1893-] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3 



Hadena arctica, Erastria muscosula, 

 " ligni color, " cameo/a, 



" modica, Homoptera calycanthata, 



Tricholita signata, Homopyralis tactus, 



Hydrcecia nictitans, Pangrapta decora/is, 



" velata, Pseudaglossa lubricates, 



Leucania unipuncta, Megachyta lituraiis, 



Scolecocampa liburna, Zanclognatha sp. 



Nolophana Dial ana. Renia brevirostralis, 



Cucullia convexipemiis, Bomolocha bijugalis, 

 Plus'ia simplex:, scabra, 



" precationis, Epizeuxis laurentii. 

 Alariaflorida, 



Epizeuxis laurentii n. sp. Ground color very dark smoky-brown, al- 

 most blackish, vestiture dulled, not glossy or shining. Head and thorax 

 immaculate, abdomen slightly paler, the segments narrowly edged with 

 very pale luteous. Primaries with the blackish ground intermixed with 

 luteous scales, which color also emphasizes the maculation; basal half 

 line narrow, even, luteous; t. a. line geminate, upright, irregularly angu- 

 lated and dentate; outline broad, distinct, blackish, inner line narrow and 

 scarcely defined; included space pale luteous, prominent; t. p. line gemi- 

 nate, strongly and irregularly dentate, almost upright, only slightly out- 

 curved; the inner defining line is broad, distinct, blackish, outer line nar- 

 row and scarcely marked, included space distinct, pale luteous; s. t. line 

 pale luteous, prominent, irregularly angulated and dentate; a black ter- 

 minal line, interrupted on the veins. Fringes concolorous, cut with nar- 

 row, pale luteous streaks beyond the veins, each streak starting from a 

 larger dot at the base of the fringes; a broad, somewhat diffuse, upright, 

 blackish median shade; orbicular small, punctiform, pale luteous; reniform 

 narrow, upright, or kidney-shaped, pale luteous, centred with ground 

 color; secondaries paler than the primaries, the ground apparently very 

 pale luteous, dusted with blackish scales; three pale lines cross the wing, 

 the first is within the middle and is broad, diffuse and little marked; the 

 second is better defined, narrow, and dentate; the third is near the outer 

 margin, is very distinct, and is strongly dentate; a black terminal line, 

 interrupted on the veins. Fringes of the pale ground of the secondaries. 

 Beneath, the maculation is almost a reversal of the markings of the upper- 

 side, but altogether more pale and less contrasting; a distinct black lunule 

 on secondaries. Expands 24 25.5 mm.; .96 1.02 inches. 

 Habitat. Mitchell County, North Carolina, in July. 

 One male and one female from Dr. Skinner, who has other 

 specimens from the same locality. The new species is allied to 

 cemula rather than americalis, the maculation being much the 

 same, but the almost black ground of the new species is unlike 

 even the darkest shadings of the gray in tcmula, and differences 



