Pomona C"oi,i.k(;k .Joiknm. ok F.ntomoi.oov 5?'' 



V of the secondaries as well (Icvi'liipiii as niiv otlii-r, and 

 asisiiitt from tlif inrdiaii vein close to IV. It is tlierefore typically (juadrifid, 

 altlioufjh (lifTeriiijf aitofjetlier in lialiitus from the <|uadri(icl section of tlie mope 

 typical \ocliiiilar. The habitus is rather tliat of the Sottulontulae and some of 

 the species resemhle these very closely in type and niaculation. Other Sotodontid 

 eharacters arc the short, rather weak, thorax, the longer, cylindrical ahdoinen of 

 the female, the retracted he/id in which the tonjjue tends to become aborted and, 

 except in Mclvneta. the pectinated antenme of the male (and sometimes female) 

 In whieli tlie joints are short and the branches in consequence are very closely 

 approximated. All the genera typically referred here have hairy eyes, and this 

 combination of venation, hairy eyes and S'tilodoiitid habitus, makes the sub-familv 

 an easily recognizable one. 



Four genera are recognized in the .Vniiriean f.inn.i. north of Mexico: 

 Tongue short and weak, useless for feeding. 



Antenna- pi-ctinated in the male, simple in the female. 



Primaries trigonate. inner and outer margin 



approximately equal in length. Panthra 



Primaries more abruptly widening at I;im-; apices more iiiitusi ; 



inner margin longer than outer. Drmns 



Tongue moderate, useful for feeding. 



Antemiie pectinated in both sexes; thougli shortly in fiiii.ih-. Cliarndra 



Antenna- merely thickened in the male. Melrnria 



Demas has no representative on the Pacific Coast so far as we know at the 

 present time, all but one of the sj)ecies thus far known occurring on the .\tlantic 

 slope. Demas palala Grt. occurs in Colorado and Arizona, and it is not unlikely 

 to occur in Southeastern California. It is easily the prettiest species of the genus 

 with its clear black and white powderings. and the narrow black lines that resemble 

 the ornamentation in liaphia most nearly. 



Panihea is, on the whole, more northern in distribution, and extends to the 

 Pacific Coast: P. porllandia Grt., having been t.'iken in Oregon and Washington, 

 as well as in Vancouver and elsewhere in British Columbia. It is not improbable 

 that this species also will be found in Northern California and it may be differ- 

 entiated from the other species of the genus by its whitish gray, ground color, the 

 transverse lines broad and diffuse, and the reniforni spot obvious. 



No rejiresentative of the genus Chnradrn has been taken nearer than Texas, 

 nor is it known from any point west of the Rocky Mountains. 



The Charadra decora Morr., descriix'd from California, is Mexican, but niav 

 occur in Lower California and almost certainly does in .'Vrizona. 



Mflenela is from the Huachuca Mountains in Arizona, and may |)erhaps oc- 

 cur in the desert areas of Southern California. The habitus and type of 

 mneulation is somewhat as in Charadra. or rather int<'rmediate betwi-en that and 

 liaphia. 



Raphia Illin. 



For convenience the genus liaphia may bi' considered here because of its 

 habitual and evin structur.-il resembl.iiiei- to the other genera more strictly referred 



