Arctiidse 
Fig. 59 .—Haploa 
lecontei, £ . 
This is a protean species, of which a half dozen, or more, 
forms have been recognized, named, and described. We give in 
our cut (Fig. 59), a figure of the wings of 
a specimen, which agrees in its markings 
with the specimen figured by Boisduval, 
the author of the species, in his Plate given 
in the Regne Animal. Such specimens 
come in the form of their maculation very 
near the next species, which has been 
differentiated by Lyman under the name 
confusa. Haploa lecontei ranges from 
New England to Georgia and westward to the Mississippi. 
It is a very common insect in western Pennsylvania. The cater¬ 
pillar feeds upon Triosteum perfoliatum, and in localities where 
this plant is abundant the moths may be found in swarms at 
the end of May and the beginning of June. 
(4) Haploa confusa Lyman, Plate XVII, Fig. 6, $ . (Lyman’s 
Haploa.) 
This form, or species, is well represented in our plate. It 
appears to be constant, and is indigenous to the New England 
States. The specimen figured came from the neighborhood of 
Claremont, New Hampshire. 
(5) Haploa contigua Walker. (The Neighbor.) 
The cut we give (Fig. 60), shows the maculation of the 
wings of this species sufficiently well to 
enable it to be separated at once from its 
congeners. It occurs in the Atlantic region 
from New England northward and westward. 
It is found in the Catskills and the Adiron- 
dacks, and probably occurs in the mountains 
of northern Pennsylvania, although I do not 
recall any reference to its having been taken 
in that State, nor have I seen it on the 
Alleghenies, where I have passed several 
Fig. 60 —Haploa 
contigua , $ 
summits of 
summers. 
the 
Genus EUERYTHRA Harvey 
There are two species of this genus known, Euerythra 
phasma Harvey, which is represented in the accompanying cut 
