162 (iEORGE D. HULST. 



Nepliopteryx pergratialis'^^j;. hov. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi, head and 

 anteunse dark brown ; thorax brown, with a maroon shading. Abdomen fuscous ; 

 fore wings cinereous over anterior portion, becoming reddish fuscous on posterior 

 portion ; tbe inner line indistinct, but its outer shading of black prominent : 

 outer line near margin, finely dentate, edged on both sides with black, especially 

 to be noticed near apex ; a subterminal cinereous dentate line and a marginal 

 row of black spots; fringe fuscous, scales white at ends; hind wings dark fus- 

 cous; beneath, fore wings dark fuscous, hind wrings fuscous. 



One S , Florida. Near to the preceding species. 



Nephopteryx tiiicanalis' sp. nor. — Expands 25 mm. Pal]ii, head and 

 thorax cinereous ; the collar white, and thorax white laterally. Abdomen cine- 

 reous ; anteriorly, annulated on *the white ; dark fuscous posteriorly, annulated 

 with light fuscous ; fore wings cinereous, costa at base white, the first band broad, 

 black, con.stricted at costa and inner margin ; two black spots well out on the 

 middle field, one behind the other, the posterior ante-median ; outer line white, 

 not reaching costa, nearly straight, with dark shadings ; outer space gray ; mar- 

 ginal line white ; hind wings fuscous outwardly, becoming translucent white at 

 base ; fringe white, fuscous at base. 



(Jne 9 , Colorado. 



PII^IPESTIS Grote. 



Pinipestis rasciolalis sp. vior.— Expands 29 mm. With very much the 

 aspect of N. htllntalin above, but with lines rather broad and decided, and curva- 

 tures in opposite direction ; both lines shaded on both sides with black ; a black- 

 ish cloud in median space ending in black discal spot; hind wings fuscous; 

 beneath, fuscous; the fore wings darker with white spot near apex, showing 

 beginning of outer line. 



One S one 9 , Nevada. 



PEI»IPEL.IA Hiibn. 



Peinpelia tariiiitalis sp. nor. — Expands 25 mm. Palpi and head black ; 

 collar white ; thorax black above, light fuscous laterally ; all the black portions 

 slightly peppered with light fuscous scales. Abdomen, first segment black above, 

 light fuscous on sides, next segment black, the rest dark fuscous with a reddish 

 shade ; fore wings reddish brown at base, reaching one-fourth the length of wing, 

 edged outwardly from costa to inner margin by a faint white line ; a median 

 dash of white on outer portion of base, very faint ; rest of wing dark fuscous, 

 slightly ochreous towards outer angle : merging with the white line limiting the 

 basal color outwardly in a more prominent cinereous line, sinuous, running ob- 

 liquely outward, inclosing between it and fir.st line a patch of deep fuscous; two 

 black spots on discal space, one anterior to the other ; outer line cinereous, sinu- 

 ous, dentate, faint anteriorly, obsolete posteriorly ; fringe fuscous, end of scales 

 white ; hind wings pellucid fuscous ; marginal line black ; beneath, even fus- 

 cous, hind wings lighter, fore wings with outer line reflected. 



One 9 , Colorado. 



