Arctiidae 
4 often absent; 5 from near lower angle of cell or well below 
angle of discocellulars; 6, 7 sometimes coincident; 8 coin¬ 
cident with the cell from or almost from base to near middle, 
or extremity of the cell and even in some genera beyond the 
extremity of the cell. In the genus Halisidota vein 8 is obsolete. 
The larvae have all the prolegs and are generally profusely 
clothed with hairs. They pupate in cocoons woven of silk 
mixed with the hairs which are shed during the process of 
spinning. The caterpillars of some species have received the 
common appellation of “ woolly bears/’ and the moths are 
familiarly known as ‘'tiger-moths.” 
Genus HOLOMELINA Herrich-Schaeffer 
The names Eubaphe and Crocota, proposed by Hubner, 
and applied recently by some writers to this group of insects, 
being what are known to students as nomina nuda , cannot 
stand. 
It may be said in passing that this genus from a classi- 
ficational standpoint is in a very unsatisfactory condition, so far 
as some of the species are concerned. The “Splitters” and the 
“Lumpers” have been hard at work upon it, and inasmuch as 
the insects show very little purely structural variation, and 
vary greatly in color and size, there has resulted great con¬ 
fusion. Within the limits of the space assigned to us in the 
present compendium we have not the opportunity to discuss 
these questions, but suggest to our readers that there is here 
an opportunity to use both eyes and mind to advantage in 
solving some of the vexed points. The test of breeding should 
be rigorously applied, and the larval stages of the insects 
should be critically observed. 
(1) Holomelina ostenta Henry Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 
17, £ . (The Showy Holomelina.) 
This conspicuous and very beautifully colored insect ranges 
from Colorado through New Mexico and Arizona into Mexico. 
(2) Holomelina opella Grote, Plate XIV, Fig. 23, £ . (The 
Tawny Holomelina.) 
Syn. obscura Strecker; rubricosta Ehrman. 
This species is rather common in Pennsylvania and the 
Atlantic States as far south as Georgia. 
