82 ZYG^NIDi^ AND BOMBYCID^ 



1— SEIARCTIA CLIO. (PI. 3, fig. 1.) 



Seiardia clio, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., vol. 3, p. 120. (1864.) 



" $, . — White, streaked longitudinally along the nervules with black 

 brown. Palpi above black. Prothorax immaculate. Meso-notum 

 with three black stripes, those of the patagia lined without with yellow- 

 ish ; hinder part of the thorax also yellow. Abdomen yellow, with a 

 dorsal and lateral rows of small black spots. 



"Primaries pure white; median and internal nervures lined with 

 black, as is the internal margin partially. Ends of the third subcostal, 

 fourth and fifth subcostal entirely, second median entirely, and the 

 remaining median nervules partially black. Secondaries immaculate, 

 except two apical minute streaks. Costse of both wings beneath cream- 

 white. The black markings distinct beneath. Fore legs darker above 

 than the others, and they are all more or less blackened at the joints 

 above." Packard, (loc. cit.) 



Expanse of ivings, 1.95 inches. Length of body, 0.75 inch. 



Habilat. — California, (Coll. Edwards, Dr. Behr. ) 



I have seen but two specimens of this insect, both in the collection 

 of Dr. Behr ; one from Downieville and the other from the Yosemite 

 Valley. These localities would indicate that it is a mountain species. 



