SCEPSIS. PROPYETA. 521 



1149. Scepsis wrighti. (Plate XVII. fig. 6.) 



Scepsis wrightii, Stretch, Ent. Am. i. p. 101 (1885) ; Kirbj, Cat. Het, 



p. 175. 

 Scepsis gravis, H. Edw. Ent. Am. ii. p. 8 (1886) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 175. 



Euscous black ; tegulae and stripes on shoulders pale yellow ; 

 abdomen with a bluish tinge. Fore wing with the costa narrowly 

 pale. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area broadly and 

 irregularly black. 



Ab. 1. gravis. Tegulse orange. 



Ilab. CalifopvNia, 1 (S -, Grrote Coll. Exji. 30 millim. 



Genus PROPYHIA, nov. 



Type, P. ptycJioglene. 



Pi-oboscis well developed ; pa]j)i downcurved, short ; nntennffi of male serrate ; 

 tibiee with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from close to angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from 8 beyond 9 ; 

 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3, 5 

 strongly stalked ; 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle, or 7 from before angle. 



A. Tegulfe and thorax crimson schausi. 



B. Teguk^ and thorax black ptgchoglene. 



*1150. Propyria schausi. 



Lycomorpha fulgens, Neum. & Dyar, J. N. Y. Eat. Soc. i. p. 103 (1893), 



nee H Edw. 

 Lycomorpha schausi, Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 34 (1898). 



Head black ; tegulae, patagia, and thorax crimson ; abdomen 

 black. Fore wing crimson, the terminal area (one-fifth of wing) 

 black. Hind wing black, with crimson costal fascia extending to 

 beyond middle. 



Hah. N. Mexico, Arizona. Exj). ?32 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



1151. Propyria ptychoglene, n. sp. 



Ftychogleae cequalis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 129 (nee Wlk.). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; patagia scarlet. Eore wing 



scarlet, the terminal area 

 black, extending as a fine 

 fascia on costa to middle 

 and on inner margin to 

 near base. Hind wing 

 black, with the basal two- 

 thirds of costal area 

 Fig. 276. — Fropyria ptychoglene, (^ . j. scarlet. 



Hal). Mexico, Jalapa 

 {H. Edwards)^ Durango {For rev), Coatepec (Brooks), Vera Cruz 

 (RUmeli), type; Guatemala (CJiamjnon) : (iodman-Salvin Coll. 

 Exjj. 28 millim. 



