Arctiidt* 



Genus PARASEMIA Hiibner 



This genus is represented in our fauna by certain varietal 

 forms, which agree in part with those found in the Old World, 

 and in part differ from them. There is only one species in the 

 genus, which has a wide circumpolar distribution, and a score 

 or more of names have been given to mere color varieties. We 

 figure two of the commoner variations. The larva feeds on 

 Planiago and Myosotis. 



(i) Parasemia plantaginis Linnaeus. (The Small Tiger- 

 moth.) 



Plate XVI, Fig, 25, $ . The usual form found in Colorado 

 and Wyoming. 



Plate XVI, Fig. 26, $ . Form named geometrica by Grote. 



Genus ARCTIA Schrank 



A circumpolar genus of the Northern Hemisphere, containing 

 four species, which are subject to considerable variation in color 

 and size of spots. 



(i) Arctia caia Linnaeus, Plate XV, Fig. 5, $. (The Great 

 Tiger-moth.) 



The specimen figured on the plate was taken in Labrador. 



Form wiskotti Staudinger, Plate XV, Fig. 2, ? . 



Syn. uiahensis Henry Edwards; auripennis Butler; transmontana 

 Neumoegen & Dyar. 



The specimen portrayed on the plate was taken in Colorado. 



Genus PAREUCHiETES Grote 



There are three species of this genus, two of which we 

 figure. The species may be discriminated as follows: 



1 . Hind wing yellowish insulai.i 



7. Hind wing white torera 



3. Hind wing tinged with fuscous eglenensis 



(1) Pareuchsetes insulata Walker, Plate XIV, Fig. }, $. 

 (The Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes.) 



Syn. cadaverosa Grote; afjinis Grote; aurata Butler. 



Found in the Gulf States and the Antilles. 

 (2) Pareuchaetes eglenensis Clemens, Plate XIV, Fig. 4, 

 ? . (The Gray-winged Pareuchaetes.) 



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