302 LEPIDOPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 



2. A.? multifaria Walker, 479. 



Allied to Euchromia ? Metallic blue. Head, prothorax and 



sides of the thorax clothed with rosy hairs. Abdomen extending 



very little beyond the hind wings. Fore coxae, knees and tips of 



the tibiae white. Palpi red, very mnch shorter than the head ; 



third joint conical, very small. Wings black, rather long and 



narrow, tinged with blue towards the base ; costa and fringe mostly 



white ; first and second inferior veins very near together at the 



base ; third full four times further from the fourth than from the 



second. Length of the body t lines ; of the wings 20 lijies, 



California. 



Walker. 



ARDONEA Walker. 



Male. Body rather slender, nearly linear, moderately long. 

 Palpi hairy, much shorter than the head ; third joint conical, not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennoe mode- 

 rately pectinated. Abdomen elongate-fusiform, extending for one- 

 fourth of its length beyond the hind wings, forcipated at the tip. 

 Legs rather slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 rather long and narrow. Fore wings hardly convex in front, 

 slightly angular behind ; first and second inferior veins united at 

 the base ; third very near the second ; fourth twice further from 

 the third than the third from the second. 



1. A. munda Walker, 1680. 



Female. Deep blue. Head, and fore part of the thorax and 



of the breast crimson. Palpi crimson, with black tips. Antennae 



black. Abdomen extending for about one-third of its length 



beyond the hind wings. Wings moderately broad ; fringe white, 



with a black interval on the middle of the exterior border of each 



wing, and another towards the interior angle of the hind wings. 



St. Domingo. 



Walker. 



HYPOPREPIA HiJBNER. 



Female. Body stout, rather short, elongato-subfusiform. Head 

 rather small. Palpi stout, very much shorter than the head ; third 



