14 Journal New York Ent. Soc. i^ol. ii. 



var. figurata Drury. 



1773 — Bonihyx figurata Drury, 111. Ex. Ent., Vol. II, p. 12. 



1822 — Etiplagia ceraiitica HiiBNiiU, Veiz. bek. Schmett., p. 180. 



1S78 — Arctia f-pallida Si'KECK!':k, Rep. Chief Eng. 187S, App. ss, p. i860. 



var. celia Saunders. 



1863 — Arctia celia Saundeus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phi!., Vol. II, p. 59. 

 1%'^%— Arctia fraticoiii a IlY. Edwards, Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p. 184. 



var. excelsa JVeiinnvgen. 



1883 — Arctia excelsa Neumct.GEN, Pap., Vol. Ill, p. 70. 

 1887 — Arctia Ingiibris IIulst, Ent. Amer., Vol. II, p. 182. 



Thorax normal, abdomen red with normal spots. Primaries 

 black, longitudinal stripe, lines 3 — 4, and w-mark moderate, cream 

 colored. Lines 3 and 4 divergent or parallel, from costa to stripe. 

 Secondaries red ; discal, marginal, and submarginal spots present, 

 variable, sometimes confluent and covering nearly the whole wing. 

 Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat^ Southern States, rare in New York and New England, 



E. placentia Sviith &-' Abbott. 



i-jq-] — Pltalana placentia Smith & Akbott, Lep. Ins. Ga., Vol. II, pi. 65. 

 var. snowi Grote. 



1875 — Arctia s)io7vi CiV.O\lS., Can. Ent., Vol. VII, p. 197. 



1878 — Arctia qiiadranotata Stkecker, Proc. Dav. Acad. Sc , Vol. II, p. 271. 



var. flammea Neunnvgen. 



1881 — Arcda flammea Neumiegen, Pap., Vol. I, p. 9. 



Thorax and primaries black: secondaries red with normal 

 discal and marginal spots, to all black. Abdomen red, with dorsal 

 and lateral bands. On primaries, a discal flesh red spot (of band 

 3) or part of band 4 or traces of w-mark, all broken by veins. 



Habitat, Southern States to Mississippi Valley. 



Group APANTESIS Walker. 

 i?,$S—Apantesis Walker, Cat. P.rit. Mus., pt. Ill, p. 331. 



Synopsis of species. 



Costal margin of primaries black ........ nais. 



Costal margin yellow. 



Abdomen rosy red, marks of primaries usually complete . phalerata. 



Abdomen yellow, often largely black ; marks partly absent . vittata. 



E. nais Drury. 



1-J-J2 - Noctua nais Drury, 111. Ex. Ent., Vol. I, pi. 7, f- 3. 

 lySi — Bomhyx cuneata GoEZE, Ent. Betyr., Vol. Ill (3), p. 65. 

 1797 — Bonibyx defloi-iana Martyn, Psyche, pi. 28. ff. 78 — 9. 

 x'i'ix— Arctia ochreata 13utler, Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. XVIII, p. 136. 



