216 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



1864 — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., III., 109, pr. var. 



1867 — G. & R., Traas. Am. Ent. Soc, I., 334, an sp. dist. 



1869 — Bdv., Lep. Cal. (Ann. Soc. Ent., Belg. XII), 74, Callimorpha. 



1873 — Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb., 70, pr. var. 



1875 — Edw., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., V., 186, pr. var. 



Habitat — Vane, Calif., Or., Colo., Ariz. 



Genus Platarctia Packard. 



1864 — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., III., 109. 

 I have no notes of this genus, never having had a specimen that 

 belonged to me absolutely. 



P. borealis Moeschler. 



i860 — Moeschl., Wien. Ent. Monatsch., IV., 360, pi. 9, f. 3, Arctia. 



1864 — Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., III., 74, =part/ienos. 



1864 — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., III., \\\, Platai-ctia. 



1867 — Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc, N. H., XL, 35, Platarctia. 



1869 — Beth., Can. Ent., L, 45, Platarctia. 



1873 — Strk., Lep. Rhop. et. Het, 24, z=.parthefios. 



1882 — Grt, New List, 15, Platarctia. 



Habitat— Can., Labr. 

 Mr. Grote lists this as a distinct species without comment, and I fol- 

 low his lead. It is the opinion of those with both species, I believe, that 

 parthenos and borealis refer to varieties of the same form. 

 P. hyperborea Curtis. 



1 83 1 — Curt., App. to Ross. Nam, 2nd Voy., LXXL, p. i'],Eyprepia. 



1855— Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het., IIL, 611, Arctia. 



i857_Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het, VIL, 1692, Arctia. 



i860— Clem, Proc Ac. N. Sci., Phil., XII., S2(), Arctia. 



1862 — Morris, Synopsis, Supplt, 340, Arctia. 



1868— Grt & Rob. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, IL, 71, Platarctia. 



Habitat — Arctic America. 



P. parthenos Harris. 



1850 — Harr. in Ag. Lake Sup., 390, pi. VIL, f 4, Arctia. 

 1855— Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het, IIL, 608, Arctia. 

 i860 — Clem., Proc. Ac. N. Sci., Phil., XII., 529, Arctia. 

 1862 — Morris, Synopsis, Supplt., 337, Arctia. 



