630 CATALOGUE OF 



North America. 



A. Alae posticse nigrae. - vagans, Boisd. 



B. Alae posticae rui'ae. - assimilans, Walk. 



3. Pheagmatobia vagans. 



Murina vel cinereo-lutescens ; alee anticce immaculatce ; posticce 

 nigrce , fimbria cinereo-lutescente ; omnes subtus cinerece lunula 

 nigra. 



Arctia vagans, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. x. 322, 92. 



North California. 



4. Phragmatobia assimilans. 



Mas. Rufa ; antenna testacece ; alee anticce nigro biguttatce, pos- 

 ticce triguttata. 



Var. /3. Alee anticce fere totce juscm^ posticce vitta lata submar- 

 ginali nigricante. 



Male. Red. Antennae testaceous* Thorax with hrown hairs. 

 Wings red; veins darker. Fore wings slightly brown along the 

 costa and elsewhere, indistinctly sprinkled with pale brown, with two 

 blackish dots, one at the base of the anterior inferior veins, the other 

 between the first and the costa. Hind wings brighter red, with 

 three black dots, two in the disk, and one near the hind border to- 

 wards the inner angle. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



Var. p. Fore wings almost wholly brown. Hind wings with a 

 broad blackish submarginal stripe. 



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



Mexico. 



5. Phragmatobia albicosta. 



Nigro-fusca ; thorax fascia antica alba ; coxce anticce rufo vit- 

 tatce ; ala anticce costa alba. Mas. — Abdomen supra fasciis 

 subinterruptis rufis. Fcem. — Abdomen supra rufum guttis 

 dorsalibus nigris. 



Male and female. Blackish brown. Proboscis piceous. Antennae 

 black. Thorax in front with a white band, which is most apparent 

 on each side. Fore coxae with red stripes. Costa of the fore wings 

 white. Male. — Abdomen above with red half interrupted bands ; 



