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with primaries above ; legs of the color of the under surface of primaries. 



Expanse 30 m. m. Violet label, Mr. G. W. Belfrage, Bosque Co., 

 Texas. 



Lithophane Oregoneusis. n. s. 



Allied to Georgii, but paler gray, with the orbicular slightly extended 

 below median vein, in which respect it resembles laticinerea. Whitish 

 gray ; a fine basal black line. The geminate, acutely dentate median 

 lines apparent on costa. Reniform with red central shade, black ringed, 

 incomplete ; cruciform black marks before the subterminal line apparent. 

 Median shade noticeable on costa. Head and thorax whitish gray ; 

 black lines on the outside of the tegulae. Hind wings fuscous, with 

 lunule. Body fuscous, with a red tinge. Thorax and legs gray beneath. 

 Front and collar with a black line. Beneath light fuscous, with a light 

 red stain and very distinct lunule on hind wings. 



Expanse 45 m. m. Oregon, No. 5600, Coll. Mr. Hy. Edwards. 



Lithophane carbonaria, n. s. 



°_ . A species with naked eyes, flattened abdomen and with untufted 

 thorax, with the sides angulated, but very different in color from any 

 known species, looking distantly like Macronoctua onusta. Primaries dull 

 black shading into brownish toward internal margin. Lines geminate, 

 apparent as darker shades. Orbicular spherical, concolorous ; reniform 

 medially constricted, showing some powdery pale scales lining the annulus 

 and centrally. Subterminal line preceded by. black dots superiorly, pale ; 

 fringes brownish. Hind wings smoky fuscous ; beneath paler, irrorate, 

 with discal lunule. Fore wings beneath showing costal white dots. Head, 

 thorax and legs blackish. 



Expanse 36 m. m. No. 4417, Mr. Edwards' Coll.; California. 



Thalpochares elegantula, n. s. 



White. Primaries slightly yellowish, with a median brown line edging 

 inwardly a brown fascia with a purple shade, and which encloses the 

 round black edged reniform mark. Traces of the t. p. line beyond this 

 may be made out. Apices and fringe touched with brown. Hind wings 

 and body white ; beneath the fore wings are smoky. 



Expanse 18 m. m. No. 2579, Nevada, Mr. Hy. Edwards' Coll. 



