636 AGAEISTID^. 



spot below its extremity ; a postmedial band between veins 7 and 2 

 intersected by the black veins. 



Ab. 1. lorquini. Fore wing with the postmedial band developed 

 into an elliptical patch. 



Ab. 2. similis. Hind wing with the markings pale yellow. 



Ab. 3. conjuncta. Pore wing with the markings partly confluent. 



Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, 3 <S , Eocky Mts., Sierra Nevada, 

 Orote Coll., 1 S , California, Rouge E,. ( Walsingham), 4 <5 , 1 $> • 

 Ea^jo., d 30, 2 .36 miUim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing of male with a postmedial dilation of costa and groove of 

 ribbed membrane below it ; the wing more elongate. 



A. Fore wing with the markings yellow disparata. 



B. Fore wing with the markings white hrannani. 



180. Alypia disparata. 



Alypia disparata, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 13 (1884) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.- 



Am., Het. ii. p. 327, pi. 70. £ 2 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 35. 

 Alypia gracilenta, Graef, Ent. Am. iii. p. 41 (1887) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 899. 



Black ; sides of frons and a rim behind eyes yellowish ; tegulse 

 with yellow spots, patagia with yellow stripes ; fore and mid tibiae 

 orange. Fore wing with elliptical yellow medial spot from sub- 

 costal nervure to submedian fold ; an elliptical spot beyond the cell 



Fig. 280. — Alypia disparata, S • 1 • 



between veins 7 and 3 ; a silvery-blue streak on base of vein 1, a 

 discoidal bar, and a postmedial bar between submedian fold and 

 vein 1. Hind wing with a purplish gloss ; a subbasal white patch 

 between subcostal nervure and vein 1, and a spot beyond the cell 

 between veins 6 and 4. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas ; Mexico, Jalapa {Hoege), 1 6 , Vera Cruz 

 (Eiimeli, H. H. Smith), 3d, 1 ? , Godman-Salvin Coll. Ecc^., 

 J 38, 2 40 millim. 



*181. Alypia hrannani. 



Alypia branna7ii, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 8, pi. 1. f. 8 (1872); 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 34. 



Black ; palpi with some yellow hairs on basal joint ; patagia pale 

 yeUow ; fore and mid tibiae with tufts of orange hair ; abdomen 



