70 Journal New York Entomological Society. [ Vo1 - xxvii. 



Body considerably variegated with ochraceous ; basal cell of fore wings ochra- 

 ceous, translucent in part; anal membranes of both pairs of wings orange. 

 First and second transverse veins of fore wings infuscated. Black spot 

 on dorsum of eighth abdominal segment in male inversely napiform 

 (turnip-shaped) variegata new species. 



Resembles variegata in color and size, but with head usually smaller and the 

 narrowed fore wings with outer margin more straight. Basal cell of fore 

 wings nearly clear; first and second cross veins hardly infuscated. 



californica new species. 

 B. 



Basal area of fore wings " slightly ochraceous and opaque " ; anal membranes 

 of fore and hind wings orange with hind margin gray. First and second 

 transverse veins of the fore wings " scarcely infuscated." 



dissimilis (Distant). 



Resembles valvata in being a black species, but has a larger head and is more 

 hairy beneath about the legs. Basal cell of the fore wings blackish, trans- 

 lucent in part ; anal membranes of both pairs of wings dark gray, abdo- 

 men above, entirely black at base. Dorsum of the eighth abdominal 

 segment of male black with a small pruinose area each side. 



carbonaria new species. 



Basal cell of the fore wings translucent in part ; anal membranes of the fore 

 and hind wings orange. First and second transverse veins of the fore 

 wings infuscated crepitans (Van Duzee). 



Basal area of fore and hind wings black, first and second transverse cross 

 veins of the fore wings infuscated maura (Distant). 



C. 



Basal area of the fore wings black, cell partly clear, first and second cross 

 veins not infuscated longirostris (Distant). 



Cacama valvata (Uhler). 



1888. Proarna valvata Uhler. Entomologica Americana, IV, p. 84. 



Specimens examined: Tascosa, Tex., June, 1918, male (Miss Mc- 

 Gill), D's Coll. Pecos River, Tex., May 24, male, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Coll. Devil's River, Tex., July 3, 1917, male, Cornell University 

 Coll. Jemez Springs, N. M., 6,400 ft., 15 males, 3 females, June, 

 1918, and 6 males, 3 females, July 2 and 3, 1918 (John Woodgate), 

 D's Coll. Alamogordo, N. M., June 6 and 7, 1902, Coll. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phil. Pueblo, Col., June 15, 1900, male (Univ. of Kans.), D's 

 Coll. Pueblo, Col., June 15, 1900, 3 females, E. D. Ball Coll. Car- 

 son City, Col., July 3, male, D's Coll. Trinidad, Col., June 3, 1910, 

 male (F. C. Bishopp), U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Canon City, Col., July 



