Arctiidae 
Genus SEIRARCTIA Packard 
(i) Seirarctia echo Abbot & Smith, Plate I, Fig io, larva; 
Plate XVI, Fig. 23, $ . (The Echo Moth.) 
Syn. niobe Strecker. 
This beautiful moth, the caterpillar of which feeds upon the 
sabal palmetto, occurs in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and 
Mississippi. 
Genus ALEXICLES Grote 
(1) Alexicles aspersa Grote. 
This moth is referred by Hampson 
to Hyphantria. It may belong there, 
but I leave it in the genus erected for 
it by Grote. The abdomen is ^ 
vermilion-colored, with black dorsal 
spots. The wings are dark brown, 
the primaries somewhat lighter than 
the secondaries and showing obscure 
darker spots, arranged in transverse bands. 
(The Alexicles Moth.) 
Fig. 65. —Alexicles 
aspersa, $ . 
Genus ESTIGMENE Hubner 
There are reputed to be four species of this genus found 
within the United States. Albida Stretch 
is possibly only an extreme white varia¬ 
tion of E. acrcea. E. prima Slosson is 
represented in Fig. 66. It is found in the 
New England States, northern New York, 
Fig. 66. — Estigmene and Canada. The three species just named 
pnma, $ . a ll a gree in having the abdomen yellowish 
or orange above, and ornamented dorsally by a series of black 
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