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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  Alypia, 
  sp. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  small 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Crowley, 
  in 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  

   very 
  remarkable 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Alypia, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  were 
  nearly 
  

   wholly 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  fringes. 
  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  unset, 
  and 
  

   the 
  case 
  sealed 
  up, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  couid 
  not 
  obtain 
  access 
  to 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

  

  description. 
  

  

  Scepsis 
  Mallheu-i, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  J. 
  Head 
  dull 
  black. 
  Tongue 
  chestnut 
  brown. 
  Palpi 
  dull 
  yellow, 
  black 
  

   at 
  their 
  tips. 
  Antenna) 
  bluish 
  black, 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  S. 
  fulvicollis, 
  

   with 
  the 
  pectinations 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  distinct. 
  Prothorax 
  yellow, 
  differing 
  in 
  

   tint 
  in 
  different 
  individuals, 
  and 
  apparently 
  fading 
  with 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  specimen. 
  

   Thorax 
  and 
  patagia 
  smoky 
  drab, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  blackish 
  tintiu 
  front. 
  Abdomen 
  

   bluish 
  black 
  above 
  and 
  below. 
  Legs 
  bluish 
  black. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  perfectly 
  

   opaque 
  in 
  fresh 
  specimens, 
  smoky 
  drab, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  golden 
  reflection. 
  The 
  

   costa 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  paler, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  nervures 
  are 
  blackish, 
  distinctly 
  

   marked. 
  Posterior 
  wings, 
  bluish 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  longitudinal 
  hyaline 
  patch 
  

   extending, 
  in 
  most 
  specimens, 
  through 
  the 
  whole 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  even 
  

   passing 
  through 
  the 
  margin. 
  

  

  $ 
  , 
  Same 
  as 
  the 
  J 
  , 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  pectinations 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  more 
  simple, 
  

   and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  more 
  robust. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  l.GO 
  inch. 
  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  0.55 
  inch. 
  

  

  Vancouver 
  Island. 
  August. 
  Common. 
  

  

  The 
  pale 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  wings, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  antenna;, 
  and 
  the 
  more 
  

   extended 
  hyaline 
  patch 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  larger 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  

   entire 
  insect, 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  distinguish 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  Seep, 
  fid 
  vicol 
  lis. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  some 
  abundance 
  at 
  Skinner's 
  Bottom, 
  near 
  Victoria, 
  by 
  my- 
  

   self 
  and 
  my 
  friend, 
  Mr. 
  Gervase 
  Mathew, 
  of 
  H. 
  M. 
  S. 
  Repulse, 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  

   great 
  pleasure 
  in 
  dedicating 
  it. 
  Its 
  habitat 
  was 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  lagoon 
  overgrown 
  

   with 
  rushes. 
  When 
  disturbed, 
  it 
  flew 
  slowly 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance, 
  alighting 
  again 
  

   on 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  the 
  reeds, 
  and 
  was 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  difficult 
  of 
  capture. 
  In 
  this 
  

   respect 
  it 
  differs 
  exceedingly 
  from 
  S.fvlvicollis, 
  as 
  that 
  species, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  ex- 
  

   perience 
  goes, 
  has 
  a 
  rapid 
  and 
  continuous 
  flight. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  NYCTEOLIDiE. 
  H. 
  S. 
  

  

  Sarrothripa 
  Columbiana, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Head 
  dull 
  white 
  beneath, 
  pale 
  sea 
  green 
  above. 
  Palpi 
  dull 
  white. 
  Eyes 
  

   brownish 
  bla<;lc. 
  Antennae 
  brownish 
  beneath, 
  greenish 
  white 
  above. 
  Feet 
  

   wholly 
  greenish 
  white. 
  Thorax 
  pale 
  sea 
  green, 
  with 
  three 
  black 
  spots 
  placed 
  

   triangularly 
  m 
  front, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  blotch 
  (in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  gray- 
  

   ish 
  green 
  space) 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Prothorax 
  velvety 
  black, 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  behind 
  

   with 
  sea 
  green. 
  Patagia 
  sea 
  green, 
  blotched 
  with 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  black 
  

   line 
  posteriorly. 
  Abdomen 
  smoky 
  white, 
  concolorous 
  with 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  