. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. LEPTAKCTIA. 221 Leptardia stretchii, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) viii. p. 312 (1881) ; French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. 222, f. 12; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ix. p. 495, pi. 9. f. 1; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 275. Leptarctla fiilvofasciata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) viii. p. 313 (1884); French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. 223, f. 17 : id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ix. p. 497, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 27f>. Lcptarctia boisduva/ii, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) viii. p. 313 (1881); French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. 222, f. 13 ; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (G) ix. p. 495,


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. LEPTAKCTIA. 221 Leptardia stretchii, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) viii. p. 312 (1881) ; French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. 222, f. 12; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ix. p. 495, pi. 9. f. 1; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 275. Leptarctla fiilvofasciata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) viii. p. 313 (1884); French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. 223, f. 17 : id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ix. p. 497, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 27f>. Lcptarctia boisduva/ii, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) viii. p. 313 (1881); French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. 222, f. 13 ; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (G) ix. p. 495, pi. 9. f. 2 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 275. Leptarctia latifasciatn, But!. A. M. N. IT. (.'")) viii. p. 313 (1881): French, Can. Ent. .\xi. p. 223, f. 17 ; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (()) ix. p. 497, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 27li. Leptarctia alhifa^da, French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. 223. f. 15 (1880); id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ix. p. 496. pi. 9. f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Ret. \>. 276. Leptarctia Occident alia, French, Can. Ent. xxi. p. , f. 16 (1889); id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (fi) ix. p. 496, pi. 9. f. 5 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 276. Leptarctia wrigktii, French, Can. Ent. xxi. p! 224, ff. 18. 19 (1889): id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ix. p. 498, pi. 9. ff. 7, 8; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 276. Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with s^rcy hair ; white stripes above the eyes and on shoulders ; femora scarlet above ;. Fig. 128.—Leptarctia californice, (^. |. abdomen with orange lateral stripes, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing blackish suffused with grey ; a short white streak on base of median nervure; obscure anteraedial, postmedial, and subterminal dark lines with some orange spots on them, the two former angled on median nervure, the last irregularly dentate, the postmedial line with whitish mark on its outer edge at costa. Hind wing orange-yellow; some conjoined black streaks at base, on inner margin developed into a fascia extending to the medial band, which is interrupted in


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