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blackish irregular spots, and abbreviated bands along the costa and 

 external margin. Internal margin, clothed with longer, pinkish or 

 pale crimson hair. Under surface, resembling upper, with the 

 black abbreviated costal bands more prominent. 



Head and " collar," yellowish, immaculate ; the former with a 

 brighter tinge on the vertex and front ; palpi, blackish ; antennae, 

 rather short, bi-pectinate ; thorax and patagia, black, prominently 

 fringed with yellowish hair, so as to give the appearance of three 

 broad dorsal black stripes. The caputal and thoracic parts are 

 loosely clothed with long hair. Abdomen, above, clothed with long 

 pinkish or pale crimson scales, concolorous with those on the inter- 

 nal margin of the secondaries, but rather darker. A central, dor- 

 sal, narrow, blackish stripe, or series of close maculations. 

 Beneath, dark brownish, which latter color obtains over the anal 

 segments above ; centrally, on the basal segments, is a distinct yel- 

 lowish scale patch. Legs and under thoracic surface, dark brown- 

 ish ; anterior legs with pale orange-colored scales between them at 

 base ; immediately below the head and laterally, the scales are 

 black or blackish. 



Expanse. — S , 1-25 inch; length of body, 0.G5 inch. 



Habitat.— Mexico. (Mr. W. II. Edwards.) "No. 25." 



Hesembles Arctia phyllira, Harris, and Arctia nevadensis, 

 G. and R., in ornamentation. From the latter, which of the 

 two it more nearly resembles, it may be distinguished by its 

 more rounded wings, shorter antennae, and differently colored 

 thoracic parts, while the costal edge of the primaries is entirely 

 yellowish. It may be remarked that Arctia celia, Saunders, 

 is very probably synonymous with Arctia figurata, Drury 

 sp. ; the variety with red secondaries, described by Mr. 

 Saunders, being, in our estimation, too near the typical form 

 figured by Drury to be distinct.* On the other hand, Arctia 



* The Bombix figurata, Be Beauvoh, Ins. Af. and Am., p. 265, Plate 24, Fig. 

 4, given in illustration of Drury's species, represents evidently the form described 

 as typical of Arctia celia, Saunders. It may also be remarked here, that Bombix 

 cunegunda, 1. c. p. 134, Plate 22, Fig. 4, a species figured by De Beauvois with 

 the wings folded, is a synonym of Ecpantheria Scribonia, Hiibntr. 



