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 SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAB, INCLUDING* 
 SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIES LIKELY TO OCCUB 
 
 IN CANADA. 
 
 BT WILLIAM BAUVDVRB, 
 COB. MIMBBB BBT0M0U>i9ICA.L 80GIBTT, KHILA.^ ABD IOC. BAT. MlBBCBt, BVrtAIiO. 
 
 Bead hrfore the EnUmologieal Society qf Canada, April IQth, 1868. 
 
 In pursuance of this plan first adopted by Prof. Hineks, of ool> 
 looting and publishing in the' " Journal " materials for a complete 
 synopsis of our Canadian Entomological fauna, the following paper 
 haa been prepared ; with the hope that it may be of some assistance 
 to collectors, by enablbg them more readily to determine their 
 specimens, and also do ^mething towards- clearing up some hitherto 
 doubtful point! in connection with the specific characters of several 
 species belonging to this beautifuLand interesting family of Moths. 
 ^Tbe method of taking up, from time to time, certain families or sub- 
 families of insects^ and publishing descriptive lists of^H the known 
 Canadian species, including those likely to occur in Canada, is, we 
 believe, a good one^nd we feel sure^that if continued it will greatlj 
 stimulate the growth of our favourite branch of science. W,e trust 
 that those who have time and oj[>portuoity will assist us in the work, 
 for th^ field is a wide one, and there is ample room for all to labour 
 profitably. 
 
 In the preparation of tAs*^ paper, free ilse ha^ been made of the 
 material collected by Dr. Morris, in the late "Smithsonian " Synopsis 
 of North American L^idoptera," and also of that contained in 
 I>r. Clemens' "Contributions to American Lepidopterology," pub- 
 lished in tfae-f roc. Aicad. Nat. Sciences. We would also acknow^ 
 ledge our indebtedness to the many kind friends who have freely 
 placed their specimens at our dispot^l.; The collectiotk thus gath- 
 ered from various parts of the Province^hss materially aided in. 
 making the list of. Canadian species much more complete, than it 
 otherwise could have been, and also acquainted us With many in- 
 teresting variations. 
 
 Fam. Aretiadae. — Herr-Schaef. Chelonides Boisd. 
 Stature usually robust. Maxills ihort, sometimes obsolete. An- 
 tenna) pectinate in the male, sometimes filiform.^ P^lpi smalfpiloae. 
 
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 JBYNOPSIS or CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. V . 
 
 Thorax aiid aqdomen, mott often Bpotted. Wrngs entire defleied. 
 Frenulum coi^BpicuouB. Larrn hairy. 
 
 , The family ioay be thus tabulated : 
 AA. Antennae of male pectinated. 
 
 B. Fore wings streaked and spotted Aretia. 
 
 BB. 
 
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 BBB. 
 BBBB. 
 
 BBBBB. " 
 
 Aspi 
 
 llotOtM. 
 
 Hypantria. 
 
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 white or fulvous, with 
 black spots. Some- 
 times wanting 
 
 bluish grey... ..:.... EuehcBtet. 
 
 tale yellow or ochre, -\ * 
 
 banded or spotted with >Hale*idota. 
 a lighter colour ...... J 
 
 white, with many black- V » ... 
 ish ringlets .....1:®^"'**^- 
 
 AA. Antennae of male Bliform. 
 
 0. Fore wings semi-transparent ..., Phragmatobia. 
 
 CO. I " " densely clothed with scales. 
 
 D. :5ind wings red, with a black border I.. Dwcyia. 
 DD. « " white or yellow, without^ - 
 spots, or sometimes 
 with one or two small • Hi/pereompa. 
 \ ^ spots near the anal 
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 JiUptia Sehr, 
 
 Head and thorax with long hairs. Palpi piLrrect, short, yery 
 hairy. Ocelli conspicuous. Thorax iaot crested: l)«dnge girily co- 
 loured and spotted. Abdomen stout, maculat 
 four spurs ; fore tibiao simple. Flight noctumf 
 
 Table of species : 
 
 ~ A. Fore wings spotted, not striped. ^, f 
 B. Fore wings brown. 
 
 0. Hind wings with blue-black spots. *) 
 
 Abdomen spottfed with >Amerieana. 
 
 Wack ..........J 
 
 CO. « « bhwk banded. Abdo-1 _,, 
 
 men with disk Wack i^'^**"*- 
 BB. Fore wingh black, or blackish, with few Bpota piaeentia. 
 
 Hind tibiflB with 
 Lanraa solitary. 
 
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 SYNOPBIfi OF CANfDIAI* ARCTJADAE. 
 
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 AAM'bre wingB 8tripe4 
 
 D, Foife wings with many stripes. 
 E. Central stripe wide. 
 
 FF. 
 
 F. Hind wings red. anterior margin l^^^j^^ 
 "bordered with-blackj - j 
 
 red, anterior «»a'g>" \ w^^o. 
 with black spots ...J 
 FFF.. Hind wings flesh-colour, oif slightly > j^^^, 
 
 • tinged with red J 
 
 FFFF. •* ** ochre«yellow or brown-' 
 
 iah;. external edges l^j,. 
 with a double black 
 
 border ^ 
 
 BE. Central stripe narrow ;..^. ..,.»..... \ »»r^ 
 
 .DD. Fore wilngs with few stripes. . \ , 
 
 a. Hind wings ochre-yellow, withV ^^^^^^, 
 
 black spots >\ ,. , , 
 
 " reddishjwith black tUj-^yJj, 
 
 „ spots T \ j 
 
 " bright red, with aV \ j 
 \ broad black bor- V<feiporfte. 
 
 \ der •.■ h..-. y \ j 
 
 «\ lightish bro5n,V^j\,J 
 with yellow spots J ' 
 
 \ioula. 
 
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 GGGG. 
 
 (NoTB.— Ail knoLn Canadian species will be foUowed by|a note of • 
 exclamation (!>• The others are natives of the adjoimnff States, 
 and wUi probably also be found to occur with us.) M 
 
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 A. Americana /-Harris. Figured in « Ag.|88i.> Lake Superfor." 
 
 Palpi dark brown above, red beneath. Head l^wn. Antennw 
 yeUowish-white above, with brown pectinations. \ Thoifax brown, 
 bordered in front with a white band whicb eitend8\ on ^ch side to 
 the extremity of the shoulder covers. Collar bordered above «nd^ 
 beWwithred, with a front line of the same colour. j 
 
 Primaries brown, deeper in colour towards base, with siversl white 
 BpotB on costa, and crossed by broad irwgular anastomo#g Imes of . 
 the same coloiur. 
 
 
 
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 ♦ 8YNOPSIB or, CANADIAN ARCTIADAK. 
 
 Secondarioe bright ochre-ydlow, With from four to six blue-bliMjk 
 ■ppts, three larger than the qthers. 
 
 Abdomen ochre-j^ellow with a reddish tinge/ 
 
 witf r^d ^^^ ^^^'' '•''*'"' ""*^ '"'°"°' '•''•« Wnged 
 
 ^ Length of body 9-10 linea. Wings expand 26-28 lines. 
 
 The larva of this specits does not complete its growth in the/iu- 
 tumn but attains onlyto about three-eighths of an inch in iZh 
 ; when .t hybernates seeking shelter ifc some crevice, usually und*; 
 the loose bark of decaying trees. At this period it presents Z 
 followmg appearance :-Head black ; body dark brown' with trans- 
 verse rows of tubercles, from which spring dense tufts of inter- 
 mingled bla«k and white hairs. For two summers past we have 
 reared the larva from eggs deposited by captured females. tJo the 
 ^nod of hybernation ; but have failed to preserve them alivedUmr 
 the winter. Several years since we found, in the latter part of Ma7 
 • fuU-grown speci^ien. but it entered the chrysalis state'before an 
 opportunity occurredfor describing it.f They are somewhat omni- 
 vorous in their appetites, but show a ^ei^ence for th^ common 
 garden lettuce and lamb's quarter (CAenopodium. album.) j 
 
 The perfect insect usually appears in 'the latter piirt Jf June or 
 early in July. ] - 
 
 Hab.-Londoq, not common ; Toronto (Mr. Bethune) ; Kineston 
 (Mr. Eogerp) ; Trenton Falls, N.T. ; Lake Superior 
 
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 *A. parihmMf^Rams. Figured in "Agassiz Lake Superior," 
 pl- 7. y^^ : A. Americana.— W&lker. 
 K "tfead brown, with a crimson friiigj> above, and between the black 
 antenme. Thorax brown above, witb an arcuated cream-coloured 
 
 f81n(»the.bovewMwriW fcpedmeni of the (UllKrowii larva have again oeen i«». 
 cured. They were found on the^Sth of June, under some lo«i. The foliowhur d^rin^T 
 
 bUobed. Body deep velvetyblack. with transverHo rows of tubercle., most otw\MhtJ^^ 
 jMvhlti.h colour. emlttinK tuft, of hair. Hair, on ««p„d. thinl. a.3 ZiJ .^Itil.^ 
 fed-on the latter .llKhtly intermixed with white , th^ along the back aw v^loJ. ^ 
 diky.whitemiied with black, while tho« on the side. are shorter, wd of " JuU .Sl. W 
 
