Dec, 1905.] Smith: New Species Of NocTuiDiE for 1905. 205 



Crambodes abalas, new species. 



Ground color a powdery, dull reddish luteus. Head with white and metallic 

 gray powderings. Thorax with metallic gray powderings, collar and patagia well 

 defined, posterior tuft well marked. Primaries with all the maculation obscure ; costa 

 except apex, fringes and most of the median space smoky brown, not strongly con- 

 trasting. T. a. line widely outcurved, most obviously so in the submedian inter- 

 space. T. p. line outcurved over the cell, incurved below ; both lines indefined - 

 There is a series of black terminal lunules between which the broad dark fringes are 

 cut with the ground color. Orbicular a vague, indefined small spot of the ground 

 color. Reniform a similarly indefinite lunule. Secondaries soiled whitish, a little 

 darker toward the outer margin ; fringes paler. Beneath soiled whitish, a little 

 smoky on the primaries, powdery, with a smoky longitudinal shading from base to 

 middle of wing. 



Expands: .88-1.04 inches = 22-26 mm. 



Habitat. — Cochise County, Arizona, in July. 



One male and five females, in fair condition only, from Mr. George 

 Franck. The species is smaller than and quite obviously distinct from 

 our northern species and has more the appearance of Hadenella per- 

 gentilis, as well as its tuftings. It seems safely referable to Crambodes, 

 however. 



Orrhodia insinuata, new species. 



Ground color of head, thorax and primaries dull fuscous brown, overlaid with 

 blackish; Head and thorax immaculate, vestiture loose, somewhat shaggy, thoracic 

 parts not well defined. Primaries with the markings barely traceable and no con- 

 trasts of any kind. T. a. line outwardly oblique with moderate outcurves in the in- 

 terspaces ; barely traceable by a slightly darker shading. T. p. line with an even, 

 small outcurve over the cell, and a very slight incurve below ; traceable as a very 

 narrow paler line or rather of the ground color free from powderings. S. t. line 

 badly indicated by a slightly paler shading. Orbicular round, of moderate size, with 

 a slightly paler annulus. Reniform, upright, large, a little constricted centrally, 

 slightly darker than the ground. Secondaries a little paler and with thinner scaling 

 than the primaries. Beneath paler than above, with an obscure outer line and on 

 secondaries an obvious discal spot. 



Expands : 1. 25-1.35 inches = 31-34 mm. 



Habitat. — Pullman, Washington, May 8 and 9. 



Four examples, all females, in tolerably good condition. The 

 species is congeneric with my Orrhodia californica and has the same 

 type of markings so far as any can be distinguished. It is only with 

 a glass, however, and with a knowledge of what is sought that they 

 can be made out at all. The species is more loosely clothed than the 

 typical forms and raises the question whether the generic reference 

 may not have to be changed eventually. The specimens do not have 



