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1832. Argus pseudoptilctcs Boisduval & Lecontc. Hist. Gen. 

 Lep. Am. Sept., p. 114, Plate 35, ff. 5 to 7, 1833. Lycacna astcni- 

 das (Bdv. MS.) Lucas in Sagra. Insectes. p. 613. 1857. 



cyna Edwards. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ix, p. 3. 1881. 



This species should not be included in the genus. The pattern 

 is different and the genitalia are so completely different that I 

 think it should be excluded from Hcmiargns. 



Some new California Geometridae (Lepid.). 

 By W. S. WRIGHT, San Diego, California. 



Laurentia switzeraria n. sp. 



Expanse 31 to 33 mm. General color dark smoky brown. Basal 

 line about one-fifth out, nearly straight from costa to median 

 vein, then a strong outward scallop to anal vein, thence straight 

 to inner margin. Beyond is a broad light-colored band sprin- 

 kled with brown scales. The very broad mesial band is wider on 

 the costa than on the inner margin, the center being the palest part. 

 The inner edge is perpendicular to the inner margin of the wing; a 

 strong outcurve occurs between vein one and the median. The outer 

 line is scalloped throughout its entire course; a blunt tooth occurs on 

 the subcostal ; a rather prominent tooth on vein six, another between 

 three and four, and a strong incurve to another small tooth just above 

 vein one. From the tooth on vein six a wavy black line runs obliquely 

 to the apex. The whole wing surface is covered with subparallel 

 brown lines. These lines are most noticeable in the subterminal space 

 where they are marked on the veins by dark brown scales. 



Secondaries even smoky above with faint indications of cross lines 

 at the anal angle. A faint line shows through from the under side 

 near the middle of the wing. 



Beneath, the primaries are smoky with whitish along the costa and 

 indications of cross lines along the outer third, apex and margin. Sec- 

 ondaries somewhat lighter, heavily sprinkled with brown scales. There 

 i? a narrow whitish band just beyond the middle of the wing outlined 

 on the inner edge by a row of brown dots on the veins. There are in- 

 dications of faint brown lines beyond to the margin. Discal dots on 

 both wings. 



Tv/>*, one male, March 17, 1912, San Diego, California. 

 Paralyses, eight males, February to March, 1912, San Diego; 

 one male, March 12, 1912, San Diego, with L. W. Swett, two 

 males with Geo. H. Field, San Diego, and two males in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York. 



