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to the marginal band ; from lixaria by smaller size and want of median 

 line, and by having the fringe not spotted with white. 



Drepanodes Fernaldi Grote, C. E., x., 17. 



I find that this is the same as Lozogramma atropunctata Pack., and 

 that I was wrong in referring the moth to Drepanodes. . 



Polia theodori. 



Apatela theodori Grote, Can. Ent., x., 237. 



This species is of large size and showily stained with pale red. It is 

 grayish white and in its ornamentation closely follows Polia aedon Grote 

 and P. epichysis. The three forms are related ; the subterminal line is 

 acutely dentate and very obvious, and there is a guttate mesial line on the 

 secondaries. Aedon is gray, theodori pale red over whitish, epichysis is 

 purplish and darker than the others. All three forms are Western and 

 may form a distinct group when both sexes can be thoroughly examined. 



Polia epichysis, n. s. 



In color and appearance the species copies Lithophane thaxteri. 

 Purple gray ; markings distinct. Reniform diffuse, reddish, vague. Orbi- 

 cular moderate, round, reddish, faintly-ringed. Anterior line outwardly 

 oblique, black, uneven, inflected on vein 1. Half-line marked. Median 

 shade marked on costa. Posterior line dentate, well removed outwardly. 

 Subterminal space paler. S. t. line acutely dentate, followed by blackish 

 shading. Secondaries pale ruddy fuscous. A mesial dotted line and 

 faint discal lunule repeated beneath, where there is a basal ray. Beneath 

 pale, with a ruddy tinge. Thorax purple gray. One fresh specimen, Mr. 

 Behrens, Shasta, Soda Springs. 



This species expands 48 mil. ; in ornamentation it closely resembles 

 theodori, while very different in color. 



Chytolita petrealis, n. s. 



<£ $ . This species has the same ornamentation as C. morbidalis, 

 but is darker colored and very much smaller. Dusky olivaceous. Sub- 

 terminal line guttiform, usually followed by pale points. Median lines a 

 little uneven. Reniform darker than the wing, more or less completely 

 filled in ; in one specimen, a variety, black and contrasting. A terminal 

 broken line. Fringes concolorous. Hind wings paler with an uneven 

 oblique exterior line more or less accentuated, followed by pale shading 



