129 

 Pf.tropfiora flavata Packard. Plate 8, fig. 55. 



Eurhinosca flavaria Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II., xvi, 35, 1874. 



4 $ and 2 ?. — Body and wings deep ochreous-yellow. Palpi brown on 

 the sides of the second joint. Fore wings clear-yellow; costa fawn-brown 

 at base; two costal brown spots in tlie middle of the wing, the inner oblique, 

 the outer nearly straight ; no lines in the middle area of the wing ; a small 

 discal dot (sometimes wanting); a minute dot on the origin of the third or 

 lower median venule; outer edge of the wing below the apex broadly mar- 

 gined with fawn-brown to, and .enclosing, the anal angle, the band being as 

 broad as the thorax. Hind wings concolorous with the fore wings; a rather 

 large dark dot close to the origin of the first subcostal venule; a triangular 

 marginal patch just below the apex ; otherwise no markings; beneath, from 

 a large, basal, costal spot proceeds a fine curved line across the wing, and, 

 with a much-curved one within, forms a ringlet; beyond the conspicuous, 

 dark, discal dot, a broad, diffuse, pale-brown shade crosses the wing, slightly 

 scalloped externally; the shade does not connect with the outer costal spot; 

 the marginal shade is dark on the oblique upper edge, but is fainter toward 

 the anal angle than on the upper side of the wing; a faint row of diffuse 

 small spots between this shade and the middle shade. Hind wings with a 

 very distinct discal dot; a narrow, fine, much-curved line crosses the middle 

 of the wing; another sinuate line midway between this and the margin; the 

 part just below the apex is oblong rather than triangular, as above. Fringe 

 brown on both wings, with darker spots on the ends of the venules beneath ; 

 toward the anal angle of the secondaries the fringe becomes yellowish. The 

 two females and one male are paler, without the marginal dark band, while 

 the lines below are well marked, the male median shade of the primaries 

 being represented by a very distinct sinuate line, with three rude ringlets on 

 the inside of the line, and the fringe is yellowish. In another specimen, the 

 lines are much more distinct. 



Length of body, 3 , 0.45, 9, 0.40; of fore wing, &, 0.50, 9, 0.50; expanse 

 of wings, 1.10 inches. 



Sierra Nevada (Edwards). 



This interesting species may be known by the non-angulated yellow 

 wings, with the broad marginal shade, the subtriangular spot on the hind 

 wing, and the large discal dots on the hind wing on the inner third of the wing. 

 17 P H 



