Arctiidae 



Fig. 59. Haploa 

 lecontei, $ . 



This is a protean species, of which a half dozen, or more, 

 forms have been recognized, named, and described. We give in 

 our cut (Fig. 59), a figure of the wings of 

 a specimen, which agrees in its markings 

 with the specimen figured by Boisduval, 

 the author of the species, in his Plate given 

 in the Regne Animal. Such specimens 

 come in the form of their maculation very 

 near the next species, which has been 

 differentiated by Lyman under the name 

 confusa. Haploa lecontei ranges from 

 New England to Georgia and westward to the Mississippi. 

 It is a very common insect in western Pennsylvania. The cater- 

 pillar feeds upon Triosteum perfoliatum, and in localities where 

 this plant is abundant the moths may be found in swarms at 

 the end of May and the beginning of June. 



(4) Haploa confusa Lyman, Plate XVII, Fig. 6, S . (Lyman's 

 Haploa.) 



This form, or species, is well represented in our plate. It 

 appears to be constant, and is indigenous to the New England 

 States. The specimen figured came from the neighborhood of 

 Claremont, New Hampshire. 



(5) Haploa contigua Walker. (The Neighbor.) 



The cut we give (Fig. 60), shows the maculation of the 

 wings of this species sufficiently well to 

 enable it to be separated at once from its 

 congeners. It occurs in the Atlantic region 

 from New England northward and westward. 

 It is found in the Catskills and the Adiron- 

 dacks, and probably occurs in the mountains 

 of northern Pennsylvania, although I do not 

 recall any reference to its having been taker, 

 in that State, nor have I seen it on the 

 Alleghenies, where I have passed several 



Fig. 60. Haploa 

 contigua, $ 



summits of the 

 summers. 



Genus EUERYTHRA Harvey 



There are two species of this genus known, Euerythra 

 phasma Harvey, which is represented in the accompanying cut 



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