ILLUSTRATIONS OF HITHERTO UNFIGURED 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY A. G. WEEKS, JR. 



BELIEVING that, when circumstances permit, colored illustra- 

 tions should accompany the descriptions of new species of Lepi- 

 doptera, I take pleasure in submitting a series of papers in 

 which I publish illustrations, with descriptive text, of previously 

 unfigured species from my collection. Most of the descriptions 

 are reprinted, unaltered but for a few verbal corrections, from 

 the publications noted. 



I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr. Herman 

 Strecker, who has for several years devoted much time to my 

 material, and has been of very great help to me in determining 

 new species; also to Mr. Ernest Swinhoe, of Oxford, England, 

 who has done much work for me in connection with the species 

 herein described. 



My gratitude is also expressed to collectors, both here and 

 abroad, who have so kindly opened their collections for my 

 investigations. 



Hypolycaena festata A. G. Weeks, Jr. 1 

 {Plate /, Figures I and 2.} 



Habitat: Lower California (San Jose del Cabo). Expanse: 

 $ and 9, i. oo to i.io inches. 



Male. Front and summit of head covered with light gray, nearly white 

 hairs, deepening in shade as they approach thorax. Antennae blackish, with 

 white annulations at the base of each joint ; club blackish brown, tipped with 



1 Entomological News, Vol. II, No. 6. 



