6 JOHN B. SMITH. 



The subfamily Arctiinje begins with Codiosoma, as Mr. Kirby 

 writes Mr. Stretch's generic term Kodiosonm. Phragmatohia follows 

 immediately after, and contains, besides /tt^i^mosa and rubricosa, the 

 species we have as Antarctia in our list. I confess this aggregation 

 is staggering, when the sei)arati()ns elsewhere made are taken into 

 consideration. P. assimilans is cited as a synonym of rubricosa, and 

 franeonia is cited as a variety of the latter, probably quite correctly. 

 P. {Antarctia) vagans Bdv. has rufula cited as a synonym — quite 

 correctly in my opinion ; but walsinghami has no better claim to spe- 

 cific rank, and is yet passed. 



Parasemia Hiib. is used instead of Nemeophila, with plantaginis as 

 type. Geometrica is cited as distinct from petrosa contrary to the 

 opinions of all American entomologists ; even its describer, Mr. 

 Grote, placing it as a variety as far back as 1889. 



Haploa Hiib. is used for our American species referred to Calli- 

 morpha, the synonymy practically agreed upon by Mr. Lyman and 

 myself being mostly rejected and nearly all the names given specific 

 rank. Whether Mr. Kirby deems our work inconclusive or unre- 

 liable does not appear. The only point he decides is that C. lachtta 

 Smith drops in as a synonym of Tanada conscita, and that perhaps 

 may be conceded as correct. 



Under CalUmorpha, Mr. Kirby gives us our Epicallia vlrgiiialis, 

 making it congeneric with C. dominula. L.^ the type of the genus. 

 In Platarctia, parthenos and borealis appear as distinct species, and 

 hyperborea, Curtis, to which both have been referred as synonyms, 

 does not appear in the genus at all. Yarrowi and remissa also are 

 referred to this genus. 



Under Hypercompa Hiib. we find our Eajyrepici caja, and opidenta. 

 Mr. Kirby here gives the Tentamen priority over Ochsenheimer's 

 name. My opinion of the Tentamen has been elsewhere expressed, 

 and I cannot follow Mr. Kirby here. 



Under Arctia we have villlca as type, and one other species, none 

 of our American forms being accredited to the genus. 



In Hyphoraia Hiib. we find our Platarctia hyperborea, its supposed 

 synonym?: parthenos and borealis having been long ago disposed of. 



After an interval of foreign generic names we find Apantesis Wlk., 

 to which most of the Arctia species of our list are referred : such as 

 are not so found will be hereafter mentioned. Arctia paHhoi ice is 

 given specific rank and widely separated from saundersil, of which 

 it is, I believe, a synonym ; indeed, the order of sjjecies here adopted 



