March, 1906.] Smith: New NoctuidjE. 17 



wardly, not extending to the apex ; secondaries black with a yellowish median band 

 and a more or less obvious shading along the costa and at apex. 



Expands. — .66-. 70 inch = 16. 5-17. 5 mm. 



Habitat. — " California " ; Doble, Calif., April 19. 



One male from Mr. Henry Edwards ; one female from Mr. George 

 H. Hutson ; both in good condition. The male, received many- 

 years ago from Mr. Edwards, is faded, and has the peculiar livid hue 

 of desert species ; the female from Mr. Hutson has the same desert 

 characteristic, but is more brilliant, and has the distinct carmine 

 washing that is lost in the older example. The whitish band of the 

 male is indicated in the female and, I doubt not, occasionally occurs 

 in the latter sex. In wing-form, the species resembles antonio and, 

 indeed, the general type of maculation is similar. In general, the 

 resemblance is to fasciata Hy. Edy., which has a distinct s. t. line 

 and shade. 

 Melicleptria cresina, new species. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black, covered with olivaceous yellow hair, which 

 is scant on the abdomen except at tip. Primaries, base and s. t. space carmine, 

 median space yellow except on costa ; terminal space luteous with an olivaceous tinge ; 

 fringes chocolate brown at base, olivaceous at tip. T. a. line from costa one third 

 from base, outwardly curved to the middle, there forming an angle and running 

 inwardly oblique to within the basal third. T. p. line a little sinuate, but on the 

 whole nearly parallel to outer margin. S. t. line irregular, marked only by the con- 

 trast between s. t. and terminal space. Orbicular large, dusky, with a carmine suf- 

 fusion, obscurely defined. Secondaries black with a narrow, clear white median band 

 which is broader toward costa but reaches neither costa nor hind margin ; fringes 

 yellowish. Reneath, black with a median white band on both wings, that on the 

 primaries broken by a blackish reniform spot ; costal margin of secondaries and 

 apex of all wings yellowish. 



Expands. — .64-.75 inch = 16-19 mm - 



Habitat. — Los Angeles County, Calif., in April. 



Two females in good condition collected by Mr. Koebele. The 

 resemblance is to H. fasciata Hy. Edwards, which, however, is gen- 

 erically distinct. The wing form is like that of pulchripennis and to 

 the series typified by that species, the present form belongs. There 

 is a close general resemblance to sabulosa, which is not borne out on 

 more particular examination. 

 Melicleptria sexata, new species. 



Head and thorax black, densely clothed with thin loose olivaceous or grayish 

 hair. Abdomen black in the female, more olivaceous in the male, the difference due 

 to the more abundant vestiture of the latter which conceals the ground. Primaries 



