﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  Harvey, 
  of 
  Victoria 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  say 
  to 
  what 
  species 
  they 
  belong, 
  as 
  I 
  

   could 
  not 
  obtain 
  them 
  for 
  comparison. 
  

  

  Arctia 
  Americana. 
  Harr. 
  

  

  During 
  my 
  stay 
  in 
  Victoria, 
  I 
  took 
  four 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  insect, 
  

   and 
  examined 
  five 
  others, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  and 
  patagia, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Arctia 
  achaia. 
  Bdv. 
  

  

  Rather 
  common 
  in 
  Portland, 
  Oregon 
  ; 
  coming 
  freely 
  to 
  light, 
  and 
  not 
  unfre- 
  

   quently 
  found 
  at 
  rest 
  on 
  walls 
  and 
  palings. 
  

  

  Arctia, 
  sp. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  beautiful 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  — 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  male 
  has 
  stone-colored 
  

   markings 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  like 
  A. 
  Quenselii, 
  and 
  the 
  female 
  bright 
  orange 
  

   patches 
  — 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  May, 
  in 
  Victoria 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  obtain 
  a 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Other 
  Arctias 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  regions 
  treated 
  of 
  ; 
  one 
  exquisite 
  

   species 
  recently 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stretch 
  as 
  A. 
  superba, 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Es- 
  

   quimau, 
  V. 
  I., 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Bremner, 
  of 
  H. 
  M. 
  S. 
  Zealous, 
  and 
  by 
  him 
  kindly 
  

   presented 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Leucartia 
  acrcea. 
  Pack. 
  

  

  Seven 
  specimens 
  taken 
  at 
  gas-Umps, 
  in 
  July, 
  at 
  the 
  Dalles, 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  Pyrrharciia 
  Isabella. 
  Pack. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  (^, 
  in 
  DO 
  respect 
  differing 
  from 
  my 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  

   taken 
  at 
  Portland, 
  Oregon, 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  Spilvosoma 
  virginica. 
  Walk. 
  

  

  Eleven 
  specimens, 
  at 
  Portland, 
  Oregon, 
  in 
  July, 
  presenting 
  very 
  slight 
  varia- 
  

   tions 
  among 
  themselves 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  spots. 
  

  

  Hyphantria 
  textor. 
  Harr. 
  

  

  Two 
  p 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  at 
  Portland, 
  Oregon, 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  Halesidota 
  Agassizii. 
  Pack. 
  

  

  I 
  found 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  feeding, 
  as 
  usual, 
  upon 
  willows 
  ; 
  and 
  saw 
  

   in 
  a 
  small 
  collection, 
  in 
  Victoria, 
  two 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  perfect 
  insect. 
  

  

  Halesidota 
  orgentata. 
  Pack. 
  

  

  Two 
  fine 
  J 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  species 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  streets 
  of 
  Victoria 
  

   during 
  my 
  stay. 
  

  

  