OF W ASHING TON. 105 



Amiana niama, n. sp. 



Deep grayish brown ; fore wings relieved by an ocherous reddish shade 

 in basal space and before anal angle, the latter sometimes forming a dis 

 tinct but diffuse spot. Basal and t.-a. lines black, single, waved ; a black 

 median shade line : t.-p. line whitish, black edged, waved, excurved gently 

 over re ni form and inward on submedian fold; subterminal line a black 

 shade, limited by whitish without, produced at veins i, 3, 4. and 6; a row 

 of terminal' black dashes ; claviform an ocherous. point; orbicular black 

 ringed, pale filled, small ; reniform distinct, constricted, white and black 

 ringed, concolorously filled; costa with white dots subapically. Fringe 

 and hind wings blackish-brown. Below dark, the hind wings with three 

 faintly darker lines. Expanse 24-25 mm. 



Eight specimens, Huachuca Mountains and Nogales, Arizona 

 (E. J. Oslar). 



Type. No. 7834, U. S. National Museum. 



Bomolocha chicagonis, n. sp. 



Brownish gray; t.-a. line obsolete, the wing obscured with dark brown 

 up to the straight, slightly curving, oblique t.-p. line. Beyond lighter, 

 lightest just next the t.-p. line; subterminal line subpunctiform, whitish, 

 defined by a dark shade within. Ordinary spots wanting. Hind wing 

 pale, grayish shaded. Expanse 28 mm. 



One 9, Chicago, 111. (A. Kwiat). 



Type. No. 7835, U. S. National Museum. 



Near umbralis Smith, but lighter, the t.-p. line more oblique, 

 subterminal more remote from the edge and fused with its ac 

 companying shade, no black dots on the ordinary spots. 



A second specimen from Turtle Mountains, N. Dak. (A. H. 

 Verrill), is the same but much paler, being pallid whitish ochra- 

 ceous. I call it variety perpallida. 



Type. No. 7836, U. S. National Museum. 



Family GEOMETRID^E. 



Sciagraphia gilletteata, n. sp. 



Warm reddish gray; t.-a. and t.-p. lines broad, thick, upright from the 

 internal margin, not reaching costa, light orange brown with pale edges. 

 Di&cal dot dark; terminal space shaded in dark brown, darkest next the 

 t.-p. line and separated therefrom by a black line. Hind wing with a faint 

 discal dot and trace of an orange band above anal angle. Below washed 

 with vermilion on costa and veins. Expanse 27 mm. 



One JS Colorado (C. P. Gillette). 

 Type. No. 7776, U. S. National Museum. 



Resembles continuata Walk., and snoviata Pack., but the two 

 thick, upright bands are orange brown, not black. 



