92 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Hind wing: light giayisli brown, cilia the same, underside the same, darker at 

 apex. 



Underside forewing darker. 



Thirty specimens: Cisco and Colfax, Placer Co., California, June 

 and July, A. H. Vachell. 



Tliiodia kiscaiia sp. nov. 



Expanse 12-13 mm. 



Head, palpi and thorax white, a light fuscous spot on outside of palpi near base 

 of second joint, and a shade of the same color, both inside and outside, at end of 

 second joint, patagia shining grayish-ochreous; antenna white, finely annulated 

 with fuscous; abdomen grayish-fuscous; legs white, tarsal joints ringed with 

 blackish-brown. 



Forewing: pale fawn, with a darker shade in middle of wing from base to end 

 of cell, and another on upper half of wing from before end of cell into apex. The 

 inner half of costa is narrowly blackish, edged internally with white, beyond the 

 middle are four large black streaks and four fine black dashes on a white ground ; 

 all outwardly oblique, excepting the white line before the light brown apical 

 spot, which is inwardly oblique, and is edged with blackish scales on each side; 

 tiie white line, from between the two middle large spots, runs obliquely outwardly 

 and nearly connects with the white line l)efoie apex. The ocellus is large, lust- 

 rous, white, with a long black line above and one or two shorter ones below it. 

 Below the fold the dorsal margin is sparsely overlaid with white scales. The 

 terminal edge and cilia are light gray, finely powdered with blackish dots. 



Hind wing: light gray, smoky towards termen ; underside whitish-giay. 



Underside forewing : smoky ochreous-brown, costal spots repeated. 



Ten specimens : Cincinnati, Ohio, May 27th, Miss Annette F. 

 Brann ; Greenwood Lake, N, J , June 10th ; Gloucester Co., N. J., 

 May 29th, F. Haimbach. 



Kpiiiotia dietziana sp. nov. 



Exiianse 13-15 mm. 



Head : pale ochreous on top, basal joints of antenna, face and palpi white, latter 

 shaded with brown outside; antenna whitish brown ; thorax gi'ayish-white above, 

 beneath and tuft white; legs whitish, dusted and banded with blackish-brown. 



Forewing: a broad white fascia between inner fourth and middle on costa, en- 

 larging below top of cell and reaching inner fourth to outer third on dorsum. 

 The basal area is gray, with a whitish transverse streak through middle and 

 edged outwardly with black ; there are a few black scales on the inner edge of 

 the white streak. The broad white fascia is dotted on costal and dorsal edges 

 with gray ; beyond it is a gray fascia, beginning at middle of costa as a blackish 

 spot, continuing to middle cf wing as a gray line; at end of cell, in middle of 

 wing, is a small black spot, this is continued as a broader gray fascia to dorsum 

 before anal angle. The space beyond is white, inwardly overlaid with gray and 

 outwardly bordered by dark ochreous-brown, the latter color in a shade beneath 

 costa for outer fourth and running into a conspicuous black ocellic spot. The 

 outer half of costa is marked by four pairs of white oblique lines, divided by 

 narrow black lines, and each pair separated by a larger black spot. The ocellic 



