98 AUG. R. GROTE. 



appearance of the transverse lines of the wings ahove. The specimen 

 from Alabama is a little darker colored, somewhat olivaceous. The 

 squamation of the wings above in H. marcidilinea is powdery, with an 

 admixture of pale scales. 



Herminia obscuripennis, Grote. — % 9- — Both pair of wings above 

 are obscure dark blackish brown, the primaries with a violaceous reflection. 

 Course of the darker lines as in H. cruralis, but the t. p. line is more bent in- 

 feriorly. Antennae nodose; fore tibia with a retractile fascicle of testaceous 

 scales. Body concolorous. Expanse, 25 to 30 m. m. 



Habitat. — Central Alabama. 



Three specimens, taken at Demopolis, at once differ from allied 

 species by their obscure blackish color. The 9 is smallest. 



Herminia oclireipennis, Grote. — % 9. — Pale testaceous, shaded ter- 

 minally with bright rusty ochraceous. The female has the wings entirely of 

 the latter color. Ornamentation resembling that of H. cruralis. The t. a. line 

 is waved and arcuated. T. p. line dentate and waved, much as in H. marcidi- 

 linea. Discal spot evident. Subterminal line rigid, followed by a pale linear 

 shade, broadly marked. Secondaries pale, with powdery dark and ochrey 

 scales. The two transverse lines unusually wide apart. Beneath with double 

 propinquitous lines and distinct discal marks. Male antennae strongly nodose 

 and crooked; male fore tibiae with exaggerated bright testaceous retractile 

 tufts. Expanse, 28 to 33 m. m. 



Habitat. — West Virginia, Pennsylvania. 



While the pattern of ornamentation is that of the preceding species, 

 H. oclireipennis differs by its more intense coloration, somewhat squarer 

 primaries, the exaggerated male tibial tufts, while it is a little stouter 

 and in its general appearance very distinctive. 



gg S. g. PHILOMETRA, Grote. 

 Herminia serratieornis, Grote.— % .—Wings ample; primaries with 

 the costa a little depressed centrally, rising to the apices, below which the 

 rounded external margin is a little depressed. Brownish ochreous; primaries 

 with brown lines. T. a. line waved. Median shade very prominent, broad 

 and diffuse, obscuring the discal mark. T. p. line a little irregular, waved, 

 plainly notched opposite the disc on its exerted portion. Subterminal line 

 prominent, shaded, twice inwardly angulated, touched with blackish before 

 the apices. Terminal broken line barely noticeable. Secondaries powdered 

 with blackish, nearly as dark as primaries, with double transverse shade lines. 

 Beneath with double external propinquitous shaded lines and discal dots. 

 Antennae rather long, without nodosity, shortly pectinate; pectinations gradu- 

 ally decreasing to the tips. Fore legs with a brush of blackish hair. Palpi 



