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insects which he had observed thus captured were Dipterous, all of whom 

 had been caught by the mouth ; some were found dead, others still living, 

 but unable to withdraw their proboscis. 



(To be Continued.) 



NEW NOCTUIDS. 



BY A. R. GROTE, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Tamila velaris, n. s. 



Thorax clothed with mixed scales and hairs. Middle and hind tibise 

 armed. Fore tibise with a row of spines on each side, four in number, 

 increasing in size to the end of the joint. Front full, thickly clothed 

 with mossy scales. White ; with ochre shading. Fore wings with a wide 

 arcuate sub-basal ochre band; a more diffuse band of similar shape crosses 

 the middle of the wing ; beyond this the reniform spot, ferruginous, in- 

 complete, with a prominent outer dot. Posterior line diffuse, interrupted. 

 Subterminal space narrow, shaded with ochrey. Terminal space showing 

 a white triangle before apices and again white below vein 4 ; an ochre 

 stain from apices to vein 4. Hind wings stained with yellowish. Beneath 

 yellowish dusky with a subterminal, shaded dusky fascia on primaries. 

 Expanse 23 mil. Hab. " Caliente, California," Hy. Edwards, Esq., No. 



7,i73- 



This species resembles nundina rather than Meadii. A single speci- 

 men, possibly faded. 



Tamila vanella, n. s. 



$. Thorax clothed with mingled scales and hair. Tibise armed; 

 eyes naked. A small dark species recalling tertia in the ornamentation 

 of primaries. Primaries dark blackish brown with the median space 

 ochrey whitish. Orbicular absent ; reniform large, brownish ; below it 

 descends the dusky median shade near to the outer line. Costa on median 

 space brown. Inner line white, lined within by black, narrow, upright, 

 twice indented, forming three scallops. Subterminal line a series of pale, 

 black ringed dots. Fringes blackish, interrupted with brown. Hind 

 wings black with a sub-basal white fascia spreading on costa ; beyond, a 

 discal white dot ; fringes whitish. Beneath distinctly marked, shaded 

 with reddish on costal regions ; median fields white, with large black. 



