396 ARCTIAB.?;. 



ft*. Fore wing with triangulai* spot in end of 



cell arge. 



b^. Hind wing with the ground-colour scarlet. 



a*. Fore wing deep black ; exp. about 50 mm. ornata. 

 h^. Fore wing black-brown ; exp. about 30 mm. obliterata. 

 b. Hind wing with the ground-colour orange or whitish, 

 sometimes entirely suffused with black. 

 a}. Abdomen black below. 



(i^. Fore wing with the streaks on the veins broad ; 



hind wing with well-separated black spots. virgo ab. cifrinaria, 

 b'^. Fore wing with the streaks on the reins nar- 

 row ; hind wing with more or less confluent 



black markings anna. 



h^. Abdomen with the ventral surface yellow, with 

 quadrate black patches. 



a~. Size large ; fore wing broad ornata ah. ochracea, 



b'-. Size small ; fore wing narrow. 



a^. Abdomen with dorsal black stripe formed of 



quadrate patches quenseli. 



b'^. Abdomen with dorsal series of black spots ... virguncula. 

 B. Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins. 



a. Fore wing with pale fascia in submedian interspace. 

 a^. Abdomen with the terminal segment entirely 



black proxima. 



b^. Abdomen with the terminal segment pale at sides. 

 a'-. Fore wing with the antemedial line present. 

 a^. Hind wing scarlet or orange. 



«■'. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial 



lines nearly erect towards costa ornata (ab.). 



b*. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial 



lines oblique towards costa bolanderi. 



b'^. Hind wing pink. 



a*. Hind wing deep rose-red. 



a". Fore wing with the bands broad, centred 



with crimson favor ita. 



6'. Fore wing with the bands narrow superba. 



b*. Hind wing pale pink blacei. 



c 



Hind wing whitish cerviiwides. 



& 



b^. Fore wing with the antemedial line absent. 



a^. Hind wing tinged with pale pink villiamsi. 



b^. Hind wing crimson or tinged witli crimson, 

 a*. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique 



throughout phyllira. 



b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled 

 at lower angle of cell. 



a°. Fore wing with pale fascia on costa vittata. 



6'. Fore wing with the costal edge black, 



a pale subcostal fascia nais. 



b. Fore wing without pale fascia in submedian inter- 

 space. 

 a^. Hind wing crimson, with black terminal band ... placentia. 

 b^. Hind wing yellow, with scarlet terminal band ... fasciata. 



1948. Apantesis virgo. 



Bomhy.x virgo, Linn. Svst. Nat. i. p. 501 (1758) ; Clerek, Icones, pi. 42. 



f. 5 ; Abbot & Smith, Lep. Georg. ii. pi. 62 ; Stretch. Zyg. & Bomb. N. 



Am. p. 12(1, pi. 6. ff. 1, 2 : Gi-ote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 325, pi. 4. 



f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 266. 

 Bombyx virgo, var. citrinaria, Nenm. & Dyar, Eut. News. iv. p. 142 (1893). 



Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi, sides of frons, antennae, 



