NATURAL SCIENCES OP PHILADELPHIA. 6t 



space tinted slightly with brown ; the exterior line indistinct, 

 and marked mainly by the slight contrast in color between the 

 median and the cinereous subterminal space ; subterminal line 

 brown, formed by a series of connected spots ; fringe concolorous 

 with a central brown line. 



Posterior wings yellowish fuscous, with a discal lunule. 



Beneath yellowish with distinct discal dots and traces of the 

 median line on the costa of both wings. 



Hob. New York. 



This distinct species can be identified by the color of the ante- 

 rior wings as well as the yellowish posteriors. 



Orthosia differta, nov. sp. 



Expanse 28 mm. Length of body 15 mm. 



Eyes naked, with hairy lashes. Palpi, front, and thorax as in 

 allied species. Abdomen smooth and untufted. 



Anterior wings orange, with the markings disconnected and 

 black ; half-line present ; interior line distinct, perpendicular, con- 

 sisting of three broad lobes, it is formed of black spots, connected 

 by a finer black line ; claviform spot absent, the orbicular concol- 

 orous with a black central dot, and fine black annulus, the reni- 

 form also concolorous, with a central blackish blotch, and an inter- 

 rupted annulus ; the median shade forms a black bar above the 

 reniform, which it touches, below it is fine and linear; exterior line 

 of the usual form, denticulate, followed by a blackish shade line 

 which fills in the teeth of the line ; the subterminal line an inter- 

 rupted series of black spots. Posterior wings yellow, with a 

 broad orange terminal band. 



Beneath yellow with orange shades, distinct discal dots, and a 

 common median line. 



Eab. New York. 



Received from my very kind friend, Mr. Fred. Tepper. 



Schinia gracilenta, Hiibn. 



Zutr. vol. i. figs. 5 and 6. 



Var. oleagina, nov. var. 



Expanse 28 mm. Length of bocby 13 mm. 



Eyes naked. Tibire spinose, the anterior pair armed with a stout 

 long claw. 



Habitus of S. trifascia and S. rectifascia. Anterior wings 

 uniform olivaceous-gray, the median lines are light, clear, and 



