Arctiidae 



(5) Apantesis michabo Grote, Plate XV, Fig. 17, ?. 

 (The Michabo Moth.) 



Syn. minea Slosson. 



The illustration we give is sufficient to enable the student 

 to identify this species, which is discriminated from its con- 

 geners most readily by observing the broad flesh-colored band 

 on the costa of the fore wings. In the form minea the flesh- 

 colored lines are deep-red. This is the only difference. 



(6) Apantesis arge Drury, Plate XV, Fig. 15, $. (The 

 Arge Moth.) 



Syn. dione Fabricius; incamatorubra Goeze; ca-lcbs Martyn; nerea 

 Boisduval; dor is Boisduval. 



Allied to the preceding species, but ascertained by the test 

 of breeding to be distinct. The species is very variable. The 

 hind wings are not often as free from dark markings as the 

 specimen, and frequently are as much spotted and blotched with 

 black as is the figure of A. michabo we give. The species is 

 found almost everywhere within the United States and Canada. 



(7) Apantesis ornata Packard. (The Ornate Tiger-moth.) 

 Form achaia Grote & Robinson, Plate XV, Figs. 20, 24, 



$ . (The Achaia Moth.) 



Syn. edwardsi Stretch. 



A variable insect to which a number of names have been 

 given. The variety in which the hind wings are yellow is 

 A. ochracea Stretch. The species is found on the Pacific 

 coast. The larval stages have been described by Dyar, Psyche, 



Vol. V, p. 380, 556. 



(8) Apantesis anna Grote. 

 (The Anna Moth.) 



Form persephone Grote, 

 Plate XV, Fig. 8, $ , Fig. 10, ?. 

 (The Persephone Moth.) 



Fig. 7 2. Apantesis anna, $ . We g ive in Fi g ure I 2 a cut 



representing a specimen of the 



typical anna, in which the hind wings are wholly black. 



Persephone is the normal form. The insect is very variable in 



the amount of black displayed upon the hind wings, and also 



to some extent in the width and extent of the light lines on the 



primaries. The species is found in the Atlantic States, and is 



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