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PHEAGMATOBIA Stephens. 

 Phragmatobia rubricosa Saunders. 



Arctia rubricosa Harr., Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 253. (1841). 

 Third edit. fig. 171. (1862). 



Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. Appendix, ji. 341. (1860). 

 Phragmatobia assimilans Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. III. p. 630. (1855). 



Clem., Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 536. (Nov. 1860). 

 Morris, Synopsis Leji. N. Amer. Ajjpen. p. 346. (1860). 

 Saunders, Synopsis Can. Arctiadse, p. 23. (1863). 

 Phragmatobia rubricosa Saunders, Synopsis Can. Arctiadte, p. 24. (1863). 

 Mass. (ScuJder, Mus. Comp. Zobl., Mrs. Bridghaiu). Maine (C 0. 

 Hunt). 



Mr. Beedle of St. Catherines, has given a description t»f the larvae 

 and their interesting habits (Saunders' Synopsis, p. 24). Mr. Scudder 

 has found the cocoon from which he raised the moth. It is loo,se and 

 thin, composed of the hairs of the caterpillar for the most part, held to- 

 gether by silk, and though much paler than that of P. isabeUa is very 

 much like it otherwise. It is .85 inch long and .55 inch broad. 



? Phragmatobia fuliginosa Steph. 



Phragmatobia fuliginosa Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. III. p. 628. (1855). 



Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 537, (Nov. 1860). 

 Phragmatobia rubricosa Saunders, Synopsis Can. Arctiadise, p. 24. (1862). 

 " St. Martin's Falls, Hudson's Bay, Dr. Barnston" (Walk.) 



■? Phragmatobia fuliginosa Steph. 



Arctia fuliginosa Boi«d., Lep. Cal. (Ann. Ent. Soc. France) jj. 49. (1852). 

 California," (Boisd. ) 



a 



Phragmatobia vagans Walk. 



Arctia vagans Boisd., Lep. Cal. (Ann. Ent. Soc. France) p. 49. (1852). 

 Phragmatobia vagans Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M, III. p. 630. (1855). 



Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. y,. 336. (Nov. 1860). 

 Morris, Synojisis Lep. N. Ainer. Appen. p. 346. (I860). 

 " California." (Boisd.) 



ANTARCTIA Hiibn. 

 % . Head very prominent, owing to the long frontal hairs, which 

 form a conical horizontal tuft. Antennse with long even pectinations. 

 9 ? Palpi porrect, long and slender; the tips acute, projecting beyond 

 the front. Thorax very pilose, remarkably stout, while the abdomen 

 is short conical, rapidly tapering to the subacute tip. The scales of 

 the prothorax are hardly distinguishable from tho.se on the rest of the 

 thorax. 



