ArotiidsB 



(Fig. 6i), and Euerythra trimaculata, which is figured on 

 Plate XVI, Fig. 4. The insects occur in Texas and Arizona. 

 They are not common in collections as yet, and so far as the 



Fig. 61. — Euerythra phasma, S . j. (After Hampson.) 



writer recalls, their larval habits have not been described. The 

 student who desires to study the structure of the genus should 

 consult Hampson's Catalogue, or Prof. Smith's Paper pub- 

 lished in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 

 Vol. X, p. 335 et seq. 



Genus ECPANTHERIA Hubr.er 



This is a large genus, well represented in the tropics of 

 America. Only two species occur within the limits of our 

 fauna, Ecpantheria muzina Oberthur, which is found in 

 Texas as a straggler from the Mexican territory, and Ecpan- 

 theria defiorata Fabricius, which is more commonly known 



by its synonymical name, scribonia, 

 given to it by Stoll. The larva of 

 this handsome moth is itself a 

 beautiful object. It is deep black, 

 clothed with black hairs, and at 

 the junction of the somites, or 

 segments of the body, it is banded 

 with rings of crimson. The male 

 of the perfect insect is figured on 

 Plate XVI. Fig. 16, and in the 

 accompanying cut we give a figure 

 of the larva. The Eyed Tiger-m.oth 

 ranges from southern New England, where it is rare, through 

 the southern parts of the United States into Mexico. It is 

 quite common in the Carolinas, and in my boyhood I derived 

 much pleasure from rearing the larvae, v/hich fed very freely 

 upon the plantain {Plantago). 



Fig. 62. — E. defiorata; a larva; 



b magnified hair of larva. 



(After Riley.) 



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