32 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



1837 — Westw., ed. Dru., Illustr., II., 22, Nemeophila. 



1837 — Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass., 73, Arctia. 



1856— Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het. III., 625, Neineophila. 



,1862 — Clem., App. to Morris, Synops., 341, Arctia. 



1865— Grt. & Rob., Ann. Lye, N. Y., VIII., 368, Arctia. 



[873 — Stretch, Zyg. and Bomb., 74, Arctia. 



1S79 — Graef,* Bull, Bkln. Ent. Soc, I., 3, life hist. 



1883— Hiilst, Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc, VI.. 70, =nais. 



1887 — Smith, Ent. Amer., III., 114, an sp. dist. 



cer arnica Hbn. 

 1816 — Hbn., Verz., 180, Eiiplagia. 

 1865— Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het, III., 625, pr. syn. 



var. franconia Edw. 

 1887 — Edw., Ent. Amen, III., 184, Arctia. 

 Habitat— Can., N. Y., Mass., Pa., Ills., D. C. 

 The distribution is undoubtedly wider, and, as certainly, some of the 

 described species must fall in as forms of this. 



A. fiammea Neuni. 



1 88 1 — Neum., Papilio, I., 9, Arctia. 

 1883— Hulst., Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc, VL, 70, =nais. 

 1883 — Neum., Papilio, III., 149, =^placentia var. 

 Habitat — Florida. 



A. /pallida Strk. 



1879 — Strk., Rept. Eng., 1878-79, v. V., p. i860, pi. II., f 3. 



1883— Hulst., Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc, VI. , 70, —nais. 



Habitat — Rio Navajo, Colo., July 13. 

 This is simply a variety of Jig?irata, in which all the marking save 

 those forming a distinct '^ , are obsolete. Any good series oifigiirata will 

 show such specimens. 



A. gejieura Strk. 



1878 — Strk., Proc. Dav. Ac. N. Sci., II., 270, pi. IX., f 5, ^, Arctia. 

 1884 — French, Papilio, IV., 158, $ , Arctia. 

 1889 — French, Can. Ent., XXL, 162, Arctia. 

 Habitat — Colo. (Gilpin Co.), Mt. Shasta, Calif 



Mr. French seems rather inclined to believe that the California speci- 

 mens may refer to a distinct species. There is a series oi getieura in the 



