SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 373 
Deiopeia Curt. 
Body slender. Head small. Eyes prominent. Antenne simple 
in each sex ; rather short and slightly pilose beneath in the males.— 
Palpi curved, ascending nearly to the middle of the face, basal joint 
tumid, middle joint long, terminal joint short, ovate. Tongue about 
equal to the thorax beneath. Legs moderate, tibiz very short, hind 
tibizw with four spurs at the apex. Flight diurnal. 
D. bella /—Linn. 
Palpi yellowish-white, tipped with black. Antenne black. Head 
whitish, with four black spots. Thorax white, with about twelve 
black spots; and a patch of ochre-yellow on each side, at base of pri- 
maries. 
Primaries orange-yellow, with from five to seven irregular trans- 
verse whitish bands, spotted in the middle with black ; the last one 
furcate from about the middle towards the costa; hind margin with 
a row of black spots. 
Secondaries bright red, sometimes paler; with the hind margin 
bordered with a black-white edged indented band, which is furcate at 
the apex of the wing. 
Under surface very bright red; primaries with the costal margin 
yellow ; three elongated black, spots extending from the costa in- 
wards ; a subterminal imperfect black band and a row of spots on 
the hind margin. Secondaries with the same markings as above, 
with two white bordered black spots on the costal margin. 
Abdomen greyish-white, with two rows of black spots on the under 
side. Legs whitish, spotted with black. 
Length of body 6 lines. Wings expand 13 lines. 
Larva undescribed. 
Var. Primaries with the white stripes from the base to beyond the 
middle intersecting the orange bands, dividing them into 
two or three portions. 
Hab.—London. Rare. St. Catherines, (Mr. Beadle). Keswick, 
Lake Simcoe, both type and var., (Mr. Bethune.) Port Stanley, 
(Mr. Edwards.) 
Hypercompa Hubn. Callimorpha Latr. 
Palpi somewhat exceeding the clypeus, pilose towards the base, 
. the middle and basal joints nearly equal, terminal joint short and 
