188 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Vol. xin. 



Filament of harpe slender, uniform abfitchii. 



Filament of harpe broad, with a notch at base fitchii. 



Synopsis of Species of Culiselsa. 



Three species are now known to be referable to this genus. They 

 separate as follows on genitalic characters. 



Inner lobe of side piece broad and angled, but without a spine tasniorhynchus. 



Inner lobe of side piece small, rounded, with a stout spine with hooked tip. 



Side piece broad without inconspicuus. 



Side piece narrowed without confirmatus. 



The student will find a synopsis of genera of Culicidae, based on 

 genitalic charactejs in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 

 of Washington, vol. vii, pp. 42-49, 1905. 



Class I, HEXAPODA. 



Order V, LEPIDOPTERA. 



NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUIDiE FOR 1905, NO. 3. 



By John B. Smith, Sc.D., 



New Brunswick, N. J. 



Bryophila viridimedia, new species. 



Head black, vertex snow white. Thorax deep wine brown, the tip of the collar 

 a narrow dorsal line and the posterior tuft white. Primaries with basal space deep 

 wine brown ; this shade being limited by the t. a. line which crosses the cell squarely, 

 one third from base, runs back along the median vein and crosses the submedian in- 

 terspace one fourth from base, and again extends outwardly along vein I, crossing to 

 the outer margin one third from base, through the green of the median space which 

 extends below vein I nearly to the base of the wing ; forming a square black spot 

 on the inner margin. The median space is bright, mossy green, crossed centrally by 

 a deeper green median shade. The orbicular spot is round, broadly white-ringed 

 and edged by a few black scales. The reniform is centrally constricted, hour-glass 

 shape, broadly white-ringed, edged with blackish scales. Beyond the reniform a 

 subquadrate black spot fills the space between it and the t. p. line. The t. p. line is 

 composed of black lunules, followed by a narrow white line, its course as a whole an 

 even outcurve. There is no obvious s. t. line, yet there is a shading that indicates a 

 division of terminal and subterminal spaces. On the costa is an oblong deep brown 

 patch extending from t. p. line to the point of the s. t. line, leaving the apex pale with a 

 greenish overlay ; below that is a violaceous shading which, on the inner margin forms 

 a violet brown blotch just before the anal angle. Along the outer margin is a bronze 



