414 AECTIADJE. 



above ; abdomen orange, with traces of a maculate black dorsal 

 line, the ventral surface black. Fore wing black-brown ; the costal 

 edge ochreous white ; traces of a whitish line from costa to lower 

 angle of cell and from origin of vein 2 to inner margin ; the disk 

 thinly scaled. Hind wing orange; the apical area black-brown, 

 broad at costa, narrowing to a point at submedian fold ; the disk 

 thinly scaled ; a yellowish costal fascia on underside. 



Ah. 1. tricolor. Hind wing crimson. 



Ab. 2. Hind wing wholly black. 



a. nigra. Abdomen with the extremity orange. 



b. eavesi. Abdomen with the extremity black. 

 Hab. U.S.A., California, 3 6 . Exp. 24 millim. 



Genus HYPOMOLIS, nov. 



Type, H. evippus. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the fi'ons, 

 which is clothed with rough hair ; thorax and abdomen clothed with long 

 hair ; hind tibiae with the medial spurs absent. Pore wing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10, 11 fi'om cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 and 5 from 

 angle; 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennse of male bipectinate, with extremely short branches. 



1971. Hypomolis evippus. 



Idalus evippus, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 212 (1898). 



c? . Blue-green ; palpi, frons, and neck orange-yellow ; sides of 

 frons and antennae black ; pectus, fore coxa3, and inner side of 

 femora and tibiae orange ; the rest of legs green, with black rings 



Fig. 165. — Hypomolis evippus, J • }• 



on tarsi. Fore wing thinly scaled ; the costa orange. Hind wing 

 semihyaline ; cilia of both wings yellow. 



Bah. Bolivia (Garlepp), 1 ^S <, type t in Coll. Druce, Chaco, 

 1 (S ' Exjp. 40 millim. 



