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and broad stripes on tegulae, patagia, and thorax black, the hind 

 tibiae with ochreous stripe above ; abdomen scarlet above, with 

 dorsal series of large black spots, the ventral surface black with 

 some ochreous spots on medial segments. Fore wing black, 

 with flesh-coloured markings ; the costa, streaks on the veins, a 

 fascia above submedian fold from base to termen, and the inner 

 margin flesh-colour ; a band across end of cell ; a postmedial band 

 from costa to submedian fold angled at vein 4 ; the subterminal 

 band oblique from costa to termen above vein 5, then running 

 inwards to the postmedial band at vein 4, then outwards to termen 

 at vein 2, then inwards to the submedian fascia ; cilia flesh- 

 coloured. Hind wing scarlet ; medial black spots on costa and 

 median nervure, and sometimes on vein 1 ; a discoidal lunule ; 

 subterminal spots from costa to vein 4, and on veins 2 and 1, and 

 terminal spots at apex and middle, all with yellowish edges. 



Ab. 1. citrinaria. Hind wing yellow. 



ffab. Canada, Renfrew Co., Grote Coll., 2 ^, 1 $; U.S.A., 

 Atlantic States, N. York, 6 d , 3 $ , Massachusetts, 1 2 • ^^P- 

 54-60 millim. 



1949. Apantesis parthenice. 



Callimorpha ■parthenice, Kirby, Eichardson's Fauna Bor.-Amer. iv. p. 303' 



(1837) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 266. 

 Arctia saundersii, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 75 (1864) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 267. 

 Arctia intermedia, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. i. p. 216, pi. 9. f. 3 



(1874) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 267. 

 Arctia stretcM, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 197 (1875); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 267. 

 Arctia oithona. Street. Lep. p. 131 (1878) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 270. 

 Arctia approximata, Stretch, Ent. Am. i. p. 104 (1885) ; IGrby, Cat. Het. 



p. 267. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous white or flesh-colour ; palpi, sides 

 of frons, antennae, stripes on tegula), patagia, shoulders, and thorax 

 black ; pectus and legs black ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal 

 series of conjoined black spots, the terminal segment and ventral 

 surface black, sometimes with some ochreous ventral spots. Fore 

 wing black; the costa, veins, and inner margin with flesh-coloured 

 streaks, and a broader fascia above submedian fold from base to 

 termen ; an antemedial band sometimes present across cell and 

 from submedian fold to vein 1 ; an oblique medial band across cell, 

 sometimes extending to costa and to submedian fascia or vein 1 ; 

 the postmedial band obtusely angled at vein 4 and ending at 

 submedian fascia or not reaching it ; the subterminal band oblique 

 from costa to termen above vein 5, then running to postmedial 

 band at vein 4, then to termen at vein 2, and inwards to submedian 

 fascia ; cilia flesh-coloured. Hind wing crimson, with discoidal 

 black spot ; an apical patch, large subterminal spots on veins 2 and 

 1, and an irregular spot on termen at vein 5. 



$ . Hind wing more scarlet. 



The form intermedia from the S. States is larger than the 

 Northern form. 



