ARACHNIS. 393 



Hah. Mexico, Las Vegas, type t in Coll. Sehaus, Milpas {Forrer), 

 1 $ , Godmaii-Salvin Coll. 



Subsp. 4. citra, Neum. & Djar, Ent. News Pliilad. iv. p. 140 (1893). 



Head, thorax, and fore wing with the ground-colour yellow-buff 

 and extensive, the bands reduced; underside of fore wing yellow, 

 paler towards apex. 



Hah. Colorado, 1 $ . 



1943, Arachnis dilecta. 

 SpUosoma dilecta, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 97 (1870) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. pp. 219, 



Ecpanfheria sanquinea, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 112, pi. 20. fl'. 1, 2 (1881) ; 

 Dnice, Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Het. i. p. 98. 



5 . Palpi crimson, fringed with white below ; frons and antenna' 

 brown ; vertex of head white ; neck crimson ; thorax white, with 

 broad brown stripes edged by fine black lines on teguhe, patagia, 

 and thorax, the last forking posteriorly and enclosing a \\hite spot : 

 fore coxa) and femora above crimson ; legs with black-edged brown 

 patches ; abdomen scarlet, with brown dorsal spots on first three 

 segments, black-edged dorsal brown bands on four subterminal seg- 

 ments, and a large patch on terminal segment, the ventral surface 

 white with medial series of black-edged ])rown spots. Fore wing 

 white, with black-edged brown markings ; a subbasal spot on costa ; 

 antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal very irregular bands, 

 oblique towards costa, bent outwards to inner margin, and all con- 

 nected below the cell where they enclose small black-edged white 

 spots towards base, before middle, two at middle and one bej'ond 

 middle, the subterminal band with a detached triangular patch on 

 costa ; a terminal band with irregular inner edge, bidentate and 

 conjoined to the subterminal band below apex. Hind wing scarlet, 

 with black-edged medial, postmedial, and subterminal irregular 

 brown bands, the 1st dentate on inner side and expanding on outer 

 on vein 1, the 2nd expanding on outer side bej^ond the cell and at 

 tornus bent round on inner margin, the last expanding below costa, 

 at middle and tornus ; a narrow terminal band : cilia white at 

 tornus. Underside of fore wing with the ground-colour of cell 

 scarlet. 



Hah. MExrco (Hoer/e), 1 § , Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Honduras. 

 Ex2). 80 millim. 



1944. Arachnis ziini. (Plate XJ.VII. fig. 15.) 



Arachnis zuni, Neuin. Ent. Am. vi. p. 173 (1890); Dnico, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. .37R, pi. 75. ff. f), 8; Kirby. Cat. Het. p. l219. 



S. Headwliiic; pulpi yellow, fringed with white below ; frons 

 brown, wifli Idack line above; antennai brown ; thorax wliite, with 

 broad brown fasciaB edged by fine black lines on tegula}, jiatiigia, and 

 thorax, the last forking posteriorly ; abdomen yeilow, with dorsal 



