b ZYGCENID^ AND BOMBYCID.E 



f Anterior wings with 3 spots. 



Outer spot witii inner margin irregular. A. Ridingsii. 

 Outer spot broadly ovate. A. Similis. 



Outer spot sub-linear. A. Lorquinii. 



* Posterior wings with 3 or more spots. 



f Anterior wings with 3 spots. A. lunata. 



f Anterior wings with 4 spots. A, Mariposa, 



b. Maculations of anterior wings yellow, posterior white. 



* Posterior wings with i spot. A. Langtonii. 



* Posterior wings with 2 spots. 



f Anterior wings with 2 spots. A. Ociomacidata. 



■j" Anterior wings with 3 spots. A. MaccuUochii. 



c. Maculations all white. A. Brannani. 



l.-ALYPIA OCTOMACULATA, (Pi. 1., fig. 7. ^ ) 



Zygce7ia octomacidata, Fab. (i793)- 



Figured in Sm. Abb., PI. 44, Vol. i p. 87. (1797). 



Alj'pia quadrigulialis, Hiibn., Ver. p. 351. (1816). 



Alypia octomacidaia, Hiibn., Zutr. 22, fig. 119. (1818). 



Alypia octomacidata, Harris, Sphing. 34. (1839). 



Alypia octoriiaculata, Morris, Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 132. (1862). 



Agarisia octomaculata, Boisd., Am. Soc. Ent. Bel. Vol. 12, p. 68. 



(1869). 

 (? . ? . — Head black, hairy ; sides of the front with a few long yel- 

 low hairs. Antennae slender, black, slightly thickened in the middle. 

 Palpi black, hairy, the basal joint covered with yellow hairs, and a 

 few shorter ones at the base of the terminal article. Prothorax hairy, 

 black, yellow beneath, at each side, and very slightly so in the centre 

 above. Patagia sulphur yellow. Abdomen above and below black, 

 with an indistinct white dorsal line. Legs black, with orange colored 

 scales on the tibiae of the middle and anterior pairs. 



Wings deep velvety black, fringes concolorous. Anterior wings 

 with two large sulphur yellow spots, the basal one longitudinal and 

 more or less sub-quadrate. The apical one over the nervules, trans- 

 verse, varying in shape from ovate to pyriform. Posterior wings with 

 two white spots, the basal one large and sub-triangular, the apical one 

 much reduced, ovate and placed slightly beyond the middle. Beneath 

 as above. 



Expanse of wings, 1.30 inches. Length of body, 0.55 inch. 



