550 



are a little narrower, much more angulated, and the markings are different. 

 It is brighl ochreous-yellow, both wings dotted over with scattered brown 

 specks. Orbits and tips of palpi speckled with light brown. Three large 

 brown spots edged with dark brown on the costa, the basal one next the 

 thorax not extending below the subcostal vein, and nearly twice as long as 

 broad, the second just within the middle of the wing, equilaterally triangular, 

 the apex blunt and resting on the median vein; the third is nearer the apex 

 than the second spot, and is equilaterally triangular, with the apex acute and 

 resting on the independent venule. Hot ween these two last spots are three 

 small costal spots. A short brown baud runs from the outer third of the 

 middle edge to the third median vein. A minute discal dot. Fringe concol- 

 orous with the rest of the wing. Hind wings with a large tooth ; a large 

 tooth in the middle of the tore wing. Hind wings slightly paler on inner 

 half, no markings. Beneath, the large triangular spots are faintly reproduced, 

 and the brown speckles are long and larger than above. The fringe is yellow, 

 with a brown line at the base. 



Length of body, S , 0.55 ; of fore wing, e? , 0.76 ; expanse of wings, 1.60 

 inches. 



California (Behrens); Sierra Nevada, Cal. (Edwards). 



Tetracis coloradaria Packard. Plate 12, fig. 47. 



Ennomos coloradaria Grote!!!, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., viii, pi. lti, fig. 11, 9 , 1867. 



1 $ and 1 9.— In the male, the fore wings are long and but slightly 

 benl on the outer edge, while the hind wings are also only moderately 

 angular; while in the female both wings have a large, prominent, median 

 angle. Male antenna' with long pectinations, subplumose. Front of head 

 smooth, not pilose. Palpi large and long, pointed, extending well in front 

 of the head. Body and wings pale yellow. Fore wings with two unusually 

 broad black bands (rather than lines), the inner curved outward and rather 

 flexuous, the outer oblique, Hexuous, and bent on the costa; it is edged 

 internally with deeper black scales, the inner line edged externally in a 

 similar way. Hind wings with a single, very Hexuous, extradiscal line. 

 Discal dots on both wings, which are sprinkled over with dark speckles. 

 Beneath, the wings are concolorous with the upper side, and the bands on the 

 fore wings faintly re-appear, while the single line on the hind wings is nearly 

 as well marked as on the upper side. 



