8 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Vol. ii. 



var. stretch ii Grotc. 



iSSi — A. stn-lcliii CuoTK, Can. Ent., Vol. VII, p. 197. 



Like parthenice but larger. On primaries, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 

 lines from costa to longitudinal stripe, or to internal margin, or 

 exactly Wke. part/ic/iice. Expanse, 50 or more mm. 



Habitat, Southern Atlantic States from New York to Texas. 



E. parthenice Kirby. 



1837 — Calliiiiorpha paiihenice KiRBY, Rich. Fauna Bor. Amer., Vol. IV, p. 303. 

 1864 — Arctia saiindersii GRt'TE, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 75. 



V2r. approximata Stretch. 



1885 — Stretch, Ent. Amer., Vol. I, p. \o\. 



Fore wings marked as in turgo except that the median vein is 

 only narrowly lined with pale. The median line (3) often reaches 

 from costa to longitudinal stripe, but it may be entirely absent. 

 The transverse posterior (4th) line is less strongly angulated than 

 in virgo, rarely partly absent, giving the variety approximata. 

 Secondaries red with double marginal row and one discal spot. 

 Expanse, 30 — 35 mm. 



Habitat^ Northern New York and New England to Canada. 



,E. rectilinea French. 



1879 — Arctia recliliiiea Fkkncii, Can. Ent., Vol. XI, p. 45. 



Differs from parthenice only in the obliquity of the two trans- 

 verse lines which are present. The median (3rd) line runs from 

 costa to median vein at origin of vein 2, while the transverse 

 posterior (4th) line is straight, not angulated at median vein. The 

 lines are thus parallel and do not converge as \n parthenice . 



Habitat^ Mississippi Valley, rare in the Atlantic States. 



E. anna Grate. 



1863 — Arctia anna Gkote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil , Vol. II, p. 335. 



var. persephone Grote. 



1863 — A. persephone Gkote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. II, p. 433. 



Veins narrow lined, linear. Longitudinal stripe, 4th line and 

 w-mark present; also 3rd line from sub-costal to median veins, or 

 reduced, or absent. Secondaries ocherous, with discal dot and 

 broad black border, or all black. Abdomen ocherous with black 

 dorsal and lateral bands or entirely black. Expanse, 40 — 45 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States, 



