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of above show Ihrougli faintly. This species looks very much like 

 Caii/orjiiata, and is confused with it in collections. It can be known by 

 the short palpi and peculiar subdentate antennae of male, a feature which 

 is very striking, but does not occur in female. It also has the tendency 

 for third and fourth bands of fore wings to connect by black veins at 

 vein 3 and 2. It appears earlier than Californiata I shall show its 

 position in my revision to follow. 



Type, cJ , April 22, 1909, Victoria, B. C, in Swett coll. Type, 9 > 

 April 22, 1909, Victoria, B. C, in Croker coll. 



Co-types, 5 ^ 's, April 19-May 3, 1909, Victoria, B. C, all in Mr. 

 Croker's collection, through whose kindness I received them for study. 



Hydriomena nubilofasciata Pack. 



(a) rapiata, nov. var. 



Expands 31 mm. Palpi short, with thorax brown, tufted with green. 

 Fore wings marked same as type, and bands have same direction, but 

 instead of the yellow with reddish shading in mesial space, as in jiubilc- 

 fasciata^ the ground colour is light grass-green between the bands, which 

 are brown. The hind wings are brown, with two smoky marginal 

 bands. Beneath light brown, with bands showing through, between 

 bands on costa of a yellow-ochre colour. The green ground colouring 

 will separate this variety from any of the others ; at a glance it is closer 

 to scalata Warren, Nov. Zool., XI, p. 53, 1904, than any other, but lacks 

 the pink or red of that variety. 



lype, $, January, 1S78, Sanzalito, Calif. In the University 

 Museum collection at Cambridge, Mass. I will point out its place in my 

 revision to follow. 



Hydriomena nubilofasciata Pack. 



(d) cumtiiata, nov. var. 



Expands 26-28 mm. Palpi short and dark, thorax and abdomen brown. 

 Fore wings dark smoky-brown, with the bands just visible ; in one speci- 

 men, Feb. 6, 1874, shaded slightly with red. The fore wings are nearly 

 unicolorous, brown being the general colour ; the hind wings are lighter, 

 with the characteristic two smoky bands. Beneath of a brown colour, the 

 lines showing through at costa only. 



Type, S, Feb. 6, 1874, Sanzalito, Cal. In the University Museum. 

 Type, 9, Feb. 10, 1874, Sanzalito, Cal. Coll. at Cambridge, Mass. 



This variety may be recognized by the unicolorous brown wings, and 

 the lack of any of the yellow markings of the type. 



