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Ecpantheria scribonia (Stoll). 



The Great White Leopard- Moth. 



(Ord. Lepidoptera : Fam. ARCTiiDiE.) 



Stoll: Sup. to Cramer's Pap. Ex., 1787, fig. 177, pi. 41, fig. 3 (as 

 Phahj^na). 



Abbott-Smith: Lepidopt. Ins, Georgia, 1797, p- 137, p'- 69 (as Pha- 

 hena oculatissi?na). 



Clemens: in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Piiila , xii, i860, p. 523 (description, 

 distribution). 



Morris: Cat. Lepidopt. North Amer., i860, p. 25; Synop. Lepidopt. 

 North Amer. 1862, p. 347 (synonymy, adult and larva de- 

 scribed). 



Harris: Ins. Inj. Veg., 1862, p. 349 (moth and larva described). 



Saunders: in Proc. Entomolog. Soc. Phila., ii, 1863, pp. 28-29 (larva 

 described) ; the same in Canad. Journ., New Ser., viii, 1863, 

 p. 370; Synop. Canad. Arctiidse, 1863, p. 22; in Canad. 

 Entomol., xiv, 1882, pp. 113-115, figs. 12, 13 (brief general 

 account); in 13th Rept. Entomolog. Soc. Ont. for 1882, 1883, 

 pp. 14-15, figs. 4, 5 (brief general account). 



Packard: in Proc. Entomolog. Soc. Phila., iii, 1864, p. 127 (bibliog- 

 raphy, synonymy, distribution). 



Riley: in Amer. Entomol. -Bot., ii, 1870, p. 179 (larva briefly described), 

 p. 182 (known as "fever worm"); 4th Rept. Ins. Mo., 1872, 

 pp. 141-143, figs. 62,, 64 (life-history, description of larva); in 

 Amer. Entomol., iii, 1880, pp. 133-134 (notes on life-history, 

 parasites) ; Bull. 31 Divis. Entomol, U. S. Dept. Agricul., 1893, 

 p. 49 (eating leaves of cotton plant). 



Stretch : Zyg. and Bomb., 1873, p. 174, pi. 7, figs. 20, 21. 



Siewers: in Canad. Entomol., ix, 1877, p. 128 (feeds on poke berry, 

 will eat cabbage). 



French: in 7th Rept. Ins. Ill, 1878, p. 184 (brief account). 



Marten: in loth Rept. Ins. Ill, 1881, p. 116 (brief mention). 



Slosson : in Entomolog. Amer., iii, 1887, pp. 185, 212 (variety denudata 

 in Florida). 



Edwards, H. : Bull U. S. Nat. Mas., No. 35, 1889, p. 6r (references) 



Harrington: in 20th Rept. Entomolog. Soc. Ont, for 1889, 1890, p 

 48, fig. 23 (brief mention). 



Riley-Howard: in Insect Life, iii, 1890, p. 155 {0/>h io n arctuc A'&X-im 

 parasitic on). 



Smith: Cat. Ins. N. J., 1890, p. 294 (not rare); in Canad. En'.omol 

 xxii, 1890. p. 179 (bibliography, synonymy); List Lepidopt 

 Bor. Amer., 1891, p. 27, no. 1122 (listed, synonymy). 



DvAR : in Psyche, vi, 1891, p. 127 (at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.) ; in Canad 

 Entomol, xxiii, i89r, pp. 106-108 (description of stages). 



Howard: in Bull t,^ Oftice Exp^ Stat., U. S. Dept. Agricul, 1896, p 

 345 (feeding on cotton leaves) ; the same in Farm. Bull. 47 

 U. S. Dept. Agricul, 1897, p. 26. 



