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hair ; tibiu) and tarsi with whitish stripes ; abdomen orange, with 

 broad black stripe on dorsum, lateral and sublateral scries of points 

 and ventral spots or bands. Fore wing black ; the basal half of 

 costa orange ; yellowish basal and antemedial spots on costa ; an 

 irregular fascia below the cell extending just into cell at middle ; a 

 discoidal spot usually connected with costa ; an irregular oblicjue 

 postmedial band from costa to termen at vein 2, usually connected 



Fig. 199. — Parasemia plantaginis, J. }. 



with the fascia below the cell by a spur given off at vein 3 ; a band 

 from costa before apex, bent outwards at vein 6, then inwards and 

 usually joining the postmedial baud at vein 4 ; cilia yellowish. Hind 

 wing orange, with black fascia on vein 1 to beyond middle ; a fascia 

 on median nervure usually connected with the discoidal lunule ; sub- 

 terminal spots on veins 2 and 5 and usually a smaller spot on vein 7 ; 

 an irregular terminal maculate band, expanding into a large patch 

 at middle and often interrupted near veins 2 and 1. 



Ab. 1. macromera. Fore wing with the markings whitish. 

 Ab. 2. caucasica. Fore wing with the markings as in female ; 

 abdomen and hind wing strongly tinged with crimson. — Caucasus. 

 Ab. 3. hospita. Hind wing with the ground-colour white. 

 Ab. 4. matronaUs. Hind wing black, with orange markings con- 

 fined to terminal area. 



Ab. 5. melanomera. Hind wing black, with white markings on 

 terminal area. — Japan. 



Ab. 6. Hind wing wholly black. 

 a. Fore wing with discoidal spot. 



a'. nictic(i)is. Fore wing with the submedian fascia and post- 

 medial line interrupted. — Siberia. 

 b'. (jeometrica. Fore wing with the submedian fascia and 

 postmedial lino entire. — U.S.A. 

 h. scudderi. ¥ovG wing without discoidal spot. — U.S.A. 



$ . Palpi black ; sides of tegulae crimson ; patagia with yellowisli 

 patches ; legs black ; abdomen black, with broad lateral crimson 

 stripes and series of black spots. Fore wing with the markings 

 either crimson or orange at costa and termen ; cilia sometimes black. 

 Hind wing crimson, with the black fascia) continent on basal area, or 

 the crimson markings reduced to those on tcrmiual area. 



