230 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



E. aii;.\n ii.vcA var. rubicundaria Ebn. (1019a). Common, 

 July 16-Aug. -4. Tlio larva feeds oil a variety of plants. 



K. lamab Frmn. (1019.1). Sea Wall Bog, .July 18-25 (Br.). 



E. I 1 i:i;i i.ixosa form immaculata Beak. (1023). N. E. Har- 

 bor (Mmot); July 2(5. 



Phracmatobia Stephens 



P. fuligixosa Linn. (1028). The Ruby Tiger Moth. Bar 

 Harbor, May 2-20 (Br.). The caterpillar feeds upon many 

 herbaceous plants and is partial to the shoots of Solidago. 



P. assimilans Wlk. (1029). Penikese at light, May 25- 

 Aug. •"). 



Apantesis Walker 



A. Virgo Linn. (1033). The Virgin Tiger Moth. Common, 

 .July 27-Aug. 16. The larva feeds on plantain, lettuce, etc. 



A. intermedia Stretch. (1034). Bar Harbor (Br.) ; Corfield 

 at light, Aug. 9-10. Scarce. 



A. parthenice Kby. (1035). N. E. Harbor, Aug. 29 (Minot). 



A. doris Bdv. (1037). Corfield and Penikese at light, June 

 1-Aug. 16. 



A. virguxcula Kirby (1044). Manset; S. W. Harbor, June 

 21 ; Penikese at light, June 13-23. The variations of this 

 moth refute all of the attempts of "specialists" to set up 

 sub-species based upon an extra dot or two on a wing. 



Diacrisia Hiibner 



D. virgixica Fab. (1065). The White Tiger Moth. Gen- 

 erally distributed, June 16-Aug. 15. The caterpillar is 

 known as the "woolly bear" and feeds on various plants 

 including peas, beans, grasses, garden flowers, etc. 



Isia W;ilkiT 



f. Isabella Abb. & Sin. (1069). The larva is called the 

 "banded woolly bear" and feeds on clover, plantain, dande- 

 lion, etc. Common everywhere in U. S. 