 Zml ^u •"*•■• ''r*"***' "•* *"*"*'' '^•"»*^ ifromVwhloh spring tuft, of ZTSS 
 •tiffish red hairs. Feet and prolegs btack aud shining. "«*•"" or very snort 
 
 thlSr^Sf^rSjSlt"^!^ '•'''12"'""* '" *" writCi coUeotlon, he would 
 thenlbre feel greatly obliged Ibr specimens ftom aqy perMn possessing duplicates of such 
 
 
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 IfNOPSia or CANADIAN ARCTIADAB. 
 
 band, which ii coljtinued on each side of the outer edge o\ 
 ■boulder cover* ; Ujiper edge of the collar crimsoD-red. I 
 
 Primaries dart br<i|wn, with three small cream-coloured spo^s on 
 the outer edge ; four spots of the same colour in a line neafi the 
 inner margin, and «ev((}ral more scattered on the disk. ! 
 
 Secondaries deep odhre-yellow ; with the base, the banal ed^e of 
 the inner margin, a triatigular spot in the middle, adjoining the bjasal 
 ■pot, and a broad indenttd band behind, black. / | 
 
 Abdomen dusky above, tawny at the tip.^and beneath. I^gs 
 dusky ; thighs and tibiae fringed with crimson hairs." \ 
 
 Larva uhdescribed. L 
 
 Hab.— Valley of the River Rouge (Mr. D'Urban) ; Lake Supe- 
 rior ; Mass. ■ A . \ 
 
 *A. plaeentia.—Ahhot. Figured in 8m, Ab. pi. 66. ] 
 
 " Fuscous ; primaries with one or thrteg pale testaceous spot^; 
 ■econdaries reddish, margin and some suD^arginal spots fuscous. 
 Abdomen above reddish, with tbe dorsal spots and apex fuscous. \ 
 Var. a, — Fore wings, with the outer fringe partly pale testaceous j^ 
 and with several-spots and dotrf of the same colour in 
 the disk. ^^ 
 
 Var. b.— Fore wings with the outer fringe wholly blackish-brown, 
 --'■'* unspotted, excep.t two very minute testacedua dots." -• 
 Larva undliscribed. 
 Hab. — North America. 
 
 A. parthenieeJ—Kxrby. Ym.? — d. virgo. 
 
 Palpi black, tipped with whi|i8h. Head bufiF in front, black at 
 fche sides. Antennae dark brown. Thorax flesh-coloured, with two 
 ■mall anterior and three large posterior black stripes. 
 
 Primaries black, margined and striped with buff; veins and their 
 branches narMwly striped ; a wide central stripe extending to the 
 hind margin, furcate just beyond the base ; with the lower branch 
 again furcate near the posterior angle. The central stripe is joined 
 at an acute angle at the tip by a branch extending to the, costa; 
 another stripe from the costa, about the apical third of the wing, 
 extends to the.jnedian stripe, below which it is furcate,— one part 
 terminating beyond the middle, the other at the end pf the lower 
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 Socondaries bright red. .vith five or «ix irr^ular black spot, edged 
 
 aertng U to the base. Cilito yt'llowiuh. 
 
 Under Hurfaco paler than the upperjwith the ra^kiuga lo.. di.- 
 tmct ; mnrgias yellow. r- « »■ uu 
 
 -.iT"r"/1, 'tT; "'^''''^ "' '^'' *•>• ^*'*»' '^ black doraal 
 ••cular band ; black below, with a central row of four or five white 
 
 »pota Legs black fringed along the thigh- and at base with brown : 
 posterior edge of hind tibia) whitiuh. ' 
 
 Length of body SJ linoH. WingH expand 25 lines. 
 
 ^bU k vuth a hght .pot on each Bide. Body black, with a dorj . 
 fleHh-colored atnpe. A tnu.Hverse row of prominent tubercle/^ 
 each Hegment of a yellowish fleah-color. from which arine tuf of 
 
 kf h 7'' "r" "'\ ""■' "' *'" ^^"^ ""^ »'-"» -^ the sides of 
 tke body, l-eot and prolegn yellowish, tipped with black. 
 
 Th.8 larva, like that of A^nericana, hybor^mtcs when partly grown 
 
 ' and completcH .t. growth the following apri„g. It feed, readily ou 
 
 lamb's quarter {Chenopodiuv, album) or on gra^. ' ^ ^ 
 
 Hab.— London. Kot uncommon. Montreal (Mr. D'Urban ) 
 
 A parthenice do.o\y resembles the following Hpecies " ,W' 
 
 and has usually been regarded as a mere variety of i!; but since^he 
 
 latva dc.cr,bed above of vhich I have reared several specimens, 
 
 does not agree with that of ••./rye" as described by Ua ris it S 
 
 probable that they are distinct. "^ ' , * 
 
 ' A- virt/o l—IIubiier. 
 
 ^ Palpi black. Head buff in front; black at the sides. Antenna 
 ferrug„.„us. Thorax buff or fl^sh color, with five black spots; two 
 small ones lu front and three larger on disk. *^ ' 
 
 Priu.aries black, margined and striped 'with buffj floKh-color, or 
 d».e ui.es reddish. Veins and their branches striped ; two ;ide 
 long,tudu.«l Htnpes joined near the base, and extendingto the S 
 mrgn. ; the lower one furcate near the end ; three transverse from 
 costa ; the two outermost extending to the hind margin, the inner 
 one to he median stripe or juat bel.w it. A short transverse stripe 
 unrtes the upper with the lower longitudinal ones beyfi^ the toid(Se 
 
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 • Bccoudoriea deep rod, iometimeii witli a piiikinh tiiigo, with;frb» 
 ■even to nine irregular black HpotH o«lged Hiightly with yollowish, 
 not colllected towpidu the posterior wril-gin, but scattervd uniformly 
 /over tlio Burfuce'bf the wing. J Cilia ycllowirt^i-ri'd. 
 
 Under Burfnce paler in color, with the name ninrkiflga. 
 
 Abdomen of the Baino color aa HCcoiidiirioH, with n macular black 
 band, or Bometimes a row of black spots, along the back. Under . 
 Buffiico black, or very dark brown, with Momctimea two or three faint 
 whitiuh spota along the centre. Posterior edge of hind tibia) buff. 
 
 The perfect insect appenrH about the end of July. 
 
 Length of body 8-9 line^. Winga c.vpand 21 27 linea. 
 
 •« Larva brown, ratlicr thickly covered with tiilts of brown hair." 
 
 Yar.—Primarioa with all the Htripea wider, occupying the greater 
 portiot) of the surface of the wing. 
 
 jial,. — London. Not uncomitiou. Cobouig (Mr IKthune.). St. 
 Catheijines (3Ir. Beadle). JIauiilton (Mr. Ki-ynolds). Toronto 
 (Prof. Croft; Dr. Morris). Kingston (ilr. Kogt-ra). Montreal 
 Mr. D' Urban). Nova Scotia ; New York ; lllinoia. . " 
 
 • A. rfwno.'— llubn. Ar<j<e. — Drury. Figured in Urury i. pi. 18 ; 
 Sm. Ab. pi. 63 ; Naturalist's Library, vol. xxxvi. pi. 19. 
 
 Palpi black above, reddish below. Auteiuia- whiti»li above, under 
 Burfiice brown, extremities nearly black. Head and thorax palo buff, 
 with a pinkish tinge, especially tawarda the front ; thorax with five 
 black spots, two small ones in front and three larger on disk, one 
 central and one on each tegulic. 
 
 Primaries black, widely margined and striped with palo buffer 
 cream-color, sometimes with a pijikish tinge'. Stripes all wide (es- 
 pecially the central one ^tfBteflower branch), occupying the largest 
 portion of the surface o"ftfe wing. , * • . 
 
 Secondaries reddish flesh-color, with a fulvous marginal line be-' 
 hind, and eight or nine black spots, chiefly .along the Hind margin. 
 
 Under surface with similar markings, the black spots less distinct, 
 anc| costal edge of primaries yellowish-red. 
 
 Abdomen reddish above, pale below, with five rows of black spots, 
 one dorsal \.\\ o lateral, and two on the underside ; the latter, largest. 
 Under surface of tWrax, reddish, with two black spots below the 
 eyes. Legs whitish, edged with brownish-black ; anterior and middle 
 thighs bordered in front with red.' 
 
