62 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 



almost entirely lost. I have well-marked cineritia from Calgary, 

 Alberta ; Aweme, Cartwright, and Brandon, Manitoba ; and none of 

 them is readily confused with this new form. 



Xylina nasar, new species. 



Ground color of head, thorax and primaries bright, clean bluish gray, all the 

 maculation cleanly and sharply defined, a distinct reddish brown shade in the reni- 

 form and above the internal angle of primaries. Head with a black transverse line 

 across lower part of front, below which it is brown. A black line across collar, sur- 

 mounted by a narrow, clean-cut white line, and shading oft inferiorly into the ground. 

 Patagia with margins dusky. Primaries with the transverse lines strongly angulated, 

 narrow, black, edged with gray, tending to become broken. There is a black longi- 

 tudinal line at base, which extends into the outward tooth of the t. a. line, but does 

 not reach the line, and this line is edged with whitish above and is diffuse inferiorly. 

 The outward tooth of the t. a. line meets an inward tooth from the t. p., the connec- 

 tion between the two formed by a black bar which is diffuse above. An oblique 

 blackish shade extends from the middle of the costa to the t. p. line at vein 3, and 

 this becomes outwardly diffiise and obscures the lower part of the reniform. S. t. 

 line strongly dentate, the teeth on veins 3-4 nearly reaching the outer margin, pre- 

 ceded by a brown and black shade, from which black streaks extend inward below 

 vein 3 and above vein 4. There is an outer, denticulate gray line. Orbicular very 

 large, ovate, concolorous, incompletely outlined. Reniform large, upright, centrally 

 a little constricted, incompletely outlined, inferiorly a little obscured by the oblique 

 dusky shading. Secondaries gray, with a coppery red shading, and the abdomen is 

 smoky, with the same coppery overlay. Beneath whitish with smoky powdering ; a 

 vague discal spot and outer line on all wings, tending to become lost on primaries and 

 fairly well marked on secondaries. 



Expands 1.44-I.52 inches =36-38 mm. 



Habitat. — Redington, Arizona (Dr. Barnes). 



Three males and two females in good condition from Dr. William 

 Barnes. They are allied to the eastern lepida and thaxteri in type of 

 maculation, but obviously distinct from both. The specific name is a 

 suggestion from Dr. Barnes. 



Xylina atara, new species. 



Ground color of head, thorax and primaries a rather dull blue gray, all the mac- 

 ulation diffuse, indefinite, no color in the wings at any point. Head with a black, 

 surmounted by a white, frontal line. Collar, with a clean white median line surmount- 

 ing a black shade which is inferiorly diffused into the ground. Median lines as in 

 nasar ; but all vague and diffuse, the basal line being scarcely marked in some speci- 

 mens. The connection between the median lines is a blackish shade, and the oblique 

 shade from costa to t. p. line is just traceable in most specimens. S. t. line similar to 

 that of its ally, without the black, well defined markings extending inwardly. Sec- 

 ondaries whitish with a coppery tinge. Beneath whitish, powdery, all wings with a 

 vague discal spot. 



Expands, i. 52-1. 60 inches = 38 to 40 mm. 



