142 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A. rubra Neum. 



1 88 1 — Neum., Papilio, I., 79, Antarctia. 



i88r — Butl., Ann. Mag. N. H., ser. 5, VIII. , 311, Antarctia. 



Habitat — Oregon, California. 



A. vagans Bdv. 



1852 — Bdv.*, Lep. Cal. (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 2 ser. X., 322), 50, Arctia. 

 1856— Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het. III., 630, Phragmatobia. 

 i860— Clem., Pr. Ac. N. Sci. Phil. XII., 336, Phragmatobia. 

 1862 — Morris, Synopsis, 346, Phragjnatobia. 

 1864 — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Ill, 122, Phragfnatobia. 

 1868 — Grt. & Rob., Cat. Lep. N. Am., Phragmatobia. 

 1869— Bdv., Lep. Calif. (Ann. Soc. Ent., Belg., XII.), 79, Arctia. 

 1873 — Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb., 192, pi. VIIL, ff. 8-12, Antarctia. 

 pteridis Hy. Edw. 



1875 — Edw., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., V., 264, Antarctia. 

 1875 — Edw., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., V., Z^l.,pr. syn. 



var, rufnla Bdv. 

 1852— Bdv., Lep. Cal. (Ann. Soc. Ent., Belg., XII.), 80, Arctia. 

 1873 — Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb., 192, /r. syn. 

 1881 — Neum., Papilio, I., 79, pr. var. 

 Habitat — California, Vancouver. 

 Food plant — Lupin (Stretch). 



A. walsiftghami Butl. 



1881 — Butl., Ann. & Mag. N. H., ser. 5, VIIL, 311, Antarctia. 



Habitat — Oregon. 

 The synonymy in this genus is far from setded. There are probably 

 fewer species than are given here. At all events, I do not see why rufula 

 must not xe\:)\2ice pimctata Pack., for, though the male was a mere variety 

 of vagans, the female referred to a good species, and the name cannot be 

 dropped, because in part a synonym. I have not made the change here, 

 but content myself with calling attention to the necessity for it. 



Genus Leucarctia Pack. 



1864 — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., III., 124. 

 Head small and retracted ; palpi short ; tongue short and weak. 

 Antennae short, pectinated in both sexes, the pectinations in the female 



