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Fig. 35—Callimorpha fulvicosta moth and larva. 
Expanse of wings two 
inches. Wings white with 
costal edge, head and front 
shanks yellow. This is 
merged with the following 
by Stretch in his revision of 
this family, being regarded 
as only a variety of C. Le- 
contei. 
Callimorpha Lecontei, Bd. 
“ White, the fore wings being almost entirely bordered with 
brown. Ihe larva, according to Saunders, 1.10 inches in length- 
head rather small, black and shining, with a few short hairs. Body 
black above, with transverse rows of shining, wart-like tubercles from 
which arise tufts of short spreading hairs. On the back a bright yel¬ 
low doisal stripe and a wide band of the same color on each side of the 
body, the latter intersected with streaks and centered with a broken 
hand of black. About half way between the dorsal and lateral stripes 
is a row of pale,, whitish dots forming a faint broken line. Under 
surface airty grayish white, with streaks and dots of brown, feet black 
fore legs dirty white on inside, with a patch of shining black on the 
outside of each. Feeds on various herbaceous and shrubby plants. 
Callimorpha interrupto-marginata, Beauv. 
Expanse two inches. The wings are yellow; the hind wings dark¬ 
est, the fore wings bordered with dark brown, with a brown band 
from near the hind angle towards the middle of the wing. When 
l e J v ? n & sare folded, the brow 7 n of the hind margin and this cross¬ 
band bear a resemblance to an anchor. The browm border to the fore 
wings is interrupted at the apex and near the hind angle. Hind 
wings with a browm dot near the anal angle. Body concolorous with 
the wings, with a dark dorsal stripe. 
Arctia phalerata, Harris—The Harnessed Moth. 
Expands a little over an inch and a half. The fore wings are 
black, marked with buff lines as follows : First, along the costa, two- 
thirds ot the distance from the base; a second from the base to the 
middle of the outer margin. Near the middle of the wing this line 
