ARCTIA. 339 



7- A. nais Drury. Figured in Drnry, pi. 7. 



Antennae black and pectinated. Head and body light yellowish- 

 brown. Thorax with three black longitudinal marks, and several 

 spots on the abdomen. Primaries black, with broad ochre stripes, 

 the second furcate ; cilioe light yellowish-brown ; secondaries light, 

 yellowish or ochre brown, with a faint black spot on each and a 

 broad irregular border of a dusky-black running along the external 

 edges, but narrow in the middle. Wings entire. Under side paler. 



Var. a. Male. Fore stripe of the primaries not joining the 

 costa. 



Var. b. Male. Inner border of the secondaries reddish. 



Var. c. Male. Primaries with no pale oblique band towards 

 the tips. 



Var. d. Female. Like Var. c. Secondaries red, with broad 

 blackish borders. Abdomen wholly brown, except on each side 

 above towards the base. 



Var. e. Female. Primaries with testaceous veins ; fore stripe 

 and part of the middle stripe almost obsolete. 



United States. 



WESTWOOD. 



8. A. phyllira Drury. Figured in Drury I, pi. 7 ; Sm. Abb. II, pi. 64. 



Primaries black, ciliae cream-color; margin next the body cream- 

 color ; one longitudinal line, two transverse lines and near the 

 tip two zigzag lines, forming a VV f huff. Secondaries red, with 

 four black spots. Margins black. 



United States. 



HARRIS. 



0. A. parthenice Kirby. Var. A. tirgo. 



Antennae black pectinated ; thorax flesh-colored, with two ante- 

 rior and three posterior oblong black spots, the latter being the 

 largest ; primaries black, with the so-called rivulets pale, with a 

 slight pinkish tint ; the main streams, especially towards the apex, 

 form several islets, most of which are divided by slender ones which 

 do not appear on the under side ; the secondaries are of the color 

 of red lead, with five black spots towards the posterior margin, 

 the intermediate three forming a macular band above which is one 

 smaller, and below it another. Underneath, also, a small spot at 

 the costal margin above the other. 



Canada. 



KIRBY. 



