192 ARCTIADJS. 



Head and thorax orange ; antennae black; abdomen scarlet above. 



Fore wing orange. Hind wing 

 scarlet. 



Ab. 1. ferrnginosa. Fore 

 wing browner, with traces 

 of diffused dark antemedial, 

 medial, and subterminal lines, 

 sometimes with a whitish spot 

 below origin of vein 2 ; hind 

 Fig- 111- wing sometimes with blackish 



Holomelina aurantiaca, J. \. subterminal spots in discal and 



submedian folds. 

 Ab. 2. hrevicornis. Hind wing with subterminal band sometimes 

 nearly complete, sometimes interrupted at middle and not reaching 

 costa ; a discoidal spot sometimes present. 



Ab. 3. ruhicundaria=marginata. Hind wing with discoidal spot 

 and continuous terminal band; fore wing browner; hind wing 

 usually orange tinged with scarlet. 



Ab. 4. quinaria. Fore wing with white spots more or less deve- 

 loped below base and end of cell, in end of cell, and a postmedial 

 series ; the colour sometimes red-brown ; hind wing with subter- 

 minal maculate band, the cilia sometimes black. 



Hab. Canada, Hudson's Bay, type ferruginosa^ Eenfrew Co., 

 Grote Coll. ; U.S.A., Atlantic States, New York, Massachusetts, 

 Texas, Florida, Grote and Zeller Colls., type hrevicornis'^ Mexico, 

 Jalapa {Trujillo), 1 d*, 1 $ , Cordova (Rumeli), 1 c? , 2 $ , Orizaba 

 (Godman) 1 d" , Coatepec (^roo/;*), 1 c? , Vera Cruz (ff. H. Smith), 

 1 (S , 1 $ , Durango (Forrer), 1 S ; Guatemala, Duenas (Champion), 

 4 (5" , 1 $ , type marginata. Eocp. 16-28 millim. 



*1574. Holomelina costata. (Plate XLII. fig. 15.) 



Crocota costata, Stretch, Ent. Am. i. p. 103 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 352. 

 Crocota opelloides, Graef, Ent. Am. iii. p. 42(1887); Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 353. 



(S . Head and thorax fuscous grey ; palpi scarlet except at tips ; 

 vertex of head scarlet with a fuscous spot ; pectus, coxae, and base 

 of femora scarlet; abdomen scarlet, the ventral surface yellow-brown. 

 Fore wing fuscous grey, the costa scarlet. Underside of fore wing 

 scarlet. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 32 millim. 



*1575. Holomelina intermedia. (Plate XLII. fig. 11.) 



Crocota intermedia, Graef, Ent. Am. iii. p. 42 (1887) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 

 p. 353. 



$ . Head and thorax brown ; palpi at base and a rim behind the 

 eyes scarlet ; abdomen black above, brown below. Fore wing 

 yellow-brown, the costal edge scarlet. Hind wing scarlet, the 

 terminal area black with sinuous inner edge. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 34 millim. 



