422 



AECTIAD^. 



c? . Hind wing semihy aline yellowish white, the inner area only 

 tinged with pink. 



Hah. Colombia, Bogota (Stevens), 1 $ type ; Pehf, Riaja (Gar- 

 lepp). Exp., (S 34, 2 48 millim. 



Genus SEIRARCTIA. 



Seirarctia, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbilad, iii. p. 119 (1864) 



Type. 



echo. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, porrect ; bead and thorax clothed 

 with long woolly hair ; antennae of male with moderate branches, of female with 

 very short branches ; fore tibise with long curved claw on outer side and short 

 claw on inner side ; hind tibiae with the medial spurs absent. Fore wing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 

 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



A. Fore wing white, with dark streaks on each side of the veins echo. 



B. Fore wing flesh -colour irrorated with black clara. 



*1989. Seirarctia echo. 



PhalcBua echo. Abbot & Smith, Lep. Georgia, ii. pi. 68 (1797) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 242. 

 Spilosoma niohe, Streck. Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Philad. 1884, p. 284 ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 227. 



(S . White ; palpi and legs orange, banded with black ; antennae 

 with the branches black ; abdomen with dorsal series of blackish 

 spots, a subdorsal series of orange patches, a lateral series of small 

 black spots and sublateral spots on three medial segments. Eore 

 wing with the veins defined on each side by broad brown fasci?e ; 



Fig. 111. —Seirarctia echo, (^ . \. 



a suhcostal fascia extending to beyond middle. Hind wing with 

 some brown at extremity of median nervure ; veins 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 

 defined on each side at extremity by short brown streaks. 



$ . Abdomen mostly orange above, the series of black spots 

 much larger ; hind wing without brown at end of cell and with 

 hardly a trace of it at extremity of the veins. 



Hah. U.S.A., Georgia, Florida. Exp. 70 millim. 



Egg. Pack. Psyche, v. p. 351 ; id. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 80. 



Hemispherical, thin, glassy, rather coarsely pitted with irregularly 

 polygonal rims. 



