ALTPIA. 637 



with indistinct whitish dorsal stripe. Fore wing with somewhat 

 elliptical white spot in and below middle of cell, and a similar spot 

 beyond the cell between veins 6 and 3. Hind wing with white 

 spot in and below cell, and a spot beyond the cell between veins 

 6 and 4. 



Hah. U.S.A., S. California. Eccp. 34 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



Sect. III. {Alypia). Fore wing of male without dilation of costal area or groove. 



A. Fore and mid tibia; orange. 



a. Hind wing with the markings white octomaculata. 



h. Hind wing with the markings yellow. 



d^. Hind wing with subbasal yellow spot dipsaci. 



b^. Hind wing without subbasal yellow spot langtoni. 



B. Mid tibiae only orange. 



a. Wings with the markings not traversed by black veins . mariposa. 



b. Wings with the markings traversed by black veins ridingsi. 



182. Alypia octomaculata. 



Sesia S-maculata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 830 (1775) ; Smith & Abb. Lep. 

 Georgia, i. pi. 44 ; Hlibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. i. p. 22, ff. 119, 120 ; Stretch, 

 Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 6, pi. 1. f. 7 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 35. 



Noctua albomaculata, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 345, (1782) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 35. 



ZygcBiia bimaculata, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. (5) p. 2398 (1791). 



Alypia quadriguttalis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 351 (1827). 



Alypia matuta, H. Edw. Papilio, iii. p. 33 (1883). 



Alypia wittfeldii, H. Edw. Papilio, iii. p. 34 (1883) ; Xirby, Cat. Het. p. 35. 



cJ . Black ; palpi yellowish at base and extremity of 2nd joint ; 

 frons yellowish at sides ; antennae annulated with white above ; 



Fig. 281. — Alypia octomaculata, ^. \. 



tegulse with yellow dorsal spot ; patagia pale yellow ; fore and mid 

 tibiae orange above ; abdomen with whitish point at base, a more 

 or less developed whitish or yellowish dorsal stripe on terminal 

 segments. Fore wing with somewhat quadrate, triangular, or 

 rounded pale yellow medial spot extending from subcostal nervure 

 to submedian fold ; an elliptical spot beyond the cell from vein 7 to 

 below 3 ; silvery- blue streaks from base below costa and above 

 vein 1, a discoidal lunule, an oblique postmedial bar between veins 

 2 and 1, and another between veins 8 and 6. Hind wing with 

 white patch extending from close to base to middle and from sub- 



