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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  glossy 
  black, 
  with 
  short 
  scales. 
  Palpi, 
  black 
  above, 
  goldeu 
  orange 
  beneath. 
  

   Feet 
  wholly 
  black, 
  with 
  some 
  small 
  white 
  patches 
  arranged 
  iu 
  circular 
  form 
  on 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tarsi. 
  

  

  Primaries, 
  glossy 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  greenish 
  metallic 
  tinge. 
  The 
  costa, 
  for 
  about 
  

   three 
  Iburths 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  and 
  a 
  narrow, 
  slightly 
  curved 
  band 
  crossing 
  the 
  wing 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  cream 
  white. 
  Apical 
  edge 
  of 
  fringe 
  white, 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   glossy 
  black. 
  

  

  Secondaries, 
  dull 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  brownish 
  hue. 
  Fringe 
  cream 
  white, 
  

   except 
  toward 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  black. 
  Under 
  side 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  

   upper, 
  with 
  the 
  band 
  of 
  primaries 
  more 
  broadly 
  defined, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  

   tinge 
  toward 
  their 
  base. 
  (2 
  5 
  Coll. 
  Hy. 
  Edw.) 
  

  

  E.xpanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  0.85 
  ir.ch. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  0.35 
  inch. 
  

  

  Warner's 
  Ranch, 
  San 
  Diego, 
  Gal., 
  May 
  8, 
  1873. 
  

  

  This 
  exquisite 
  insect 
  was 
  discovered 
  by 
  my 
  friend, 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  R. 
  Crotch, 
  whose 
  

   enthusiastic 
  labors 
  have 
  added 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  fauna 
  of 
  

   California, 
  and 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  regardfully 
  dedicate 
  the 
  species. 
  It 
  was 
  flying 
  in 
  the 
  

   heat 
  of 
  the 
  day, 
  alighting 
  frequently 
  on 
  flowers, 
  and 
  manifesting 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  

   habits 
  as 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  Alypia. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Cteuncha. 
  Kirby. 
  

  

  Cteyiucha 
  Wahinghamii, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Size 
  and 
  aspect 
  of 
  C. 
  multifaria. 
  

  

  Head, 
  collar 
  and 
  patagia 
  bright 
  crimson, 
  the 
  latter 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  

   as 
  in 
  C. 
  multifaria 
  ; 
  palpi 
  also 
  crimson, 
  with 
  the 
  terminal 
  article 
  black. 
  An- 
  

   tennas 
  long, 
  bluish 
  black, 
  closely 
  bipectinate. 
  Thorax 
  with 
  the 
  disc 
  greenish 
  

   black. 
  Abdomen 
  very 
  glossy, 
  bluish 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  greenish 
  tinge. 
  Legs 
  

   bluish 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  distinctly 
  white. 
  Fore 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   white 
  scales. 
  

  

  Primaries, 
  bluish 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  greenish 
  tinge, 
  most 
  vivid 
  toward 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Costal 
  edge 
  entirely 
  dull 
  black. 
  Fringe 
  white 
  at 
  apices, 
  the 
  remainder 
  black. 
  

  

  Secondaries, 
  bluish 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  purple 
  tinge. 
  Fringe 
  white 
  at 
  apices, 
  rest 
  

   entirely 
  black. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  1.90 
  inch. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  0.60 
  inch. 
  

  

  Fort 
  Crook, 
  Oregon, 
  June, 
  1872. 
  (1 
  $ 
  Coll. 
  Hy. 
  Edw.) 
  

  

  I 
  owe 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  specimen 
  to 
  Lord 
  Walsingham, 
  who 
  

   found 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  locality 
  during 
  his 
  recent 
  tour 
  through 
  Southern 
  Oregon, 
  

   where 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  rare. 
  At 
  first 
  sight, 
  this 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  confounded 
  

   with 
  C. 
  multifaria, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  costa 
  entirely 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  apices 
  

   of 
  the 
  wings 
  onlij 
  with 
  white 
  fringe. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  EPIADID^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Epialus. 
  H. 
  G. 
  

   Epialus 
  modestus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dull 
  fawn 
  color 
  ; 
  thorax 
  with 
  rather 
  long 
  hairs 
  

  

  