PIOARCTIA. — EUCH-ETES. 417 



fore C0X8D scarlet ; abdomen scarlet with dorsal and lateral series 

 of black points, the anal tuft white in female. 



Fig. 168. — Pijgarctia elegans, (^ . \. 



Ab. 1. roseicajoitis. Upper part of frons and vertex of head 

 crimson. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, N. Mexico ; Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), 

 ] c? , 1 $ , Durango (Becker), 1 2 , Gruerrero {E. H. Smith), 1 6 , 

 Tepic, 1 d , Jalisco (Richardson), 2 cT , Yucatan (Gaumer), 1 $ ; 

 Guatemala (Rodriguez), 1 6 ; Panama, ^u^&bdi (Champion, Walker)^ 

 3 $ ; Colombia, Bogota (Vergara), 1 $ . Exp. 36-38 millim. 



Genus STENARCTIA. 



Type. 

 Stenarctia, Auri v. Ent. Tidskr. 1 899, p. 244 qic 



Proboscis aborted; palpi porrect to just beyond frons, the 2nd joint lonp, 

 the 3rd minute; antennas of male bipectinate ; tibige with the spurs well 

 developed ; abdomen elongate, dorsally clothed with rough hair. Fore wing 

 rather narrow, veiu 8 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from 

 well below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4. 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle 

 of cell. 



*1977. Stenarctia quadripnnctata. 



Stenarctia qiiadripimctata, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. 1899, p. 244. 



d . Fuscous grej^ ; frons black ; a pink tuft at base of antennae ; 

 head red behind ; tegulse with black points ; legs pale with black 

 streaks, the fore coxae with some red hair ; abdomen yellowish, 

 with two dorsal, two lateral, and one ventral series of black spots, 

 the extremity with some red hair. Pore wing fuscous at base of 

 inner margin ; traces of an antemedial fuscous band ; two medial 

 black spots on costa, with smaller spots below them and obscure 

 bands from cell to inner margin. Hind wing pale yellowish, the 

 apex and terminal area slightly suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Cameroons, Ogove R., type S in Coll. Staudinger. Exp. 

 32 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



Genus EUCH^TES. 



Type. 

 E'uchcetes, Harris, Ins. Mass. p. 257 (1841) , (g(^le. 



Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect to just beyond the frons; antennas 

 bipectinate, with moderate branches in male, with very short branches in 

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