. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 28 ARCTIAD^. Eiipscudosoma floridum, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 187 (1882); Kirby, Cat. llet. p. 205. EuchcBfes immactdata, Graef. Ent. Am. iii. p. 42 (1887); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 236. Silky wliitp ; pal))i above, a bar on frons, and antenn«3 fuscous vertex of head yellow pectus crimson in front legs fuscous above; ab- domen crimson above with dorsal series of white jioints; the 1st and two terminal segments and the ventral surface Fig. 20.—Evpsnidosoma invol'uta, (^. \. white. Fore wing with the costal edge fuscous ; curved fusco
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 28 ARCTIAD^. Eiipscudosoma floridum, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 187 (1882); Kirby, Cat. llet. p. 205. EuchcBfes immactdata, Graef. Ent. Am. iii. p. 42 (1887); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 236. Silky wliitp ; pal))i above, a bar on frons, and antenn«3 fuscous vertex of head yellow pectus crimson in front legs fuscous above; ab- domen crimson above with dorsal series of white jioints; the 1st and two terminal segments and the ventral surface Fig. 20.—Evpsnidosoma invol'uta, (^. \. white. Fore wing with the costal edge fuscous ; curved fuscous lines below the cell and vein 2 and above 5. Ab. 1. forida. Fore wing with the two fuscous lines obsolete. Hah. , Florida, Palm Beach (Dyar) 1 $; Mexico ; CpBA ; Teinidad, 1 $ (Broaclway):, Goiana ; Sueinam ; Brazil, Pernambuco 1 $ (II. i\^ Ridley). Exp. 40-44 millim. Erig. Dyar, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1900, p. SoS. Somewhat conoidal, base flat, apex slightly produced ; yellowish green with amber shades, later opaque whitish green ; reticulations small, regular, rounded hexagonal, slightly raised, forming a ring of small cells round the microjjyle, which is slightly off the centre ; laid on back of leaf in a mass or scattered. Larva. Stage 1. Head somewhat rounded and bilobed; clypeus high ; antennae moderate ; primary setre short, black, distinct; i. and ii. rather near vertex, iii. at middle of lobe, iv. near ocelli, three behind ocelli (one inclosed) and two above antennae; jaws brown ; ocelli black. Body arctiform, with large tubercles and thick spinulose white hair ; segments contracted ; no shields; tubercles i. « -f i. 6 + ii. a on somites 2-3 distinctly united on a flattened fan-shaped wart ; ii. h small, posterior ; iv. large : vi. dark : on abdominal somites i. small, dark ; iv. stigmatal, posterior, rather small; v. larger; sette single, no subprimaries; body a little flattened ; the lateral tubercles, especially on somites 2-4, a little prominent. Colour tr
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