 Length of body 7 lines. Wings expand 18 lines. , - ^ 
 
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 in tho month df October " ' ' ".»"om8 its lull growth 
 
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 ■weH that they nometimeii make sreat flflvft-7.f:^« '^ 
 
 Indian c6rn iu the Southern States." ^«''«-*»*'«'» «^ XOUng 
 
 VVir.a.^IWioireddish-wh^te, U.Cuneiform black spot. 
 
 .. Var, b.-8p^t. of ho prm.aries much larger, and forming a stripe 
 towards, the hind border. *^ ^ 
 
 . V.r. c^SpoU of th. pri^ariM .till Wger. ™d more iddin.d lo 
 
 V.r. d.^8^™„d,,,io. wWtUh. .po..-.„.„ „j ,.^t„^, ^^„„, 
 
 " . ^ ' . ■ " "^^ . ' ■ .. V 
 
 ^, naM/^Drury. ^igurpd in Drury, pi. 7. 
 
 thUL^'l buff '^I'rT ''"' '^''°^^' «8^'^^ beneath. Head and 
 
 a small ol •% ^ Tt" ''"' ' '^'^^^^ ^''»» fi^« black spot.. 
 »WA small ones m front apd three larger on disk, one centml *„J 
 0114 on each shoulder cover. » ' ' "** *"** 
 
 brai^hes nari-ow y striped ; central longitudinal stripe wide, furcate 
 ^^rj^ ba«e.;euding a wide branch to the 'posterior ."gt 
 Wher^,ns also furcate near its termlnatioti i the central strinei^ 
 Jgam furcate about thaapiWl third of the win* emittTnVlT^ 
 branch, which joins the lower one; a short ^Zstirpe "rfsses j': 
 J^. e^ad^ W the^.re.itrof th. centi^ on/to^Tlde: 
 
 A. 
 
 / 
 
 - A 
 
■ii" 
 ring 
 
 00- 
 
 the 
 »aoIi 
 
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 wth ' 
 
 bot 
 log 
 
 A 
 
 •tl. 
 ip« 
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 •vNbmi or CAifAi;|UN arctiadab. 9 
 
 ' \ . ' . 
 
 Secondaries ochre-yollow, with a brnwniah tinge ; with one or two 
 
 amall blaick spoti, and a broad irregular duiky black border along 
 
 the external edges, widest at the, apex and narrower towards the 
 
 inner angle ; a line 9f ochirc-yoUow extends half through the bliok 
 
 border, about the middle of the ^wing, and the boiJcr has also on* 
 
 oi'two an\all, dull, ochre spots in it.- 
 
 Under surface paler, with similar markings ; veins on secondanea 
 narrowljr, striged with pale buff ^hilp passing through thtl black 
 border. 
 
 Abdomen deep ochre, Svhitish towards the tip, with a 51ack dorsid 
 'Baud^and lateral rowti of spots'^ of the sanu) hue; under serfaoe,' 
 thorax dull browniab* abSbmen bUck, nnnuliitcd with whitish. Lcga 
 brownish black, femora edged externally with buff. 
 
 Lepgth of body 7 lines. Wings expand 18 lines. ^ 
 
 Larva undescribed. ' 
 
 Var. a. — I\/ale. Fore stripe of the primaries not joining the costa. 
 Var. b. — JUale. Inner border of the secondaries reddish. ^ 
 
 Yar. c. — Male. Primaries with nq pale oblique band towards tbe^ tip. 
 Var. d. — Female. Like Var. c. Secondaries red, with broad blackish 
 . ^ borders. Abdomen wholly brown, except o^aob 
 
 side above toward^ tlui base. 
 Var. e.—^JRrma/tf. Primaries with testaceous veins; fore stripe and 
 , {tart of the ni4ddlb stripe nlmost obsolete." 
 
 I^b. — Hamilton (Mr. lieynolds). Massachud^tts. 
 
 ■ A. vir^nciifa'-.iTT^Kirhy . Figured in Faun. Bor Amer. iv. pi. 4. ^ 
 Palpi small, brownish black Antennio blnck, with a brownish 
 
 ' * ' wC * ''' ■■■■■.. 
 
 tingev ;liead flesh-colored above, black, at sides. Thorax pinkish- 
 buff, witli five black spotij, two small ones in front, and three larger 
 
 ■ on disk. ■"■•■■" ''"' ■"■■'. '■"- 
 
 Primaries black, margined, and striped j«^ith pale flesh-color. 
 
 . Costal margin, veins, and their branches, narrowly striped. The 
 central longitudinal stripe along the median vein linear throughout, 
 A wide stripe, having its origin at the batte immediately under the 
 median vein, and deflected from thence to the l)ind margin, where i,t 
 is furcate. A zig-zag si^terminal band, beginning on the cbsta near 
 the apex and terminating near the posterior angle, w^ere it joins the 
 end of the wide longitudinal stripe. Two wide stripes arise from 
 the' costal edge ; the first, about the.gpLiddle of the wing, {extends to 
 
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 , .jf^^'^tst^ii.k^i. 
 
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 <s 
 
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 JO SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 
 
 ■■'■ '■. \ ■■"-'■■ 
 
 the median vein, or just below it; ihe sfecond at the apical third, 
 dhiting with the wide' longitudinal stripe below. * 
 
 / Secondaries pale reddish-buff, with five or six black spots, o»w 
 mihin,the othen alony the posterior margin, where they form an ir- 
 regular macular hand. Cilise whitish. 
 
 Under surface paler, with markings less distinct, excepting to- 
 wards the apex, ^ ' / 
 
 .^Abdome;* reddish above with the tip, and a dorsal macular batad 
 black. Under- surface dark brown, imperfectly annulated/with 
 
 whitish hairs. _/ 
 
 ' ' ■ ' •/' -.,..■■" "*/ - . >i 
 
 Length of body 5-8 lines. Wiigs^and 17 to 20 lin^ /\ 
 
 ■ L^rva undescribed,* . 
 
 Viair. a.— Primaries with the stripes reddish; secon<kries pinkish* 
 ^ red. Abdomen with two additional row4 of spots at the 
 
 sides; under surfacf black, center;^ with yellowish- 
 brown. 
 
 Var. b. — Primaries with the stripes nearly white ; secondaries pink- 
 , ish-orange. Abdomen with fcwo^dditional rows of spots; 
 
 black, with some faint lightisja central spots. 
 
 Var.c— Primaries with the:.8tripes i)ale ; secondaries bright red. 
 Abdomen entirely black/below. 
 
 Var. d.— Primaries with a#l the stripes narrower and reddish ; secon- 
 daries bright red. Abdomen witb macular band above 
 
 '-. ,■ . very wide ; entii^y black belowr~~~~-^^ 
 
 Van e.^^Primaries with the stripes reddish -ochre, costa edged only 
 to about the/basal third of wing; secondaries vermillion- 
 red. Abdomen deep black below. 
 
 . Hab.— London ; common. Toronto (Mr. Bethune ; Prof. Croft ; 
 
 Dr. Morris). St Catharines (Mr. Beadjg). Hamilton (Mr. Eey- 
 
 nolds), New Tork-_ — - ^ ^^"^ ' 
 
 jf'' 
 
 y \v. ^■•"f't^P«"'nen«f the larva of this species was taken during the present season. «» 
 i^5?^ JIT' ""'**'■ * '**• ^"''*'' ' * *<* ^* "'«•'«■ Head small, black, reddish at sides. 
 m^ dull black, rather glossy, WHh a slightly reddish tiiige. On each segment is a trana- 
 ■ 7?T "'fijJ*""* tubercles, emitting tufts of stiff bristly hairs of the same hue. Hairs on 
 ■ !l!'?'*i!f •:!' '^"•*"*» '""Ker than those on the other. A faiut whitish dorsal line ftom 
 '•^"'r**'*''!*'*"^ *"'''"•'"*• »'"J another faint mark of the same tolor on the terminal 
 - ieRmeut.^ Under shrface dull red. feet and prol^ of the same color. 
 
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 SVNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCtlADAE. 
 
 11 
 
 :J 
 
 A phalerata I — Harris. "Figured in Harris' Insects, new Edition, 
 
 ' Fig 166. 
 
 Male. Palpi black. Antennae blacHc above with light-brown pec- 
 tinationa. Head ochre-yellow, narrowly bordered with black at the 
 Bides. Thorax ochre-yeHow with TEUEE block stripes, one central, 
 and one on each tegulso. 
 
 Primaries black, with very wide stripes of ochre yellow, one along 
 the costa to near the tip, another along the hind margin, and a third 
 very wide central stripe, furcate about the middle, both branches ex- 
 tending to the hind margin ; the end of the lower branch ia joined by 
 a transverse stripe, which extends obliquely to the costa ; aiitl from 
 the termination of the upper branch arises another extending across 
 the tip to near the costa. i^ . i 
 
 Secondaries bright oelire-yellow,Wm\ three black spots along the 
 posterior margin, and a^tch of black at the anterior angle, which 
 is prolonged along the anterior n\argin to near tlie base of the wing. 
 Cilia) buff. ~ » 
 
 fc Under surface with the same markings and nearly as didtiuct. 
 
