6 Journal New York. Ent. Soc [vd. ii. 



Group CALLARCTIA Packard. 



\^b^—CaUai(tia Tackakd, Troc. Ent. Soc. I'hil., Vol. Ill, p. 114. 



Sxnopsis of species. 



Linings of veins broad, especially along the median vein. 



Size large ; one or two incomplete transverse bands besides the W-mark. 



Hind wings red virgO. 



Hind wings yellow ror. citrinaria. 



Size smaller. 



Hind wings yellow. 



No transverse bands except the W virguncula. 



Trace of one or more of these bands ..... var. OtlOSa. 

 Hind wings pink ; linings of veins very broad. 



Pale marks pinkish michabo. 



Of a deeper color, more reddish ..... va'\ minea. 



Lining on median vein narrow, confined to the vein. 



Secoiulaiics red, without any tendency to melanism ; ma'ginal spots 

 rarely confluent. 

 Size large; primaries usually with three transverse bands. 



Only two transverse bands present .... intermedia. 



Three transverse bands present ..... var. stretchii. 

 Size smaller with two or less bands. 



Third line broken or absent ; fourth seldom rigid. 



Third and fourth lines present parthenice. 



Third line absent, fourth broken . . . var. approximata. 



Third and fourth lines present, rigid, parallel . . . rectilinea. 



Secondaries yellow or orange red with a strong tendency to melanism; 

 rarely intirely black ; marginal spots often confluent, basal 

 spots often present. 

 Hind wings entirely black ........ anna. 



Hind wings yellow, with even black border . var. persephone. 



Hind wings yellow or red, lightly or heavily spotted or nearly 

 entirely black. Hasal spots present in well marked 

 specimens. 

 Three or four bands on primaries (full maculation) 



Veins indistinctly lined or not lined at all .... ornata. 



Veins narrowly lined ....... lutr. achaia. 



Less than thiee bands on primaries, sometimes but one ; but 



W-maiks present var. COmplicata. 



E. virgo Liiuhrus. 



iTi,^—Bom/>yx virgo LiNN/EUS. Syst. Nat., Vol. L P- 501. 



var. citrinaria Neumcegen c^' Dyar. 



1893 — Euprcpia virgo var. citrinaria Neu.nkkckn & Dvar, Ent. News. Vol. IV, 



p.142. 



Fore wings black ; all the margins, veins and longitudinal 



stripes, pinkish cream color. The terminal w-mark is distinct. tUe 



transverse posterior (4th) line reaches from costa to stripe, angii- 



