398 



ARCTIADiE. 



Hah. Canada., Renfrew Co., 5 S , Grote Coll. ; U.S.A., Atlantic 

 States, 2 J , 1 $ , Massachusetts, Buffalo, 1 J , Texas, Grote Coll., 

 1 (S . Eccp., <S 44, 5 52 millim., intermedia ^ 52 millim. 



1950. Apantesis rectilinea. (Plate XLYII. fig. 19.) 



Arctia rectilinea, French, Can. Ent. xi. p. 45 (1870) ; Xirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 267. 



Head and thorax pinkish white ; palpi, sides of frons, and autennse 

 black ; back of head with some crimson ; tegulae, patagia, and 

 thorax with black stripes ; pectus and legs black, the coxae and 

 femora above pink, hind tibiae with whitish stripes above ; abdomen 

 crimson above, with dorsal maculate stripe and lateral series of 

 spots, the ventral surface pinkish white with sublateral series of 

 black spots. Fore wing black ; the costa, veins, and inner margin 

 streaked with pinkish white, and a broader fascia above submedian 

 fold; oblique medial and postmedial bands from costa to sub- 

 median fascia, or the former incomplete; the subterminal band 

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

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

 inwards to submedian fascia which does not reach termen ; cilia 

 pinkish white. Hind wing crimson ; the costal area black except 

 at base, emitting a black discoidal lunule and a subterminal spot to 

 vein 5 ; large subterminal spots on vein 2 and on termen at vein 1 , 

 and a terminal band except towards tornus, angled inwards at 

 vein 4 ; cilia pinkish white. 



Hob. U.S.A., Atlantic States, Mississippi Valley, Illinois, 1 (^ , 

 Texas, 4 d , 1 $ , Grote Coll. Exp. 40 millim. 



1951. Apantesis michabo. (Plate XLYIII. fig. 18.) 



Arctia michabo, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 196 (1875) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. 

 p. 266. 



Arctia minea, Sloss. Ent. News, iii. p. 257 (1892). 



Head and thorax flesh-pink ; palpi, sides of frons, antennae, and 

 stripes on tegulae, patagia, and thorax black ; pectus, coxae, and 

 femora pink, with black patches on fore coxae and the femora, tibiae 

 and tarsi black, with pink stripe on hind tibiae above ; abdomen 

 pink, with dorsal, lateral, and sublateral series of more or less de- 

 veloped black spots. Fore wing black, with flesh-pink fasciae on 

 costa, above submedian fold, aud on inner margin ; the veins with 

 pink stripes ; an antemedial band across the cell usually present ; 

 a more or less developed oblique medial band, sometimes continued 

 between submedian fascia and vein 1 ; the postmedial band angled 

 obtusely at vein 4 and ending at submedian fascia ; the sub- 

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

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

 at vein 2, and inwards to submedian fascia ; cilia pink. Hind wing 

 pinkish red, or the disk whitish in male; medial diffused black 