 Abdomen ochre-yellow, with a wide dorsal black band narrower 
 towards the" thorax, below black, with a central yellow band, wider 
 towards thorax. I^egs blacl^ fringed with brownish-yellow hairs afc 
 their base ; anterior thighs, Spotted with reddish-yellow. h 
 
 ' Length of body 7 lines/ Wings expand 16 lines. 
 
 Larva uudescribed. / 
 Var. Secondaries w^th a reddish tinge towards the inner margin. 
 Under surfi^'e of abdomen black, with one small yellow dot 
 
 r/"T- 'near base. ' '''''^' '^^'^^"^ ; -..-.;-■-";-■-■-■- -- 
 
 Hab. — Cobourg. (Mr. Bethune.) 
 
 A philyr^ I — Drury. 
 Male. Palpi black. 
 
 Antennae blackish brown. Head and thorax 
 
 reddish ^sh color, the latter with two small black spots in front,, 
 three larger on disk, and a short one on each side at base of primar- 
 ies of the same hue. 
 
 Primaries black, with pale flesh-colored stripes ; one along the 
 costa deflected at the apipal third of the wing to the posterior angle ; 
 a broader stripe beneath the median vein, furcate about the middle, 
 fmd extended to the ^lind margin, where it is turned at an acute an- 
 gle towards the costa. The lower branch is also extended to the 
 hind margin, where it is again slightly furcate, and joins the deflected 
 
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 12 
 
 sVNOPSis or canXdian arctiadak. 
 
 portion of the dostal stripe near the posterior angle. Inner margin 
 
 bordered with tne same color. 
 
 Secondaries rlddish flenh color, deeper in color towards base, with 
 
 three black spots Wong the hind margin, and a patch of the same 
 
 color extending frrim the anterior angle along the front margin to 
 
 near the base. \ 
 
 Under surface wit^ the same markings, but paler, 
 
 ^Abdomen reddish, With a black dorsal band above; below brown- 
 
 ish-black. Anterior thighs edged with' buff. t 
 
 Length of body 5^ Ihies. Wings expand ttirteen lines. # 
 Larva undetscribed. \ \ . • P 
 
 Hab.-— St. Thomas, seventeen miles f^om London. Bare. 
 
 )escribed in J^roc. Ent. Soc. Philada.— 
 
 A decorata /—Saunders; 
 Vol. 2. No. 1. 
 
 'Female. Tongue bright yVUow. Palpi\ black. Antenna black, 
 slightly pectinate. Head blak, with a tuft of yellow hairs between 
 the antennae. Thorax ochre ykow, with t^o small linear spots 
 front, and three larger ones on disk, one cekral, and one on & 
 Bhouldei^: cover, and a small spot \\' <he same \ne on each side atl^ase 
 of primaries. 
 
 Primaries deep velvety black, wi\h rich ochr\.yellow stripes, one 
 on costa terminating at the apical third of the wing; one^ad cen- 
 tral stripe along the median vein to Within a third of tKe" hind mar- 
 gb, slightly enlarged at the tip, where\it is joined\at4n acute angle 
 by a smaller stripe which termtoates juk under th^extremity of the 
 costal band. This central stripe is notche\l or ohi4iely furcate about 
 the middle ; the lower pa^tof the notch extendi a vei^ short distance 
 towards the hind margin, terminating in aWint, and\in d line with 
 this further towards the posterior angleyi^None or tWo very minute 
 yellow dots. In*r margin with a bpr^r of \he sameVcolor, gradu^? 
 ally widening towards the base, y \ \ A 
 
 Secondaries bright red, widely bordered with dull blaik, excepting 
 on the inner margin ; a small red dot set in the black boitder not far 
 from the apex. Cilise vary in color from ochre-yelfiw to dVrk brown. 
 Under surface paler with the same markings. \ 
 Abdomen deep black, with a patch of ochre-yellowVor otange on 
 each side at base, wide where it joins the thorax and Wrro^v at its 
 termination on the third segment. A yellowish dot onTpch\side of 
 
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 i 
 
 SYP^PSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 13 
 
 fourth and Bfth/aegments, and one on centre of back near tip. Un- 
 der surtace entirely black, t 
 
 Length/of body 6 lines. Wings expand 16 lines. ,_ 
 
 Larya undfeBcribed. «.. 
 
 1)»— St. Catherines. Rare.' (Mr. Beadle.) ^. 
 
 /2t celia ! — Saunders. Described in Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, 
 Vol.2. No. 1. 
 
 Male. Palpi black above, yellowish beneath. Head yellow, with 
 black lateral stripes. Antennae brown, pectinated. Thorax yellow- 
 ish-white, deeper in cotor towards the head,* with two short black 
 stripes in front, and three longer and larger on disk, one central and 
 one on each tegulsB. , 
 
 . Primaries brownish-black, with white stripes, a wide stripe having 
 its origin at the base of the median vein, and from thence deflected 
 towards the posterior angle, where it grows narrowly linear, from this 
 two branches proceed : the first frvm aho^t the" centre of the wing 
 extends in a straight line to the costa, the second obliquely towards 
 the apex, terminating under the costal edge ; a subterminal zigzag 
 line forming a distinct W, crossed at the top by the oblique band. — 
 Costa edged with yellowish to about the apical third of the wing. 
 
 iSecondaries lightish-brown, with two irregular yellow spots about 
 the middle of the wing, and a stripe of the same color extendingfrom 
 the base along the submedian vein, to within a'third of the hind 
 margin. Inner margin yellow. Cilise brown, intermixed with white. 
 Abdomen yellow, with a dorsal macular band black, and a row of 
 black spots on each side ; under surface whitish, with imperfect black 
 bands.' Legs black, spotted with yellow, and with' tufts' of yellow 
 hairs at their base. 
 
 Length of body 6 lines. Wings expand 14 lines. 
 Larta undescrib ed „ 
 
 Yar. fk* Male. Secondaries dark-brown, with the yellow spots some- 
 what smaller, inner margin brown. Legs edged with yel- 
 lowish-white. • 
 Var. b. Male. Antenna light-brown. Head and thorax with a 
 pinkish tinge. Secondaries with the central spots smaller 
 than the type, jAld of a reddish color. Abdomen yellow- 
 f ish-red, with the central portion of under surface greyish- 
 white. 
 
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 14 - SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 
 
 Sp«fo«omo.-— Stephens. 
 
 J^t^^ °' ^'n 'T'^"« *^' "^J^P""«' '^"^^ beneath, firat and 
 second jomts usually short, sometimes the joints neari; equal- 
 o?sH"° r;"'*'^"""''^'^"^^- Hi^d tibi^ With two pairs 
 ofspurs near the tip, sometimes minute. 
 
 . „. * Table of species : 
 
 A. Wings white. 
 
 B. Wings with few dots P7^.w-- 
 
 BB. Wings with many dots "" •^^**^"- 
 
 BBB^ings without dots ' • Z^'- 
 
 AA. Witri^lvous • ••.............^./W 
 
 r • • ':"y': Isabella. 
 
 ^S. Vtrsrinlea!— Fahr. ''"'. / 
 
 ^Palpfrifack above, yellowish below. Antennie white above, with 
 black pedlmafaons. Head and thorax white and ve,y woolly. 
 
 Pnmahes white, with a black discal dot. 
 
 Secondaries white with three black dots, one on disk, and the 
 others towards the hind margin. / . »uu i,ne 
 
 ««„!r-^ir 7^T f"" **'^'"'°" "'^^^^"e^' the dots bn secondaries, 
 especially the discal one, more distinct. 
 
 Abdomen deep.yellow above/whitish beneath, with five rows of 
 black spots, one dorsal, and ^^o on each side. Anterior coi». and 
 
 iTh bla:k ' • '''' '''''' ^^' '^ '"^^ '^^'-^ t»«iannlted 
 
 " ^";°gtb of body ^-7 lines. Wings expand 17-19 lines. " ^ 
 
 .nlnJ -.k'^'k, '^ ^"f** *" '°'°'"' °^*^" «*' « P»J« y«"<"^ or straw 
 color, with a black Ime along each side of the body, and a transve«I 
 
 hne o the ^ame cdor between each of the segments, and it i^oZd 
 fTxv i7/rr"7 'r- ^'''^" '^^ °^ » briwnish-yellow or 
 SaLl'V W^1;1 '"^! '' '^'^^ ^*^' ochre-yellow. Body below 
 blackish, y Will feed on almost any herbaceous plant. 
 
