64 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Feb. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ALYPIA. 

 By William Couper, Quebec. 



Alypia Langtonii. — Antennae filiform, longer than Kirby's 

 A. MacCullochii — the tips slightly bent outward, having white 

 bands on the upper part, which can be traced for half their length ; 

 the bent part dark velvety. Palpi black, cream-colored in the 

 centre; head and eyes black, the latter with a cream-colored 

 stripe on their inner margin, and a small spot of the same color 

 on the top of the head. Thorax black, margins and anterior 

 portion underneath cream-colored. Abdomen, anterior and 

 posterior wings indigo-black, the latter fringed. Two cream- 



Alypia Langtonii, Couper; nat. size. 



colored spots on the anterior wings : a semi-triangular spot runs 

 longitudinally between the anterior and interior margins, and a 

 larger kidney-shaped one is placed transversely opposite the pos- 

 terior margin. One cream-colored semi-triangular spot on the 

 posterior wings ; the spot is straight anteriorly, and rounded pos- 

 teriorly, with a faint longitudinal black line running through its 

 anterior margin. The four anterior tibiae are densely fringed with 

 orange hair. Expanse of anterior wings, including thorax, 1\ 

 inch. Quebec ; rare. [In the cabinet of the Quebec Branch Ent. 

 Soc. of Canada.] 



This beautiful insect is very distinct from Alypia MacCuUochii 

 (Fauna Bor. Am., page 301, plate iv, figure 5), which has 

 " three very white spots " on the primaries, and " also three white 

 spots" on the secondaries. The only resemblance to it is its black 

 color, and " the four anterior legs (tibice in my species), exter- 

 nally covered with long orange-colored hairs, characters peculiar 

 to the genus." In my species the apex of abdomen is acute, while 

 in Kirby's it is obtuse. Three specimens taken in the neighbor- 

 hood of Quebec did not present any variation of wing-spots. The 

 larva is unknown to me. For further information regarding the 



