I02 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 



of Entomology in this country is tlie paucity of illustrations. 

 Now that good mechanical processes of illustration are a success, 

 we hope to see tiresome descriptions supplemented by good illus- 

 trations. PI. IV, Vol. II, was made by the Crosscup & West 

 Company from an ordinary negative (not orthochromatic), and 

 the species are readily recognized. This plate would have cost 

 at least five times as much by lithography. There will, undoubt- 

 edly, be improvements made in this line, and we look forward to 

 a great future for Entomology illustrated. 



NEW LEPIDOPTERA. 



By A. G. Weeks, Jr., Boston. 

 Hypolycsna festata n. sp. 



Hab. — 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 orange at base, the white extends nearly half way to apex. 

 Thorax above presents generally the same color as wings, and is covered 

 with grayish hairs; beneath it is almost pure white. Legs covered with 

 white hairs, shading into gray at ends. Abdomen above same color as 

 wings, the blue disappearing towards end, where it is replaced by deep- 

 ening gray; underneath white, shading into yellowish gray at end. 



Upperside of fore-wings a deep rich purplish blue, with some lustre; a 

 large discoidal spot of the original ground color not inclining to blackish; 

 the base very slightly dusted with blackish gray scales; the costa edged 

 with blackish gray, at most linear over discoidal cell, and broadening 

 towards apex, then extending down -hind margin, of varying width, and 

 covering one-third of marginal area; inner margin without any border. 

 Hind wings: ground color same as fore-wings; inner margin light gray; 

 costa and hind margin with a linear edge of blackish gray, inside of which, 

 on the hind margin, is a fine thread-like line of white, broadening some- 

 what towards anal angle; inside of this is an almost imperceptible shading 

 of dark blackish gray, bordering the ground color; two thread-like tails 

 from termination of submedian nervure and first median nervule, the 

 former more than thrice the length of the latter, blackish gray, very slightly 

 edged and tipped with white; between these tails the dark shading inside 

 of white line, broadens into a dark spot, and this broadening is repeated 

 below the submedian nervure, but in less degree; at anal angle is an 

 orange spot of small size, bordered at top with white, and bearing a few 

 light blue scales at lower edge. 



