i^rctiidae 
Genus TURUPTIANA Walker 
There are eight species in this genus, but only one of them 
occurs within the limits of the United States. 
(i) Turuptiana permaculata Packard, Plate XVI, Fig. 
15, $. (The Many-spotted Tiger-moth.) 
Syn. reducta Grote; cceca Strecker. 
This neat moth is found in Colorado and thence southward 
as far as Arizona and Mexico. 
Genus LEPTARCTIA Stretch 
There is only one species in this genus, but the single 
species by assuming protean colors has caused a great multi¬ 
plication of names. We have figured a few of the varietal 
forms. 
(1) Leptarctia californiae Walker, Plate XIV, Fig. 25, $ , 
Form lena Boisduval, Plate XIV, Fig. 28, $. 
Form decia Boisduval, Plate XIV, Fig. 27, $. 
Form dimidiata Stretch, Plate XIV, Fig. 26, $ . 
The moth is found in southern California, where it is quite 
/ommon. The student will have little trouble in recognizing 
the commoner varieties by the help of the figures we have 
given, but these are only a few of the forms which occur. 
“ And with childlike credulous affection 
We behold those tender wings expand, 
Emblems of our own great resurrection. 
Emblems of the bright and better land.” 
—Longfellow. 
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