114 BULLETIN 38, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.. 



Feltia pectinicornis sp uov. 



This species is intermediate in appearance between subgothica and 

 jaculifera. In details of niaculatiou it is very Uke jaciilifcra, while the 

 color is more like subgothica ; from both the anteunal strnctnre separates 

 it. On an average it is smaller than either of its allies. It lacks the 

 dentations on veins 3 and 4 which characterize subgothica, bnt has the 

 paler, strigate costal region, and the black markings in the interspaces 

 between veins 2 and 3, 3 and 4, and 4 and 5, extending from the median 

 vein to the t. p. line. The claviform is short, as iu jaculifera. 



Thus far I have seen the species from Texas only. 



Feltia evanidalis Grt. 



1H78. Grt., Ball. Geol. Surv. iv, 17^, Agrotis. 



"Allied to'subgothica, a little stouter than that species, paler colored, 

 and the antennae are more strongly bristled. Thorax and abdomen 

 soiled pale ochery. Fore wings colored like subgothica, the claviform 

 shorter, surmounted by a broad, pale stripe, which extends to internal 

 angle; reniform more rounded, stained with light yellow; subcostal, 

 median, and submedian veins striped with white at base. Orbicular 

 whitish, triangulate, absorbed superiorly, subterminal space and ter- 

 minal much as in subgothica. Hind wings whitish, with broad diti'use 

 borders. Beneath pale, with discal points; those on primaries pale 

 ringed. Size of sw%of/iic«, or a little larger. California." 



Seems a good species but is entirely unknown to me. It may be the 

 Californian representative of the other species of this group, though iu 

 all the Californian material in the Museum and which I have lately 

 received from Messrs. Edwards and Neumoegen there is nothing to cor- 

 respond with it, though subgothica is represented in all sendings. 



Group VENERABILIS. 



All the tibiae spinose ; anterior pair slightly abbreviated, flattened, 

 the terminal armature heavy and claw-like. Front broad, full, pitted 

 or slightly tuberculate, differing in the species, and even in the sjieci- 

 meus of the same species, never smooth. The auteunie of the S are 

 pectinate or evidentl}'^ serrate and bristled. The harpes of the $ are 

 moderate in length, rather broad, oblique at tip, the angles rounded. 

 The clasper in the majority of species is rather short, stout, and not 

 greatly curved. Stigmosa has it somewhat longer, but of the same 

 general shape, while annexa and malejida agree iu this respect precisely 

 with the subgothica group. The body is stout, robust, the vestiture 

 tliick and long, hairy. The thorax is quadrate, convex, and in well- 

 preserved specimens a distinct though not prominent longitudinal crest 

 is evident. Except in the comparatively narrower and shorter wings 

 no decided structural character seems to separate this group from sub- 