 *"• a- Wings wholly white. ^ 
 
 Var.b. ;^gs jdiollj^hite above, belo^priin^ 
 
 V«r . P • • vu^ 1\ secondaries with three black dots. 
 Var. c. Primaries with one bhick dot. secondaries with two. 
 
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 ^^m:!^, 
 
SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 
 
 15 
 
 .<* 
 
 Yar. d. SaiOe as o, with an additional black spot on underside of 
 'primaries near base. ■' 
 
 Yar. e. Primaries with two black* dots, secondaries with same number. 
 Yar. f. Primaries with two black dotia, secondaries with four black 
 
 dots, primaries below with a dot at base. 
 Yar. g. Primaries with three black dots, secondaries the same. 
 Yar. h. Same as g, with the black basal dot on primaries below.- 
 Yar. i. Primaries wholly white, secbnda^es withJhree black dots. 
 
 Hab. — London, very common; Cobourg (Mr. Bethune); St. Catherr. 
 ines (Mr. Beadle) ; Hamilton (Mr. Reynolds) ; Toronto (Pcof. Croft, 
 Dr. Morris) ; Kingston (Mr. Sogers) ; Montreal (Mr. D'tFrban.) 
 
 Antennffi black. 
 
 Female. Palpi black above, yellowish beneath. 
 Head and thorax white and woolly. 
 
 Primaries white, with many black dots, those along the costa largest, 
 v^ Secondaries white, with from three to six black spots chiefly along 
 the hind margin. 
 
 Wings below white, with fewer spots, veins tinged with yellowish. 
 
 Abdomen deep ochre-yellow above ^ apex and under surface white, 
 with six rows of black spots, the dorsal row largest. Thighs and 
 , lore tibisB ochre-yellow. Tarsi black, annulated with white. 
 
 In the Hale the primaries are white, with a yellowish tinge • 
 . secondaries deep ochre-yellow ; under surface of bodjj and wings' 
 ochre-yellow. 
 
 Length of body 6-8 lines. Wings expand 18^23 lines. 
 
 "Larva white when young, nearly black when full grown; inter- 
 mediate stage reddish brown ; two yellow lines along the sides, and 
 a transverse series of orange spots on each segment. From the 
 back of each segment arises a tuft of blackish hairs.^' Feeds on 
 almost.every herbaceous plant. 
 
 Hab.— London, common ; Cobourg (Mr. Bethune) ; Toronto (Dr. 
 Morrisif Prof. Croft) ; St. Catherines (Mr. Beadle) ; Hamilton (Mr! 
 Beynolds) ; Kingston (Mr. Bogers) ; Montreal (Mr. D'Urban.) 
 
 , iSf. coHom/— Fitcb. ,; ' . 
 
 Palpi brownish-black above, yellow below;. Antennn whitish above 
 with brown pectinations. Head yellow. Thorax yeUow in front, nearly 
 white behind. 
 
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16 
 
 I 
 
 SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 
 
 ^maries glossy white, semi-transpareot ; with the coataredge, 
 sub-costal vein, and space between, yeUow; paler towards apex. ' 
 
 Secondaries wholly white, semi-transparent^ k . ' . 
 
 Under surface same as upper, but paler, with the discal cell on 
 primaries partly dusky. 
 
 Abdomen rather slender, whitish annulated with yellow, with a 
 dorsil and double lateral rows ofblack dots. Anterior femora palo 
 yellow; feet rather long ahd slenderj brownish. Hind tibi» with 
 the two pairs of spurs long. .-^ , * 
 
 ; Length of body 6 lines. Wings expand U lines. "^ 
 
 Larva undescribed. i 
 
 Hab. — London, rare ; 
 
 II. 
 
 S. isahlla !—Ahh. and 8m. ,-. , ' 
 
 Palpi brown, sbort, and hairy. Antenna filiform whitish above 
 brownish-yellow below. Thorax yeUowish-brown, anterior portio' 
 ^darker. ^ 
 
 Primaries fulvous or brownish-ochreous, sometimes tinged with 
 red ; with a discal spot, and an indistinct sub-terminal line of spots 
 along the outer margin, black. ,- , x^ 
 
 Secondaries yellowish-ochreous with a roseate tinge, /semi-trans- 
 parent ; with two black discal spots, and several mo^ of the same 
 hue along the hinder margin. 
 
 Under surface of primaries rosy, margined with ochre^yellow, and 
 with a short black stripe on sub-median vein near base; secondaries 
 simihir in color to the upper surfj^ee, with discal spots on both larger 
 and deeper in color. 
 
 Abdomen ochre-yellpw, with a reddish tinge, and three rows of 
 black spots. Anterior thighs crimson in front ; legs bbck. 
 
 Length of body 7-8 lines. Wings expand 14-16 li^es. 
 
 Larva. Head black and shining; body brownish -black, ^th^ 
 irregular transverse rows of tubercles, from which arise tufts 
 of stiff hairs, which are dull yellowishrred along the middle of the 
 body and black towards each end. Under side lighter in color than 
 upjMr. This larva, which is one of our commonest species, completes 
 itfl^row^h in the autumn, and hybemaies through the winter. In 
 spring they usually feed for a few days before going into chrysalis ; 
 they will eat almost shj herbaceous plant. Length, about one and a ' 
 half inches. * / 
 
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 8TNOP8I8 Ot CANADIAN AftCTlADAS, 
 
 
 17 ;. ■■'■■:"■ 
 
 • ■ . - ■ K 
 
 V 
 
 Y«r. a. J^rinuuriesl deeper in color both aboTe and belowLisroued 
 ' '"'■ iboTO byth^e wavy bands of dnaky black ; undei^e with 
 an additional black liniB on didc. 
 Yar. b. PrimarieJ like the type ; ■eoondtfiea whitish-yello^. 
 
 • /I 
 
 Var. c. 
 
 late. 
 
 gn primariea Teiy indiatinot ; aecondarim inunaeo* 
 
 .?i 
 
 The, perfect mo^h appears from late ia May tp the middU of June. 
 
 Hab.— London^ very common; Cobourg (Mr. Bethnne); Toronto 
 (Fh)f. Croft, Dr. jMorria) ; fit. Catherines (Mr. Beadle) ; Hamiltoii 
 (Mr.Q^nolds); ^ingston (Mr. Sogers) ; Montreal (Mr. J^'Urban.) 
 
 Hyphmtria. — Harris^ >> 
 
 ,Palpi haiiy ben sath, toareehf extended hejfomd tke elj/pem. Second 
 terminal joint nearly rndimental. Winjj;s whiter 
 sometimes spotted with black. Abdomeiw with rows of b^ck dots. 
 Bind tibis with Ofu pair of email apical spurs. A 
 
 Table of specie^ : . ^ ^ I 
 
 A. Wings white, without spots .....^...., ....;lf.....Mrtor. 
 
 AA. Wings whit* spotted , K 
 
 ^ B. Primaries with many bhwk spots g MJsa g . 
 
 BB. l^imaries with one blaeX dot .., .pmetata. 
 
 •H. teeter.— Harris. . \ 
 
 • ** Palpi blackish. Antenne blaokish-brown.\ ' 
 
 " Wings pure ^te, without spots. \ A . 
 
 '*FcHre femurs taimy yellow, without spots. 
 
 f * IiVTa greenisk dotted with black; a broadUackish stripe atong -^ 
 the top of the baclk, and a bright yellow stripe on each nM. Tla0 
 warts from which the tiiin bundles of hairs proceed, are black oa ,. 
 the back, and rust yellow or orange on tiie sides. Head and ftetr ^ 
 MaA. They spin {large webs, and live in communities." i w 
 
 Hab. — Mass.; Penn.; Georgia. 
 
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 *JSr. CINM0.— Druri. Figured in Drnry I, pi. 18 ; Sm. Abb., j^L 70. 
 
 ** Antemue blackish brown. Thorax ash dolor, nsoally unspotted* 
 sometimes with a few black ^ts. ' ^ [^ '-' 
 
 «<Priiiisries winter with highly fariable. markings^ n^ially ^^with 
 numerous black Sppts y external margin with five spots ; those iiei|mtlr 
 thiBlip triangular; jsometuiies 'the spots fewer. 
 
