PARANTHRENE. By B. Zukowsky. 
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less strong inner margin, discal mark feeble. A narrow hyaline streak at the base and a broad hyaline area 
at the distal margin. Under surface generally paler, but mixed with orange. Hindwing transparent, opales¬ 
cent, margins narrow, brown. 27—35 mm. Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Illinois, Ohio, 
Minnesota. The larva lives for two years in the wood of red oak. — Imago flying from the end of May till 
July. — var. luggeri Hy. Edw. with a transparent area below the cell of the forewing. Abdomen black at luggeri. 
the base, with a narrow yellow' streak on the 2nd segment, the middle segments laterally yellow, anal tuft 
yellow. Anterior tibiae black above, middle and hind tibiae with small black spots. The total impression is 
thus darker. 
P. palmii Hy. Edw. (179 g). Head black. Palpi orange, black at the bottom. Collar orange. Antennae palmii. 
pectinated, black, orange basally, ochreous apically. Thorax black, patagia, a broad spot behind and the 
shoulders at the forewings light orange. Abdomen dark orange with narrow anterior segmental margins. Legs 
dark orange, posterior femora partly black. Forewing purple brown, orange red at the base along the costa 
almost to the centre of the wing, a hyaline streak between veins 1 and 2. Hindwing yellowish transparent, 
opalescent, veins, discal mark, the narrow margins violettish brown. 32—43 mm. Florida. Larva presum¬ 
ably in oak (Betttenmuller). 
P. asilipennis B-sd. (= vespipenne H.-Schdff. denudatum Harr., bombyciformis Wkr.) (180 b, c). asilipennis. 
head black, yellowish white beneath, reddish above. Antennae reddish, very long dentate. Collar dark orange 
brown. Thorax browm, patagia reddish, posterior part with a yellow transverse line. Abdomen dull brownish 
black with very narrow yellow posterior rings on each segment above and beneath. Legs orange, femora black. 
Forewdng transparent with narrow brown margins and a reddish discal vein. Hindwing transparent with a 
very narrow brown margin. 2: similar to <$, but forewing deep brown, warming into violet, with an oblique 
red discal vein and a triangular hyaline area above the anal angle. Abdomen stronger, the 2nd segment above 
red. Antennae plain. 30—44 mm. From New Hampshire to Florida, to the west as far as Minnesota, and to 
the south as far as Texas. — Larva in the roots of ashes and alders. 
P. dollii Newm. (180 c). Head black, orbita pale. Palpi, collar and antennae reddish. Thorax blackish dollii. 
brown, sometimes with reddish patagia. Abdomen black, the 4th and the following segments reddish behind, 
the 2nd and 4th with a yellow ring, rarely all the segments are provided with feeble yellow rings. Legs dull 
orange, femora black. Forewing brown with a violet reflection, orange at the base, dull orange brown beneath. 
Hindwing brown, transparent at the base and behind the cell, below the costa. Sometimes the transparent 
areas are confluent above the discal vein. Altogether a very variable species. 28—40 mm. New York. New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois. — var. castaneus Beut. (180 c) is like the type, but the thorax and abdomen castaneus. 
are light chestnut instead of blackish brown. 30—40 mm. Kansas, Texas. — Larva in the wood of young 
poplars. 
P. seminole Neum. (180 d). head and eyes light brown, palpi light brown with dark apices. Collar seminole. 
light brown with a red margin. Thorax brown with yellow patagia-lines and a yellow posterior margin. Ab¬ 
domen light reddish brown, the segments margined with yellowish, the first three above narrowly black. Legs 
above brown, beneath yellow with reddish brown hair. Forewing chestnut brown with a yellow basal spot, 
a reddish streak along the middle and one at the inner margin, fringe brown. Hindwing transparent, opales¬ 
cent, costa, veins, discal vein and fringe reddish brown. Forewing beneath light chestnut or reddish brown 
with a yellow basal area. 40 mm. Florida. Described only according to a $, the <$ being unknown. 
P. admirandus Hy. Edw. (180 d). Head, the part between the eyes and palpi orange, orbita white, face admirandus. 
pale yellow. Antennae reddish. Thorax dull brown, patagia yellow, with a broad light reddish spot at the 
base of the wings on each side, metathorax with a yellow transverse band. The 1st abdominal segment brown¬ 
ish black, the 2nd light yellow, the 3rd orange, the 4th yellow, the last three orange with yellow margins; beneath 
orange, the 3rd segment yellow. Anal tuft brown. Legs orange. Forewing dull brown with a violet reflection 
and a small yellow basal spot, orange beneath at the base. Hindwing transparent, veins and the not very 
narrow margins dull brown, from the margin a wedge of dark dusting between 3 and 4, somewhat orange at 
the inner margin. 30 mm. Apparently only 1 d known. Texas. 
P. fraxini Hy. Edw. ( = morrisonii Hy. Edw.) (180 c). Head black. Antennae with a long yellowish fraxini. 
preapical spot, quite yellow beneath. Palpi yellow at the base, black towards the apex. Thorax bronze purple 
black with a small tuft of white hair on each side. Abdomen bronze black like the divided anal tuft in the $. 
Legs black, tarsi dingy yellow, anterior coxae at the bottom yellow. Forewing purple black. Discal mark red, 
beneath at the base faded yellowish. Hindwing transparent, discal mark and distal margins purple black. 20 
to 25 mm. Washington. 
P. maculipes G. cfc R. Head bronze brown, palpi pale yellow. Thorax above and beneath bronze brown, maculipes. 
Abdomen purple brown with a pale yellow ring on the 1st and 4th segments. Legs brown, marked dingy 
yellow. Forewing bronze brown with a few reddish scales. Hindwing bronze brown, fringe mostly lighter. 
18—24 mm. Texas. 
