Arctiidae 
is familiar; and unhappy is the boy who has not at some time or 
other in his life made the country his home. “ God made the 
country, man made the town.” 
Genus PHRAGMATOBIA Stephens 
A genus of modern extent, represented in Europe, Asia, 
and North America. The structural characteristics of the wings 
are displayed in Fig. 71. 
(1) Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linnaeus, Plate XIV, Fig. 
31, ? . (The Ruby Tiger-moth.) 
Syn. rubric os a Harris. 
The Ruby Tiger-moth is widely distributed, being found 
throughout boreal Asia, Europe, and the northern United States 
and Canada., A multitude of 
minor subvarietal forms have 
been distinguished, and to some 
of them names have been ap¬ 
plied, but there is compara¬ 
tively little difference between 
them, and the student who has 
once learned to recognize the 
species will find no difficulty 
in assigning to it any specimens 
which may come into his pos¬ 
session. The insect, so far as 
our fauna is concerned, is a 
northern species, quite common 
in New England and Canada, 
and ranging southward along the Appalachian Mountains into 
the Carolinas, where it only occurs at high elevations above 
sea-level. It is also found ranging southward along the 
Rocky Mountains. The caterpillar feeds upon a variety of 
herbaceous plants, and is partial to the shoots of the golden- 
rod {Solidago). 
(2) Phragmatobia brucei Henry Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 
30, $ . (Bruce’s Tiger.) 
This species is found in Colorado upon the mountains. 
(3) Phragmatobia beani Neumoegen, Plate XIV, Fig. 29, ? . 
(Bean’s Tiger-moth.) 
—1 
Fig. 70 .—Phragmatobia fuliginosa. 
a. larva; b. cocoon; c. imago, $ . 
From “Insect Life,” Vol. I, p. 236.) 
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