HiipiiijMles iiiiliilo/auiatii I'aek., Proo. Bost. Soc. N. H., xiii, 398, l"*"!. 



HiipnipiiteK alhi/asciula Piiik., Sixth Rep. Peab. Acad. Sc, 41, 187.1; I'loc Host. Boc. N. II., xvi, pi. 1, lig. T), 

 187-1. 



8 c? and 8 9. — In the shape oftlie wings, this species closely reseml>les 

 H. calijbrnlata ; the apex being pointed, tiie outer margin very oblique, and 

 tlie costa rather convex. The palpi, however, are shorter. Head, thorax, and 

 fore wings olive-green (^or, when liided, reddish-lirown). Hind wings and 

 abdomen pale-ash, with a dark dorsal ab(U)minal line. Fore wings dark olive- 

 green (or reddish instead), cros.sed by six smoke-colored bands. The basal 

 line linear, directed obliciuely outward, but uol waved. This is succeeded by 

 a smoky band, as l)ruad as, or sometimes l)roader tiian, any of the others; it is 

 curved regularly outward, witli the edges quite regular. Just beyond, and 

 situated just before the middle of the wing, is a narrow l)and, curved and 

 sinuous, widening on the costa, and linear and wavy on the inner edge. On 

 the outer fourth of the wing is a broad, slightly sinuous, smoky band, dentate 

 on the outer edge except on the costa and inner edge ; a broad, marginal, 

 smoky band, witli a row of intervenular. l)lack, linear dots next to the fringe, 

 which is dull-ash or smoke-colored, with a darker line, and checkered along 

 the inner edge. Hind wings pale-ash, with two outer curved dusky liands, 

 while, the margin »f the wing is dusky; a dark, oljlicpu', apical streak, some- 

 times wanting. Beneath, the costa of the fore wings has five large, yellow- 

 ish-white, square spots, alternating with dark oiu's, from which proceed 

 obscure diffuse lines, corresponding to the sniTjky Ijands above. The margin 

 of the wing is finely peppered with light scales. Hind wings pale-ash, with 

 the lines faintly reproduced. Fore legs dusky, ringed with whitish; hind pair 

 paler, like the abdomen. 



Length of body, i , 0.46. ? , 0.42; of ibre wings, <? , 0.62, 9 , 0.46; expanse 

 of wings, 1.10 inches. 



California (Behrens, Edwards, Mus. Peab. Acad. Sc, Riley and Morri- 

 son); Sanzalito, Cal., January 2-ol, February 6-21 (J. Behrens). 



This pretty form ditfers entirely from all the other species in the outer 

 edge of the fore wings l)eing broadly margined with smoke-color; in the second 

 band from the i)asc being very broad and smoke-colored ; in the general dis- 

 tinct olive-green shade on the fore wings; and by the light large checks on 

 the costa beneath. The markings are entirely different from those of//, (ri- 

 fasciata and adiforniata ; and, in this respect, it approaches H. b-fasciata. 

 The green portion is often of a dull brick-red. One such specimen, on l)eing 

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