Arctiidae 



is familiar; and unhappy is the boy who has not at some time or 

 other in his life made the country his home. " God made the 

 country, man made the town." 



Genus PHRAGMATOBIA Stephens 



A genus of modern extent, represented in Europe, Asia, 

 and North America. The structural characteristics of the wings 

 are displayed in Fig. 71. 



(i) Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linnseus, Plate XIV, Fig. 

 31, ? . (The Ruby Tiger-moth.) 



Syn. ritbricosa Harris. 



The Ruby Tiger-moth is widely distributed, being found 

 throughout boreal Asia, Europe, and the northern United States 



and Canada. A multitude of 

 minor subvarietal forms have 

 been distinguished, and to some 

 of them names have been ap- 

 plied, but there is compara- 

 tively little difference between 

 them, and the student who has 

 once learned to recognize the 

 species will find no difficulty 

 in assigning to it any specimens 

 which may come into his pos- 

 session. The insect, so far as 

 our fauna is concerned, is a 

 northern species, quite common 

 in New England and Canada, 

 and ranging southward along the Appalachian Mountains into 

 the Carolinas, where it only occurs at high elevations above 

 sea-level. It is also found ranging southward along the 

 Rocky Mountains. The caterpillar feeds upon a variety of 

 herbaceous plants, and is partial to the shoots of the golden- 

 rod {Solid ago). 



(2) Phragmatobia brucei Henry Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 

 50, S . (Bruce's Tiger.) 



This species is found in Colorado upon the mountains. 



(3) Phragmatobia beani Neumoegen, Plate XIV, Fig. 29, ? . 

 (Bean's Tiger-moth.) 



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Fig. 70. — Phragmatobia fuliginosa. 

 a. larva; b. cocoon; c. imago, ^ . 

 From "Insect Life," Vol. I, p. 236.) 



