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Show 124 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 4 V.-I5 VI. (Gudmann, Hedemann, Pontoppldan). " Die 16-fiissige Raupe lebt auf Euphorbia huperifolla zwischen zusammengesponnenen Blattern ; sie ist cylindrisch, zwischen den Leibsegmenten stark eingeschniirt, die Grundfarbe gelbgriin, auf dem ersten Segment mit vier kleinen rothen Punkten, auf alien iibrigen Segmenten je ein rother Giirtel ringsum das Segment in welchem die rothen Punkte etwas dunkler erscheinen und mit feinen Haaren besetzt; Kopf herzformig, gelbbraun, die_ Mund-theile etwas dunkler ; Fiisse und Aftersegraent unbezeichnet." (Gudmann.) Closely allied to argutanus, Clem., but differing in the distinctly apparent dorsal patch and in its paler hind wings. 167. EPISIMUS ARGUTANUS, Clem. =r ALLUTANA, Z.4 Bactra ? argutana, Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 358 (1860) \ Grapholitha (Hedga) allutana, Z. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXV. 295-6, Pl. IX. 27 (1875)2. Bactra1? argutana, Pack. U.S. Dept. Intr. (Ent. Com.), Bull. VII. 69 (1881) 3. Semasla argutana, Fern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 45. No. 319 (1882)4. Bactra? argutana, Pack. U.S. Dept. Agr., Rp. V. 282 (1890) 5. Semasla argutana, Pack. U.S. Dept. Agr., Rp. Y. 668 (1890)6; Mft. Can. Ent. XXIII. 168 (1891 ) 7. Hah. CANADA 7; U N I T E D STATES 1_6, 9-26 VII.2 Larva, Hama-melis virginica1'3'6 ; Rhus glabra1'3'0; Crataegus tomentosa1'3'*; Ulmus'1'3'5. West Indies - S T . CROIX, 4 V.-15 VI. (Hedemann, Pontoppldan); ST. THOMAS, 18 III. (larva Euphorbia sp. ?, Gudmann); ST. LUCIA (Point Micbell, 25 V.) ; G R E N A D A (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 15-27 IV.-H. H. Smith). Mr. Gudmann's specimen is labelled as bred, but the name of the food-plant is not indicated. Baron von Hedemann informs me that it was bred from a species of Euphorbia, but his note may possibly have referred to nesiotes. 168. EPISIMUS SUBMICANS, sp. n. Antennce fawn-brown. Palpi rough, apical joint depressed, short, partly concealed ; greyish-fawn. Head fawn-ochreous. Thorax fawn-brown ; underside shining silvery white. Fore wings whitish cinereous, mottled and blotched with umber-brown mixed with fuscous: basal patch scarcely indicated, but traceable by two dark costal spots with smaller ones between them, by a small dark umber-brown patch resting on the fold, and by another nearer to the base beneath the fold; a broad triangular costal patch commencing before and extending beyond the middle is composed of dark umber-brown with fuscous lines running through it, a band of rather shining steel-grey dividing it into two parts obliquely, this patch is diffused and produced irregularly to the fold, above |
