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Ania brehmeata n. sp. 



Expanse 30 mm. Outline precisely the same as that of limbata. Costa rounded 

 especially at the humerus; apex acute; outer margin with angle at M3 ; anal 

 angle rounded. Entire body and wings uniformly clear yellow, between lemon 

 and ochre-yellow in tint,; fringe darker. Three transverse light brown lines 

 cross the primaries taking a course almost the same as those in limbata. Intra- 

 discal line begins on costa one-third out from base and extends with a strong out- 

 ward curve to inner margin. This line is not bent at the cell and then almost 

 straiglit to inner margin as in limbata, but is evenly curved throughout. The 

 two extradiscal lines run precisely as in limbata. The inner is less strongly indi- 

 cated than the outer and begins a little outward of the center of the costa where 

 it forms a small blotch, curves strongly outward to M2, then inward to inner 

 margin and then slightly outcurved again at the fold. The outer line is dis- 

 tinctly sinuate, beginning one-third in from apex, and with a gentle outward 

 curve runs toward the inner line, then diverges from it, extends toward it again 

 and thence runs parallel with it below the fold. The discal spot is a crescentric 

 narrow mark, the convex side facing basally, and the two ends were they con- 

 tinued would meet the inner of the two extradiscal lines and would thus form 

 the broad oval present in limbata. The secondaries are completely cros.sed by a 

 central well-defined curved line, with a faint line preceding it wnich approaches 

 it at the first median vein, and after diverging and again approaching it runs 

 parallel with it to inner margin. Discal spot shaped as in the forewings and 

 almost forming an oval with part of the inner cross-line. Beneath it is uniform 

 pale, but bright yellow, and the stronger lines of the upper side are reproduced 

 upon it. 



TIab. — Cazadero, Sonoma County, Cal., July 18th. 



Type. — One female in my collection. 



The species is distinguished from limbata at a glance by its much 

 larger size and deep yellow color. 



I take pleasure in naming this beautiful Geometer after my friend 

 Mr. H. H. Brehme, of Newark, N. J., who has generously given 

 me the specimen. 



Euchltena occantaria Hulst (Ent. News, i, 207, 1886). 



This species was described from two females from Nevada. Rev. 

 George W. Taylor on a recent visit to New Brunswick called my 

 attention to the fact that the single type in the Hulst collection is 

 the same as Euchlcena mollisaria Hulst (Ent. Am., i, 206, 1886). 

 Mollisaria is cited in our lists as a variety of E. johnsonaria, but 

 Mr. Taylor in the Check List of British Columbian Lepidoptera 

 raises it to the rank of a species. There is nothing in the descrip- 

 tion of occantaria to indicate that the other type is not conspecific 

 with the one before me. 



TEANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXIII. NOVEMBEB, 1907. 



