THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SOME NEW ADDITIONS TO THE GENUS CLISIQCAMPA, 



CURT 



BY B. NEUMOEGEN. NEW YORK. 



C. Mus, nov. spec. 



$ . Head, palpi and thorax whitish gray. Antennae brown, with 

 whitish stems. Abdomen gray, intermixed with black hair. Primaries 

 dark gray, with veins indicated more or less by white. A broad blackish 

 transverse band between two whitish lines, which are slightly toothed at 

 intersections of veins. Basal space whitish, with black tings along costa. 

 Fringes gray, with brown accentuations at terminus of subcostal and 

 median veins. Secondaries dark chestnut-brown, fading into whitish 

 tinges along anal margin and in basal space. A faint, whitish mesian line. 

 Fringes gray and brown alternating. 



Below. Primaries dark brown, dusted with gray in submarginal space 

 and along costa. The outer transverse line well marked. Secondaries 

 whitish gray. The mesian line well curved and prominent. Legs brown- 

 ish-gray. In some specimens there is a shading from gray into light brown, 

 and the white veins are less prominent on upper surface of primaries. 



$ . Antennae, head and thorax whitish gray. In some specimens 

 exceptionally blackish-brown. Abdomen whitish gray. Primaries dark 

 gray. A broad, blackish transverse band enclosed in white transverse 

 lines, slightly toothed at veins. The latter appear as white horizontal 

 lines, in crossing this band. Basal space whitish. Fringes as in £. 

 Secondaries of chestnut colour, fading in basal space, with black dashes, 

 especially along costa. Fringes alternately brown and gray. 



Below. Primaries and secondaries light chestnut-brown, slightly 



dusted with gray granules. Basal spaces of whitish tinge. The outer 



transverse line of primaries indicated in dark brown. Legs and abdomen 

 yellowish-gray, dusted with black. 



Types, £ <$ and ? $ . Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



Expanse of wings : g 24-25. mm.; $ 36-37. mm. 



Length of body : $ 8. mm.; $ 10. mm. 



Habitat : Southwest Utah (about 30 specimens) and Arizona, (Pres- 

 cott, one specimen.) Easily recognizable by its gray primaries with dark 

 band, traversed by white veins. 



C. Mus. var. discolorata. 



$ . Antennae, head and collar dark brown. Thorax and abdomen 

 brownish-gray. Wings light brown. The two transverse lines of pri- 

 maries dark brown, with an outer tinge of yellowish. . • 



Below. Primaries light brown. The outer transverse line well marked 



