6 Journal New York Ent. Soc [VoI. h. 



Group CALLARCTIA Packard. 

 1864 — Callarctia Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 114. 



Synopsis of species. 



Linings of veins broad, especially along the median vein. 



Si/e large ; one or two incomplete transverse bands besides the w-mark. 



Hind wings red ......... virgo. 



Hind wings yellow ....... var. citrinaria. 



Size smaller. 



Hind wings yellow. 



No transverse bands except the w virguncula. 



Trace of one or more of these bands ..... var. otiosa. 

 Hind wings pink ; linings of veins verv broad. 



Pale marks pinkish michabo. 



Of a deeper color, more reddish ..... vay. minea. 



Lining on median vein narrow, confined to the vein. 



Secondaries red, without any tendency to melanism ; marginal spots 

 rarely confluent. 

 Size large; primaries usually with three transverse bands. 



Only two transverse bands present .... intermedia. 



Three transverse bands present ..... var. stretchii. 



Size smaller with two or less bands. 



Third line broken or absent ; fourth seldom rigid. 



Third and fourth lines present ..... parthenice. 



Third line absent, fourth broken . . var. approximata. 



Third and fourth lines present, rigid, parallel . . . rectilinea. 



Secondaries yellow or orange red with a strong tendency to melanism; 

 rarely intirely black ; marginal spots often confluent, basal 

 spots often present. 

 Hind wings entirely black ........ anna. 



Hind wings yellow, with even black border . . var. persephone. 



Hind wings yellow or red, lightly or heavily spotted or nearly 

 entirely black. Basal spots present in well marked 

 specimens. 

 Three or four bands on primaries (full maculation). 



Veinsindistinctly lined or not lined at all .... ornata. 



Veins narrowly lined ....... var. achaia. 



Less than three bands on primaries, sometimes but one ; but 



W-marks present var. COmplicata. 



E. virgo Linnceus. 



1758 — Bombyx virgo LiNN^us. Syst. Nat., Vol. I, p. 501. 



var. citrinaria NeumcEgen 6^ Dyar. 



1893 — Euprcpia virgo var. citrinaria NEUMa':GEN & Dyar, Ent. News. Vol. IV, 



p.142. 



Fore wings black ; all the margins, veins and longitudinal 



stripes, pinkish cream color. The terminal w-mark is distinct, the 



transverse posterior (4th) line reaches from costa to stripe, angu- 



