404 AECTIAD^. 



broad orange stripes on costa, veins, above submedian fold, and on 

 inner margin ; the subterminal band oblique from costa to above 

 vein 5, then running inwards to lower angle of cell, then to termen 

 at vein 2 and inwards to submedian fascia ; cilia orange-yellow. 

 Hind wing with short black streaks in base of cell and on vein 1 ; 

 subterminal spots from costa to vein 5 and on veins 2 and 1 ; a 

 terminal maculate band from apex to vein 3, and spot at submedian 

 fold. 



Ab. 1. otiosa. Fore wing with slight traces of some of the other 

 bands. 



Hab. Canada, Anticosti I., 1 $, Grote Coll., U.S.A., N. Atlantic 

 States. Kv^. 40 millim. 



1958. Apantesis proxima. 



ChHo72ia proxima, Guer, Icon. E. Anim. iii, p. 614 (1844) ; Kirby Cat 



Het.p. 272. 

 Eit2)repia docta, Wlk. iii. 592 (1855) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het i 



p. 118. 

 Arctia mexicana, Grote & Rob. Ann. Lyceum N. York, viii. p. 367, pi. 13 



f. 3 (1867). 

 Chelonia antholea, Boisd. Ann. Soc, Ent. Beige, xii. p. 76 (1869) • Stretch 



Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 74, pi. 3. ff. 3, 4. 

 Arctia arizo?iiensis, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 217, pi. 9 f 4 



(1874) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 272. 

 Arctia mormonica, Neum. Eat. Am. i. p. 93 (1885) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 268. 



S . Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; palpi, sides of frons, 

 antennae, and broad stripes on patagia and thorax black ; pectus 

 and legs black, the fore coxae and spots on femora ochreous; abdomen 

 crimson above with dorsal series of black spots or short bands, the 

 terminal segment black, the ventral surface black with ochreous 

 spots on medial segments. Fore wing black; the costa, median 

 nervure, a fascia above submedian fold from base to termen, and 

 the inner margin ochreous ; an antemedial band slightly angled in 

 submedian fold ; medial and postmedial bands often confluent from 

 cell to inner margin ; the subterminal band arising from costa just 

 beyond the postmedial band, running to termen at vein 5, then to 

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

 again to submedian fascia ; cilia ocbreous. Hind wing ochreous 

 white, the inner area more or less strongly tinged with crimson • 

 ante- and postmedial black spots on costa, a discoidal spot, sub- 

 terminal spots on veins 5 and 2, and terminal spots on veins 3 and 

 1, any or all of which may be absent. Underside with the costa of 

 fore wing and base of costa of hind wing orange-yellow. 



5 . Abdomen without ventral ochreous spots ; fore wing with 

 the ochreous markings darker. Hind wing crimson, with medial 

 black band across cell and spot below it on vein 1 ; a discoidal 

 lunule ; three large, usually confluent subterminal spots, and same 

 spots on termen ; cilia yellow. 



Hah. U.S.A., Eegion W. of Eocky Mts. to S. California; Mexico, 

 Oajaca, 2 J type docta, Jalapa (Trujillo), 3 d, 3 ^, Orizaba 