 ■-'A' 
 
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 18 
 
 7- 
 
 SYNOMI8 or CANADIAN ARCTIADAb/ 
 
 
 It I 
 
 »li|ttiw without spoti, sometimes with a dark spot near the 
 extern^ edge^ and faintly marked near the external angle 
 
 " Ab^omM» white, with three rows of minii^ bh»k spots, bi^ 
 
 bSti'"'^"^**^'"* ^ ^"^^ "^^ "^ '*'"**" l«teous; tarsi 
 
 " Length of body 6-6 lines. Wings expand 18-18 lines." 
 Larva tbdeaoribed. 
 ' Hab.— Mass. ; Penn.; Georgia. / 
 
 •Sr (Sinkwma) jmnetiUa.--mtch. Fit<jh's/4hird Eeport, p. 265 
 
 «>-!^"!!(l7'J'*i '^''* ' bhwk eentral io*, and in the males a' 
 row of smaU\black,sh spots, extending from the middle of the inner 
 mai^ to th^ tip. ^^ 
 
 "Secondaries white. 
 
 fo.lSf 'Z^^'. ^!%? ^"*' a continuous bhw^k stripe on 
 fore side of antenor feet and^Bhanks" , i^v« 
 
 Larva undes(kbed. / 
 
 Hab.^New York. « - 
 
 Wings bluish- 
 Hind tibiiD with 
 
 ky, without spots. AbdouM® smooth, spotted 
 [o pairs of spurs. !^ -^ / 
 
 in Hams' Inse^ new edition, fig. 172. "8-^v 
 
 ." W^ ^11 ^P"* '^'^^ • ""^'^ »«*«>»« line. Thorax g»y. 
 
 "Wings rather long. thin, and delicate, of a Wuish-gray S 
 
 paler on the front edge, and without spots. ^^ ' 
 
 Z-A ??, 'I^**'**^ «"y- ^*»~ «»" ^00"^ "d touched at 
 the sides with lnteou8.'V - »«•«»« as 
 
 Wings expand 17-20 lines. 
 J!JT1 ^^^' T^? ' ^iti«h lino on each side, and thickly covewd 
 withshorttuftsofhairs,\proceeding from Kttle warts. iUong the 
 
 t^e ^ht^ ." T^ '^ ■^"'* ^^ *^ "* '^'^ each «de.*fit,m 
 the fifth to the tenth luig mdusiye. are alternate tufts of orange and 
 ydbw ham, curving upwards so a. nearly to conceal the black tuft, 
 betw^ hem ; below these, along the sides of the body, is a row of 
 honi^ntolbjick tufts. On the first and second rings L four W 
 pwicil-like black tufts, extendmg over the head ; onTch side of Z - 
 
 
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 •YNOPSI8 OF CANADIAN AKCTIAOAI. 
 
 19 
 
 third ring is a limilar black pencil, and two which are white placed 
 in the same manner on the n^es of the fourth and tenth legmenti. 
 These larrs are gregarions ; they feed on milkweed (AMslepia Syriaom). 
 They are fidl grown about the month of September, when they leaTe 
 off feeding, dtiapene, conceal themBelves, and make their cocoona, 
 which mostly coniistB of hairi. The chrysalis is short, almost egg- 
 shaped, blunt, and rounded off ai^ the hind end, and is covet^ with 
 ■mail punctures. /, 
 
 "the perfect moth app4rs between the middle of June and the 
 beginning 0f Jufy." 
 
 Hab.— Mass. ; New York. 
 
 Sale^ta.-'Vinhner. XopAoeampa.^Harris. 
 Paipi stout, porrect, not long; third joint conical, veiy minute. 
 Primaries lon|; and narrow. Body stout ; abdomen smooth, extend- 
 ing beyond the secondaries. Legs stout, smooth; hind tibia with 
 four spurs,- moderat^y long. 
 Table of specffis : 
 
 A. Primaries semi-transparent... .....Uueloru." 
 
 A. " densely clothed with scalea,..: 
 
 B.' Primaries with transverse rowr pf silyery 
 
 whitp spots .........carya. 
 
 BB. Primaries with yellow spots mamOata. 
 
 BBB. ", with whitish tawny bordered spotSj/Weo^bmi. 
 
 B. teM«2(im/— Sm. Abb. Pignredin Sm. Abb,„,pl. 76. . 
 
 Palpi deep yellow, tipped with black. Antenns broWnish-yeilow. 
 Head and thorax whitish-yellow ; inner edges of shoulderH»yen 
 fringed with blttish-gre^n, with_ the space between the fringes bright ■ 
 yellow. I < , 
 
 Primaries semi-transparent, whitish, tinged with oehre-yeUow, with 
 five irregular transverse dusky bands, edged on each side with deli- 
 cate blackish lines. 
 
 Secondaries paler than the primaries and*more transparent. 
 
 Abdomen ochre-yellow above, paler below.. J'eet ochre-yellow, 
 spottjsd with black. V " / 
 
 Length of body 6-6 lines. Wings expand 1&-20 lines. - 
 Larva : . •♦ Head brownish-yellow. Body yeUowish-white, witif • 
 dusky tubercles, from which spring tufts of ligl^t yellow or straw- ' 
 ibolored haij^, those along the crestJjmiig a very little darker ; on 
 
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 SYMOPtia or CANADIAN AMCTfADAK. 
 
 the MMond and third aegmenta an two orange oolorad penoila. whioh 
 ai» atretched orer the h«ad when at reat. and befora theae are aerei*! 
 loi« tnfka of white faaica. On eaeh aide of the third aegment ia » 
 wMIe peneil. and there are two pencila of the aatne color on the 
 daijttith aegment directed backw^s. They are giegarioua, and 
 feedupon the buttonwood or aycamore tree, vpoh which they mar 
 befirand mjuly and August. In August or September they leaye 
 tt^tfeee and secrete themaelrea undtr logs, stones. Ike., and oon- 
 atruct theur cooooi^s, which are oval, thin, and hairy." 
 
 ^^:7^^^* "*** common ; Port Stanley (Mr. Edwarda) ; Mon- 
 tnal (Mr. D'Urban.) ■ 
 
 B, earyaf—Ba}ma. Figured in Harria* Inaects. Mass., new edition, 
 fig. 176. H.annulifa8cia.— Walker. C. B. M., 874. 
 Palpi dusky yeUow. with a minute black dot at the tipa. Anten. 
 n» deep brownish-yeflow. Head and thorax pale oohre-yeUow. 
 Shoulder coyera edged internally with pale brown. 
 
 Primaries pale ochre-yellow, thickly covered with minute brownish 
 dota; two oblique brownish atreaka passing, backwards from the 
 ooata, the inner one most distinct, and three ot four irregular trana- 
 vewe rows of silvery white spots, edged with brown; veins brown. 
 
 Se<»ffdaries paler, semitransparent, and without spots, 
 ^ Under surface paler than upper; primaries with the same mark- 
 mgs, more distinct towards the apex. 
 
 Abdomen bright ochre-yellow above; under surface paler, with 
 three longitudinal rows of light brown spots ; legs brownish-yeUow. 
 ^"«**» of body 6-7 lines. Wings expand 19^-21 lines. 
 Larva> : "Length one and a-balf inches. White, aprinkled with 
 black dota, and covered with short spreading tufts of white hairs, 
 with a row of eight black tufts on the back, and two long, slende^ 
 black pencils on the fourth and on the tenth segments. The tufts 
 altfng the top of the back cbnverge on each side so as to form a £nd 
 of ridge or crest ; and the warts from wUph these tlifta proceed are 
 oblong, ova), and transverse, whil^ the other warts on the body an . 
 lovnd. The hairs on the fore part of the body are much longer than 
 thereat and hang over the head ; the othera axe short as if afaeaxed 
 off, and apreading. The head, feet, and under auAoe are black, a|id 
 the apaoea betweett the segments have transverse black lines. Thw 
 feed on hickory, aah, and elm treea; are fiill grown ia September/ 
 
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■TNOniS or CANADIAN AmCTIADAI. 
 
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 when they leonke themselvei end make their cocoons, which re« 
 ■emble thoie of the laat speoies." 
 
 The perfect inaeot eppeari late in Hay or earlj in ^une. 
 Yar. iVimaries much darker in color, giving a greater prominene* 
 to the silvery white apota i undfT suriaoe alao darker, with 
 markings more distinct. 
 Hab.— London, common ; Toronto (Mr. Bethune) ; Fresoott (ICr. 
 6. Billings) ; Montreal (Mr. D'Urban). 
 
 H. maculataf-^HaniB. Ins. Mass., p. 259. > ^^ 
 
 ■Palpi Tcllow. Antennn brownish-yeUoW' Head and thorax deep 
 . oehre«yeilow. 
 
 Primaries yellowish-brown, paler towards tile hmd margin V w^h 
 
 three or four very irregular transverse bands of pale yellow spottj^ 
 
 ^ which are largest along the costa, at' base, and along the inner 
 
 margin. . ' \ 
 
 Secondaries whitish, semitransparent, and without spots.\ ^ 
 
 Upder surface paler with the markings much lees distinct. 
 Abdomen tawny-yellow above, somewhat paler below with a few 
 : brownish dots along the sides. Legs yellow ; tarsi tipped with 
 
 black. 
 
 Length of body 7 lines. Wings expand 16 lines. 
 
