14 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Vol. ii. 



var. figurata Drury. 



l-j-j2>—Bonil>yx Jigttrata Drury, III. Ex. Ent., Vol. II, p. 12. 



\%'ii—Euplagi'i cerainica HiiBNliR, Yeiz. bek. Schmett., p. l8o. 



1878— ///r//<? f-pallida Si'RECKKr, Rep. Chief Eng. 1878, App. ss, p. i860. 



var. celia Saunders. 



\%fi—Arctia celia S.VUNDEKS, Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil., Vol. II, p. 59. 

 i2,?>^—Arctiu fiujiiconia Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer., Vol. III. p. 184. 



Tar. excelsa N^eiwuvgen. 



1SS2— A r,/i\i ,'xct'lsa Neumct-.gen, Pap., Vol. Ill, p. 70. 



1%%-^—Arclia lugiihris HuLST. Ent. Amer., Vol. II, p. 182. 

 Thorax normal, abdomen red with normal spots. Trimaries 

 black, longitudinal stripe, lines 3—4, and w-mark moderate, cream 

 colored. Lines 3 and 4 divergent or parallel, from costa to stripe. 

 Secondaries red ; discal, marginal, and submarginal spots present, 

 variable, sometimes confluent and covering nearly the whole wing. 

 Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat, Southern States, rare in New York and New England. 



E. placentia Smith &= Abbott. 



17^7 — PhalcBua placentia Smith & AiiiiOTT, Lep. Ins. Ga., Vol. II, pi. 65. 

 var. snowi Grote. 



1875 — Arttia snozvi Qj\KOV&, Can. Ent., Vol. VII, p. 197. 



1878 — Arctia quadmnotata Stkeckeu, Proc. Dav. Acad. Sc , Vol. II, p. 271. 



var. flammea Neuma'gen. 



i%%i—An!ia Jtamiiitui Neumcf.c.EN, Pap., Vol. I, p. 9. 



Thorax and primaries black: secondaries red with normal 

 discal and marginal spots, to all black. Abdomen red, with dorsal 

 and lateral bands. On primaries, a discal flesh red spot (of band 

 3) or part of band 4 or traces of w-mark, all broken by veins. 



Habitat, Southern States to Mississippi Valley. 



Groui' AP.\NTESIS Walker. 

 i8sS—-^P"'>'ti'sis \Wm.kkr, Cat. Brit. Mus., pt. Ill, p. 331. 



Sv//(>/'sis of species. 

 Costal margin of primaries black ........ naiS. 



Costal margin yellow. 



Abdomen rosy red, marks of primaries usually complete . phalerata. 



Abdomen yellow, often largely black ; marks partly absent . vittata. 



E. nais Drury. 



1773 -Nocttta nais Dkury, 111. Ex. Ent., Vol. I, pi. 7, f. 3. 

 j-j^i—Soi/i/nx cuneata (JoEZE, Ent. Betyr., Vol. Ill (3), p. 65. 

 1797 — Bontliyx tic/loriatia Martyn, Psyche, pi. 28. ff. 78 — 9. 

 1881 — Arctia oclireata Butler, Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. XVIII, p, 136. 



