Exp. wings. 1 8 m.m. 



i6. Sier. Nev. Calif. (H. E.) on flowers of Artemisia vul- 

 garis. L. 



Albuna Montana, n. sp. , . .. ^ (\ . 



$. Forewings with the costal and posterior margins bronze 

 black, with a few silvery scales at the base. The discal mark is 

 broad, oblique, widest at the costal edge, as in all the genus. 

 The internal margin is reddish orange for about ^ of its length, 

 and the discal mark is also edged posteriorly with the same color. 

 The lower wings have the base stained with dull orange, and 

 most of the nervules are the same color. The fringes of both wings 

 are brown. Beneath, the wings are pale dull orange for about their 

 basal 73. Posterior margin and discal mark, dull brown. Head 

 and antennae black, the latter brownish beneath. Orbits of eyes, 

 white. Collar, cream color. Thorax black, with the base and 

 the tegulae behind, cream color narrowly. Abdomen with 1st, 

 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th segments, edged posteriorly with cream color, 

 the bands extending to the lower side. Caudal tuft black, 

 sprinkled with a few yellow hairs. Palpi, cream color. Fore 

 coxffi lead color, white on the outer edge. Femora reddish brown. 

 Tibiae, pale yellow, banded with black at the joints. 



? . Generally a little larger than the <?, with the red on the 

 forewings more distinct, and the yellow of the abdominal band of 

 a brighter tint. 



Exp. wings. $. 25 m.m. ?. 32 m.m. 



21 Examples. $ . ? . 



White Mountains, N. H. (Morrison. Grote.) Nevada, Col- 

 orado. (Morrison.) Anticosti Isld. (Couper.) Sier. Nevada, 

 Cal. (H. E.) 



Colls. Tepper, Graef, Neumoegen, W. Grey, Dr. Bailey, Hy. 

 Edwards, etc., etc. 



A very variable insect, and of wide distribution, passing 

 probably by degrees into the following species. 



Albuna Tanaceti. n. sp. 

 ' Probably a variety of A. montana. It is smaller, and the 

 reddish orange of the forewings is more distributed over the 

 whole surface, both above and below. 



Exp. wings. 



Several examples 5. ?. Colorado, (H. K.Morrison.) Mt. 

 Hood, Oregon, (Morrison.) Cahfor., Sier. Nev., Cal., Vancouver 

 Isld. (H. E.) 



Colls. Neumoegen, Graef, Tepper, Hy. Edwards. 



It is possible that both this and the preceding species are 

 forms of Walker's yEg. hylotoniiforinis. 



Albuna Vancouverensis. n. sp. 



Much blacker than AL montana. A heavy reddish orange 

 line between the sub-median nervule and the internal margin, 



