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MELIT^A ALMA. Nov. Sp 



(PLATE XV, FIG. 1 J'.; 



Male. Expands 1-j^ inches. 



Same form as 31. Leanira, Bdl. Head and body above black, beneatli whitish yellow, legs fulvous, an- 

 tennae black narrowly ringed with white. Upper surface of all wings bright fulvous of nearly the same shade 

 as M. Whitneiji, Behr ; all nervures and nervules black ; fringe white alternated with black at terminations of 

 veins. Primaries have a black border to exterior margin within which are seven bright fulvous spots, the 

 apical one much the smallest and the third from inner angle by far the largest; tliese fulvous spots occupy by 

 far the greater part of the black border ; this border is succeeded immediately ou its inner margin bv a row of 

 almost confluent pale yellow spots, the two at costa being the largest; interior to this across the middle of the 

 wing is another row of pale yellow spots joined inwardly by a rather broad irregular black band broken at the 

 disco-cellular nervule by a fulvous patch ; the colour between this last black band and base of wing is pale 

 yellow; within the discoidal cell a Itroad transverse black band; costa and base of wing blackish. Secondaries 

 margined exteriorly by a black line ; basal third of wing black with two pale yellow marks in discoidal cell ; 

 this black basal part is succeeded outwardly by a fair liand of pale yellow, about midway between which and the 

 exterior margin is a transverse row of almost confluent pale yellow sjiots ; costa blackish. 



louder surface; primaries pale fulvous, exterior black marginal liorder enclosing pale s])ots as above, Init 

 these latter are ])ale yellow here instead of fulvous except the second and third from inner angle which are 

 faintly tinged with the latter colour; ail other yellow spots of upper surface faintly re]iroduced. Secondaries 

 whitish yellow, veins black, a black line edges the exterior margin; a black mesial band enclosing six whitish 

 yellow spots ; a small black mark or streak in upper part of discoidal cell and another at costa. The under 

 surface of this insect resembles very closely that of Leanira which is the nearest allied species. 



Two examples, one from Arizona, one from S. Utah. 



This is another of (hose anomalous species from the wonder-producing s.tU regions. A glance at the under side would lead any 

 one to pronounce it Leanira, but the diflerence on the upper side is astonishing; the black ground colour in that species being here 

 replaced with bright fulvous ; nevertheless, despite this great dissimilarity of colour, I am inclined to think it is something of the white ■ 

 peacock business, and that this may possibly be, after all, another of th'' " ' : aberrant sub-species in which Arizona and Utah seem 



to be so rich. 



^GIALE COFAQUI. Streck. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., p. 148, (1876). 



(PLATE XV, FIG. 2 $.) 



Since the description of this species appeared in the Proc. Phil. Acad. I have had the opportunity of 

 comparing m}' type (Avhich was taken in Georgia) with two examples, l>oth females, collected in May, 1876, by 

 the expedition under Lieut. E. H. EuiFner during the surveys and explorations of the region of the head waters 

 of the Red River of Texas. They were taken in the Llano Estacado or Staked Plains. The only difference of 

 any moment between these Texan examples and the type is in the great size of the first which expand 'i\ inches. 



The differences between this and jEg. Yiicae, Bdl.-Lec, I have fully demonstrated in the paper above alluded to and will merely 

 repeat here that the most noticeable are the entirely difierent shape of the wings, the greater profusion of yellow markings on upper 

 surface and the many white spots of under surface of secondaries. 



This insect as well as Yiuxce undoubtedly belongs in Felder's genus MgiaXe, of which 1 consider Scudder's Megathymus but a 



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MACROGLOSSA ULALUME. Nov. Sp. 



(PLATE XV, FIG. 3 J'.) 



Male. Expands 1| inches. 



Head above sulphur yellow, below black, antcnufe black. Thorax on back black mixed sparingly with 

 yellow hairs, patagiaj sulphur yellow, collar intense velvety black ; beneath black ; legs black. Abdomen 

 above velvety lilack with sulphur yellow side tufts to the two last segments, anal brush black above, yellow be- 

 neath ; under side of abdomen black. 



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