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Deidamia inscriptum Harr. I have seen three specimens of this inter- 
esting little sphinx in Professor Wickham’s collection, all taken at Iowa 
City, 
Amphion nessus Cram. Sioux City, Iowa City. 
Xylophanes tersa Linn. Decorah (A. F. Porter) Muscatine. 
Celerio gallii Rott. Decorah (A. F. Porter), 
Celerio lineata Fab. Common everywhere. 
SATURNIOIDEA 
Saturniidae 
Samia cecropia Linn. Common everywhere. This species feeds on 
a great many different trees, and I have counted as many as fifty 
cocoons on a single Box Elder. 
Cailosamia promethea Dru. Becoming rare in eastern Iowa, where it 
feeds on Wild Cherry. 
Tropaea lunu Linn. Fairly common throughout the state. 
Telea polyphemus Cram. Also common everywhere. 
Automeris to Fab. Found everywhere but not in large numbers. I have 
taken the larva on Bur Oak at Sioux City. 
Ceratocampidae 
Anisota rubicunda Fab. Ames, Iowa City. 
Adelocephala bicolor Harr. Homestead. 
Citheronia regalis Fab. Professor Wickham tells me that he has taken 
the larva of this species at Iowa City, and the record should be preserved. 
Basilona imperialis Drii. I am indebted to Professor Wickham for 
records of the occurrence of this species at Iowa City. 
BOMBYCOIDEA 
Syntomidae 
Scepsis fulvicolUs Hbn. A common diurnal moth of the prairies. 
Ctenucha venosa Wlk. Though this , insect is much more common in 
Arizona and Central America, I have a single fresh specimen taken 
at Sioux City, July 21, 1915. 
Arctiidae 
NOLINAE 
Roeselia minuscula Zell. Iowa City. 
LITHOSHNAE 
Clemensia albata Pack. Sioux City, August, 
Hypoprepia miniata Kirby. Sioux City and Dickinson county. 
Hypoprepia fucosa Hbn. Decorah (A. F. Porter), Muscatine (Hoopes 
collection). 
ARCTIINAE 
Ammaio tenera Hbn. Sioux City, May and June. 
Amm-ato inopinatus Hy. Edw. Sioux City, one specimen only. 
.Halisidota tesselaris A. & S. Throughout the state. 
Bubaphe laeta Guer. Sioux City, July; Iowa City, June. 
Bubaphe aurantiaca Hbn. Sioux City and Dickinson county. 
