AFauch 1S94.] NEUiM(F,GEN \: DvAK. X. A. BoMliVCES. 



Oeiuis Arctia Scliranl;. 



l&o2—.lic//a SciiUANK, F.-iuna I'.nica, \'ol. II (2), p. 151. 

 1S22- -E/'uii///,i IIiii!Ni-,K, \'erz. Ijek. SchiiR-tt.. p. iS'J. 



A. virginalis Boisdiival. 



x^^i — Aicliii viixiiiiilis Hoisduvai., Ann. Soc. Knt. Fi. (2), \\,\. X, p. 321. 

 var. guttata Boisduval. 



1S52 — l5()isi)UVAl,, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (2), \'ol. X, p. 321. 



7'ar. ochracea Stretch. 



1872— SiKKi'cll, Zyfj. and lionib. \. A., X'ol. I, p. 71. 



Thorax and primaries black. Head, a spot on back qf thorax, 

 abdomen and secondaries oranjj^e ociiraceous. Dorsal transverse 

 Iniiuls on abdomen, and two bands with discal and inaririnal spots 

 on secondaries black On fore win^s, five bands of larsa;e well 

 rounded spots, the outer band waved. A yellow spot on patasjia. 

 In the var. i^itttatii the secondaries are nearly entirely black. 

 Expanse, 50 — 60 mm. 



Habitat, California and the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Genus Eyprepia Ochsnihcimrr. 



iSio — Eyprepia, Ocmsknhkimku, Schmett. Eur., Vol. Ill, p. 299. 

 1855 — Apantesis'^ w.yav.Xi., Cat. IJrit. Mus., pt. ill, p. 331. 

 \%^^—Citllarctiii I'ACKVKi), I'loc. Ent. Soc. I'liil., \ol. III. p. 114. 

 i%b(i—Cyiitl>^il(>ph>ni Ramhiik, Cat. Lep .\nd., \'ol. II, p. 231. 

 1S86 — Orih/eiiiiii,ts Wai.I.knc.ukn, Skiuul. Iletcr., \ul. II, p. 315. 



Sy /I Ops is 0/ groi/ps. * 



Veins of primaries pale lined, linings rarely obsolete in one species. 

 Size medium to large, vestiture of wings opaque. 



Ferminal W-mark present, the fourth transverse line either 



straight or but slightly angulated . . . Callarctia. -- 



Terminal X-mark, formed of the terminal W and the strongly 



angulated fourth line Mimarctia. x 



Si/e small, vestiture subdia|)hanous ; lines somewhat conftisetl. Orodemnias.^ 

 \'eins not lined. 



Terminal W-mark Cy mbalophora. - 



Terminal X-mark ........ Apantesis. " 



* The normal ihoia.K, in this genus, is yellowish with two black stripes on 

 collar and three on thora.K. We have indicated the bands on the fore wings as 

 follows: — baiul i, sub-basal half band, resting on costa ; band 2, transverse 

 anterior b:md ; band j, median bantl ; baiul 4, transverse posterioi- band, imme- 

 diately atljoining band 5, the angular terminal or W-mark. A longitudinal band 

 along submedian fold, joining the angular terminal and forming with it a furcation 

 above internal angle. 



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