416 AECTIAD^. 



1973. Pygarctia spraguei. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 13.) 



Euchwtes spraguei, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 200 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 2m. 



Euchmtcs conspivua, Neum. Eut. Am. vi. p. 173 (1890) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 237. 



S . Head and thorax leaden grey ; base of palpi, sides of frons, 

 back of head, short stripes ou thorax above patagia, and fore coxfe 

 scarlet ; abdomen scarlet above, fuscous below, with dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots ; wings grey-brown. Fore wing with 

 scarlet fascia on costa, narrowing to a point just before apex, and 

 a narrow fascia on inner margin. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 d" type, Grote Coll. Exp. 40 raillim. 



1974. Pygarctia vivida. (Plate XLYIII. fig. 3.) 

 EuchcBtes vivida, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 131 (1882) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 236. 



S . Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi except at tips, sides of 

 frons, two spots on vertex of head, upper edge of patagia and 

 thorax below them, and fore and mid coxae crimson ; abdomen 

 scarlet, with slight dorsal black spots on medial segments and a 

 lateral series, the ventral surface grey. Fore wing grey- brown; 

 yellow fascise on costa and inner margin, the former tinged with 

 crimson -towards extremity, the latter towards base. Hind wing 

 yellowish, the terminal area more or less broadly tinged with 

 fuscous. 



JIah. U.S.A.., Texas, 1 S • Exp. 36 millim. 



*1975. Pygarctia abdoininalis. (Plate XLYIII. fig. 12.) 



F)/fiarctla ahdominalis, Grote, Can. Ent. iii. p. 124 (1871); Kirby, Cat. 

 'Het. p. 236. 



Head and thorax pale slate-grej' ; base of palpi, sides of frons, 

 back of head, short stripes on thorax above patagia, and fore coxae 

 yellow ; abdomen orange-yellow above, fuscous below, with dorsal 

 and lateral series of black spots ; wings pale slate-grey. Fore 

 wing with pale yellow costal fascia narrowing to a point just 

 before apex and a narrow fascia on inner margin. 



Hah. U.S.A., Florida. Exp., c? 35, 5 45 raillim. This species 

 is unknown to me, figured from a drawing sent me by Prof. Dyar. 



1976. Pygarctia elegans. 



Euchates elegans. Stretch, Zvg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 189, pi. 8. f. 6 (1874); 



Wheeler's Eep. Surv. W.TOOth Merid. v. p. 797, pi. 40. fP. 5, 6 ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 236. 

 Euchcefes clegnns, var. roseicapitis, Neum. & Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. ii. 



p. 166 (1893). 

 Eupseudosoma involiUum, Druce, Eiol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 391 (nee 



Sepp). 



\Vhite ; palpi scarlet, black at tips ; neck with crimson ring ; 



