282 TIIK CANADIAN EN"roMi)L<MiIHT. 



Ilyiiriomena tiubiio/asciata Tack. 



(c) cupidata, nov. var. 



Expands 30 mm. I'alpi short. Thorax reddish-brown, with reddisli 

 tufts. Fore wings marked as in type, except tijat the ground colour between 

 the smoky bands is entirely reddish. Hind wings reddibh-brown, with two 

 smoky bands. Beneath, tlie lines from above show through ; between 

 them the ground colour is yellow, with a red tinge. This is close to var. 

 icalatd Warren, of which there is a specimen from California in Packard'.s 

 collection. Keb. 6, 1S74, only it lacks the green and has greenish black 

 bands. This variety can be known by the red ground colour. 



Type, $ , California. In University .Museum coll., at Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



Hydriomena nubilofiuciata Pack. 



(e) vulnerata, nov. var. 



Expands 52 mm. Palpi short and dark. I'ore wings marked as in 

 type, only mesial band is shaded with red on either side of first and third 

 band. Mesial space clear white ; beyond the exi.-adiscal line the wing is 

 red to outer band, which is smoky. Hind wings slightly reddish, 

 with two smoky bands. Beneath light brown, lines above showing through. 



This is a very beautiful variety, and closely resembles y//JtV-////</(i/</ of 

 Don. It bears the same relative position to nubilofasciata that fusco- 

 undatii bears to II. /urea t a (sordidaia Fab.). It can be told at a glance 

 by the reddish border and white mesial S|)ace, and has the smoky marginal 

 band of the typical nubilofasciata. 



'^')'P^» c5 ' '''•■^- ^> '874, California (No. 115, Packard). In the 

 University Museum collection at Cambridge, Mass. 



Hydriomena furcata Thiinb. 



(d) reseda, nov. var. 

 Expands 33 mm. Palpi short. Fore wings have same markings as 

 type, only the ground colour is red, with black specklings, and the char- 

 acteristic while dot between costa and inner margin of the /areata group 

 appears in a white spot with slight tail. This is not always found in 

 /urcata, but usually occurs, and does, so far as I have seen, in only the 

 most closely allied species, rejhita Croie. The markings on hind wings 

 are slightly more pronounced than in var. quinquf/aseiala Pack., and the 

 ground colour is reddish-brown. In one specimen of Mr. Broadwell's the 

 wings are almost suffused with red, so as to make the bands indistinct, but 

 in Mr. Marloff's they are not so heavily irrorated. This variety is close 



