392 ARCTIAD^. 



1942. Arachnis picta. 



Arachnis picta, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. iii. p. 126 (1864; ; Stretch, 

 Zvg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 83, pi. 3. f. 6; Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 112, 

 pi. 19. ff. 5, 8; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 218. 



(5 . Head white; palpi orange and scarlet ; frons and antennae black; 

 tegulae white with black-edged grey patches, orange below; patagia 

 grey edged by black lines, their outer edges white; thorax whitish, 

 with two broad black-edged grey stripes ; pectus white, with brown 

 and crimson stripes ; legs black and white, with the inner side of fore 

 coxae and femora above crimson ; abdomen crimson, with dorsal and 

 lateral blackish stripes expanding towards base, anal tuft black and 

 orange, the ventral surface white with sublateral and ventral series 

 of blackish points. Fore wing white, with black-edged grey mark- 

 ings covering the greater part of wing ; a spot at base of costa and 

 three conjoined streaks between cell and inner margin ; antemedial, 

 medial, and two postmedial maculate bands, the first angled out- 

 wards below the cell, then incurved, the 2nd and 3rd angled outwards 

 strongly at middle, then strongly incurved and with two small dis- 

 coidal spots between them, the 4th with elongate spot above vein 

 5, then ex curved to vein 3, then incurved ; a terminal series of very 

 irregular dentate spots Hind wing crimson, with medial, postmedial, 

 subterminal, and terminal grey-brown bands edged with black, the 

 ] st expanding into a large black patch on inner area, the 2nd angled 

 at lower angle of cell, then reduced to points, the 3rd consisting of 

 more or less conjoined very irregular spots, the 4th narrow with 

 waved inner edge : cilia whitish below vein 2. Underside of fore 

 wing with the ground-colour of basal two-thirds orange-yellow : 

 hind wing with yellow spots on costa. 



5 . Abdomen brown above, with narrow segmental black and 

 crimson bands reduced to small spots on terminal segments ; hind 

 wing with the postmedial and subterminal bands broad throughout 

 and conjoined towards tornus. 



Eab. U.S.A., S. California, 2 J. Ewj)., d 44, $ 54 mi Him. 



Subsp. 1. maia, Ottoleiigui, Ent. News Philad. iv. p. 125. 



Thorax and fore wing with the white ground-colour more exten- 

 sive : underside of fore wing with the ground-colour of the basal 

 area below submedian fold crimson ; male with a semihyaline patch 

 in and beyond cell. 



Hah. Colorado, 1 2 • 



Subsp. 2. Underside of fore wing with the ground-colour of basal 

 area crimson, leaving orange spots on costa only. 

 Hah. New Mexico, Arizona. 



Subsp. 3. perotensis, Schaus, Ent. Am. v. p. 190 (1889) ; Druce, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 378, pi. 75. f. 9. 



Fore wing with the bands browner and leaving little of the 

 ground-colour male with the whole hind wing hyaline, except the 

 black and white costa, crimson inner area, and black spots on 

 termen. 



