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may yet be upset as it has been for other western species. However, at 

 present it would seem that the type of carolinensis was from Mexico or 

 Central America and is a black color variety of A. koritcs (Druce). The 

 tropical species still are much confused. 



Type. — In the American Museum of Natural History. 



ALCATHOE VERRUGO VERRUGO (Druoc) 



Plate 25, Figure 150 



Sarmina verruga Druce, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Lepidoptera, vol. 1, p. 34, 

 pi. 5, fig. 21, 1884. 



Male. — Antennae black, brown at the tips and beneath the pectinations, 

 which are short and fine. Labial palpi, head, thorax, abdomen, anal 

 appendage, and legs shiny black with steel-blue reflections. Forewing 

 opaque, orange or orange-red, finely streaked with black veins ; costa black, 

 outer margins with broad dull-black fringes ; wing base black ; discal mark 

 usually not prominent, sometimes with black scales. Hindwing opaque, 

 orange or orange-red ; margins with broad dull-black fringes ; no hyaline 

 areas at the wing base. 



Female. — Antennae simple. Anal appendage lacking. Otherwise like 

 the male. 



Distribution. — Mexico, California. 



Type. — Female. In the British Museum of Natural History. From 

 Esperanza, Pueblo, Mexico. 



ALCATHOE VERRUGO CORVINUS, new variety 



Plate 25, Figure 151 



Male and jcmale. — Entirely black, with steel-blue reflections ; otherwise 

 like the typical form. 



Expanse : Male 24 to 26 mm., female 26 to 30 mm. 



Distribution. — Central America to southern and central California. 



Type. — U.S.N. M. No. 56841. From Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles, Calif. 



Remarks — Described from male type, 6 male and 5 female paratypes 

 from the type locality, and 2 female paratypes from San Juan Capistrano, 

 Calif. 



Central American records of verruga Druce are scattered and too few 

 for a comprehensive survey of distribution in tropical and subtropical 

 countries. In the United States the species is confined to coastal regions 

 of southern and central California at elevations not above 2,000 feet. Santa 

 Barbara is still the northernmost record. In northern California, Oregon, 

 and Washington the abundantly present food plant has been found free 

 from attacks. The absence of hyaline areas at the base of the hindwing 

 readily separates verrugo from western species, which it otherwise 

 resembles. 



