ETJTEICOPIS. — XAXTIIOTHKTX. 467 



especially before and beyond the medial band and on tennen ; a 

 medial white band from lower angle of cell to vein 1 confluent with 

 spots before and beyond the dark reniform ; cilia black, mixed with 

 white at tips except towards apex. Hind wing black with a slight 

 greyish tinge ; confluent white spots beyond and below end of cell ; 

 cilia black at base, white at tips. Underside of fore wing with the 

 base suffused with white, the antemedial area to submedian fold 

 and the costal area to beyond middle crimson, the outer fork of the 

 white band extending to costa and with a crimson patch beyond it 

 on costal area, the apex with whitish patch and the terminal area 

 slightly suffused with white ; hind wing with the basal area 

 white to discal fold followed by a crimson patch before the diffused 

 white postmedial band which does not reach inner margin, tho 

 apical area white, the terminal area with crimson patch from below 

 apex to submedian fold. 



Ab. 1. elaborata. Pore wing without the white spot in cell 

 before the reniform. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Lake O'FIara (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 d , 

 Sheep Mt. (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 $; U.S.A., Washington Forest Reserve 

 (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 $, Colorado (Kemp), 1 $, California, Placer Co., 

 1 2 • Kv P- 22 millim. 



Genus XANTHOTHRIX. 



Type. 



Xanthothrix, II. Edw. Proc. Oal. Acad. Sci., Pac. Coast Lep. 



No. 29 (1878) ranunculi. 



Euedwardsia, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 122 (1882) neumcegmi. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching 

 about to middle of frons and fringed witii long hair in front, the 3rd moderate, 

 porrect; frons with large prominence with raised edges and central corneous 

 process hollowed out in front, a corneous plate below it ; eyes small, reniform ; 

 antennae of male simple, somewhat laminate ; thorax clothed with rough 

 hair and without crests; tibiae fringed with long hair, the fore tibiae with 

 curved claw on inner side ; abdomen clothed with rough hair, without crests. 

 Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not 

 crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; from upper angle ; 9 

 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 

 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines present. 



a. Fore wing dark brown mixed with yellowish and 



whitish callicore. 



b. Fore wing orange neumcegeni. 



P>. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines absent... ranunculi. 



4951. Xanthothrix callicore. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 30.) 



Heliacea callicore, Stand. Cat. Lep. Eur. cd. ii. p. '28 (1871); id. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 220. 



Head and thorax black largely mixed with grey-white ; antennas 

 ringed with white ; palpi yellow except at tips ; lower part of frons 

 yellow ; pectus and legs mostly yellow ; abdomen black with slight 



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