SMITH, NEW NOCTUID^ 93 



divergent, hairy vestiture. Palpi very short, straight, extending scarcely beyond 

 the frontal margin; second joint with long hair below; third joint as long as second; 

 cylindrical, truncate. Tongue functional, well developed. Antennae of male thick- 

 ened, the joints marked by impressed rings, without vestiture of any kind. Thorax 

 quadrate, rather small; collar round, not produced; patagia well defined; vestiture 

 coarse hair, not forming obvious tufts. Legs rather short; tibiae clothed with dense, 

 long, coarse hair, not armed or spinulated Abdomen with long tufts of fine hair 

 laterally at base, and with small, indefinite dorsal tuftings. Primaries trigonate; 

 costa arched; apex marked; outer margin arquate, decidedly oblique; hind angle 

 obtusely rounded: veins 7 to 10 out of the end of the elongate accessory cell; 7 and 

 10 from the lower and upper angle respectively; 8 and 9 on a stalk from the middle, 

 between the two. Secondaries with vein 5 as strong as the others, out of the cross- 

 vein not far removed from 4. 



This is a genus related to Raphia, with similar wing and body structure; 

 differing in the antennee, character of vestiture, and absence of the charac- 

 teristic tuftings. Only males are at hand, unfortunately, and the above 

 characterization is drawn from that sex alone. 



Meleneta antennata nov 



sp. 



Deep bluish gray, the markings black or blackish. Head with vertex black; 

 collar black-tipped; edges of patagia and dorsum black-edged. Antennse deep 

 chrome-yellow. Primaries with the normal marking well defined. Basal line black, 

 geminate, included space gray, and with a gray patch just outside. T.a. line gemi- 

 nate, outer portion most obvious, almost upright, accompanied by a paler gray 

 shade. T.p. line less definitely marked, geminate, the inner portion reduced to 

 scattered black scales, the outer portion more continuous, but diffuse and irregularly 

 defined, with an even outcurve over the cell and almost straight below. Median 

 shade blackish, diffuse, darkening the space between the ordinary spots. S.t. line 

 very irregular, pale, preceded by a black shading, which is best marked on the costa 

 and below vein 2. There is a narrow, black terminal line, and the fringes are con- 

 colorous. There is no obvious claviform, but there is a little jog in the t.a. line 

 where it should be, and beyond is a rusty brown patch that extends to the median 

 shade. Orbicular small, round, with a distinct black ring and an equally distinct 

 black central dot. Reniform rather large, oblique, narrow, centrally a little con- 

 stricted, narrowly black-ringed, gray with a white central line. Secondaries white, 

 with a blackish terminal line which extends from the apex halfway to the inner 

 angle. Beneath, primaries blackish, costal and outer margin with white powder- 

 ings; secondaries white, costal margin with black powderings, a blackish terminal 

 line from apex halfwaj' to the inner angle. 



Expands 1.25-1.40 in. = 31-35 mm. 



Hahilat: Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, VII, 30; Palmerly, Cochise 

 County, Arizona, VIII. 



Two males, in good condition; one of them a purchased specimen, the 

 collector unknown; the other from the collection of the Brooklyn Institute, 