 The larva, as described by Harris from a shrivelled specimen, " ia 
 eovered with whitish tufts forming a crest on the back, in which an 
 placed eight black tufts ; a black pencil on each side of fourth aad 
 tenth segments, and a quimtity of long white hairs overhanging the 
 head, and the hinder extremity. Head black.** 
 
 Hab. — London, not common ; Cobjurg (Mr. Bethune) ; Kingston 
 :^(Mr. Sogers). 
 
 *jr.>Ipo/apa.— Walker. C. B. M., 733. 
 
 . •• Proboscis tawny. Thorax with two tawny stripes which OQil" 
 verge hindwards, and with two tawny spots in front between the 
 ■tripes. 
 
 *• Friitoaries yellow with a tawny spot at the base, with two *0» 
 
 Hque'tawny bsjids, with darker borders ; these bands are partly eon- 
 
 ->iieeted ; and the inner one is especially irregular and ramose, being 
 
 jforked in front, and dilated in the^ disk,^dwerds the bas^'and emit- 
 
 .lang a branch to each border. 
 
 " Second^es whitish with a slight testaceous tinge. 
 
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 It i. probable that this .pecie. « identical with " maeulata." 
 ' Ecpantheria. fFdlAek. ^ 
 
 Wing, moderately broad P^v..!^ •errated, of Female simple, 
 ■tout ; hind tibi» with two miivite apical spun. *^ '^" 
 
 ^' •cnbokia/— atoll ,Maeularia Fab nr-m /^ , .. . 
 
 • shuunerKdiKu af fk<. -j - t. , " '^^■° ""ooea, black and 
 
 t,..,,,^;;^*^!!^*™^ Body kuck, .«h ^»t rtti. . 
 
 tuft, of kail ofSffiK^T^ ."*T ■"" ""''" '<"*» witk 
 •"•——" OMded ipr nd, kaodt wider and mm 
 
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 ■YNoni* or canaIiiap arcjtiaoa*. , M 
 
 eoxf^iouous from nxth to nintli.^ ^Color ot^Aer side yariet from 
 reddiflh to yellowiih-brown ; feet reddish ; legs browti, tbiokly clothed 
 with short hain. " -^'^l^-; ■'*'^** 
 
 These larra attain their full growth in the autumn, when they may 
 be found feeding on the wiM sunflower^ and hybemate through the 
 - '~it4K'^ui|[er logs, the loose bark of decaying trees, &o. When lyroused- 
 irpor by the warmth of- spring, they feed a little on almoat 
 ling they^ meet wij^, before going' into chrysalis. They 
 iily on grnas. ' They enter the chrysalis state about the 
 of April or beginning qf. May, and the perfect insect is evalTed 
 •aj^ly in June. "^ , 
 
 *Vto. Thorax with bluish-black spots instead of rings; abdomen 
 tipped with white ; dorsal row of orange spo^p-wanting. , 
 Hah. — liondon, not common ; fiftT^ath grinea C ^^ Beadle) ;r^Firb 
 Stanley (Mr. Edwards). / - 
 
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 , , >: Phragmatobia. Stephens. 
 
 Palpi short, scarcely distinct, very pilose. AntenntB short; of th« 
 JhTattf serrate, of the Female simple. Head and thorax with long 
 hairs. Wings setnitransparent. Body stout. Abdomen milculate. 
 Anterior tibiee unarmed ; posterior tibin with four spurs.* y 
 
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 * Table of species : i 
 
 A. Primaries red, with brown o\!arkings 
 
 AA. 
 
 „ aifimilan*. 
 
 brown yf. ■ ••• Tubrieota- 
 
 ♦P. Msimilians.— Walker. C.B. M468O. *. . -^ 
 
 "Male. Bed. Antennse testaceous. Thorax with^rown hiiirs. 
 
 - "Wings red ; veins darker. Primaries slightly brown along the 
 '^ll$Btk, and elsewhere indistinctly sprinkled with pale brown, with two 
 
 Uackish dots. «?> ' ^ 
 
 " Secondaries brighter red, with three black dots, tWo on the disk, 
 
 abd one near the hind border towards the inner angle. 
 Length of body 6 lines. Wings expand 16 lines." 
 
 Var. " Primaries almost wholly brown. Secondaries Mfith a broad 
 blackiah submarginal stripe." 
 
 Larva undescribed. . 
 
 Hab,— United States. » 
 
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 Aictui ^iilniooB^, Harris* Insects j new 
 
 ^. 
 
 l^mhricosa^lfB^iis., 
 tion. 
 
 -W.« M«^;J^, with th. di«»l «n tem^ZT^ , 
 i«!Z?^v^ !"•»!« Uuu. priori* with a «»y tot b6com. 
 
 amte th^ dots op diTOd neiTure, mmtiiig. u™"^ 
 
 »«»c«d«inreddiBh.browa. Fore femora briglt red. 
 length of body 4-61U.MI. Wing, e.p«,d 11-12 tt».. 
 . «etar^ hm been reared bj D. W. Beadle, Esq.. of St Citl,«o' 
 ae^whoha. kindly fumiehed me with the folo^g^'. ?^ 
 were fennd u. the fail feeding o* ayoong aah tree,Utt: C^ 
 "»« . th^ epun s web orer nearly the whole of the tree before tW 
 M do» fe^, ^„ ,^ f^ „ 2^ heep^'^^^^ 
 
 g^ Theweb..not»dem»a,tbatofCU«ooampa Amerioana- 
 m.e lm» were of a dingy smoke oolor. d«^ing^torSb^ 
 a™, n^t .tout and bristle like. « in • S^^Ml^'^^^^ 
 
 S^T.;;^- ""■""'•"'.^'""'"-.otappeartSt 
 !"■ "^^S^Sr"'"^""" ■^-' -^r Ordered with 
 
 .^^rbTduC rrtiii™:::!:,,^^^^^^ 
 
 m^kino. «« ♦!. ' X 'S°' differences also in the 
 
 und.h.ngbo„twith\,rwTeLt^-r"trrr!:;:'r^f 
 
 ■pot. , ,n the lattiW also the primaries Me «,mewhat less tnuMosMnt 
 
 "tib" '"cr^pr""' "^'""•■' ~""«» '"™»« • "^rtaT ' 
 
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 SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN ARCTIADAK. 
 
 25 
 
 '5 - 
 
 Deiopeia Curt. 
 Bodj slender. Head smalL Bjres jiromment. Anteniis tunple 
 in eaoh sex ; rather short and aligfatly pOqae beneath intbe laalfla.— 
 Vtipi cnnred, ascending nearly to the middle of the faeot basal joint 
 tomid, middle joint long, terminal jomt shorf, ovate. Tongue ab<Mit 
 equal to the thorax beneath. L^ moderate, tibise very short, hind 
 tibin with four spurs at the apex. Flight dinmaL 
 
 D. Bella / — Linn. * 
 
 .»- 
 
 Palpi yellowish'White, tipped with black. Antenna black. Head 
 whitish, with four black spots. Thorax white, with about twelTO 
 black spots; aqd a p atch of ochre-yellow on Mch side, at base of pri-. 
 maries. ^ . ' ' - , ■ 
 
 Primaries orange-yellow, with from five to seven irregular trangT . 
 ▼erse whitish bands, spotted in the middle with bkck ; the last one 
 furcate from about the middle towards the costs ; hind margin with 
 a row of black spots. 
 
 Secondaries ;|l|^ht red, sometimes paler ; with the hind margin 
 bordered with it black-white«^idged indented band, which is furcate at 
 the apex of the wing. _ 
 
 Under surface very bright red ; primiffies with the costal maigin 
 yellow ; three elongated black spots extending from the costa in- 
 wards ; a subterminal imperfect black band and a row of spots on 
 the hind margin. Secondaries with the same markings as above, 
 witk two white bordered black spots on the costal margin. 
 
 Abdomen greyish-white, with two rows of black spots on the under 
 side. Legs whitish, spotted with black. 
 
 Length of body 6 liiies. Wings expand 13 lines. 
 
 Larva undescribed. 
 
 Var. Primaries with the white stripes from the base to beyoD|d the 
 
 middle intersecting the orange bands, diriding thenk into 
 
 two or three portions. ' 
 
 Hab.— London. Bare. St. Catherines, (Mr. Beadle). KMwiok, 
 
 :Lake Simcoe, both type and var., (Mr. Bethune.) Port Stanley, 
 
 (Mr. Edwards.) 
 
 Hyperoompa Hubn. Callimorpha laMQ 
 Palpi somewhat exceeding the dypeus, pilose towards the bMMb 
 Ithe middle and basal joints nearly equal, terminal joint short and 
 
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26 
 
 •YMOP8I8 or CANADIAN AECTIAOAK 
 
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 ;;j^,.W«™. tWft^^ hind «M. ,<«, «,„ LodX^ 
 
 l^eofdecies: 
 A. SeoondarieB white. 
 
