288 PAPAIPEMA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
and the ground-colour. Buffalo. — Larva dingy white, diaphanous, with black tubercles; it lives on Heracleum 
lanatum. 
astuta. P. astuta Bird (41 d) is recognizable by the purple greyish-brown postmedian and marginal areas, the former 
being of the deepest colour in striking contrast with the yellow apical spot, the maculae being white, thereniform 
macula with a yellow central line surrounded by very small white spots. Hindwing ochreous-brownish. New York 
(Rye). ■— The yellowish larva with feeble longitudinal lines and black tubercles lives in Collinsonia canadensis. 
verona. P. verona Sm. (41 cl) is on the forewing yellow, strewn with red-brown, behind the post-median 
line puiple brown excepting the apex and anal angle, the coniform macula as usual composed of 2 spots above 
each other, the upper being yellow, the lower white; the small ring-macula is yellowish-white, the reniform 
macula yellow with 3 white spots below; hindwing yellowish-white, strewn with red-brown. Canada to Pennsyl¬ 
vania. The larva lives in Eupatorium. 
anargyrea. P. anargyrea Dyar (41 e). Here the elliptical coniform macula is not divided into 2 spots, but only 
parted by a red-brown streak on the submedian fold; the small round yellow ring-macula is surrounded with 
brown and at its distal margin pupilled with a red dot; the reniform macula is likewise yellow and surrounded 
by yellow spots; the dentate brown undulate line is distally bordered with yellow. Hinclwing yellowish-white, 
irrorated with red. Colorado. 
impecunio- P. impecuniosa Grt. (41 e). Forewing yellow; as far as the posterior transverse line strewn with a 
so. fi er y re d, j n the marginal area purple red-brown; the yellow coniform macula is surrounded with red-brown 
and centrally somewhat strangulated, the two upper maculae are likewise yellow, the reniform macula pupilled 
with red; the yellow-spotted undulate line is proximally bordered with brown and begins from the yellow apical 
spot. Hindwing greyish-brown. Canada to New York. -— The flesh-coloured larva with a reddish head and 
black tubercles lives in Aster umbellatus and Helenium autumnale. 
limaia. P. limata Bird (41 e) has lemon-coloured forewings, before and behind the central area v/ith a pink 
tint, with red-brown transverse lines and small white maculae, the coniform macula composed of 2 confluent 
spots, the ring-macula elliptical, the reniform macula divided into spots, between both the cell is tinted with 
pink; fringes also pink. Hindwing yellowish-white with pink fringes. Washington. 
purpurifas- P. purpurifascia Grt. (41 e). Forewing yellow, irrorated with fiery red, postmedianly purple brown, 
cm ‘ also before the central area towards the costal margin somewhat purple brown; maculae white, only the reniform 
macula yellow, irrorated with red, proximally above and below with very small white spots. Hindwing light 
yellow with brown veins. Canada to Illinois. -— The larva is diaphanous purple brownish with black tubercles 
and lives in Aquilegia. 
1 ysimacJiiae. P. lysimachiae Bird (41 e) is very closely allied to pur pur if ascia, but smaller and with narrower wings, 
with a more prominently yellow central area, basal spots and apical spot; the reniform macula is of the ground¬ 
colour and shows above and below one white dot each. Hindwing light yellowish with a purple irrorated marginal 
band. South Canada and Eastern States. -—• The larva is very similar to the preceding species, but lives in 
Lysimachia quadrifolia. 
pterisii. P. pterisii Bird (= triorthia Dyar) (41 e). Yellow, irrorated with red-brown, in the distal half of the central 
area of a purer yellow, behind it purple brown excepting the hind-margin, the double transverse lines red-brown, 
the anterior line filled up with yellow; the coniform macula and ring-macula are oblique narrow white spots, sur¬ 
rounded with black, the reniform macula exhibits in the centre a yellow line surrounded by red, proximally with 
a white streak-spot, distally with 4 yellow spots; hinclwing light yellow with a brownish subterminal band. Canada 
luteipicta. to New York. — ab. luteipicta Strd. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) shows the white colour in the maculae changed into yellow. 
polymniae. P. polymniae Bird (41 f) is the most closely allied to the following cataphracta ; the basal, central and 
marginal areas are brass-coloured yellow, scantily strewn with purple brown, before and behind the central 
area purple brown, occasionally with a bluish shine, with the usual markings; maculae not large, coniform 
macula and ring-macula white, the former double and in the upper portion yellow, the reniform macula is a 
yellow moon-spot surrounded by small spots, the proximal ones being generally white, the distal ones yellow. 
Hinclwing smoky grey, at the distal margin darker. From Washington. — The larva is light brown with a 
flesh-coloured reddish tint and lives in Polymnia uvedalia. 
cataphracta. P. cataphracta Grt. (41 f) is one of the most common species of a golden yellow ground-colour strewn 
with dark brown, before and behind the central area and at the margin greyish-brown excepting the apical 
spot; maculae yellow, the reniform macula as usual divided into spots; the double transverse lines are filled 
up with yellow. Hindwing greyish-brown. Canada to Colorado. — The diaphanous purple brownish larva with 
whitish longitudinal stripes lives in many kinds of plants such as Lilium, Pastinaca, Helianthus, Arctium, 
ftiu-a. Urtica etc. — ab. fluxa Bird is a form irrorated quite dark brown with white-marked macidae, from Buffalo. 
placida. P. placida Bird is a smaller species similarly coloured as the following duovata (41 f) or also harrisi 
(41 cl), being separated from harrisi by the more strongly curved postmedian line; apex of forewing more falci¬ 
form than usually; the central area is uniformly dull yellow below the median, above it as well as antemedianly 
and postmedianly irrorated with purple brown, in the marginal area slightly lighter, all the macidae of a pure 
white except the yellow central line in the reniform macula. Hindwing much lighter yellowish. Expanse of 
wings: 31 mm. Described according to a single $ from New Brighton, Pennsylvania. 
