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even, its general course bisinuate, outcurved over, incurved below tbe cell. 
Througb the dusky outer portion of the wing the veins are pale, and the irregu- 
lar, indefinite concolorous s. t. line is rather indistinctly traceable. A row of 
black terminal lunules. Fringes with a pale line at base. Claviform vaguely 
indicated by fuscous brown scales. Orbicular upright oblong, pale ringed and 
dusky powdered; reniforin large, slightly constricted centrally, pale ringed and 
black powdered. Secondaries even, fuscous brown. Beneath fawn gray, pow- 
dery ; secondaries paler basally ; both wings with an outer line and dusky discal 
lunule. Expands 1.36 inches ; 34 min. 
Hab . — Sierra Nevada, Cal. 
A single male from Mr. Edwards’ collection with “ brush-like” 
antenme. In habitus and appearance this species resembles a Tcenio- 
campa, but the eyes are naked and strongly lashed. It is congeneric 
with the European 0. silene, and seems distinct from our species of 
Gkea and allies. 
In introducing the term Orrhodia into our fauna I do it not to 
replace any term now in use, but because it seems as though it really 
refers to a tyjie different from the others heretofore noted. The Eu- 
ropean species .seem very unlike each other and may not be held 
together. On the other hand additional material of the species 
before me may indicate another genus. The type is perfect, exce|)t 
that one antenna is missing. 
l*LEROMA 11. geu. 
Eyes naked, with long hairy lashes. Head retracted, moderate in 
size, with divergent hairy vestiture, palpi short, scarcely e.xceediug 
the frontal vestiture, divergently clothed. Tongue moderate, spiral. 
Thorax quadrate, heavy, vestiture long, somewhat flattened hair; 
collar somewhat [iroduced in front, forming a central crest ; an in- 
definite loose posterior tuft. Breast densely clothed with long woolly 
hair. Legs unarmed, short, stout, with dense, long woolly hair on 
femora and tibise. Abdomen with dorsal tuftings, short, stout, conic 
in the female and scarcely exceeding hind angles of the secondaries 
in either sex. Antenme simple in both sexes. Primaries trigonate, 
comparatively short and broad, with produced apices and a verv ob- 
lique, evenly curved outer margin, joining with the inner margin at 
a very obtusely rounded angle. Secondaries proportionate, fringes 
long. 
I could not satisfactorily refer the species with the above comliina- 
tion of characters to any of the described genera. It is evidently 
related to Xylhia without the depressed form and narrow wings. 
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVIII. 
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MAY, 1891 . 
