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Line 3 is bent at right angles on median vein, forming terminal 

 x-mark with the central limbs of the w. Secondaries whitish in 

 cT, pale salmon red in 9, with marginal and submarginal rows and 

 one discal black spot but reduced in size and broken by the veins. 

 Abdomen cream color, the spots small. Expanse, 35 — 40 mm. 

 Habitat, Atlantic States westward to California. 



Group ORODEMNIAS Wallengren. 

 1886 — Oiodemnias Wallengren, Skand. Met., Vol. II, p. 315. 



Synopsis of species 



Secondaries yellowish white. 



Pale maculations of fore wings extensive .... quenselii. 



Maculations reduced var. Speciosa. 



Secondaries red obliterata. 



E. quenselii Paykiill. 



1791 — Bomhyx quenselii VtCiYiVLL, Act. Hafn., Vol. IT, p. 99. 

 1793 — Bombyx strigosa Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Vol. Ill (i), p. 454. 

 1849 — Euprepia gelida MoscHLER, Stett. Ent. Zeit., Vol. IX, p. 174. 



var. speciosa Moschlcr. 



iSb4^A>rt/a speciosa MoscHLER, Wien. Ent. Monat.. Vol. VIII, p. 105. 

 Black; secondaries of d' largely black with paler shadings, of 

 9 partly and irregularly yellow. Primaries of ^ with the veins 

 narrowly lined; bands 3 to 4 present from sub-costal to median 

 veins, narrow, reduced, irregular. W-mark irregular. In Q, the 

 marks are broader, confused, light yellow. Bands 2, 3 and 4 

 present from sub-costal to median vein. W-mark blurred. Expanse, 



30—35 mm. 



Habitat, Arctic regions. 



E. obliterata Stretch. 



1885 — Arctia obliterata STRETCH, Ent. Amer., Vol. I, p. 105. 



Thorax normal, abdomen yellowish, normal. Primaries 

 blackish brown. Costa, fringes and inner margin, veins, longitudinal 

 stripe, terminal w-mark and costal half of 4th band, pale yellow. 

 Traces of median band. Secondaries dull red, the black spots 

 present as marginal, submarginal and discal ones. Expanse 



33 mm. 



Habitat, unknown. 



Group CYMBALOPHORA Rambur. 

 i855 — Cyinbalophora Rambur, Cat. Lep. And., Vol. II, p. 231. 



