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side the markings are repeated, the pale yellow patches of the 

 primaries being united by a narrow yellow band. 



Colorado, Missouri, Alabama. 



Coll. E. L. Graef, F. Tepper, Hy. Edwards, B. Neumoegen. 



This form is easily distinguished from A. 8. maculata by the 

 utter absence of black at the base of the secondaries. In the ? 

 of the well-known species the white basal patch of secondaries is 

 sometimes nearly as large as that of A. matuta, but the extreme 

 base is, as far as my examination of examples has shown, always 

 black. 



Alypia Wittfeldii. n. sp. 



Size and form of A. octoinaculata,\.o which it is closely allied. 

 The primaries are, however, narrower than in the common species, 

 and considerably more produced at the apices. The spots 

 are much darker in color, being a light buff, instead of pale prim- 

 rose yellow, and in strong contrast with the clear white spots of 

 the secondaries. They are also different in shape, the inner one, 

 which in the well-known species is nearly ovate, being here an 

 imperfect oblong, and reaching nearly across the wing from the 

 sub-costal nervure close to the internal margin. The outer spot 

 is pyriform and much larger than the corresponding mark on any 

 examples I have seen of A. octomaculata. The clear white spots 

 of the secondaries are also small, the outer ovate, the inner ob- 

 long ovate. Base of the wing and abdominal margin broadly 

 black in both sexes. Beneath the markings are repeated. The 

 collar, tegulae, palpi, and legs as in A. octomaculata. 



I^, 2 ?. Indian River, Fla. 



Coll. B. Neumoegen, Hy. Edwards. 



I have dedicated this species to the discoverer, Dr. W. Witt- 

 feld, who has done much to make known the existence in Florida 

 of many rare species of Lepidoptera, as well as of others not pre- 

 viously recorded in our lists. 



Alypia similis. Stretch. 



N. VAR. CONJUNCTA. 



In this form, which is apparently very rare, the yellow dis- 

 cal spot of primaries is joined to the triangular basal patch, giving 

 a much paler appearance to the insect and suggesting the idea of 

 a distinct species. The outer pyriform band of secondaries is 

 also a little larger and nearer the margins of the wing. In all 

 other respects the same as A. similis. 



2$. Contra Costa County, California. 

 Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



