350 SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 
Thorax and abdomen, most often spotted. Wings entire deflexed. 
Frenulum conspicuous. Larve hairy. 
The family may be thus tabulated : 
AA. Antenne of male pectinated. 
B. Fore wings streaked and spotted... ... Arctia. 
BB... “ «© white or fulvous, with) ,. 
Spilosoma. 
black spots. Sone: ay i 
times wanting ......... aoe 
BBB. “ «« bluish grey..................... Hucheetes. 
BBBB. “ «« pale yellow or ochre, 
banded or spotted with am 
a lighter colour ...... 
BBBBB. “ «« white, with many black- 
ish ringlets ..... re Eepantheria. 
AA. Antenne cf male filiform. 
C. Fore wings semi-transparent .................. Phragmatobia. 
COs «« densely clothed with scales. 
D. Hind wings red, with a black border ... Deiopia. 
DE ies « white or yellow, without 
spots, or sometimes 
with one or two small ee, 
spots near the anal | 
Ce Sh Ul sR 
Arctia Schr. 
Head and thorax with long hairs. Palpi porrect, short, very 
hairy. Ocelli conspicuous. Thorax not crested. Wings gaily co- 
loured and spotted. Abdomen stout, maculate. Hind tibie with 
four spurs; fore tibie simple. Flight nocturnal, lLarve solitary. 
Table of species : 
A. Fore wings spotted, not striped. 
B. Fore wings brown. 
C. Hind wings with blue-black spots. 
Abdomen spotted with \ amerion 
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CO. at « black banded. Abdo- 
men with disk black 
BB. Fore wings black, or blackish, with few spots placentia. 
parthenos. 
