1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 4G7 



white secondaries. A little care will be requisite in determining this 

 species where the genitalia cannot be examined. 



M. variolata Smith, sp. uov. 



Primaries luteous, somewhat olivaceous, prominently maculate with 

 white. Basal space superiorly white halfway to t. a. line; crossed by 

 the dark geminate basal line ; thence black to t. a. line. Inferiorly it 

 is of ground color with a white patch on internal margin on t. a. line. 

 T. a. line geminate, upright, irregularly' lunate. T. p. line black, lunu- 

 late or crenuiate, obsoletely geminate, marked with white on cosra, and 

 uear hind margin ; its course about fjarallel with outer margin. S. t. line 

 white, irregular, interrupted with a feeble W on veins 3 and 4;- pre- 

 ceded by a series of irregular black spots. A row of bhujk terminal 

 luuules. Claviform faintly and incompletely outlined; concolorous. 

 Orbicular large, white, irregular ; immediately below is a large, irregu- 

 lar white blotch. Eeniform narrow, kmate, rather irregular; white, 

 centered with yellow scales; black ringed. Through the median space 

 there is a broad, yellow shade, starting between the ordinary spots, bor- 

 dering the white pateh below orbicular, and below that point marked 

 on inner side with two black lunate spots and outwardly by t. p. line, 

 S. t. space irregularly black marked; near hind margin filled by a white 

 blotch. A large apical white patch. Fringes cut with white. Second- 

 aries fuscous. Beneath fuscous, powdery, with broad outer line and 

 large discal spot. Head and thorax concolorous with primaries ; collar 

 with a black line. Pategiseand dorsum with white blotches. The side 

 piece of the $ is suddenly narrowed and rectangularly bent near tip ; 

 the lappet-like tip is small, and inwardly fringed with spines. The 

 clasper is very stout and heavy, blunt, not curved, extendi'jg to the 

 angulation of the side piece. Expands 1.20 inches (30'"'"). 



Habitat. — Washington Territory. 



Type with Mr. E. L. Graef. One S and one 5 examined. 



This species is hardly to be confounded with any other. The blotchy, 

 white maculation, yellow median shade, and the peculiar genitalia form 

 an assemblage of characters combined in no other form known to me. 



M. minorata Smitli, sp. uov. 



Primaries dark fuscous gray or brown; transverse lines distinct, gemi- 

 nate. Basal line distinct, geminate. T. a. line upright, rigidly even 

 to internal vein, where it is slightly curved and marked with white. T. p. 

 line unusually close to outer margin ; lunulate ; rather evenly curved 

 outwardly over reniform, and then oblique to hind margin. At costa, 

 and toward hind margin marked with white. S. t. line white, distinct, 

 irregular, with a tolerably well marked W- Apex white, powdery; s. t. 

 space white marked toward hind angle. Claviform obsolete ; but its 

 place indicated by a blackish shade extending across the median space. 

 Orbicu'lar large, round, white, with small d usky center. Eeniform large, 

 normal in shape, white marked. At its outer inferior margin is a large 



