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Leptarctia Californiae
Form lena Boisduval, Plate XIV, Fig. 28, male.
Form decia Boisduval, Plate XIV, Fig. 27, male.
Form dimidiata Stretch, Plate XIV, Fig. 26, male.
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.