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rubricosa. nearctic specimens have been denominated: rubricosa Harr. (38 i), which name, however, is not generally 
acknowledged, because also in the palearctic region there occur all the transitions from the brightly coloured, 
densely scaled form fervida Stgr. to the northern borealis Stgr. which is very closely allied to rubricosa. As to 
further particulars about it and the larva see Vol. II, p. 79. — rubricosa is very numerous in Canada and 
the northern parts of the United States and frequently captured by the lamp. To the south the species extends 
as far as Carolina, but there it does not occur anymore in the plains, being confined, like in the west to 
the Rocky Mountains, in the south to greater altitudes. 
assimilans. Pli. assimilans Wkr. (38 i). Almost like the European fuliginosa fervida (Vol. II, t. 16 b), but sometimes 
without any dark nebulous spots at all, with unicolorously brown-red forewings and rosy-red hindwings. New 
jranconiae. York, New England, on mountains. — franconiae Annie Slosson (38 i), described from a $ taken by the lamp 
on May 24th near Franconia, shows traces of dark transverse stripes on the forewings and a blackish marginal 
band before the margin of the hindwing. 
16. Genus: ]tfGoaretia Neum. & Dyar. 
It rather precisely corresponds to the palearctic genus Micrarctia (Vol. II, p. 83), from which, however, 
it differs by the finer antennae, which are not so feebly ciliated as in the SE of the Phragmatobia, being provided 
with almost plain antennae. The venation does not exhibit any essential difference, for which reason Hawpson 
combines the genus with the preceding. We include here 6 forms, nearly all from North America. Perhaps 
also the species thursbyi Rothsch. (39 1) having been described as Turuptiana is to be included herewith; as 
to further particulars about the latter species unknown to me in nature see p. 313. 
beanii. N. beanii Neum. (38 i). Colouring almost like in the aforementioned Phragmatobia, but across the 
forewing and hindwing there extend sooty black nebulous stripes and spots. Rocky Mountains of Alberta 
fuscosa. and Assiniboia. — In the form fuscosa Neum. the forewings are quite covered with blackish. 
brucei. N. brucei H. Edw. (38 i). Forewings crossed by pinkish-yellow bands and spots. Collar broad pinkish- 
yellow; hindwings with large, black antemarginal spots. Colorado. 
fervida. N. fervida Wkr. (= rodriguezi Drc .) (38 k). Forewings blackish-brown, whitish colour pervading 
commixta. them; hindwings of a bright red with a broad black distal band. — In the form commixta Btlr. (38k) the 
white streams on the forewing are reduced to a proximal longitudinal stripe and a distal oblique stripe. 
From Guatemala. 
yarowii. N. yarowii Stretch (— remissa H. Edw.) (38 k). Forewings black, a dull yellowish-white pervading 
them, hindwings orange, with black discal spots and a dark basal area. From the districts to the south of 
the Hudson Bay as far as British Colombia; in the Rocky Mountains it extends far to the south, as far as 
Arizona. 
17. Genus: Hoplarctia Btlr. 
Proboscis stunted, palpi very short with a minute terminal joint. Antennae bristly; face very short, 
with appressed hair; body rather slender. Venation entirely like in the preceding genera; in the forewing the 
1st subcostal vein rises before the cell-end, the footstalk of the 2nd to 5th from the upper cell-angle, from the 
same place also the upper radial. Only 1 species: 
hodeva. H. hodeva Drc. (38 i). Thorax brown with white collar and shoulders; forewing dark reddish-brown 
with a white oblique band sending forth a connecting band towards the base of the wing. Hindwing crimson, 
with a uniformly black margin. The type originates from Jalisco in Mexico *). 
18. Genus: Orocleninias Wallgr. 
Already in Vol. II, where we described this genus, we have stated that, it almost unnoticeably forms 
a transition to the next genus, for which reason also the modern authors insert it simply in the genns Apati¬ 
tes is (being older by 11 years). Since the veins do not exhibit any characteristic marks in the Arctiinae, 
some Orodemnias were brought into connection with Micrarctia, others with Parasemia or Phragmatobia'. 
Staudinger and Rebel simply insert them in the Arctia. As the type 0. quenselii is considered. 
0. quenselii Payk. (Vol. II, t. 16 g) occurs in the typical form in Europe. The American form: 
gelida. gelida M-schlr. (38 k), described from Labrador, differs from the type by the forewings exhibiting much more 
yellowish-white and by the hindwing showing a light, wedge-shaped stripe before the proximal margin. - 
com pi icata. In complicata Wkr. from the western coast of Canada (Vancouver) the transverse stripe running through the 
• cell, being sometimes hinted at in gelida- is present also in the <J, passing through as far as the submedian, 
*) As another Hoplarctia, H. nantana was described by Butler. It is, however, a genuine Ctenucha, and has been 
dealt with on p. 190 of this volume, though not figured; we, therefore, add here the figure (38 k). 
