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Heterocampa astarte Doiibleday. 
(PI. V, lig. 9.) 
^^eterocamiia astarte Doubleday, Entomologist, p. 57, 1811 {H. menus, Harris Corresp., p. 134, 1869). 
Walk., Cat. Lep. Brit. Miis., v, p. 1023, iS55. 
Morris, Synopsis Lep. X. Aiuer., p. 240, 1862. 
Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, p. 368, 1864. 
Grote, Now* Check List N. Amer. Moths, p. 19, 1882. 
Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 31, 1891. 
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Hep., i, p. 563, 1892. 
Dyar, Ent. Ne^ys, iv, p. 33, 1892; Amer. Ent. Soc., xxi, p. 205, 1894. 
Neum. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxi, p. 205, June, 1894; Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc., 
ii, p. 117, Sept., 1894. 
Larva. 
(PI. XXXIII, fig. 9, 9fi.) 
DouUedatf, Entomologist, p. 57, 1811 (figure of larva and pupa), plate facing i>, 60, figs. 1, 2. 
Moth, — Three 3 , two 2 . Fore wings more decideclly pale olive-greeu than any others of the 
'genus, with distinct black lines and markings arranged nearly as in H, obliqaa. Palpi extending 
but little beyond the head, gray, black along the upper edge aud on the side of the second joint; 
third joint rather short, acute, grayish. Thorax greeuisli gray; teguhe edged with dusky brown, 
and a diiskj’- brown transverse oval ring over the mesoscutnin; a smoky brown spot on the base 
of the abdomen. 
Fore wings a little sharper at the apex than in R, obliqiia^ the outer edge being oblique, as in 
that species, aud the costal edge straight; the wing is of a decided pale olive-green tint, especially 
in the middle of the wing. At the base of the wing is a black dot, from which a narrow black line 
j)asses out just behind the cubital vein, a little way beyond the basal line. This line is double 
and is represented by two black scallops, one on the costal and the other on the median space, 
mot i^assing farther back across the wing toward the internal edge. A second distinct black 
double liTie on the inner third of the wing, somewhat curved iu its course, aud consisting of three 
scallops, one on the costa, one in the median space, and the third, slightly curved, scallop iu the 
internal si)ace, The discal mark is a conspicuous, long, curved black line, just within which is a 
small diffuse smoky patch, connected on the costa with a double smoky line. Extradiscal line: a 
•double one of well-marked deep scallops curving inward behind the discal space, and ending on 
the outer third of the internal edge; within this curved portion is a parallel row of du-sky scallops, 
situated directly behind the discal mark. Between the discal mark and submarginal line the 
wing is quite dear aud greenish. A distinct black line beginning on the first cubital vein and 
curving forward aud ending on the apex, and sending a black slash along the sixth subcostal 
venule. Beyond this line is a broad dusky shade bounded externally by the marginal row of 
distinct black scallops, which arc much deeper than in H, obliqua. The costal edge is marked 
with alternate dark and light short lines. 
Hind wings in S snow-white, with the costa blackish, and a dark dot on the internal angle; in 
the 2 sordid white, with a dark line across the middle, and the outer margin of the wing dusky 
brown, with a black spot in the internal angle. 
Under side of the fore wings du.sky on the costal region, the discal mark and dusky sub- 
marginal band showing through. The rest of the wing is whitish. The hind wings are whitish, 
except the co.stal region, which is whitish, and in the 2 the wings are more dusky. The outer 
margin of both wings is dusky, and the only whitish portion on the under side of the fore wings 
is the large oblique subapical shade, while the base of the hind wings is whitish. 
Expanse of wings, 6 45 min., 2 55 mm. ; length of body, S 21 mm., 2 23 mm. 
This superb and beautifully marked species is at once recognized by the pale, rich, olive-green 
hue of the thorax aud fore wings, with their distinct black markings, including the black linear 
discal mark; by the often snow-white hind wings, and by the deeply scalloped marginal black line. 
It differs from R, obliqua not only by its olive-green tint, but by the less curved inner line on 
the fore wings, by the more deeply scalloped marginal line, and by the white hind wings of the 
(Dale, as well as other minor peculiarities. 
