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Arctia Celia. 

 Celia, Saund. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. ii. 1. 

 Toronto. 



Arctia borealis. 



borealis, Mcesch. Wien. Mts. iv. 360, pi. 9, f. 3. 

 Labrador. . 



Arctia Landaca. 



Landaca, Moore , Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. 358. 

 Java. 



Arctia complicata. 



Mas. Nigra, crassa; caput supra albidum, litura furcata nigra ; 

 thorax vittis duabus tegularumque marginibus albidis ; abdo- 

 men albidum, vitta lata maculisque lateralibus nigris ; aim 

 lituris fimbriaque albis ; anticce lineis duabus, vitta furcata, 

 lineisque tribus transversis, 3a triangulata, venis albidis ; 

 posticce litura e maculis quatuor connexis lineaque, gutta subtus 

 alba. 



Male. Black, very stout. Head whitish above, with a black 

 forked mark on the vertex. Antennae moderately pectinated. Tho- 

 rax with two whitish stripes ; tegulae with broad whitish borders. 

 Abdomen whitish, with a broad black stripe, and with black spots 

 along each side ; under side with an interrupted black band on the 

 fore border of each segment. Legs partly clothed with whitish hairs ; 

 tibiae whitish above. Wings with a whitish fringe, and with whitish 

 marks. Fore wings with a line along the costa and another along 

 the interior border ; a stripe in the disk, forked towards its tip ; three 

 transverse lines between the stripe and the costa, the third forming 

 three acute angles ; veins mostly whitish. Hind wings with a line 

 which extends from the base towards the hind part of the exterior 

 border, and has in front of it an irregular mark composed of four 

 connected spots of various size ; a white dot on the under side near 

 the costa. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Dr. Lyall. 



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