March 189^] NkUM(EGF,N (!v: DvAK. N. A. Bt)Mr.VCKS. 



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Thorax with normal niaculation or entirely black (var. fir7'a- 

 densis). Median vein not pale lined, the longitudinal line and all 

 the transverse bands present. The lines vary much in width, but 

 have a greater tendency to be narrow than \n proxi/iiii. Secondaries 

 pink in the d", rarely yellow (var. sit/p/iiniia), red in the 9 with 

 double marginal and one to three discal dots, the latter rarely produ- 

 ced towards the base. Abdomen pnik or ocher, the dorsal and lateral 

 spots moderate, even throughout, not tlifferent on the terminal 

 gments. Expanse, 30 — 35 mm. 



Habitat, Rocky Mountain region west to the Pacific. 



. superba Strctc/i. . 



1S74 — Arctia sitpeilxi SrRErcii, Zyg. and Bomb. N. A., p. 227. 



1878 — Arcliii gciu-iiia SiRECKKR, I'roc. Dav. Acad. Sc, Vol. II, p. 270. 



Lines, as in l>takfi\ but narrow and partly broken. Secondaries 

 deep red but in some specimens much like l>lakei. 

 Habitat, Colorado, British Columbia. 



E. favorita Ncunia'gcn. 



1S90 — Avitia favoiita Necm'Kc.f.n, Ent. Amer., Vol. \'I, p. 173. 

 Like blakei, but line i absent, or but a trace left. Primaries 

 black, but looking slightly brownish. Lines broad, confluent or 

 normal, or all absent but lines 3 and 4. This form tlilTers from 

 U'ii/iainsii only in being more black, and having the secondaries 

 redder. It is very close to superba. 

 Habitat, Rocky Mountain region. 



E. williamsii Dodge. 



iS-ji—Aic//<i 7i.<illiaiiisii DoDC.E, Can. Ent., Vol. Ill, p. 167. 

 var. determinata Nenmcegen. 



l9,?,i— Arctia litter mimita Neunkkgen, Tap., Vol. I, p. 28. 



i%qo— Arctia liiickii Nei;m(EC,en, Ent. Amer., Vol. VI, p. 62. 

 Primaries brown with black shades ; secondaries dark red 

 inclining to pinkish. On primaries, tlie longitudinal band and w- 

 mark with one or two other bands. In the var. determinata two 

 bands are present, the 3rd and 4th. 

 Habitat, Rocky Mountain region. 



E. phyllira Dniry. 



I^yj — Callimorpha pliyllira DuCRV, HI. E.x. Ent., Vol. I. pi. 7, f. 2. 

 -i-j^x—Geometra B-ata G«EZE, Ent. Betyr., Vol. Ill (3), p. 428. 

 \1(y^— Bomliyx plantaoina iMartvn, Tsyche, pi. 15, ff. 36-7. 

 \%^\— Arctia JoJgei BuTLER, Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. XVIII, p. 136. 



