. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. SCEPSIS. PROPYETA. 521 1149. Scepsis wrighti. (Plate XVII. fig. 6.) Scepsis wrightii, Stretch, Ent. Am. i. p. 101 (1885); Kirbj, Cat. Het, p. 175. Scepsis gravis, H. Edw. Ent. Am. ii. p. 8 (1886); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 175. Euscous black; tegulae and stripes on shoulders pale yellow; abdomen with a bluish tinge. Fore wing with the costa narrowly pale. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area broadly and irregularly black. Ab. 1. gravis. Tegulse orange. Ilab.
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. SCEPSIS. PROPYETA. 521 1149. Scepsis wrighti. (Plate XVII. fig. 6.) Scepsis wrightii, Stretch, Ent. Am. i. p. 101 (1885); Kirbj, Cat. Het, p. 175. Scepsis gravis, H. Edw. Ent. Am. ii. p. 8 (1886); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 175. Euscous black; tegulae and stripes on shoulders pale yellow; abdomen with a bluish tinge. Fore wing with the costa narrowly pale. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area broadly and irregularly black. Ab. 1. gravis. Tegulse orange. Ilab. CalifopvNia, 1 (S -, Grrote Coll. Exji. 30 millim. Genus PROPYHIA, nov. Type, P. ptycJioglene. Pi-oboscis well developed ; pa]j)i downcurved, short; nntennffi of male serrate; tibiee with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from 8 beyond 9; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell; 3, 5 strongly stalked ; 4 absent; 6, 7 from upper angle, or 7 from before angle. A. Tegulfe and thorax crimson schausi. B. Teguk^ and thorax black ptgchoglene. *1150. Propyria schausi. Lycomorpha fulgens, Neum. & Dyar, J. N. Y. Eat. Soc. i. p. 103 (1893), nee H Edw. Lycomorpha schausi, Dyar, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 34 (1898). Head black; tegulae, patagia, and thorax crimson ; abdomen black. Fore wing crimson, the terminal area (one-fifth of wing) black. Hind wing black, with crimson costal fascia extending to beyond middle. Hah. N. Mexico, Arizona. Exj). ?32 millim. This species is unknown to me. 1151. Propyria ptychoglene, n. sp. Ftychogleae cequalis, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 129 (nee Wlk.). Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; patagia scarlet. Eore wing scarlet, the terminal area black, extending as a fine fascia on costa to middle and on inner margin to near base. Hind wing black, with the basal two- thirds of costal area Fig. 276.—Fropyria ptychoglene, (^. j. sca
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