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a black blotch, coloring also the fringes. Thorax stouter, paler than 

 in S. graphica, with two dark tergal lines; abdomen testaceous brown; 

 under surface of body clothed with whitish hairs much as in S. gra- 

 phica. Under surface of wings pale reddish ; anterior pair paler, with 

 a very oblique blackish incomplete median band, as also a sub-terminal 

 one broadest at costa, shortly discontinued ; posterior pair with a black 

 discal lunula and interrupted sub-terminal band. $ . Exp. 1.40 inch. 



Habitat. — Colorado Territory, Mr. James Ridings. (Coll. Ent. Soc. 

 Phil.) 



1 dedicate this species to my friend Theodore Howland, Esq., of Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., as the sense of my appreciation of his 'abors in behalf of the 

 Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sciences. 



AMPHIDASYS Treitschke. 

 AmpMdasys cupidaria, nov. sp. (Plate 6, fig. 8. % .) 



Anterior wings dull brownish, with yellowish white blotches along 

 the costa, at apex and base. Median shade line distinct, angulated at 

 the disc, thence straightly oblique to internal margin. Transverse pos- 

 terior line black, irregular, bordered outwardly with whitish, originating 

 at the costa from a large diffuse yellowish white blotch ; sub-terminal 

 space marked with whitish. Posterior wings resembling anterior, the 

 median black line is bordered externally with whitish. Thorax and 

 vertex yellowish white ; abdomen brown, crested, marked with whitish ; 

 head and thorax underneath dull brownish; legs dull brownish, marked 

 with white. Under .surfxce of wings evenly testaceous yellowish, mark- 

 ings brownish ; both surfaces are sparsely covered with indistinct irro- 

 rations. Exp. 1.80 inch. 



Habitat. — Middle States, Mr. J. Meyer, Brooklyn, L. I. 



This is perhaps a variable species. I have a % specimen before me, 

 for which, as well as for the type before me, I am indebted to the kind 

 offices of Mr. S. Calverley, which is almost entirely dull brownish, with 

 merely three costal spots on the anterior wings, one apical, a second 

 bordering externally the origin of the t. p. line and one bordering the 

 t. a. line at the costa, which latter line is not perceivable in the speci- 

 men I have just described, and is discontinued in the present individual 

 shortly below the costa. The abdomen and thorax are entirely brown 

 except a few whitish hairs on the collar. If this is a variety of A. cu- 

 pidaria, it will eventuate that the species will be found exposed to great 



