MELITiEA ALMA. Nov. Sp. 
(PLATE XV, FIG. 1 tf.) 
Male. Expands 1 A inches. 
Same form as M. Leanira, Bdl. Head and body above black, beneath whitish yellow, legs fulvous, an- 
tennse black narrowly ringed with white. Upper surface of all wings bright fulvous of nearly the same shade 
as M. Whitneyi, Behr; all nervures and nervules black; fringe white alternated with black at terminations of 
veins. Primaries have a black border to exterior margin within which are seven bright fulvous spots, the 
apical one much the smallest and the third from inner angle by far the largest; these fulvous spots occupy by 
far the greater part of the black border; this border is succeeded immediately on its inner margin by a row of 
almost confluent pale yellow spots, the two at costa being the largest ; interior to this across the middle of the 
wing is another row of pale yellow spots joined inwardly bv a rather broad irregular black band broken at the 
disco-cellular nervule by a fulvous patch ; the colour between this last black band and base of wing is pale 
yellow ; within the discoidal cell a broad transverse black band ; costa and base of wing blackish. Secondaries 
margined exteriorly by a black line ; basal third of wing black with two pale yellow marks in discoidal cell ; 
this black basal part is succeeded outwardly by a fair band of pale yellow, about midway between which and the 
exterior margin is a transverse row of almost confluent pule yellow spots; costa blackish. 
Under surface; primaries pale fulvous, exterior black marginal border enclosing pale spots as above, but 
these latter are pale yellow here instead of fulvous except the second and third from inner angle which are 
faintly tinged with the latter colour ; all other yellow spots of upper surface faintly reproduced. Secondaries 
, veins black, a black line edges the exterior margin; a black mesial band enclosing six whitish 
i, small black mark or streak in upper part of discoidal cell and another at costa. The under 
insect resembles very closely that of Leanira which is the nearest allied species. 
Two examples, one from Arizona, one from S. Utah. 
This is another of those anomalous species from the wonder-producing salt regions. A glance at the under side would lead any- 
one to pronounce it Leanira, but the difference on the upper side is astonishing; the black ground colour in that species being here 
replaced with bright fulvous ; nevertheless, despite this great dissimilarity of colour, I am inclined to think it is something of the white 
peacock business, and that this may possibly be, after all, another of those pallid aberrant sub-species in which Arizona and Utah seem 
to be so rich. _ 
iEGIALE COFAQUI. Streck. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., p. 148, (1S76). 
(PLATE XV, FIG. 2 $.) 
whitish yellow 
yellow spots ; ; 
surface of this 
Since the description of this species appeared in the Proc. Phil. Acad. I have had the opportunity of 
comparing my type (which was taken in Georgia) with two examples, both females, collected in May, 1876, by 
the expedition under Lieut. E. H. Kuffner during the surveys and explorations of the region of the head waters 
of the Bed River of Texas. They were taken in the Llano Estacado or Staked Plains. The only difference of 
any moment between these Texan examples and the type is in the great size of the first which expand 3f inches. 
The differences between this and 2Eg. Tuccce, Bdl.-Lec., I have fully demonstrated in the paper above alluded to and will merely 
repeat here that the most noticeable are the entirely different shape of the wings, the greater profusion of yellow max-kings on upper 
surface and the many white spots of under surface of secondaries. 
This insect as well as Yuccce undoubtedly belongs in Felder’s genus iEgiale, of which I consider Scudder’s Megathymus but a 
synonym. 
MACPcOGLOSSA ULALUME. Nov. Sp. 
(PLATE XV, FIG. 3 $■) 
Male. Expands 1% inches. 
Head above sulphur yellow, below black, antenme black. Thorax on back black mixed sparingly with 
yellow hairs, patagise sulphur yellow, collar intense velvety black ; beneath black ; legs black. Abdomen 
above velvety black with sulphur yellow side tufts to the two last segments, anal brush black above, yelloAv be- 
neath ; under side of abdomen black. 
135 
