March 1894.] Np:UM(EGEN & DvAR. N. A. BoMBYCES. 



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Vtir 

 V(ir 



proxima. 

 autholea. 



cervinoides. 

 bolanderi. 



blakei. 



nevadensis. 

 sulphurica. 



Synopsis of specif s. 



Tip of abdomen black, dorsal spots reduced. 



Secondaries of (^whitish with black spots .... 



Secondaries without black spots ..... 



Dorsal abdominal spots moderate, the terminal one not larger. 

 Primaries with normal maculalion. 



Three or more transverse lines beside the W-mark. 

 Size small. 



Fore wings black ...... 



Fore wings brown ...... 



Size moderate. 



Hind wings of (j pink. 

 Thora.x normal ...... 



Thora.K black ....... 



Hind wings yellow' ...... 



Hind wings deep red. 



Four lines present, narrow, normal 

 Lines broad, blurred, red centered 

 Two or less transverse lines ; rarely traces of \\\vtz 

 Fore wings brown. 



One line beside W-mark ... 



Two or three linr* .... 



Fore wings black. I 

 Hind wings red. 



W-mark present ....... 



W-mark absent ...... 



Hind wings partly yellow ..... 



Hind wings black ..... 



Primaries with the maculation broken into a series of spots ; 

 often largely black. 

 Hind wings with a black border. 



A few pale dots on fore wings . . , . . 



Many pale dots ....... 



Hind wings largely black ...... 



E. proxima G iter in. 



1844 — Cheloiiia proxima GuiiRiN, Icon. R. .\nier.. Vol. H. p. 514. 

 - 1855 — Euf»epiii docta Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Vol. HI, p. 592. 



1867 — Aictia mexicana Grote & KoHi.NSON, Ann. Lye. N. V., \ol. XTHi 



P- 367. 

 1874 — Arctia arizoneiisis S'iRETCll, Zyg. & Bomb. N. \., p. 217. 

 1885 — Aictia t/ioiiiioiiica Neumcegen, Ent. .\mer.. Vol. I, p. 93. 



var. autholea BoisJitval. 



1869 — Clulonia autholea BoisDUVAl., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., Vol. XII, p. 76. 



Head and thora.x ocher yellow, collar immaculate, thora.x with 

 the three normal black stripes. Abdomen vermilion above, the 

 dorsal spots very small, but terminal segment entirely black. Veins 



superba. 

 favorita. 



williamsii. 

 •ar. determinata. 



phyllira. 



;•. fi^urata. 



Vii) . celia. 



ir. excelsa. 



placentia. 

 '. flammea. 

 var. snowi. 



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