THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 133 



SOME NEW MOTHS. 



BY G. H. FRENCH, CARBONDALE, ILL. 



Crocota Rosa, nov. spec. 



Expanse .80 of an inch. 



Upper surface of fore wings, thorax, collar, upper and front of head 

 and terminal joint of palpi pale yellow-brown or fawn color, the only trace 

 of a discal dot is a little duskiness at the end of the cell. Hind wings 

 red, pale, a little dusky, somewhat rosy tinted. Abdomen concolorous 

 with the hind wings ; fringes concolorous with the wings. 



Beneath, hind wings concolorous with the upper surface ; fore wings 

 more red, uniformly so except that the costa is ochre ; legs dusky ; abdo- 

 domen as above, without marks of any kind ; under side of palpi yellow- 

 ish red ; eyes black. 



One example from Texas and one from Ohio. 



This species is close to Rubicundaria but lacks the black terminal 

 border to the hind wings and the black marks on the abdomen. Besides 

 this the fore wings are a little narrower. 



Hemaris Brucei, nov. spec. 



Expanse 1.55 inches. 



Top of head, thorax and basal two joints of abdomen, olive, not very 

 dark, the shoulder tufts yellowish, only a little lighter than the adjacent 

 parts ; the third joint black, with the lateral hairs bright pale yellow, the 

 lateral tufts of one and two the same color, and a faint line of the same 

 on the posterior margin of these joints for a short distance above the tufts ; 

 joints 4, 5 and 6 bright pale yellow, the last one slightly rusty, the lateral 

 tufts the same ; the terminal joint with its tufts, both lateral and central, 

 jet black. Palpi beneath very pale yellow, almost white, above blackish, 

 only a few black hairs laterally ; eyes with a circle of white hairs ; body 

 beneath black but sparsely covered with yellow hairs, except the terminal 

 joint where the hairs are black. Wings as in the Senta group, the terminal 

 and costal borders dark brown, narrow, somewhat dentate on the inner 

 edge, the most so near posterior angle ; the outer two-thirds of the basal 

 patch dark red, a small red apical patch that does not reach the apex, a 

 few olive hairs at the base. Hind wings with the margins dark brown, 

 the inner one sparsely overlaid with olive, a red anal patch. Under side 

 of fore wings with the borders about the same shade as above, the basal 

 portion overlaid with pale yellow, the same scattered well over the costa, 



