370 SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 
« Remora and tibie hairy ; fore femora and fore tibie tawny above. 
«Length of body 6-7 lines. Wings expand 16-18 lines.” 
Var. “ Primaries tawny with yellow spots at the base, at the tips, 
along the costa, and forming an oblique band beyond the 
middle.”’ 
Hab.—North America. 
It is probable that this species is identical with ‘‘ maculata.” 
KEepantheria. Walker. 
Proboseis moderately long. Palpi very short, not extending be- 
yond the clypeus. Antenne of Male serrated, of Female simple. 
Wings moderately broad. Primaries much longer than secondaries. 
Body stout. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 
stout; hind tibiae with two minute apical spurs. 
E. scribonia!—Stoll. Macularia, Fab. cram. Oculatissima, Sm. 
and Abb. Chryseis, Godart. Figured in Sm.: Abb., pl. 69, 
Nat. Lib. vol. 37. 
Palpi dark brown above, whitish below. Antennze black above, 
lighter below. Head white, with a wide blue-black band across the 
front. Thorax white with ten or twelve black rings centred with 
bluish-white. 
Primaries white with numerous dark brown rings and spots, ar- 
ranged in five or six illy defined transverse bands. 
Secondaries white with few spots, chiefly along the hind margin ; 
inner margin very hairy with a blackish stripe. 
Under surface somewhat paler than upper with the markings dis- 
tinct. 
Abdomen bluish-black with a metallic gloss; a dorsal row of 
orange spots and a nfacular band of the same color along each side ; 
also somewhat banded between the segments with orange; under 
surface whitish, with three rows of black spots. Legs white spotted 
with black ; anterior thighs blue-black in front. 
Length of body 8-10 lines. Wings expand 24-30 lines. 
Larva: Length two anda half inches. Head bilobed, black and 
shining; reddish at the sides. Body black; each segment with a 
transverse row of elevated tubercles from which spring tufts of rigid, 
black, shining hairs. Sides brownish-black uear under surface with 
tufts of hair of same color. The spaces between each segment from 
fourth to tenth inclusive are banded with red, bands wider and more 
