130 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



scandens in simplicity of maculation ; but tlie median lines are even 

 more completely lost, the s, t. line is less contrasting, the color is 

 darker and the secondaries in both sexes are dusky. The species is 

 also rather more robust in appearance than the other closely related 

 forms. 



Eiixoa epictnta n. sp. 



Head, thorax and primaries pale reddish-gray, the latter powdered with 

 darker gray. Head and thorax concolorous. Primaries with the ornamentation 

 just traceable, except for the reniform which is lunate, moderate in size, blackish- 

 gray, ringed with pale, but not sharply defined. Basal line geminate, marked 

 on the costa and median vein by smoky dots. T. a. line geminate, hardly relieved, 

 outwardly oblique, evenly angulated in the interspaces. T. p. line geminate, 

 even, oblique, feebly sinuate. S. t. line of the ground color, irregular, marked 

 by an obscure powdering that darkens the outer portion of the wing. A series 

 of narrow terminal lunules which form an almost continuous line, and a pale 

 line at the base of the fringes. Orbicular round, concolorous or slightly darker, 

 marked by a diffuse slightly paler annulus. Secondaries whitish, with a narrow 

 smoky outer border. Beneath : whitish, primaries powdery, with the discal spot 

 of upper side faintly reprodued ; secondaries powdery along the costa. 



Expands 1.40-1.48 inches = 35-37 mm. 



Hab. — Southern Arizona, April 15th to 30th, Poling. 



TwoS and six 9 , all in fair condition. The species has a resem- 

 blance to a faded Orthosia lutosa, and was at first placed with the 

 material in that genus. It belongs to the pitychroiis section and has 

 no close allies. 



Schinia sara n. sp. 



Ground color reddish-luteous, intermingled or overlaid by rusty or dull brown 

 scales. Head and thorax concolorous. Front scarcely tumid and not noticeably 

 roughened. Primaries: basal space chocolate or rusty-brown, s. t. space scarcely 

 paler, but tending to become interrupted at its middle; median and terminal 

 spaces almost concolorous and more powdery. Median lines pale, even, defined 

 by an edging of somewhat darker scales or the contrasting shades of basal and 

 s. t. spaces. T. a. line with a rather even outcurve, the angle above the middle 

 of the wing. T. p. line distinctly bisinuate. S. t. line a little irregular, pale, 

 chiefly marked by the difference in shade between s. t. and terminal spaces. A 

 dusky indefined reniform. Secondaries yellowish, with rusty brown powdering, 

 hardly more obvious outwardly. Beneath pale, outwardly powdered with red- 

 dish or brown scales, less so on secondaries. 



Expands 1.00-1.12 inches = 25-28 mm. 



Hab. — Wilgus, Cochise Co., Arizona. 



Two females, in fair condition. This is an ally of oleagina Strck., 

 but differs altogether in the course of the lines and in the contrasts 

 between the spaces. The anterior tibia has a long curved inner and 