 B. Primaries white with a tnmsverse") 
 
 dark brown band >(nmeiffua. 
 
 beyond the nuddle.j 
 
 with thecoatal edge) _ - 
 
 yeUow OTooge.. . 7 ^^^*'** 
 with a brown band i ^^ - . - 
 
 from the inner Vmt/^afM. 
 ^ inargintothetip) 
 
 0. Primaries brown with white 8pot8...£*«,«/«. 
 ^^' " with an oMiquey 
 
 aubapical ^hite leow/Snt,. ' 
 
 AA.Seoon(lwies yellow. ^^^ ^ 
 
 D, Primaries dark brown, with whitish) 
 
 yellow ; ) 
 
 pale buff, bordered with-) 
 brownish-black ; second- y^^^^f^P^O" 
 aries, deep yellow / fnttrginata. 
 
 BB. 
 BBB. 
 
 DD. 
 
 keft G. B. M., 660. 
 inUi«nobIiquetiw«Ten»l»nd,«xteiidimtto the out., fr^t 
 
 ~tai.f «.» utt» . .tripe .xt»d. to th? L?U^; ^S: 
 
 «l«ged at It. tenniMtiom when it i. centered .riTlrt^r^'^ 
 XttRi. putidly edged with ta»w«id,.bM. °"* 
 
 
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SYNO^M OP CANADIAN ARCTIAOAK. 
 
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 8eo(mdarieB wUte/immacnUte. / 
 
 • Abdomen white, with a blaoldah djanal itripe eit(pBduig neorlj to 
 Ihetfp. Fore femora yellow ; legs whitidi, fore and middle paira 
 \edged anteriorly with black. y 
 
 Loigth of body 6-7 lines. Wings e^s^d 17-18 lines. 
 I undescribed. / 
 
 Yta\ Secondaries wifjh twsMi^hree browivsh spots near the anal 
 angle. 
 — -Lgndo^not common ; Grafton/ do. Northumberland (Mr. 
 ^ : United States. 
 
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 *ir.yb/oteMto. — Clemens. Clemens Contributions to Amer. Lepi- 
 dopterology. Ptt>c. Acad. Nat. Sci. ^1 — ^ 
 
 <^ Palpi yelloW-orange, tips Uackiah. Head and prothorax 
 orange. Thorarwiute. / ^ 
 
 Primaries white with the costal ^ge, especially/beneath/^ellow- 
 
 yeUow- 
 
 sh. 
 
 >. 
 
 ^ orange, sometimes bi 
 
 Secondaries white. 
 
 Abdomen white, tipped with^ yellowish. 6m^ and legs yellow- 
 orange, the middle and fore tibis and tarsi blackish." 
 
 Larra undescribed. / 
 
 Hab. — Illinois. / - > 
 
 •fr. wiWflrttf.^Harris. Figured in Harris' Insects, new edition, 
 fig. 166. V 
 
 ** Head and collar buff-yellow. Thorax and abdomen with a d<^nal 
 brown stripe. ' / 
 
 Primaries almost entirely bordered with brown, with an oblique 
 band of the same color from the inner margin to this tip ; and the 
 brown border on the front margin has two short irregular projections 
 extending backwards on the surface of the w|ng. . — 
 
 Secondaries white without spots. 
 
 Thighs buff-yellow. 
 
 Wings expand 18-20 lines." 
 
 Larva undescribed. >/ i 
 
 Hab. — Massachusetts. 
 
 *-3t ^ 
 
 

 8YNOP|MO» CANADIAN ARCTIADAE. 
 
 iKMwi«7-^oi8^ (0.iiuUtari8f V^^ 
 
 Wpi ieep owBge-yeUow, tipped mth^bUck. Antenna i black. 
 B^ oi^ge-yeUow. Thorax whitish with a wide oentMlilmywn 
 stnpe. 
 
 ^ FkimaneBTaiy in color hqm very light to diirJi brown, with fiom 
 ^^ T ^"^ irregular white spots and two or three smaller onet. 
 
 Bedbndaries white, sometimes with one or two brown or bhicUah 
 dots towards the anal angle. 
 
 'IJtader ttorfiice of primaries with the costal edge^ and brown nuvk- 
 ~ ings towards the apex orange-yellow. 
 
 Abdomen yellowish-white tipped with yellow. Legs ochre-yeUow. 
 rtnped and spotted irithbla<*. / v, 
 
 Length of body 6-7 lines. Wing8*"expand 16-17 lines. 1 
 
 liarva undescribed. 
 
 Hab.-.London. common; St. Catherines (Mr. Beadle); West 
 
 UTamboro (Mr. Bethune); Port? Stanley (Mr. Edward*.) 
 
 ^ This moth, which is usually regarded as a variety of the preceding 
 
 ■peoes. has been described separately under Boisduval's name «1S- 
 
 contei for the foUowing reason : That whUe this so-called varielr 
 
 18 common in many locaUties throughout the Province, I have nevtt 
 yet met with a single specimen at all approaching the description 
 
 |md figure pven of "Wfttom" in "Harris' Lisects ;•• a fact exLd^ 
 mgly remarkable if the former is merely a variety of the Utter. 
 
 *^- «»«/*"--Walker. C.B.M.,661. 
 
 "Probosds tawny. Palpi with black tips. Antenn« bh«jk. Head. 
 ' *S *"* ?" «>*»h«nd abdomen at the base luteous. Thorax and 
 abdomen white with a brown stripe. 1 
 
 IWmaries brown, with a discal slightly angular white stripe, and 
 •n««longatei triangular, obUque, subapioal white band. 
 
 oeoondaries white. 
 
 Length of body 6 lines. Wings expand 18 lines." 
 
 Larva undescribed. 
 
 Hab.— United States. 
 
 * •', 
 
 B.elymene lumper. Colona Hubner. 
 
 _Palpi <Kjhre-yellow tipped with brown. Antenna brownish-bhwk. 
 ^ead and prothorai orange-yellow. Thorax yeUowish-white with 
 two smaU spots in front, and a wide central band black. 
 
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 ft from 
 blackish 
 aiaark- 
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 seeding 
 B«Iie- 
 vwielgr 
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 nceed- 
 ir. 
 
 Head, 
 izand 
 
 B, and 
 
 black, 
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 STMOPSIS or CANADIAN AHCTIADAX. 
 
 29 
 
 Frimaries bw^wmah-black, withfour or five large white or yellow- 
 ilrii-white Bpot^i and one orjwo smail ones, 
 t Secondaries light yellow with a brown spot near the anal angle. 
 
 Under surface. of primaries with markings as above but much 
 paler and overcast with yellow. Secondaries deeper in color than 
 
 »bove. , J J "i 
 
 Abdomen pale yeUow with the tip of a deeper color, and a dorsal 
 
 line of black. Legs yellow, «ie fore and middle pairs edged with 
 
 ' black. '. ' ' ■. ■ ': l_ ^:. 
 
 Length of body 6 lines. Wings expand 17-18. 
 
 Larva undescribed. 
 ^: Hab.— Near West Flamboro*. Captured at midday in August. 
 (Mr. Bethune.)^ ^„ _ _ 
 
 .•\- 
 
 H. interrupto-marginatal—Bewiy. Carplina, Harris. C. comina, 
 Walker, C. B. M., CSi. Bomlii interrupto-marginata. Pe 
 Beauvois, Lis. Afriq. et Amer., p. 266, pi. 24. 
 Palpi deep ochre-yeUow ^ h]ack tips. Antenna) brown. Head 
 pale orange-yellow. Thorax yellowish or pale buflf, with a wide cen- 
 tral bhMsk stripe, and a bUck spot on each side at base of primanes. 
 Primaries pale buff, with a bkck stripe along the costa not reach- 
 ing the ape* J » *>«>»d «*"P® **^ *^® **"® ®°^°' **°** *^® "^f 
 margin, widening near the tip and sending from near the mner angle 
 
 towards the hind end of the disk a hooked demi-band ; hind margin 
 with an incomplete black band, widest in the middle. 
 
 Secondaries bright orange-yeUow with a black spot not far from 
 the anal angle. ^ 
 
 Under surface deep yeUow throughout, with thfe markings on 
 primaries excepting the demi-band scarcely perceptible. 
 
 Abdomen orange-yeUow, with a dorsal btod bhick. Lep deep 
 yeUow ; the fore and middle pairs edged anteriorly with black. 
 
 Length of bod^ 6-8 lines. Wings ex^d 16-20 lines. 
 
 Larva undescribed' I 
 
 Hab.-London, rare ; St. Catherines (Mr. Beadle) ; Pori^ Stanley 
 (Mr. Bdwards) ; Wisconsin, and Virginia. 
 
 
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