[October 1888 | BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC VOL. VL 69 
Mr. W. H. Edwards figures and describes the caterpillars in his 
Bupa, At: 09; pl. 36and 1, 107, pkig7. . 
Var. Dryas, W. H. Edw. Tr. A.-E, Soc. 3, 17. Ed. Butt. N. A. 1, 107, 
pl. 37. i 
Upper surface of secondaries almost entirely blackish, with small sub- 
marginal pale fulvous spots, growing fainter and disappearing towards anal 
angle. ae 
Expanse Same as Comma. pe sar 
Interrogatiomis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Sup. 424, Harr. Ins. Jnj. Veg. 208, 
pl. 124. Ed. Tr. A. E. Soc. 35. Butt. N. A. 1, 113, pl. 39. 
Can be easily distinguished by its large size. the very falcate wings, 
the bright red-fulvous color, and the decided, blue fringes; underside 
generally uniform pale brown with but few markings; discal mark 
double, in shape of a semi-colon, and silvered. : : 
Description of the larva and chrysalis will be found in Harris Ins. 
inj. Veg. p. 293, also in Ed. Butt. N. A. 1, 113. pl. 39. Food plants 
hops. elm, and nettles. 
Hab.—United States, except Pacific, Can. N. S. 
Expanse 23 to 2% inches. 
Var. Umbrosa, Lintner. Tr. A. E. Soc. 2, 213. Ed. Butt. N. A. 109, pl. 38. 
Upperside of secondaries almost entirely bleck, except at base ; un- 
derside brown, mottled with lighter and darker shadings, and some few 
bluish spots and streaks. 
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Arctia Nais and Variations. 
By George D. Hulst, D. D. 
On the 9th day of June while looking among the rubbish washed 
upon the beach at Rockaway, L. I., I found three specimens of what 
was afterwards determined as Arctia excelsa Neum. All the specimens 
were females, One was dead, the other two almost dead by the buffet- 
ings of the waters. One revived enough to lay a few eggs which were 
carried through to imagines. The eggs were white slightly flattened, 
were laid June 10th and the larve emerged June 16th. When first 
emerged the larvee were white and clothed with loose long silky hair. 
After the first moult the hair became, while long and Spilosoma like, 
nearly black and so continued until the fourth moult. After that the 
hair became short rigid and arctian and the larvee were jet black with the 
exception of a narrow orange dorsal stripe on the body of some. On 
some also the hair laterally was somewhat reddish. The larva made 
