60 
[May 
Abdomen yellow with a dorsal macular band black, and a row of 
black spots on each side; under surface whitish with black bands. 
Legs black, spotted with yellow, and with tufts of yellow hairs at their 
base. 
Loc. Toronto, C. W. From Rev. C. J. S. Bethuue, Cobourg, C. W. 
Arctia decorata, nov. sp. 
Female. Tongue bright yellow; palpi black. Antennm black, slight¬ 
ly pectinate. Head black with a tuft of yellow hairs between the anten¬ 
nae. Thorax ochre-yellow, with two small linear spots on front, and 
three large ones on disk, one central and one on each tegula; and a 
small spot on each side at base of primaries. 
Primaries deep velvety-black, with rich ochre-yellow stripes; one on 
costa terminating at the apical third of the wing; one broad straight 
central stripe along the median vein to within a third of the hind mar¬ 
gin. slightly enlarged at the tip, where it is joined at an acute angle 
by a smaller stripe which terminates just under the extremity of the 
costal band. This central stripe is notched or obscurely furcate about 
the middle; the lower part of the notch extends a very short distance 
towards the hind margin, terminating in a point; and in a line with 
this further towards the posterior angle are one or two very minute yel¬ 
low dots. Inner margin with a border of the same color gradually 
widening towards the base. 
Secondaries bright red, widely bordered with dull black excepting 
on the inner margin; a small red dot set in the black border not far 
from the apex. Under surface of wings paler with the same markings. 
Cilia varies in color on different parts of the wings, from ochre-yellow 
to dark brown. Wings expand 16 lines. 
Abdomen deep black with a patch of ochre-yellow or orange on each 
side at base; wide where it joins the thorax, and narrower at its ter¬ 
mination on the third segment; a yellow dot on each side of fourth 
and fifth segments, and one on centre of back near tip. Under sur¬ 
face of body entirely black. 
Loc. Near St. Catherines, C. W. From D. W. Beadle, Esq. 
