ALYPIA. 637 



■with indistinct whitish dorsal stripe. Fore wing with somewhat 

 elliptical white spot in and below middle of cell, and a similar spot 

 beyond the cell between veins and 3. Hind wing with white 

 spot in and below cell, and a spot bej'ond the cell between veins 

 6 and 4. 



Hah. U.S.A., S. California. Exp. 34 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



Sect. III. (Ali/pia). Fore wing of male without dilation of costal area or groove. 



A. Fore and mid tibiK orange. 



a. Hind wing with the markings wliite octomaculafa, 



h. Hind wing with the markings yellow. 



a}. Hind wing with subbasal yellow spot dipsaci. 



b^. Hind wing without subbasal yellow spot langtoni. 



B. Mid tibias only orange. 



a. Wings with the markings not traversed by black veins . mariposa. 



b. Wings with the markings traversed by black veins ridiiigsi. 



182. Alypia octomaculata. 



SesiaS-maciilata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 8oO (177.5); Smith & Abb. Lep. 

 Georgia, i. pi. 44 ; Hiibu. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. i. p. 22, ff. 1 19, 120 ; Stretch, 

 Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 6, pi. 1. f. 7 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 35. 



Jfoctiia albomaculata, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 345, (1782) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 35. 



Zyg(ena bimaculata, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. (5) p. 2398 (1791). 



Alypia quadriguttaUs, Hiibn. Verz. p. 351 (1827). 



Alypia, matuta, H. Edw. Papilio, iii. p. 33 (1883). 



Alypia witffeMii, H. Edw. Papilio, iii. p. 34 (1883) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 35. 



cJ . Black ; palpi yellowish at base and extremity of 2nd joint ; 

 frons yellowish at sides ; antennae annulated with white above j 



Fig. 281. — Alypia octomaculata, S- "• 



tegultc with yellow dorsal spot ; patagia pale yellow ; fore and mid 

 tibiae orange above ; abdomen with whitish point at base, a more 

 or less developed whitish or yellowish dorsal stripe on terminal 

 segments. Fore wing with somewhat (juadrate, triangular, or 

 rounded pale yellow medial spot extending from subcostal norvure 

 to submedian fold ; an elliptical spot beyond the cell from vein 7 to 

 below 3 ; silvery-lilue streaks from base below costu and above 

 vein 1, a discoidal lunule, an oblique i)ostmedial bar between veins 

 2 and 1, and anotlier l)etween veins 8 and (!. Hind wing with 

 white patch extending from close to base to middle and from sub- 



