This is a protean species, of which a half dozen, or more, forms have been recognized, named, and described. We give in our cut (Fig. 59), a figure of the wings of a specimen, which agrees in its markings with the specimen figured by Boisduval, the author of the species, in his Plate given in the Regne Animal. Such specimens come in the form of their maculation very near the next species, which has been differentiated by Lyman under the name confusa. Haploa lecontei ranges from New England to Georgia and westward to the Mississippi. It is a very common insect in western Pennsylvania. The caterpillar feeds upon Triosteum perfoliatum, and in localities where this plant is abundant the moths may be found in swarms at the end of May and the beginning of June.

FIG. 59. Haploa lecontei, 8.

(4) Haploa confusa Lyman, Plate XVII, Fig. 6, 3. (Lyman's Haploa.)

This form, or species, is well represented in our plate. It appears to be constant, and is indigenous to the New England. States. The specimen figured came from the neighborhood of Claremont, New Hampshire.

(5) Haploa contigua Walker. (The Neighbor.) The cut we give (Fig. 60),

shows the maculation of the wings of this species sufficiently well to enable it to be separated at once from its congeners. It occurs in the Atlantic region from New England northward and westward. It is found in the Catskills and the Adirondacks, and probably occurs in the mountains of northern Pennsylvania, although I do not recall any reference to its having been taken in that State, nor have I seen it on the summits of the Alleghenies, where I have passed several

FIG. 60.-Haploa contigua, ¿

summers.

Genus EUERYTHRA Harvey

There are two species of this genus known, Euerythra phasma Harvey, which is represented in the accompanying cut

(Fig. 61), and Euerythra trimaculata, which is figured on Plate XVI, Fig. 4. The insects occur in Texas and Arizona. They are not common in collections as yet, and so far as the

FIG. 61.-Euerythra phasma, 8. 1. (After Hampson.)

writer recalls, their larval habits have not been described. The student who desires to study the structure of the genus should consult Hampson's Catalogue, or Prof. Smith's Paper published in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. X, p. 335 et seq.

Genus ECPANTHERIA Hübner

This is a large genus, well represented in the tropics of America. Only two species occur within the limits of our fauna, Ecpantheria muzina Oberthür, which is found in Texas as a straggler from the Mexican territory, and Ecpantheria deflorata Fabricius, which is more commonly known

by its synonymical name, scribonia, given to it by Stoll. The larva of this handsome moth is itself a beautiful object. It is deep black, clothed with black hairs, and at the junction of the somites, or segments of the body, it is banded with rings of crimson. The male of the perfect insect is figured on Plate XVI. Fig. 16, and in the accompanying cut we give a figure of the larva. The Eyed Tiger-moth ranges from southern New England, where it is rare, through the southern parts of the United States into Mexico. It is quite common in the Carolinas, and in my boyhood I derived much pleasure from rearing the larvæ, which fed very freely upon the plantain (Plantago).

Genus TURUPTIANA Walker

There are eight species in this genus, but only one of them occurs within the limits of the United States.

(1) Turuptiana permaculata Packard, Plate XVI, Fig. 15, 3. (The Many-spotted Tiger-moth.) Syn. reducta Grote; cæca Strecker.

This neat moth is found in Colorado and thence southward as far as Arizona and Mexico.

Genus LEPTARCTIA Stretch

There is only one species in this genus, but the single species by assuming protean colors has caused a great multiplication of names. We have figured a few of the varietal forms.

(1) Leptarctia california Walker, Plate XIV, Fig. 25, 9.
Form lena Boisduval, Plate XIV, Fig. 28, 3.
Form decia Boisduval, Plate XIV, Fig. 27, 8.
Form dimidiata Stretch, Plate XIV, Fig. 26, 3.

The moth is found in southern California. where it is quite common. The student will have little trouble in recognizing the commoner varieties by the help of the figures we have given, but these are only a few of the forms which occur.

"And with childlike credulous affection
We behold those tender wings expand,
Emblems of our own great resurrection,
Emblems of the bright and better land."

-LONGFELLOW.

Genus SEIRARCTIA Packard

(1) Seirarctia echo Abbot & Smith, Plate I, Fig 10, larva; Plate XVI, Fig. 23, . (The Echo Moth.)

Syn. niobe Strecker.

This beautiful moth, the caterpillar of which feeds upon the

FIG. 64.-Seirarctia echo, 3. (After Hampson.)

sabal palmetto, occurs in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Genus ALEXICLES Grote

(The Alexicles Moth.)

(1) Alexicles aspersa Grote. This moth is referred by Hampson to Hyphantria. It may belong there, but I leave it in the genus erected for it by Grote. The abdomen is vermilion-colored, with black dorsal spots. The wings are dark brown, the primaries somewhat lighter than the secondaries and showing obscure darker spots, arranged in transverse bands.

FIG. 65-Alexicles aspersa, .

Genus ESTIGMENE Hübner

There are reputed to be four species of this genus found within the United States. Albida Stretch is possibly only an extreme white variation of E. acræa. E. prima Slosson is represented in Fig. 66. It is found in the New England States, northern New York, FIG. 66. Estigmene and Canada. The three species just named prima, 8. all agree in having the abdomen yellowish

or orange above, and ornamented dorsally by a series of black