120 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



This species— if species it is— has languished among the synonyms, 

 ever since Dr. Packard referred it there in 1864. A specimen taken in 

 1 888 by Mrs. Slosson seems to justify its claim to recognition as a 

 species, and it is so recognized here. 

 P. rtibricosa Harris. 



1841— Harris, Rept. Ins. Mass., 253, Arctia. 

 1852— Bdv., Lep. Cal. (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.), 49, Arctia. 

 i860— Clem., Proc. Ac. N. Sci., Phil., XH., 541, =Crocota rubi- 

 amdaria. 



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1862 — Harris, Inj. Ins., 356, f. 171, Arctia. 



1862 — Morris, Synopsis Supplt., 341, Arctia. 



1863 — Saund., Syn. Can. Arct., 24, Phragmatobia. 



1864— Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., III., 122, Phragmatobia. 



1883 — Edw.*, Papilio, III., 127, Phragmatobia. 



1887 — Edw.*, Ent. Amer., III., 168, Phragmatobia. 

 fuliginosa % Auct. 



1852— Bdv., Lep. Cal. (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.), 40, Arctia. 



i855_Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het, III., 628, Phragmatobia. 



i860— Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., XII., 539, Phragmatobia. 



1868— Grt. & Rob., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, II., 71, /r. syn. 



Habitat— Mass., New York, Maine, California, Canada. 

 It is not admitted by some of our old collectors that rtibricosa refers to 

 a form really distinct from the European fuliginosa. Superficially they 

 undoubtedly resemble each other very closely; but how nearly they will 

 agree when closely compared is another question. 

 P. dubia Wlk. 



1856— Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep., Het, III., 682, Cycnia. 



1868— Grt. & Rob., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, II., 72, Phragmatobia. 



Habitat— H. B. Terr. 

 This species has dropped out of our list ; but I cannot find that it has 

 been referred as a synonym anywhere. Messrs. Grote and Robinson in 

 their notes (supr. cit.) say : " Wings semitranslucent, brown or mouse 

 color ; veins on both wings whitish above ; eyes margined narrowly with 

 white ; legs shaded with whitish outwardly ; abdomen (greasy in the 

 specimen) with three rows of brown spots." There should be no difficulty 

 in identifying this specjeg should it turn up. 



(To be continuetl.) 



