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Thalpochares fractilinea nov. sp. 



Head, thorax and primaries pale, creamy yellowish, the latter washed and 

 shaded with luteous. Basal line wanting, or marked only by black dots on costa and 

 sub-costa. T.a. line a series of black dots which are sometimes connected by a 

 brownish line, in course a little inwardly oblique. T.p. line black, broken, squarely 

 exserted over the cell, followed by a more or less obvious pale shading. S.t. line 

 pale, very even, outwardly diffuse, preceded by a darker shading in which there 

 may be some black scales. A series of distinct black terminal lunules and a pale 

 line at base of fringes. A somewhat obscure median shade darkens the outer portion 

 of median space. Orbicular wanting. Reniform a small black, somewhat lunate 

 mark. A series of four pale costal spots from t.p. to s.t. line. Secondaries uni- 

 formly smoky. Beneath, primaries dusky, with the costal spots of upper surface 

 obscurely reproduced; secondaries paler, without obvious maculation. 



Expands .48 -.52 in. = 12-13 mm. 



Habitat: New Brighton, Pa., June 12, July 29, Aug. 3, 9, 12, 14, 26. 



Five males, one female, and two specimens in which the sex is indeter- 

 minable, owing to their defective condition; from Mr. H. D. Merrick. The 

 species is narrower-winged and has longer palpi than the other American 

 forms referred to this genus, and this may not be the best place for it. The 

 primaries lack the accessory cell in the two specimens examined, and this de- 

 termined the generic reference. 



. Homopyralis bigaUis nov. sp. 



Of the usual red-brown overlying a dull luteous, which becomes apparent when 

 the specimen is flown? Maculation black. More or less black powdering, which 

 usually darkens the basal space and may obscure the outer half of median space of 

 primaries. Head and thorax marked with black and purplish intermingled scales. 

 Primaries with t.a. line black, geminate, outcurved below median vein, inner part 

 of line not distinct from dusky basal space. T.p. line geminate, inner portion lunu- 

 late, more or less broken, rather squarely exserted over cell; outer portion incom- 

 plete, in part reduced to a series of pale venular dots. A pair of waved black shade 

 lines through the outer portion of median space, S.t. line pale, irregular, variably 

 defined, preceded by a quadrate blackish patch on costal area. A series of black 

 marginal followed by smaller, yellow terminal dots. Orbicular a small, round, soUd 

 black spot. Reniform a large, solid black quadrate or oblong spot. Secondaries 

 with the maculation of primaries continued across the disk, but as a whole nearer 

 to the base than on primaries. There is a tendency to a purplish shading through 

 the outer part of the wings. Beneath, smoky luteous; both wings with a curved 

 extra-median line, a crenulated terminal line, a more diffuse sub-basal line, and an 

 obscure discal lunule. 



Expands 1.15-1.40 in. = 29-35 mm. 



Habitat: Hot Springs, New Mexico, 7000 ft., September; Yavapai 

 County, Arizona, Aug. 8; Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, July 30; 

 Palmerly, Arizona, without date. 



