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V SCIAPTERON GrAEFI. n. sp. 



Entire insect purplish black, with very bright metallic re- 

 flection. Antennae and palpi dull black. There are no traces of 

 bands on the abdomen, and the legs are wholly concolorous with 

 the rest of the body. I know of no other species with similar 

 coloration. 



Exp. wings. 29 m.m. 



I ^. 2?. Nevada (Morrison.") 



Type. Coll. E. L, Graef, from whom I have received many 

 courtesies, and to whom I dedicate this singular species. 

 '' SCIAPTERON SCEPSIFORMIS. n. sp. 



Allied to 5. syrifiO(£ Harris, but with the legs much shorter. 

 The forewings are rich golden brown, a little reddish at the base 

 and on the disk. The hind wings are very opalescent, with a 

 rather broad purplish brown margin, the opaque portion being 

 •carried a considerable distance along the course of the median 

 and sub-median veins. Discal mark prominent and broad, en- 

 closing an oval vitreous space, crossed by two veins. Abdominal 

 margin brownish orange. The wings beneath are the same as 

 above, except that the costal margin of forewings is yellowish. 

 Antennas purplish brown, dark orange at the base and at the tip. 

 Palpi and vertex dark orange. Femora dark brown. Tibia; and 

 tarsi orange, banded with brown. Thorax with very narrow 

 stripes on the sides and broader ones at base, pale yellow. Abdo- 

 men brown, with 2nd segment- narrowly bordered behind with 

 pale yellow. Anal segments with yellowish shade. Caudal tuft 

 5mall, as in all the genus, pale brown. 



Exp. wings S . 25 m.m. ? 29 m.m. 



i^. I?. Texas. (J. Boll.) 



Type. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



SCIAPTERON CUPRESSI. n. sp. 

 ' Allied to Sciap. Robinice., Hy. Edw., but having the fore 

 wings pale yellow at the base, and purplish brown along the 

 costal margin, not concolorous as in S. Robinice. The hind wings 

 have the abdominal margins and the base rather broadly golden 

 yellow, the fringes of both wings being golden brown. Beneath, 

 the forewings, as well as the margins of the hind pair, are golden 

 yellow. Antennae, vertex, and palpi, deep orange. Base of the 

 eyes, pale yellow. All the tibiae and tarsi, orange, blackish at the 

 joints, and stained in the middle with a deeper shade. Thorax 

 brown, with narrow lateral yellow streaks, and a broader one at 

 the base. Abdomen with basal segment black, the second deep 

 orange, edged posteriorly with pale yellow, the third orange in 

 front, shading into paler yellow behind. All the other segments 

 -are deep yellow. Beneath, the abdomen has five pale yellow 

 bands. Caudal tuft, dull orange. 



Exp. wings. 30 m.m. 



