126 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



tiiangulHr black spot on costa over reniform, then by a very even jjaler gray line 

 which runs parallel to outer margin. S. t. line irregular, marked by a preceding 

 smoky shading which is sharply defined against the paler terminal space. Clavi- 

 foVm indicated by blackish scales. The cell around the ordinary spots is some- 

 what smoky, and as the spots themselves are somewhat paler than the ground, 

 they stand out sharply without other defining lines. Orbicular oval, oblique, of 

 good size. Eeniform moderate in size, oblique, broadly kidney shaped. Second- 

 aries blackish, with pale somewhat rosy fringes. Beneath : primaries blackish, 

 with a lilac-gray washing and a darker extra-median line ; secondaries more gray, 

 more powdery, the lilac tinting more obvious, with a narrow extra-median line 

 and small discal spot. The entire body beneath is of the same lilac-gray tinge. 

 Expands 1.55 inches = 39 mm. 



Hah. — Lakehurst, N. J., September 27th. 



Oue female in good condition. This has the wing form o{ elimata, 

 but is much more evenly gray than any example of that species that 

 I have ever seen, and has almost black secondaries, which never 

 occur in the olcler species. There are other differences in details of 

 maculation, such as the absence of basal black streak, which may be 

 better pointed out when additional material is at had. The speci- 

 men was taken at sugar by Mr. J. A. Grossbeck. 



Seiniophora atoma n. sp. 



Ground color of the usual light red brown, more or less washed with gray, so 

 that in some cases the general impression is gray rather than brown. Head and 

 thorax concolorous, save that the front may be gray in a brown specimen, and 

 the sides of the jjalpi are deep blackish-brown. Primaries more or less powdered 

 with black atoms, some specimens very evenly irrorate, with all the usual mark- 

 ings either obsolete or very faintly defined. In the best marked example there 

 is a broken black basal line, marked by scattered scales. T. a. line marked by 

 an oblique dusky costal streak in all specimen.s, below that lost or traceable 

 obliquely to near the middle of inner margin.. T. p. line usually marked on 

 costa, below that lost or obscurely marked by blackish scales, indicating a small 

 even outcurve over cell and as moderate an incurve below it. S. t. line very 

 faintly indicated by a slightly darker preceding shade. Ordinary spots altogether 

 lost or very vaguely defined. Orbicular large, round or nearly so; reniform 

 large, broadly kidney shaped. The spots are either concolorous and have a few 

 black scales indicating outlines, or they are a tritle paler and have no defining 

 scales. Secondaries smoky, with an obscure discal lunule, fringes rosy. Beneath 

 carneous, powdery, primaries with disc smoky and with a faint extra median 

 line; secondaries paler, more brightly rosy, with a small discal spot and a better 

 marked discal line. 



Expauds 1.17-1.35 inches = 29-34 mm. 



Hab: — Lakehurst, N. J., September 27th. 



One male and nine females, mostly in fair condition. The male 

 is very much rubbed, but has legs and antennae intact, so as to war- 

 rant the generic reference. The females are mostly flown, but are 



