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In Texas and Arizona there occur several species of 
Triprocris (Trip'ro-cris). The venation of one of them is 
shown in Figure 268.. ir trr, Iri * 
It is remarkable in that 
none of the branches of 
radius of the fore wings 
coalesce beyond the dis- 
cal cell. 
The genus Harrisina 
(Har-ris'i-na) seems to 
be closely allied to the 
preceding and is placed 
in this family provision¬ 
ally. It differs, how¬ 
ever, from the typical 
form of the family in xT"*^** VIIJ 
that the anal area of Fig. 267.—Wings of Pyromorpha dimidiata ,. 
the hind wings is greatly reduced, there being only two, 
short, strongly curved anal veins. As in the other members 
of the family there are 
two,well-developed anal 
veins preserved in the 
fore wings. 
In the East the most 
common species is Har¬ 
risina americana (H. 
a-mer-i-ca'na) (Fig. 269). 
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Fio. 268.—Wings of Triprocris viarteni. 
Fig. iffy.— Harrisina americana. 
The wings are long and narrow; the abdomen is long and 
widened towards the caudal end. It is greenish black in 
color, with the prothorax reddish orange. The larva feeds 
