638 AGAEISTID-a:. 



costal nervure to vein 1, and a spot beyond the cell between veins 

 7 and 3. 



5 . Abdomen without the whitish or yellowish fascia on dorsum ; 

 hind wing with the subbasal white spot rounded and not extending 

 to subcostal nervure or to so near base. 



Ab. 1. alhomaculata. Hind wing with the subbasal white spot 

 small and rounded in male as in female. 



Ab. 2. wittfeldi. Fore wing with the medial yellow spot extending 

 to vein 1. 



Hah. U.S.A., Atlantic States, Zeller and Grote Colls., 13 d , 3 $ , 

 Texas, Zeller CoU., ] J , 1 $ , Florida, Grote Coll., 2 ^ . Exp., 

 S 32, 2 40 millim. 



Larva. Young : whitish tinged with orange-red on middle of each 

 segment and with numerous irregular transverse brownish lines ; 

 the dorsal tubercles, especially on 4th, 5th, 6th, and 11th somites, 

 very prominent, acuminate, brownish black ; the head and dorsum 

 of 1st and 12th somites pale red ; the 11th somite with irregular 

 white lateral spot ; hair colourless ; the colours becoming deeper as 

 the larva becomes older. 



Full-grown ; Head dull orange, with about eight black dots 

 on each side ; the semicircular dorsal plate on 1st somite and the 

 anal valves pale orange with black dots ; 2nd and 3rd somites 

 with transverse series of black dots, each of the other somites with 

 ■orange band dotted with black in two alternate rows, and each with 

 a long whitish hair ; between each band six slender black lines and 

 the dots connected by interrupted black lines ; legs orange at 

 base, black externally and at tips except the anal pair; 10th and 

 11th somites with large white lateral spot, the other lateral white 

 spots situated just behind the bands on 4th-9th somites, larger 

 anteriorly ; the orange bands dorsally interrupted on 7th-9th 

 somites. 



Food-plant, Vitis ; the larva pupates underground, making an 

 -earthy hibernaculum with a gummy secretion ; full-fed in July. 



183. Alypia dipsaci. 



Alt/pia dipsaci, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soa. i. p. 326, pi. 6. f. 27 

 (1868); Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N.Am. p. 9, pi. 1. f. 1; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 35. 



Black ; palpi with yellowish mark at sides ; sides of frons 

 yellowish : patagia with yellowish stripe : fore and raid tibias 

 orange. Fore wing with almost medial, rather irregular spot from 

 subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; an elliptical patch beyond 

 the cell between veins 8 and 2 ; silvery-blue streaks from base 

 below costa and above vein 1. Hind wing with antemedial yellow 

 spot from subcostal nervure to submedian fold, and a patch beyond 

 the cell from vein 7 to below 3. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, 1 c? . Exp. 32 millim. 



