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and hind legs black with orange tarsi. 20—32 mm. Canada, New England and Central States, to the south 
as far as Florida, to the west as far as Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. — var. walkeri Neum. (178 i). Head, abdomen walkeri. 
and tail-appendage all black, without any trace of orange. Legs black, tibiae orange. Antennae above black, 
beneath and the tips dull orange. Wings like those of the type. New York. — The larva lives in the roots and 
the root-crown of Clematis virginiana and vitalba and presumably also of allied Clematis plants, often several 
in one plant. They pupate in a cocoon in the passages, the imago appearing in the north from June till August, 
in the south already from April. 
A. korites Drc. Head black, palpi reddish orange beneath. Antennae orange with more or less black Jcorites. 
scales. Thorax and abdomen black with a blue reflection, a few red places at the posterior end of the patagia 
and in the centre of the thorax. Anal tuft and tail-appendage black. Legs black. Forewing with orange scales, 
the costa, median vein and submedian vein black. Fringe brown. Hindwing orange with a round hyaline spot 
at the anal margin, veins black. The $ shows the red and orange colouring less developed, otherwise similar 
to the (J. 25—28 mm. Durango, Colorado, Guatemala, Costarica. Larva in roots of Clematis ligustrifolia. 
A. carolinensis Engelh. Antennae absent, the stumps orange. Palpi black, with orange hair in front, carolinemis. 
Head, thorax and abdomen black with a blue reflection. Anal appendage orange, lateral tufts black. Forewing 
and hindwing black with a blue reflection, forewing with a narrow transparent area near the base, hindwing 
with a broader one near the base, divided by the veins A 1 and A 2. Legs black, middle tibiae and anterior 
part of the tarsi of the hindlegs densely covered with black hair, interrupted inside by orange. Hitherto only 
1 (J known. Black Mountains, North Carolina. Taken on Clematis blossoms in summer. 
A. pepsioides Engelh. Antennae orange, more or less covered with black scales, in the $ quite orange, j oepsioides. 
Palpi above black, beneath black mixed with orange. Head, thorax and abdomen black with a coppery gloss 
and a few red scales on the patagia and mesothorax. Anal appendage and lateral appendage black. Legs black. 
Forewing orange, costa, submedian vein and median vein with black beyond the cell, fringe blackish brown. 
Hindwing orange with a round hyaline spot in the anal region, veins partly black. 26—35 mm. Colorado, Utah, 
New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California. In the south in May, in the North until August. Larva in Clematis 
ligustrifolia. — subsp. atra Engelh. Antennae black above, brown below. Head, thorax, abdomen, anal append- air a. 
age and legs black. A round hyaline spot in the anal region of the hindwing. 29 mm. Jemez Springs, New 
Mexico, 2400 m. August. 
A. altera sp. n. (179 a). Head black, light yellow before the eyes. Antennae half black, then gradually altera. 
orange, the tips suddenly again black. Thorax and abdomen brownish black, the base darker. Anal tuft orange. 
Legs orange, the hair-tuft at the end of the hind tibiae darker. All the wings yellowish hyaline, the moderately 
broad costal margin, the discal mark and veins black. Easily discernible from all the other Alcathoe -species 
hitherto known by the hyaline wings. 28 mm. Mexico. I S- Type: Berlin Zool. Museum. 
25. Genus: Tarsopoda Btlr. 
B 
Wings with longer fringes than in Synanthedon. Palpi more erect. Tihiae and tarsi of the 2nd and 3rd 
pairs of legs densely covered with compressed fan-like feather-scales. Type: T. renipes Btlr. 
T. renipes Btlr. Wings hyaline, veins black, forewing with a rosy tinge, costal margin purple black, renipe ?. 
discal band, distal and inner margin brownish bronze, fringe pale brown; hindwing with brownish bronze distal 
margin and fringe. Body above and beneath brownish bronze. Palpi and collar, coxae of the first pair of legs 
steel-hlue; femora, tibiae and tarsi absent; femora of the 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs loam-coloured with a blue 
reflection, tibiae steel-blue at the base with a dense tuft of brownish bronze liair-scales, mixed with white in 
the middle, and the tibiae bordered with golden yellow on the hindlegs. Tarsi of the 2nd pair steel-blue at the 
base, densely covered with compressed long brownish bronze hair-scales, white at the base, tarsi of the hindlegs 
with similar hair-scales, but golden yellow at the base. The scaled parts of the wings beneath golden bronze. 
15 mm. Villa-nova. 
T. marcia Drc. Forewing black, a spot at the cell-end and a central streak extending to the base hyaline, marcia. 
Hindwing hyaline, distal margin and veins black. Head, thorax and abdomen black. Anal tuft yellow. Ab¬ 
domen above with metallic golden bands, beneath black. Collar yellow. Antennae black. Legs black, with 
yellow bands. 15 mm. Mexico, Dos Arroyos, Guerrero, 350 m. September. 
26. Genus: ]Seosplieeia Le Gerf. 
Head round, antennae of medium length, gradually thickened, straight. Palpi rather long, the 3rd joint 
small and pointed. Proboscis completely absent. Body strong, conical-cylindrical, anal brush short. Strong 
