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scribe and figure, stated to us that the original of this species was re- 

 ceived by him from Eschscholtz as being collected in Siberia. Subse- 

 quently, receiving specimens from California, Dr. Boisduval conceived 

 that the locality originally given was possibly the result of an error, 

 since Eschscholtz had collected in Russian America on the Aleutian 

 Isles, where his specimen may have been obtained. 



NEMEOPHILA, Stephens. 

 Nemeophila caespitis, n. sp. (Plate 6, fig. 4.3, % .) 



S . Head, black, pilose. Labial palpi slender, tipped with ochreous 

 scales. Antennae black, bipectinate. Collar black, with ochreous- 

 yellow lateral patches. Thorax and patagia black. Legs, blackish in- 

 wardly; the femora are streaked with ochreous-yellow outwardly over 

 the lower half of the joint; the tibiae and tarsi are continuously whit- 

 ish-ochreous outwardly. Abdomen blackish, ochreous-yellow at the 

 sides, where the brighter scales enclose a row of black segmentary 

 spots; beneath, the segments are fringed narrowly with ochreous 

 scales. 



Anterior wings black. The costal edge is distinctly marked with 

 yellowish-ochreous for nearly a third of its length. A broad, longitu- 

 dinal, whitish-ochreous stripe, narrowing medially, stretches from the 

 base of the wing till just before internal angle, terminating abruptly. 

 A terminal series of transverse, similarly colored, and broad bands re- 

 sembling the letter K reversed, and obsoletcly connected with the 

 longitudinal inferior stripe. A large round, whitish-ochreous spot on 

 the disc. Beneath, as above; the discal spot and the bands are tinged 

 with yellow ; this is noticeable particularly where the bands approach 

 the margins of the wing. Fringes whitish-ochreous. 



Secondaries largely blackish. A subterminal and very broad yellow- 

 ochreous band enclosing two large black spots, and a third reduced at 

 costa. This yellow band is deeper colored inferiorly, and terminates 

 abruptly much before the anal angle ; the blackish ground color which 

 obtains beyond the termination of the band, encloses a small pre-anal 

 yellowish spot. There is a terminal blackish border broken centrally 

 where the yellow band reaches to the margin, which it does again very 

 narrowly at its termination, thus enclosing a black spot on the margin. 

 Beneath, as above. Fringes ochreous-yellow, deepening in color to- 

 wards anal angle; the longer fringes along internal margin are 

 blackish. 



Expnnsp^ 38 m. m. Length ofhodi/, ,12 m. m. 



Habitat. — California. Lorquln. 



TRANS. AMER. ENT. SOC. (43) JANUARY, 1868. 



