2l4 ZYG^NIDiE AND BOMBYCIDiE 



ZYGJENIDJG. 

 CASTNIIN^. 

 Genus PSEUDALYPIA. Edwards. 



" Head small, front very long, densely pilose. Clypeus very long, 

 smooth, triangular, notched on each side in front, and when viewed 

 from above concealing the palpi, which are short, pilose, the third 

 joint longest, the whole palpus straight, and shorter than the head. 

 Antennae simple, not thickened as in alypia. Eyes small, not promi- 

 nent. Tongue more than half as long as the body. Thorax pilose, 

 the hairs of patagia especially long. Abdomen short, stout, covered with 

 close glossy pubescence. Abdominal tuft long. Wings short and broad. 



Primaries, with apical angle much rounded. The nervules are very 

 thick ; neuration similar to alypia. 



Secondaries ample, very much rounded, especially towards the anal 

 angle. Fringes of both wings very long. Legs long, only slightly 

 pilose, wanting the bunches of hair observable in alypia ; hind pair 

 with two very nearly equal pairs of spines, terminal pair being very 

 slightly the shorter. 



This genus differs from its near ally alypia, by the longer tongue, 

 shorter palpi, stouter and more glossy abdomen, simple antennae, and 

 by the absence of the dense tufts of hair on the fore tibiae. The sys- 

 tem of coloration is also essentially different ; as in alypia it consist of 

 a series of spots variously arranged, while in the present genus it 

 forms a simple band, crossing the fore wings near the middle." 



H. Edwards, Trans. Cal. Acad. Sci. (1873. ) 



l.-PSEUD ALYPIA CROTCHII (Pi. 9. fig. 2, $ .) 



Pseudalypia crotchii, H. Edwards, Trans. Cal. Acad. Sci., vol. 5., 

 p. ?• (1873-) 



" Head, thorax, patagia, and abdomen, deep glossy black, with a 

 slight bronze tinge. Collar, base of palpi, and abdominal tuft, golden 

 orange. Antennae glossy black, with short scales. Palpi, black above, 



