Arctiidee 



This species occurs in the Carolinas and southward. 

 Pareuchcetes tenera is found in the Atlantic States and is not 

 uncommon in Pennsylvania. 



Genus EUCH^TIAS Lyman 



The following key based upon that of Hampson may enable 

 the student to differentiate the species in his collection: 



Abdomen red above. 



Fore wing with costal fascia. 



Fore wing with the costal fascia yellow antica Walker 



Fore wing with the costal fascia white albicosta Walker 



Fore wing without costal fascia. 



Hind wing with crimson patch on inner area perlevis Grote 



Hind wing without crimson patch on inner area. 



Fore wing uniform brownish murina Stretch 



Fore wing white tinged with fuscous bolleri Stretch 



Abdomen orange above. 



Fore wing gray- brown egle Drury 



Fore wing brownish white with the veins white . . oregonensis Stretch 

 Abdomen whitish above pudens Henry Edwards 



(i) Euchaetias murina Stretch, Plate XI, Fig. 18, 9. 

 (The Mouse-colored Euchsetias.) 



The habitat of this species is Texas. 



(2) Euchaetias egle Drury, Plate I, Fig. 5, larva; Plate 

 XVI, Fig. 21, 9. (The Milk-weed Moth.) 



Fig. 75. Euchaetias egle, $ . \. (After Hampson.) 



The figure given above in the text and those given on 

 the plates will suffice for the identification of this common 

 insect, which ranges from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and 

 beyond. The larva feeds upon Milk-weed ( Asclepias). 



(3) Euchaetias oregonensis Stretch, Plate XVI, Fig. 19, 

 $ . (The Oregon Euchaetias.) 



This insect is found throughout the northern portions of 

 the United States and Canada. 



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