ORDER [V.——-MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 167 
The Woolly Bears (Arctia). 
The Woolly Bear is the name of the next genus to which 
we shall call attention, and of which we shall mention a 
few conspicuous species. A great number of caterpillars 
which are metamorphosed into moths are thickly covered 
with hairs, and in some fanciful respects resemble bears. 
On this account they have been called Woolly Bears, and 
the whole genus is named Arctia, from the Greek word 
ipxroc, Which signifies a bear. ‘Their moths, however, are 
known by the name of Tiger Moths as well as Ermine 
Moths. , 
The Viren Ticer Mors (Arctia virgo), Fig. 40, is one 
Figure 40. 

The Virgin Tiger Moth. 
of the handsomest and largest of this genus, but on account 
of its fetid odor it is very disagreeable to handle. Its fore 
wings expand more than two inches, and are of a pale flesh- 
red color, covered with black stripes and spots, while its 
hind wings are vermilion red, with a row of black dots 
_ around them. 
Its caterpillar is thickly covered with brown hairs, and 
may be seen, in the months of July and August, creeping 
upon the paths, and feeding upon all kinds of grass, until 
it makes its hairy cocoon in the crevices of some wall or 
fence. 
