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  Ecpantheria 
  scribonia 
  (Stoll). 
  

  

  The 
  Great 
  White 
  Leopard- 
  Moth. 
  

  

  (Orel. 
  Lepidoptera 
  : 
  Fam. 
  Arctiid^.) 
  

  

  Stoll: 
  Sup. 
  to 
  Cramer's 
  Pap. 
  Ex., 
  1787, 
  fig. 
  177, 
  pi. 
  41, 
  fig. 
  3 
  (as 
  

   Phahmia). 
  

  

  Abbott-Smith: 
  Lepidopt. 
  Ins. 
  Georgia, 
  1797, 
  p. 
  137, 
  pi. 
  69 
  (as 
  Pha- 
  

   l(Eiia 
  oculatissima). 
  

  

  Clemens: 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  xii, 
  i860, 
  p. 
  523 
  (description, 
  

   distribution). 
  

  

  Morris: 
  Cat. 
  Lepidopt. 
  North 
  Amer., 
  i860, 
  p. 
  25; 
  Synop. 
  Lepidopt. 
  

   North 
  Amer. 
  1862, 
  p. 
  347 
  (synonymy, 
  adult 
  and 
  larva 
  de- 
  

   scribed). 
  

  

  Harris: 
  Ins. 
  Inj. 
  Veg., 
  1862, 
  p. 
  349 
  (moth 
  and 
  larva 
  described). 
  

  

  Saunders: 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Entomolog. 
  Soc. 
  Phila., 
  ii, 
  1863, 
  pp. 
  28-29 
  (larva 
  

   described) 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  Canad. 
  Journ., 
  New 
  Ser., 
  viii, 
  1863, 
  

   p. 
  370; 
  Synop. 
  Canad. 
  Arctiidae, 
  1863, 
  p. 
  22; 
  in 
  Canad. 
  

   Entomol., 
  xiv, 
  1882, 
  pp. 
  113-115, 
  figs. 
  12, 
  13 
  (brief 
  general 
  

   account); 
  in 
  13th 
  Rept. 
  Entomolog. 
  Soc. 
  Ont, 
  for 
  1882, 
  1883, 
  

   pp. 
  14-15, 
  figs. 
  4, 
  5 
  (brief 
  general 
  account). 
  

  

  Packard 
  : 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Entomolog. 
  Soc. 
  Phila., 
  iii, 
  1864, 
  p. 
  127 
  (bibliog- 
  

   raphy, 
  synonymy, 
  distribution). 
  

  

  Riley: 
  in 
  Amer. 
  Entomol. 
  -Bot., 
  ii, 
  1870, 
  p. 
  179 
  (larva 
  briefly 
  described), 
  

   p. 
  182 
  (known 
  as 
  "fever 
  worm"); 
  4th 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  Mo., 
  1872, 
  

   pp. 
  141-143, 
  figs. 
  63, 
  64 
  (life-history, 
  description 
  of 
  larva); 
  in 
  

   Amer. 
  Entomol., 
  iii, 
  1880, 
  pp. 
  133-134 
  (notes 
  on 
  life-history, 
  

   parasites) 
  ; 
  Bull. 
  31 
  Divis. 
  Entomol., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul., 
  1893, 
  

   p. 
  49 
  (eating 
  leaves 
  of 
  cotton 
  plant). 
  

  

  Stretch 
  : 
  Zyg. 
  and 
  Bomb., 
  1873, 
  p. 
  174, 
  pi. 
  7, 
  figs. 
  20, 
  21. 
  

  

  Siewers 
  : 
  in 
  Canad. 
  Entomol., 
  ix, 
  1877, 
  p. 
  128 
  (feeds 
  on 
  poke 
  berry, 
  

   will 
  eat 
  cabbage). 
  

  

  French: 
  in 
  7th 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  111., 
  1878, 
  p. 
  184 
  (brief 
  account). 
  

  

  Marten: 
  in 
  loth 
  Rept. 
  Ins. 
  111., 
  1881, 
  p. 
  116 
  (brief 
  mention). 
  

  

  Slosson: 
  in 
  Entomolog. 
  Amer., 
  iii, 
  1887, 
  pp. 
  185, 
  212 
  (variety 
  denudata 
  

   in 
  Florida). 
  

  

  Edwards, 
  H. 
  : 
  Ball. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mas., 
  No. 
  35, 
  1889, 
  p. 
  61 
  (references) 
  

  

  Harrington: 
  in 
  20th 
  Rept. 
  Entomolog, 
  Soc. 
  Ont., 
  for 
  1889, 
  1890, 
  p. 
  

   48, 
  fig. 
  23 
  (brief 
  mention). 
  

  

  Riley-Howard: 
  in 
  Insect 
  Life, 
  iii, 
  1890, 
  p. 
  155 
  [Ophion 
  arcticc 
  Ashxn. 
  

   parasitic 
  on). 
  

  

  Smith: 
  Cat. 
  Ins. 
  N. 
  J., 
  1890, 
  p. 
  294 
  (not 
  rare); 
  in 
  Canad. 
  En'omol., 
  

   xxii, 
  1890. 
  p. 
  179 
  (bibliography, 
  synonymy); 
  List 
  Lepidopt. 
  

   Bor. 
  Amer., 
  1891, 
  p. 
  27, 
  no. 
  1122 
  (listed, 
  synonymy). 
  

  

  Dyar 
  : 
  in 
  Psyche, 
  vi, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  127 
  (at 
  Poughkeepsie, 
  N. 
  Y.); 
  in 
  Canad. 
  

   Entomol., 
  xxiii, 
  1891, 
  pp. 
  106-108 
  (description 
  of 
  stages). 
  

  

  Howard 
  : 
  in 
  Bull. 
  ^7, 
  Office 
  Expr. 
  Stat., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul., 
  1896, 
  p. 
  

   345 
  (feeding 
  on 
  cotton 
  leaves) 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  Farm. 
  Bull. 
  47, 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul., 
  1897, 
  p. 
  26. 
  

  

  