melit.i:a alma. nov. sr. 



(PLATE XV, FIG. 1 ^.) 



Male. Expands 1^ inches. 



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

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

 as M. Whitncyi, Bchr; all nervurt-s and nervules black; fringe white alternated with black at terminations of 

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

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

 far the greater j)art of the black border; this bordci- is succeeded immediately on its inner margin In- a row of 

 almost confluent pale yellow spots, the two at costa being the largest; interior to this across the mi<idle 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 ]>atch ; the colour between this last l)lack band and base of wing is pale 

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

 margine<l exteriorly by a black line; basal third of wing black with two j)ale yellow marks in discoidal cell; 

 this black basal part is succeeded outwardly l)y a fair band of ])ale yellow, about midway between which and the 

 exterior margin is a transverse row of almost ccjnfiuent pale yellow spots ; costa blackish. 



Under surface; primaries pale fulvous, exterior black marginal border enclosing pale spots as above;, but 

 these latter are pale yellow here instead of fulvous except the second an«l third from inner angle which are 

 faintly tinged with the latter colour ; all other yellow spots of upper surface faintly reproduced. Secondaries 

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

 yellow spots ; a small lilack 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 those anomalous species from the wonder-protlncing salt regions. A glance at the under side wouhl lead any 

 one to pronounce it icaiii'ra, but the difl'erencc on the npper side is astonishing; the black gr<]und colonr 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 those pallid aberrant sub-species in which Arizona and Utah seem 

 to be so rich. 



^GIALE COFAQUI. Streck 



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



(PLATE XV, FIG. 2 ?.) 



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

 comparing my type (which was taken in Georgia) with two examples, both females, collected in May, 1876, by 

 the expedition under Lieut. E. H. Ruffner during the sui'veys and explorations of the region of the head waters 

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

 any moment between these Texan examples and the ty^ie is in the great size of the first which expand '?>\ inches. 



The differences between this and ^g. Yucca, Bdl.-Lec, 1 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 Yuccce. undoubtedly belongs in Felder's genus jEgiale, of which I consider Scudder's 3Iegathymus but a 

 .synonym. 



MACROGLOSSA ULALUME. Nov. Sp. 



(PLATE XV, FIG. 3 c^.] 



Male. Expands 1 § inches. 



Head above sulphur yellow, lielow l)lack, antennie black. Thorax on back black mixed sparingly with 

 yellow hairs, patagias sulphur yellow, collar inten.se velvety black; beneath black ; legs black. Abdomen 

 al)ove velvety black 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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