i28 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



ESTIGMENE ACR^EA. 



(Plate LXXXIV. Figs. 2 (t'majo), 3 (larv h 4 (pupa).} 

 Bombyx acrea, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 3. fig. 2 (1773). 

 Bombyx acria, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. (i) p. 451, no. 137 



(1793) ; Abbot & Smith, Lepid. Georg. ii. pi 67 (1797). 

 Estigmene acrea, Hiibner, Samml. Ex. Schmett. ii. pi. 140 



(1824?). 

 Spilosoma acrea, Duncan, in Jardine's Nat. Libr. Ex. Moths, 



p. 171, pi. 20, figs. 1-3 (1841); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. 



Brit. Mus. iii. p. 667, no. 4 (1855). 

 Leucardia acraa, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Amer. p. 99, pi. 4, 



figs. 1-3 (1872), pi. 10, fig. 6 (1874). 



Var. a. Estigmene caprotina. 



Bombyx caprotina^ Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 3, fig. 3 (1773); 



Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 287, fig. C (1780). 

 Arctia pseuderminea, Harris, Rep. Ins. Injur. Veget. p. 251 



(1841). 

 Leucarctia californica^ Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. iii. 



p. 121 (1864). 

 Leucarctia packardii, Schaup, Check-List Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 



p. 8 (1882). 



This species, which inhabits North America and Mexico, 

 appears to be very plentiful in many parts of the United States, 

 particularly in Maryland, Virginia, and the vicinity of New 

 York. 



The wings expand about two inches in the male, and two 

 and three-quarters in the female. 



The head, thorax, and fore-wings of the male are cream- 

 coloured, the latter with numerous small black spots, five of 

 which are placed in a regular row along the costa and six on 

 the hind margin. The hind-wings are yellow, with a black spot 

 near the centre and several others near the hind margin. Th 



