Arctiidae 



Genus SEIRARCTIA Packard 



(i) Seirarctia echo Abbot & Smith, Plate I, Fig 10, larva; 

 Plate XVI, Fig. 23, $ . (The Echo Moth.) 



Syn. niobe Strecker. 



This beautiful moth, the caterpillar of which feeds upon the 



' Fig. 64. Seirarctia echo, 8 



(After Hampson.) 



sabal palmetto, 

 Mississippi. 



occurs in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and 



Genus ALEXICLES Grote 



(The Alexicles 



(1) Alexicles aspersa Grote. 



This moth is referred by Hampson 

 to Hyphantria. It may belong there, 

 but I leave it in the genus erected for 

 it by Grote. The abdomen is 

 vermilion-colored, with black dorsal 

 spots. The wings are dark brown, 

 the primaries somewhat lighter than 

 the secondaries and showing obscure 

 darker spots, arranged in transverse bands. 



Moth.) 



Fig. 65. Alexicles 



aspersa, $ . 



Genus ESTIGMENE Hubner 



There are reputed to be four species of this genus found 

 within the United States. Albida Stretch 

 is possibly only an extreme white varia- 

 tion of E. acrcea. E. prima Slosson is 

 represented in Fig. 66. It is found in the 

 New England States, northern New York, 

 Fig. 66. Estigmene and Canada. The three species just named 

 prima, 6 . a jj a g ree j n having the abdomen yellowish 



or orange above, and ornamented dorsally by a series of black 



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