338 OROTE AND ROBINSON. 



With the following species, allied to the European N. plantaginis 

 and to N. petrosa, Walk., from the Rocky Mountains, rather than to 

 N. californiae, Walk. ; this latter is very distinct owing to the obsoles- 

 cence of the usual bands on the primaries. The occurrence of this 

 genus in California is very interesting, as illustrating the already no- 

 ticed affinity between the lepidopterous faunae of Europe and our 

 Western District. 



NemeopMla cichorii, n. sp. (Plate 6, fig. 44, % .) 



% . Head black, pilose. Antennae black, bipectinate. Collar 

 ochre-yellow. Thorax and patagia black. Abdomen blackish dorsally, 

 ochre-yellow at the sides, where there is a series of black segmentary 

 spots. Legs blackish; the femora outwardly are touched with ochre- 

 yellow at the lower extremity of the joint; the tarsi and tibiae are pale 

 ochreous outwardly and the hind pair entirely so. 



Anterior wings blackish above, with clear yellow bands. Costal 

 edge at base touched with ochi'e-yellow. A longitudinal stripe running 

 from the base of the wing outwardly below median nervurc, and ter- 

 minating abruptly before internal angle. An elongate spot on the dis- 

 cal cell. A transverse outwardly oblique stripe across the nervules, 

 and an irregular streak on the sub-costal nervules near the margin. 

 These two latter are the remains of the usual K-shaped terminal 

 band. Beneath, as above; the color of the bands is ochre-yellow. 

 Fringes entirely black. Posterior wings largely blackish; a very broad 

 subterminal ochre-yellow band enclosing two unequal black macula- 

 tions, and terminating abruptly before anal angle, where the dark 

 ground color of the wing encloses a small yellowish spot. The yellow 

 subterminal band spreads on costa, where it obtains downwardly over the 

 discal cell, constructing the black scales which form a curved and !ib- 

 breviated band over the middle of the wing. There is a terminal black 

 marginal band, twice deeply excavate on its inner edge. Beneath, 

 as above ; the preanal yellow spot is larger, and shows a tendency to 

 become absorbed by the subterminal band. Fringes entirely blackish. 



Expanse, 30 m. m. Length of body, 10 m. m. 



Habitat. — California. Lorquin. 



This species is smaller than N. caespitis, and, however variable in or- 

 namentation it may prove to be, will be readily distinguished by the 

 black fringes and clear yellow bands of the upper surface of primaries. 

 The larvae of these two species arc stated to be quite distinct, and 

 to be found on different food plants. 



