194 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Selidosema lachrymosa, n. sp. 



Expands 30 mm. Palpi black, tipped with ochreous ; front black ; 

 thorax blackish fuscous ; abdomen blackish fuscous. All wings nearly- 

 uniform blackish fuscous, fore wnigs rather narrow, apex acute, outer 

 margin rounded, inner margin long ; inner line well out, rounded, a 

 sinus at cell opposite discal spot, and a less one at vein 2 ; outer line 

 beginning on costa near apex, strongly sinuous, the largest sinus out- 

 wardly at vein 3, and a short, almost angular one close to inner margin, 

 whose middle the line reaches, or a little beyond it ; the lines are fine, 

 black, the outer faintly edged outwardly with gray ; a faint whitish, sub- 

 wavy, submarginal line nearly parallel with outer margin ; discal spot 

 rather large, oval, white. Hind wings triangular, both angles prominent 

 and sharp, outer margin irregularly wavy ; a faint discal shadow line ; an 

 outer fine, black, somewhat undulating line ; discal spot distinct, white ; 

 marginal lines on all wings fine, black, broken. Beneath almost even 

 blackish fuscous, smoother than above. 



Los Angeles Co., Cal. ; taken in July. 

 Cleqra subaustralis, n. sp. 



Expands 42 mm. Palpi moderate, ascending, fuscous brown, black 

 in front and at end ; front dark smoky fuscous; summit fuscous brown; 

 thorax dark fuscous, with a bluish tinge, behind lighter ; abdomen ochre 

 fuscous, stained and dotted dorsally with blackish, incompletely inter- 

 lining the segments. Wings light brownish ochre, heavily and quite 

 evenly overlaid vvith blackish patches and striations, giving a generally 

 mottled appearance, enough separated basally and outwardly to give 

 faint indications of rounded sinuate lines of ground colour; a lighter spot 

 outwardly at vein 3 ; a large, lengthened, black discal spot, and a 

 marginal line of rather heavy intervenular black points. Hind wings 

 corresponding to fore wings, a lighter spot at vein 3, a faint zigzag lighter 

 outer line, a lengthened black discal spot, and a line of black intervenular 

 lunules. Beneath even light ochre brown ; fore wings darkened basally 

 along costa, and outwardly below apex ; discal spots on all wings, long, 

 black ; some faint blackish strice scattered on fore wings. 



Cocoanut Grove, Florida. National Museum collection. The 

 generic reference is provisional. Type No. 3960. 

 Cleora pedicellata, n. sp. 



Expands 43 mm. Palpi rather long, porrect, rather slender, ochre, 

 heavily marked vvith black, last segment black; front tufted, ochre 



