Arctiidse 
that scarcely two are exactly alike in the amount of black 
or white displayed upon the fore wings. The reader will 
do well in this connection to consult the Proceedings of the 
United States National Museum, Vol. X, pp. 338-353, where 
Prof. John B. Smith has written upon the subject, the Canadian 
Entomologist, Vol. XIX, p. 181 et seq., where Mr. H. H. Lyman 
has presented his views, and the Plate given by Mr. F. A. 
Merrick in the Entomological News for 1903, in which the 
extreme variability of H. lecontei in a given locality is 
illustrated. 
(1) Haploa clymene Brown, Plate XVII, Fig. 7,3. (The 
Clymene Moth.) 
Syn interruptomarginata De Beauvois; comma Walker. 
This is one of the most constant species of the genus, 
and may easily be recognized by the figure we have given upon 
the plate. It ranges from southern New England to Georgia, 
and westward to the Mississippi. The larva feeds upon 
Eupatorium it is said, and the writer believes that the state¬ 
ment, which has been called in question, is correct, for, although 
he has never reared the larvae to maturity himself, he has observed 
the female moth ovipositing upon this plant in southern Indiana, 
It is also said to feed upon willows. 
(2) Haploa colona Hubner, Plate XVII, Fig. 2, ?. (The 
Colona Moth.) 
Syn. Carolina Harris. 
Form consita Walker, Plate XVII, Fig. 5, $ . 
Syn. lactata Smith. 
This species, which is the largest of the genus, is very 
variable in the amount of the black shown upon the fore wings. 
We give two extremes. Other forms arc recognized. The 
insect has its metropolis in the southwestern States, though it 
occurs also very sparingly in the northern Atlantic States, and 
more commonly in the southern Atlantic States. It is common 
in Texas. 
(3) Haploa lecontei Boisduval (Leconte’s Haploa;. 
Form dyari Merrick, Plate XVII, Fig. 9, $ . 
Form militaris Harris, Plate XVII, Figs. 4, ro, $ ; 
Fig. 1, ?. 
Form vestalis Packard, Plate XVII, Fig. 3, $ , 
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