CTENUCHA. 529 



stripes on legs white. Fore wing with the base blue-green ; a white 

 fascia below median nervure almost confluent with spots above and 

 below vein 2 ; the costa and cilia white. Hind wing with white 

 patch below the base of cell ; cilia white at apex. 

 Hah. Mexico, 1 (S type. Exp. 38 millim. 



1168. Ctenucha brunnea. 



CtenucJia hrimnea, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 30, pi. i. f. 11 (1872) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 177. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with deep blue; 1st 

 and 2nd joints of palpi, neck, shoulders, and stripes on patagia 

 crimson; coxae and stripes on legs white. Fore wing pale brown, 

 the veins black ; a blue spot at base ; the costa and tips of cilia 

 white. Hind wing black shot with blue ; cilia white at tips. 



Hah. Califoenia, 3 S • Exp. 42 millim. 



1169. Ctenucha multifaria. 



Apistoda multifaria, Wlk. ii. 479 (1854) ; Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. 



p. 28, pi. i. f. 12 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 177. 

 Ctenucha multifaria, var. liiteoHcapus, Neum, & Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. i. 



p. 106 (1893). 



Head, shoulders, spots on tegulae, and stripes on patagia orange, 

 usually tinged with crimson ; 3rd joint of palpi and antennae black ; 

 thorax and abdomen deep metallic blue ; femora with white spots 

 at extremity. Fore wing olive-black, bluish at base ; costa and 

 cilia white. Hind wing black shot with blue ; cilia white. 



Hah. California, type {Stretch, Grote, Wahingliam). Exp. 46- 

 50 millim. 



1170. Ctenucha rubroscapus. 



Glaucopis ruhroscapics, Mdnetr. Cat. L6p. Pet. ii. p. 142, pi. 14. f. 7(1857) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 177. 

 Ctenucha ochroscapus, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 330 (1868) ; 



Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 29, pi. i. f. 13 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 177. 

 Ctenucha corvina, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xii, p. 71 (1869). 

 Ctenucha wahiiighamii, H. Edw, Proc. Calif. Acad. v. p. 112 (1873) ; 



Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 213, pi. 9. f. 1. 



Head, neck, shoulders, and a stripe on patagia crimson ; 3rd 

 joint of palpi and antennae black ; thorax and abdomen black shot 

 with blue ; fore coxae, a stripe on fore femora, and spots at extremity 

 of mid and hind femora white. Fore wing fuscous black, bluish at 

 base. Hind wing fuscous black shot with blue ; cilia of both wings 

 white at apex. 



Ab. 1. ochroscajDUs. Head, neck, shoulders, and a stripe on 

 patagia orange-yellow. 



Hah. U.S.A., Western States {Qrote, H.Edwards). Exp. 48 

 millim. 



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