APANTESIS. 



399 



spots usually present on subcostal and median nervures and vein 1 ; 

 a discoidal spot ; subterminal spots on veins 7, 5, 2, and 1, and ter- 

 minal spots below apex and veins 4 and 2. Underside of costa of 

 fore wing scarlet. 



Ab. 1. minea: the flesh-colour replaced by fiery red. 



Hah. U.S.A., Atlantic States, 3 d , 4 $ , type. Exp. 46-54 

 millim, 



1952. Apantesis arge. 



Noctua arge, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 18. f. 3 (1773) ; Stretch, Zyg. & 

 Bomb. N. Am. p. 225, pi. 9. ff. 10, 11 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 266. 



Bomhyx dlone, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 572 (1775). 



Noctua incarnatoruhra, Goeze, Ent. Bejtr. iv. (3) p. 241 (1781). 



Chelonia nerea, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xii. p. 77 (1869) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 266. 



Chelonia doris, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xii. p. 77 (1869) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 266. 



Euprc'pia arge, var. nervosa, Neum. & Dyar, Ent. News, iv. p. 142 (1893). 



Bomhyx coelebs, Martyn, Psyche, pi. 11. f. 25 inecl. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale pinkish ; palpi, sides of frons, 

 antennae, and stripes on tegulse, patagia, thorax, and shoulders 

 black ; pectus with black patches ; legs black, the fore coxse and 

 femora above crimson ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of 

 black spots and ventral bands. Pore wing black, with the pale 

 pinkish stripes on costa, veins, above submedian fold, and inner 

 margin occupying the greater part of wing ; antemedial and medial 

 triangular bands across the cell, often incomplete ; the postmedial 

 band oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is strongly angled, 

 usually reaching submedian fascia ; the subterminal band oblique 

 from costa to termen above vein 5, bent inwards to postmedial band 

 ^t vein 4, then to termen at vein 2, and inwards to submedian 

 fascia; cilia pinkish. Hind wing whitish tinged with pink, especially 

 on inner area ; some diffused black on costal area ; a discoidal 

 lunule ; subterminal spots above vein 5, above and below vein 2 

 and usually vein 1 ; some spots on termen below apex and near 

 veins 4 and 2 ; a pink terminal line. 



Ab. 1. nervosa. The black areas more extensive ; fore wing with 

 the transverse band obsolete or with portions of the postmedial and 

 subterminal present ; hind wing blackish, with the veins, cilia, and 

 inner margin pink. 



2 . Less tinged with pink, the black markings somewhat reduced. 



Hob. U.S.A., Atlantic States, New York, Grote and Zeller Colls., 

 12 cJ , 3 $ , California. Exp., <S 48, $ 56 millim. 



1953. Apantesis ornata. 



Callarctia ornata. Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 115 (1864) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 272. 

 Arctia achaia, Grote & Bob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 334 (1868) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 267. 

 Arctia dahurica, Grote, Trans. Am.Ent. Soc. i. p. 336 (1868), nee Boisd. : 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 270. 



