THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 345 



TWO NEW CROCOTAS FOUND IN WESTERN 

 PENNSYLVANIA. 



BY GEORGE A. EHRMANN, PITTSBURG, PENN. 



Crocota rubricosta, n. sp. — $ . Antennae and eyes black ; palpi and 

 prothorax reddish-brown ; head a little lighter than the prothorax ; thorax 

 dark brown, almost black ; abdomen dark brown, tipped anally with red. 

 Under side of abdomen and thorax, including the legs, light reddish- 

 brown. 



Primaries : Upper side obscured with dark velvety-brown, slightly 

 tinted, or dusted, with red on the costa. Secondaries : Dark brown, 

 almost black, with a large red elongate spot on the costa — hence the 

 name riibricosta. 



Under side of primaries light brown ; costa fiery red ; the inner 

 marginal area is also heavily dusted with red. Under side of secondaries 

 fiery red, shaded along the anal margin with dark brown ; the limbal 

 space has a brown angulated bar, beginning at the discal cell and 

 widening outwardly ; discal spot dark brown, almost black j fringes dark 

 brown. Exp., one inch and three-eighths. Hab. — Jeanette, Pa. 



Since drawing up the above description I have been so fortunate as 

 to secure a male in the same locality. The female was taken while 

 beating a Hawthorn for beetles, while the male was captured around an 

 electric light. The male corresponds with the description given of the 

 female in every respect, except that the shade of the ground colour is a 

 little lighter on both surfaces, and the discal spot is present on the 

 primaries as well as on the secondaries. The species bears more 

 resemblance to C. opella, Grote, than to any other North American 

 species that I am acquainted with, but the description that I have given 

 will show in what respects it differs. 



Crocota belmaria, n. sp. — ^ . The whole upper surface is obscured 

 with pale slaty-brown, almost of a greyish-mouse colour ; the under side is 

 much lighter, almost buff, including the legs. $ . The upper surface is a 

 little darker than in the ^ , and without any shading ; the under side is a 

 little lighter than the upper, but not as light as in the ^ ; the costa of the 

 primaries has a slight shading of red. Exp.— ^J , jy^ inch.; ? , i X inch. 

 Hab. — Pittsburg, Pa. 



I know of no North American species with which I can compare C. 

 belmaria; it is the most peculiar species of this genus that I have yet 

 met with. 



