>"ORTH AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 1H7 



Cranibns bonusculalis sp. mod.— Size of preceding. Palpi, head, collar 

 and shoulders white ; thorax and abdomen light ochre ; fore wings light ochre, 

 with veins fuscous shaded'; two golden ochreous cross lines, the first at outer 

 edge of cell, sinuous, the other subterminal, edged outwardly with fuscous ; mar- 

 ginal band of golden yellow ; a marginal row of black points ; fringe metallic, 

 black at base, iridescent outwardly, silvery near outer augle ; hind Mings white, 

 washed with gold outwardly ; beneath fuscous, yellowish outwardly on fore 

 wings; fringe dark fuscous, metallic along inner margin; hind wings white; 

 marginal line of hind wings yellowish. 



Two 9 9 , Massachusetts. Close to C. rurlcollellm Zell., and pei-- 

 haps a variation of that species. 



Crainbus gaiisapalis .5^. nov. — Expands 24 mm. Palpi ochreous, mouse 

 color at end. Head and thorax ochreous fuscous. Abdomen nearly mouse color; 

 fore wings light ochreous, cell marked with brown ; beyond all veins edged with 

 brown ; two brown lines, the first forming the outer edge of cell, strongly angu- 

 lated at end of cell, the second subterminal with a right angle at middle, edged 

 inwardly with yellow and outwardly with dull white ; outer space brown, whitish 

 ochreous along margin ; an ante-median marginal line with post-median black 

 spots ; outer edge falcate ; apex pointed ; fringe interlined, metallic on posterior 

 half of wing ; hind wings white, anterior margin yellow ; marginal fuscous line 

 at apex; beneath, fuscous, outer line faintly evident in row of dark points; outer 

 space whitish ; marginal line black ; hind wings as above. 



Two S S one 9 , Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Also 

 near to (J. ruricollellus Zell. 



Craiiibus comptulatali.^ sp. urw.— Expands 25 mm. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 lighter at liase ; thorax brown. Abdomen dark mouse color, annulated with 

 lighter shade ; fore wings very even ochreous brown, somewhat fuscous on outer 

 space, some intra-median black scales followed by a faint white dash ; orbicular 

 a ))lack dot preceded by a faint white dash, and succeeded by a small white spot ; 

 hind wings dark fuscous, with three or four indistinct median whitish spots, 

 indicating an outer line ; beneath, uniform fu.scous brown, with fore wings fus- 

 cous in median space. 



One 9 , Vancouvers Island. It is with much doubt I place this 

 insect in this genus. 



SCHOENOBIUS Dup. 



Schoeiiobiiis opalescalis sp. noo.— Expands 29 mm. Palpi dark fus- 

 cous, cinereous above ; head cinereous ; thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, 

 annulated with cinereous ; fore wings light gray, formed of several longitudinal 

 narrow bands of white and light fuscous, the scales of the two colors being much 

 mixed ; costa and a post-median line more decidedly fuscous; apex much rounded ; 

 fringe concolorous with wings ; hind wings light fuscous, somewhat opalescent ; 

 marginal line white ; beneath, fuscous on fore wings, whitish apically ; hind 

 wings as above. 



One % , Arizona. The wings outwardly are very different from 

 the other species of this genus, as they are very nuich rounded at 

 apex. 



