LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 609 



Phalaena (Noctua) Aro-e, Drury, Ins. i. 35, pi. 18, f. 3. App. ii. 



Bombyx Arge, Olio. Enc. l\ ; et!i. v. 93, 232. 



Bombyx Dione, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1,442, 106. Abbot and Smith, 



Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Creorg. ii. 125, pi. 63. 

 Euplagia Dione, H'ubn. Verz.Schmeit. 180, 1862. 

 Arctia Arge, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 183, 1882. 

 Spilosoma Arge, Westw. Ed. Drury, i. 33, pi. 18, f. 3. 



New York. 



Var. a. Fore wings reddish white, with cuneiform black spots. 

 Hind wings red, with black yellow-bordered spots. 



Var. /3, like var. a. Spots of the fore wings much larger, and 

 forming a stripe towards the hind border. 



Var. y, like var. j3. Spots of the fore wings still larger, and 

 more inclined to form stripes. Spots of the hind wings without 

 yellow borders. 



Var. d. Hind wings whitish, their spots small, and without 

 yellow borders. 



«, b. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



c—h. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



i,j. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



25. Arctia Virguncula. 



Thorax flavus, maculis guinque nigris ; alee anticce nigra, rivulis 

 cameo pallidis, apice radiantibus ; posticce lutece, nigro macu- 

 late. 



Callimorpha Virguncula, Kirby, Fauna Bor. Amer. iv. 304, 2, pi. 

 4, f. 6. 



Canada. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



26. Arctia Nais. 



Albida; thorax maculis duabus anticis vittisque tribus nigris; 

 abdomen vitta lata nigro ; alee anticce nigrce, vittis tribus, 2a 

 furcata, fasciisque obliquis subapicalibus albidis ; posticce 

 Jlavescentes aut rufa, plus minusve nigro varice. 



Phalaena (Noctua) Nais, Drury, Ins. i. 15, pi. 7, f. 3. Append, i. 2. 

 Arctia Nais, H'ubn. Zeit. f. 599, 60. Verz. Schmett. 183, 1884. 

 Spilosoraa Nais, Westw. Ed. Drury, i. 15, pi. 7, f. 3. 



Var. ]8, male, Foie stripe of the fore wings not joining the 

 costa. 



3 H 2 



