C|e ffariabiaii Entomologist. 



VOL. XXL LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1889. No. 9. 



SOME TEXAS, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA MOTHS. 



BY G. H. FRENCH, CARBONDALE, ILL. 



Ameria Texatia, nov. sp. 



Expanse .80 inch. Of the size and shape of A. Uiiicolai- ; the hind 

 wings more rounded at anal angle, in that respect more like Euphanessa 

 Mendica ; body slender, antennae pectinate; palpi slender, short, pro- 

 jecting beyond the front less than in A. Unicolor. Color uniform gray 

 drab, the wings diaphanous, antenn;e concolorous except the inside of 

 pectinations at base where they are black, sides of head, back of eyes and 

 a little at base of fore wings and abdomen slightly ochraceous. 



Described from a single ^ specimen from Hockley, Texas, from my 

 friend Leopold Hartniann ; his number 187. 



Fhisia Arizona, nov. sp. 



Expanse 1.50 inches Fore wings rich, shining, metallic golden, much like 

 greater part of the wing of P. Howardi. It is marked with rich purple brown 

 in three patches; the first basal triangular, small, reaching from the costa at 

 the base to the posterior margin about one-fourth the distance from body to 

 posterior angle ; the second costal, quadrate, extending to median vein, 

 one-fourth from base ; the third costal, subquadrate, at the end of cell, 

 partly within and partly beyond, spreading out towards apex : all three 

 connected by a narrow costal margin of the purple brown. Fringe purple 

 brown, cut with paler. Hind wings whitish, fringe the same, a dark hair 

 line at base of fringe. Thorax pale as though purple brown washed with 

 ochraceous, the ends of tufts darker ; the outer patch on fore wings 

 washed with ochraceous in its outer part. 



Described from one ^ from Arizona. This and another specimen 

 were collected by H. K. Morrison in Arizona a number of years ago, and 

 have been in my cabinet ever since. The other specimen may have been 

 destroyed, as I do not find it now. This differs from Howardi chiefly in 

 having one more purple brown spot. The basal spot or patch is broadest 

 posteriorly, coming to a point on the costa. 



Plusia Lenzii, Behrens, MS. 



Expanse 1.60 inches. This species is related to P. Scapular is Hy. 



