PIGARCTIA. — EUCHJJTES. 417 



fore coxa? scarlet ; abdomon scarlet with dorsal and lateral series 

 of black points, the anal tuft white in female. 



Fig. 168. — Pygarctia elcgans, (^ . \. 



Ab. 1. roseicapitis. Upper part of frons and vertex of head 

 crimson. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, N. Mexico ; Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), 

 1 J , 1 2 , Durango {Becker), 1 J , Guerrero {H. H. Smith), 1 <^ , 

 Topic, 1 S , Jalisco (Richardson), 2 J , Yucatan (Gaumer), 1 $ ; 

 GvAi^uALA (Rodriguez),! J; Panama, ]3ugaba( C/irmipion, Walker), 

 3 2 ; Colombia, Bogota (Vergara), 1 $ . Exp. 36-38 millim. 



Genus STENAECTIA. 



Type. 



Stenarctia, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. 1891), p. 241 quadri-punctata. 



Proboscis aborted ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons, the 2nd joint Ions', 

 tlie Srd minute; antennae of male bipectinale; tibite with tlie Spurs well 

 developed ; abdomen elongate, dorsally clothed with rough hair. Fore wing 

 rather narrow, vein f> from before angle of cell ; h from above angle ; 6 from 

 well below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 \ein o from angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle 

 of cell. 



*1977. stenarctia qiiadripunctata. 



Stenarctia quadripunctata, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. 1899, p. 244. 



6 . Fuscous grey ; frons black ; a pink tuft at base of antenna?; 

 head red behind ; tcguke with black points ; legs pale w ith black 

 streaks, the fore cox£e with some red hair ; abdomen yellowish, 

 with two dorsal, two lateral, and one ventral series of black spots, 

 the extremity with some red hair. Pore wing fuscous at base of 

 inner margin ; traces of an antemedial fuscous band ; two medial 

 black spots on costa, with smaller spots below them and obscure 

 bunds from cell to inner margin. Hind wing pale yellowish, the 

 apex and terminal area slightly suffused witli fuscous. 



Huh. Camhroons, Ogovd li., typo S in Coll. Staudinger. E.rp. 

 32 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



Genus EUCH^TES. 



Type. 

 I'Mchcetes, Harris, Ins. Mass. p. 2;)7 (1841) (j»^/(.. 



Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect to just beyond the frons; antenna'! 

 bi pectinate, with moderate branches in male, with very short brauchc3 iu 



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