March 1894.] NeUMCEGEN & DvAR, N. A. BOMBYCES. 3 



var. walsinghami Butler. 



1881 — Antarctia 7valsinghaini BUTI.ER, Ann. Nat. Hist., Vol. VIII, p. 311. 

 var. danbyi Neiunocgen cr' Dyar. 



1893 — Neumcegen & Dyar, Ent. News, Vol. IV, p. 141. 

 Thorax red, or brown with a red tinge {inir danbxi). Fore 

 wings brown with red tinge or largely red {ikir. wahiiighaDii) with 

 a blackish discal dot. Secondaries black, wings thinly scaled, 

 subtranslucent. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Habitat.^ Pacific Northwest. 



E. vagans Boisdiival. 



1852 — Arctia vagans BoiSDUVAL, Ann. Ent Sec. France, (2), Vol. X, p. 322. 

 1875 — Spilosoma pteiidis Hy. Edwards, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol.V, p. 265. 



var. rufula Boisduval. 



1855 — Memecphila rufula BoisnuvAL, Bull. Soc. Ent. France (3). Vol. Ill, p. 32. 

 1864 — A ntarctia punctata Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 123. 

 188 r — Autarctia proba Hy. Edward.S, Pap., Vol. I, p. 39. 



Male; drab, sprinkled with black scales with black discal dots, 

 Secondaries often largely or wholly black. Female brownish red 

 with irrorations and markings as in the ^. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat, California. 



Genus Neoarctia Neumoegen 6^ Dyar. 

 1893 — Neoarctia Neumcegen & Dyar, Ent. News., Vol. IV, p. 141. 



Synopsis of species. 



Dark brown, marks indistinct . . . . . . . . beanii. 



Black, marks distinct .......... brucei. 



N. beanii Neimwegen. 



1891 — Autarctia beanii Neumcegen, Can. Ent., Vol. XXIII, p. 123. 

 var. fuscosa Neumoegen. 



1891 — A. beanii \a.Y. fuscosa Neumcegen, Can. Ent., Vol. XXIII, p. 124. 

 Chocolate brown, abdomen reddish laterally. Fore wings 

 subtranslucent, with a basal band and costal patch, outer transverse 

 and angular terminal bands of pinkish color, faintly marked or 

 absent {vdii-. fuscosa). Secondaries pinkish with mesial and sub- 

 marginal brown bands. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat, Northern Rocky Mountains. 



N. brucei Hy. Edwards. 



1888 — Arctia brucei Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p. 183. 



