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BOMBOSCELES; ALBUNA. By B. Zukowsky. 
heucherae. P. heucherae Hy. Edw. (= potentillae Hy. Edw.) (180 d). Head brown. Palpi pale yellow with some 
black. Antennae dingy yellowish, the dentation black. Thorax brown with a few yellow scales. Abdomen 
dark, the 1st and 4th segments broadly bordered with yellow, the others slightly scaled yellow. Anal tuft 
black. Legs black with yellow bands. Forewing bronze brown, more or less dusted reddish. Hinclwing bronze 
brown. Under surface on the whole more yellow. 20—24 mm. California, Texas. 
palmiana. P. palmiana dalla-Torre (= palmii Neum.) (180 d). Head black. Palpi orange. Collar orange in front, 
yellow behind. Antennae reddish brown, dentation black. Thorax black strewn with reddish scales, beneath 
with a yellow spot on each side. Abdomen black, the 1st segment yellow, the four last segments with very 
broad yellow bands at the anterior margin, beneath with more orange bands, anal tuft also orange. Legs 
orange, femora black. Forewing black mixed with red scales. Hindwing black with reddish shadows, basal 
area transparent; under surface orange. The $ $ are mostly much larger and more robust. 15—27 mm. Arizona. 
canescens. P. canescens Hy. Edw. (180 e). Head and palpi orange mixed with black and white hairs, appearing 
grey on the whole. Antennal shaft grey, dents brown. Thorax and abdomen black, thickly scaled grey above 
and beneath. Legs grey. Fore wing brown, densely scaled grey, under surface brown, margins brown, fringe 
white. 18—24 mm. Kansas, Colorado. 
mexicanus. P. mexicanus Beut. (1 80 f ). Head black, palpi and collar white. Thorax black, patagia with white 
stripes. Abdomen black with a white band on the 2nd and the last 4 segments. Anal tuft black. Legs black 
with white bands. Forewing brownish black, white on the distal part between the veins. Hindwing black. 
12 mm. New Mexico. — Apparently only $$ are known. 
fenestratus. P. fenestratus Barn. & Linds. Head, abdomen, legs and antennae black, the apical part of the antennae 
orange. Wings orange, fringes greyish brown, darker in the cell; costal margin as far as the end of the cell, 
base, inner margin near the base, radial and cubital lines blackish. Inner margin and the following vein of 
the hindwing black, the other veins with traces of black, near the base several transparent areas between the 
veins. 45 mm. Chiricahua Mts., Arizona. June. 
33. Genus: ISontfooseeles Meyr. 
Head smooth, eyes large, tongue present. Antennae pointed at the ends, about half ciliated in the <§. 
Palpi short, bent upward, with appressed scales, compressed, pointed. Abdomen short, broadest in the middle. 
Anal tuft small. All the tibiae broadly covered with dense rough hair-scales, the middle and posterior tarsi 
with hair-tufts on three terminal joints. Forewing: vein 2 from the angle, 3 absent, 7 to the apex, 8 separated, 
11 from % of the length of the cell. Hindwing: 2 and 3 from % of the length of the cell, 4 from the angle, 
5 absent, 6 bent at the base and coalescent with 7. 
cyanomyia. B. cyanomyia Meyr. (180 e). <J: head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdomen dark blue, margins behind 
the eyes white. Legs dark bluish grey, an ochreous spot at the apex of the posterior tibiae, all the tarsi with 
two or three whitish ochreous areas. Forewing narrow, apex roundish, brownish hyaline, veins, a broad costal 
streak as far as vein 8, the narrow anal margin and the broad discoidal mark bluish mark, fringe dark brow. 
Hindwing ochreous hyaline, veins black, fringe grey, a blackish brown basal shadow. 14 mm. Taperinha 
(July); Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaya. The insect, according to Prof. Seitz, rests on leaves from which it does not 
fly off instantly, when it is disturbed, but it runs away quickly like a spider which it resembles rather much, 
its wings being reversed and the hairy legs projecting. On account of this peculiar exterior we figure a specimen 
in its natural position of repose. 
34. Germs: Albima Hy. Edw. 
Palpi upturned as far as the height of the head, with short hair. Antennae filiform, ending fine in the 
rj 1 . Abdomen slender, anal tuft of J flat and divided in the middle, forming two flat brushes. Forewing with 
12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked. Posterior tibiae with short hair. Hindwing with veins 4 and 5 from the end of the 
cell, discocellular vein rather oblique. Type: A. 'pyramidalis Wkr. 
pyramidalis. A. pyramidalis Wkr. (= hylotomiformis Wkr., vancouverensis Hy. Edw., nomadaepennis Bsd.). Head 
black, orbita pale yellow. Palpi yellow, black outside. Thorax black, patagia margined with yellow, behind 
at the thorax a yellow transverse band and a small spot at the base of the forewing. Collar yellow. Antennae 
black, reddish beneath. Abdomen black with pale yellow rings on each segment. Anal tuft black. Legs black, 
tibiae with yellow bands. Fore wing transparent with broad black margins and a black cross-vein edged with 
red. distal and inner margins bordered with red. Beneath the margins and discal mark are covered with red 
and orange. Hindwing transparent, margins and cross-vein brownish black. 18—30 mm. Nova Scotia, 
Canada, Maine to Massachusetts. North New York and to the west as far as the Pacific. This Aegeriida is 
very variable. The imago flies from June until the middle of August; nothing is known of the early stages. 
