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SYBTOMID^. 



lateral orange streaks, and the ventral surface orange except on 

 terminal segments. Fore wing with black streak on inner margin 

 not reaching base or tcrmen ; some fuscous suifusion on terminal 

 area, more prominent on underside, and usually a more or less deve- 

 loped short terminal black streak between veins 4 and 5. Hind 

 wing scmihyaliue, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, most 

 widely towards apex and tornus. 



Hah. Panama, 3 6, type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30-32 

 millim. 



Genus SCEPSIS. 



Scepsis, Wlk. ii. 285 (1854) 



Type. 



fulvicollis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and not reaching vertex 

 of head, the 3rd joint porrect ; antennte bipectinate, with sliort brandies dilated 

 at exti-emity, the shaft somewhat dilated at middle, especially in female ; tibiiE 

 with the spurs short. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex somewhat acumi- 

 nate and the outer margin oblique ; vein 3 froa\ before angle of cell ; 4, 5 frona 

 angle or separate ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing with the cell long; vein 2 from long before angle; 3 from 

 before angle; 6 fi'om above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



A. First joint of palpi, throat, and back of head yellow fulvicollis. 



B. Palpi, throat, and back uf head black wrighti. 



1148. Scepsis fulvicollis. 



Gknicopis fulvicollis, Hiibn. Samml. ex. Schmett. i. (1827) ; Stretch, Zyg. & 

 Bomb. N. Am. p. 21, pi. 1. f. i) ; Kirby, Cut. Het. p. 175. 



Glmicopis semicliaphana, Harris, Am. J. Sci. xxxvi. p. 318 (1839;. 



Scepais pacl-ardii, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. iv. p. 318 (1865). 



Scepsis inatthewi, H. Edw. Proc. Calif Acad. v. p. 184 (1S74); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 175. 



Scepsis fallens, H. Edw. Ent. Am. ii. p. 8 (1886). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-black ; proboscis, 1st joint of 



palpi, back of head, tegulge, 

 stripes on shoulders, and 

 throat orange. Fore wing 

 fuscous black or brown with 

 a bluish tinge; the costa and 

 cilia at apex pale. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the veins, 

 costal area, and the terminal 

 area broadl}- and irregularly 

 bluish fuscous. 



Ab. 1. pallens. The markings of head and thorax golden yellow 

 insteail of orange. 



Ab. 2. paclcircU. The pale yellow extending on head to between 

 antennse r fore wing pale grey-brown. 



Bab. V.^KCouvEK, co-types f mattliein in Coll. Druce ; U.S.A., 

 E. Slates, Gnte Coll., W. States {Walsingham). Exp. 36 millim. 



Fig. 275. — Scepsis fulvicollis, (^. 



