NORTH AMKRICAN LEPIDOPTEKA. 93 



II. Meilta Strk., Kept. Chief of Eiifjin. 1878-79, p. 1858, pi. ii, fig. 1, Macro- 

 glossd ; (irote. New List, 1882, llemaris. 

 Male expands Ih inches. Above tlie head, thorax and first two and part of 

 third sejjnient of al)domen heavily clothed with olivaceous hair; beneath the 

 first three sejinients of the abdomen are black ; the remaining ones pale snlphur 

 yellow with black in the middle ; anal tuft black ; antenna; black. Beneath, 

 head and body are yellowish white. Legs clothed with yellowish v\hite hair. 

 Upper surface: wings hyaline, with the veins dark brown. Primaries, costa 

 blackish, exterior margin of moderate width, widest at apex, scalloped on its 

 inner edge, but not deeply, Indian-red in color, brightest at apex, and between 

 the last two cells at and near the inner angle ; in the middle this border is sprin- 

 kled or suffused with brownish; fringe dark brown: inner margin Indian-red, 

 narrow at and near the inner angle, becoming very broad from middle of inner 

 margin to base. Secondaries have a narrow exterior mai'gin of dark brown, 

 slightly scalloped inwardly and showing traces of red toward inner half. Ab- 

 dominal margin broad and reddish, brightest at anal angle. Under surface, 

 wings : Primaries, costa pale yellowish from base to over or about half its length ; 

 terminal half sprinkled heavily with dark bi'own ; exterior margin with the red 

 not so dark as above, but brighter; inner margin also not as dark as the outer 

 half and pale yellow towards and at base. Secondaries with basal part, costa 

 and inner margin pale yellow ; exterior juargin red ; fringes of all wings brown. 



One male ; Fierra Amarilla, New Mexico, July 10. 



" This beautiful little species is far more slender and delicate than 

 difiim or allies, and its j)osition would be between the group of 

 whicli dijjiim B. is typical and the other compo.se(l of such species 

 as thijabe F., (jraclUs Grt. etc. It can be distinguished at a glance 

 from any otlier known American s|)ecies." 



This is almost surely H. riibens Hy. Edwards. I have examined 

 a specimen of the latter which agrees very well with the descrijjtion 

 and figure. Mr. Edwards informs me that he has a specimen he 

 takes to be this species and it seems to differ in the abdominal macu- 

 lation. It seems to me that much reliance cannot be placed on this 

 character in this species. The description is from 8trecker's original 

 characterization of the species. 



II. a-'tlira Strk., Lep. Ehop. et Het. 107, pi. xiii, fig. 2, id. p. 142, Macroqlossn ; 

 (ht.. New List 1882, Hemaris ; Maassen, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1880, v, 41, p. 69, 

 = diffinis. 



" Female. — Expands H inches. Above, head and body olivaceous, of a paler 

 yellow shade toward the sides; caudal brush yellow and black, beneath same as 

 diffinis. Primaries: margin nuich broader than in diffinis and serrated on inner 

 edge; a large carmine apical spot; base and interior margin reddish, with oliv- 

 aceous hairs on the former. Inferiors narrow, brown exterior margin. Ab- 

 dominal margin carmine; beneath, costa of both wings red." 



One example from Montreal, Canada. From Mr. P. Knetzinir. 



