416 ARCIIAD^. 



1973. Pygarctia spraguei. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 13.) 



EtichcBtes spraguci, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 200 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. Het, 



p. 236. 

 Eiichates conspicua, Neum. Ent. Am. vi. p. 173 (1890) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 237. 



cT . Head and thorax leaden grey ; base of palpi, sides of frons, 

 back of head, short stripes on thorax above patagia, and fore coxse 

 scarlet; abdomen scarlet above, fuscous below, with dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots ; wings grey-brown. Pore wing with 

 scarlet fascia on costa, narrowing to a point just before apex, and 

 a narrow fascia on inner margin. 



Eah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 d type, Grote Coll. Exj^. 40 millim. 



1974. Pygarctia vivida. (Plate XLYIII. fig. 3.) 

 Euchcstes vivida, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 131 (1882) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 236. 



S . Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi except at tips, sides of 

 frons, two spots on vertex of head, upper edge of patagia and 

 thorax below them, and fore and mid coxoe crimson ; abdomen 

 scarlet, with slight dorsal black spots on medial segments and a 

 lateral series, the ventral surface grey. Fore wing grey- brown; 

 yellow fasciae on costa and inner margin, the former tinged with 

 crimson towards extremity, the latter towards base. Hind wing 

 yellowish, the terminal area more or less broadly tinged with 

 fuscous. 



Mah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 c? . E.vp. 36 millim. 



*1975. Pygarctia abdominalis. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 12.) 



Tyqarctia abdominalis, Grote, Can. Ent. iii. p. 124 (1871); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 236. 



Head and thorax pale slate-grey ; base of palpi, sides of frons, 

 back of head, short stripes on thorax above patagia, and fore coxae 

 yellow ; abdomen orange-yellow above, fuscous below, with dorsal 

 and lateral series of black spots ; wings pale slate-grey. Pore 

 wing with pale yellow costal fascia narrowing to a point just 

 before apex and a narrow fascia on inner margin. 



Hah. U.S.A., Florida, Exp., (S 35, § 45 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me, figured from a drawing sent me by Prof. Dyar. 



1976. Pygarctia elegans. 



Euchcstes elegans, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 189, pi. 8. f. 6 (1874) ; 



Wheeler B Eep. Surv. W. 100th Merid. v. p. 797, pi. 40. ff. 5, 6 ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 236. 

 Euchcetes elegans, var. roseicapitis, Neum. & Dyai", J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. ii. 



p. 166 (1893). 

 Ewpseudosoma involutum, Druce, Biol. Centr,-Am., Het. ii. p. 391 (nee 



Sepp). 



White ; palpi scarlet, black at tips ; neck with crimson ring ; 



