1841; Treatise. 
Edema'unicornis Walk., Cat. Lep. Hot. Br. Mus., v, p. 1030, 1855. 
Alorris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer., p. 241, 1962. 
Harris, Treatise Ins. inj. Veg., p. 424, 1862. 
Ccelodasys unicornis Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, p. 364, 1864. 
CceJodasys edmandsU Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, p. 361, 1864. 
Edema semirufescens Walk,, Cat. Lop. Het. Br. Mns., xxxii, p. 424, 1865 {fide Grote and Hob.). 
Edema humilis Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mu.s., xxxii, p. 425, 1865 (fide Grote and Rob.). 
Reterocampaf conspecta IL Edw., Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., p. 2, Sept. 7, 1874. 
CaJodasys unicornis Grote, New Check List N. Amer. Moths, p. 19, 1882. 
Schizura unicoi'nis Pack,, Fifth Rep. U. S. Eut. Comm. Forest Ins., p. 269, 1890. 
Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p.31, 1891. 
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lop. Het., i, p. 567, 1892. 
Hatima semirufescens Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., 1892 (fide Smith). 
Schizura unicornis Neum. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxi, p. 203, June, 1894; Journ. N, Y. Ent. Soc., ii, 
p, 117, Sept., 1894. 
Larva. 
(PI. XXVIII, ligs 1, la, It, 2, 2rt-2e, 3, 3a-3c, 4, 4a-4f?, 5, 6.) 
Abbot and Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, ]>. 170, PI. LXXXIII, 1797 (colored figures of larva, pupa, and 
moth). 
Harris, Ins. inj. Veg., 1st edit., p. 307, 1841. 
Ins. inj. Veg., 2d edit., p. 326, 1852. 
Fitch, Third Rep. Nox. Ins. N. York, p. 363, 1856. 
