252 J. B. SMITH. 



fringes on primaries red ; a red exterior band touched with blackish inferiorly : a 

 discal lunule : secondaries with a diffuse red exterior band, a faint discal mark 

 before which the costa is touched with red. Expands 36 millim. 

 Habitat. — Western States. 



Scliiilia Glllnare, Strk.. Proe. Dav. Ac. Nat. Sci. 2, 274, PI. IX, fig. 1.— 

 Expands 13 inches. —Head olivaceons; body brilliant pale metallic, olivaceous or 



greenish gray; beneath greenish and not so brilliant; upper surface : primaries shin- 

 ing silvery grey or olivaceous, somewhat of the tint of Pluaia modesta, Hb., but very 

 highly lustrous; three silvery lines cross the wings; the first or subbasal is straight 

 until almost to costa, whence it turns inwardly toward the base at an acute angle; 

 the second starts a little beyond the middle of the inner margin, whence it ex- 

 pands into a curve towards but not to the apex; not far from the costa it is bent 

 abruptly backwards, forming an acute angle; half way between the last described 

 line and the outer margin and curved in nearly the same manner, and with the 

 tooth or point formed by the bend near costa, touching the exterior margin a little 

 below the apex is the last or third line; between this line and the outer margin, 

 and resting on the last, is an oblong, pointed at both ends patch of deep gold; 

 another golden smaller mark is nearly at the apex ; secondaries much the same 

 color as the primaries near and at the exterior margin, but paler at the base; all 

 the fringes olive green; under surface somewhat same color as above and nearly 

 as brilliant, but devoid of the three transverse lines, and also of the golden patch 

 on the primaries; all are pale at the edge of costa, and two short pale lines are on 

 the costa at exterior third of wings; apex with a golden reflection; secondaries 

 with obscure discal dots, and marginal and submarginal bands or lines. 



One specimen, Illinois, French. I have some doubts of the correct- 

 ness of the generic reference of this species. The figure does not look 

 like a Schfnia, but I have unfortunately not seen the insect itself. 



Scltinia scissa, Grt., Proe. Bost. Soc. Nat. Sci. 187fi, p. 415 (Lijgrunttioecia) ; 

 New Check List (Anthoecia). 



To the kindness of Mr. Thaxter I owe a specimen of this species. It 

 belongs with Meskeana and is closely allied to it ; the anterior tibia have 

 two inner and three outer claws as in PI. VII, fig. 36 ; the primaries 

 are of a rich dark brown with a yellowish blotch from the middle to 

 outer § of wing, indicating the median pale space; usual lines obsolete; 

 reniform large and black ; secondaries yellow in the centre, with a com- 

 plete black margin and a large black discal spot ; anal segment and cloth- 

 ing yellow ; beneath primaries black at base, yellow in the middle and 

 brown at outer margin, apex more reddish ; secondaries as above, except 

 that the costal margin is roseate. The species has the superficial appear- 

 ance of Melicleptriq, the retracted small head of Pseudotamila, and the 

 vestiture of the genus in which I place it. Expands f inch. 

 Habitat. — Florida. 



