56 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



costa, and a smaller vertical patch of same color before ocellic spot. A sinuate 

 line of same color scales outlines outer side of ocellic spot, this line is interrui)ted 

 in middle, and beyond the break on outer margin is a dot of same color. Several 

 horizontal black streaks in ocellic spot. Costa from inner third to apex black, 

 which is broken by six geminated cinereous dashes, about evenly spaced. Ex- 

 cepting the two apical pairs, these geminate dashes are heavily overlaid with 

 bluish-metallic scales, most conspicuous in four short oblique lines at and beyond 

 middle of wing, and an extended line from third spot before apex, which con- 

 tinues below the outer spots to outer margin about a quarter below apex. A nar- 

 row shade of ochreous-red or wine color from before middle covers upper part of 

 wing below costa, turning downward at apex and ending on outer margin at anal 

 angle. This reddish shade sharply contrasts with a black preciliate line on outer 

 margin, and with the black and metallic streaks along the costa. In the apical 

 third are a few short horizontal streaks of black. Cilia fuscous, with a shining 

 purplish reflection. 



Hind wing: smoky fuscous, paler basally, cilia pale fuscous, preceded by a 

 broader, darker and a narrower paler line. Underside same. 



Underside forewing: very dark, smoky, black; cilia same, preceded by slightly 

 paler line ; costal cinereous dashes faintly separated. 



Three female specimens : two labelled " San Francisco, California, 

 Mrs. Knickerbocker," and one red ink number 69, Seattle, Wash- 

 ington, O. B. Johnson. 



Cotypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and in my collection. 



Ancylis intermediana sp. nov. 



Expanse 12.5-14 mm. 



Head, palpi, thorax and antennse pale cinereous; palpi projecting two-thirds 

 length of head before it, usually depressed, second joint heavily scaled, not com- 

 pressed, entirely concealing third joint, sharply truncated at outer end. Scales 

 of head long, forming small brush in front and ridge between eyes. Abdomen 

 shining gray, anal tuft cinerous; legs cinereous, a shade paler between joints. 



Forewing: pale gray, overlaid with shining whitish scales = ground color. 

 Large dorsal and other prominent spots olivaceous-brown = dark color. Large 

 dorsal spots from base to anal angle on dorsum, upper edge from middle of base, 

 swelling gently upward, reaching highest elevation at about inner third, where 

 it is as wide as three-fifths the width of the wing, evenly rounded on top, thence 

 descending, evenly without prominences towards anal angle, slightly sub-sinuate 

 before angle; a continuous line of dark color is continued from anal angle as a 

 preciliate line and merges into the dark color at apex. At the middle of costa an 

 oblique fascia begins, but extends only two-thirds towards anal angle, and widens 

 out into a well-defined lunate spot, the inner, lower and outer margins forming 

 the curved portion ; a falcate dark color spot in apex, preceded by eight short 

 oblique dashes of same color on costa between apex and central fascia. These 

 dark costal spots are separated by oblique lines of white lustrous scales, the lower 

 points of each of the outer four are overlaid with lustrous blue, a few scales of 

 same color beneath apex; the inner bounds the upper edges of lunate spot and 

 runs into a line of bluish lustrous scales dividing this spot from the ocellic space ; 

 the next outer white line merges with the inner, the third and fifth are very 



