ALYPIA. 639 



184. Alypia langtoni. 



Alypia lanqtonii, Coup. Canad. Nat. (2) ii. pp. 64, 460, fig. (1865) ; Stretch, 



Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. pi. 8. f. 3 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 35. 

 Alypia sacraineoiti, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. i. p. 327, pi. 6. f. 38 



(1868); Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. p. 10, pi. 1. f. 2; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 36. 

 Alypia hudsonica, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 43 (1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 35. 



Black ; palpi yellowish at base and extremity of 2nd joint, sides 

 of frons and a rim behind the eyes yellow ; tegulas with yellow 

 dorsal point ; patagia yellow ; fore and mid tibiae orange. Fore 

 wing with rounded, elliptical, or triangular, almost medial spot from 

 subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; an elliptical patch beyond the 

 cell between veins 8 and 3, varying in shape ; a silvery-blue spot 

 below costa near base, a streak above vein 1, and a discoidal bar. 

 Hind wing with a spot beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3, 

 varying in size. 



Hah. Caitada ; U.S.A., Zeller and Grote Colls., 3 c?, 2 $ , moun- 

 tains of New England and New York, Washington Territory, Grote 

 Coll., 1 c?, 1 $, Colorado {H. Edivards), 1 $. Exp., S 34, 

 2 36 millim. 



185. Alypia mariposa. 



Alypia mariposa, Grote & Eob. Trans. Am. Ent, Soc. i. p. 329, pi. 6. f. 40 



(1868) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 35. 

 Alypia lunata, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb, N. Am. p, 15, pi. 1. f. 6 (1872). 



2 . Black ; tegulse with yellowish spots ; mid tibiae orange. 

 Fore wing irrorated with a few yellowish scales along vein 1 ; a 

 subbasal yellowish wedge-shaped spot from just above subcostal 

 nervure to submedian fold, in which it extends to middle of wing ; 

 an elliptical spot in end of cell ; postmedial spots between veins 

 8 and 6 and 3 and 2 ; cilia white at apex. Hind .wing with 

 postmedial spots between veins 8 and 6 and 3 and 1 ; cilia white 

 at apex. 



Ab. 1. lunata. Fore wing with the postmedial spots conjoined by 

 a highly curved band ; hind wing with a spot in end of cell, the 

 postmedial spots developed into a rather broad band between veins 

 8 and 1, its inner edge excised beyond lower angle of cell, its 

 outer angled in discal fold. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Grote Coll., 1 $ (lunata). Exp. 38 

 millim. 



Egg. Lembert, Can. Ent. xxvi. p. 348 ; Dyar, Can. Ent. xxvii. p. 31. 



Flattened, round, strongly depressed at micropyle ; about forty 

 deep vertical grooves with somewhat sinuous edges, some not reach- 

 ing summit ; the area round micropyle not grooved, with numerous 

 small punctures with raised rims. 



Larva. 1st stage. Head bilobed, black ; body smooth, with a few 



