188 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



A NEW NOCTUID FROM ARIZONA 



(Lepidoptera, Noctuidce, Acronyctina) 



By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Thurberiphaga catalina, new genus and species. 



Fore wing with an areole ; fore tibiae and tarsi without 

 special armature ; f rons with a truncate conical prominence 

 with raised edges, large, without central prominence, but a 

 slight scar that in some specimens resembles the remains of a 

 vertical ridge ; abdomen with a low decumbent crest on basal 

 segment only ; prothorax without crest, proboscis well-devel- 

 oped ; palpi porrect, rather short ; eyes large and round ; thorax 

 clothed with hair and scales mixed, patagia normal. 



Thorax pale yellow, head and front of tegulse pink. Fore 

 wing pale yellow, a pink band beyond middle, shaded within, 

 limited without, curving sharply over cell ; fringe pink from 

 apex to below vein 2, a dark pink line from apex to vein 6, 

 below which there is a brownish shade to vein 3, diffused 

 inward along the veins to the pink band. Hind wing brown- 

 ish cream-color with a browner patch beyond cell to apex. 

 Abdomen creamy brown, darker dorsally. Expanse, 25-33 mm. 



Cotypes, three males, two females. No. 22727, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. ; Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, 

 August 2, 1919, "Pink boll-worm of Thurheria" (J. D. Mitch- 

 ell, Hunter No. 3869). 



Three other specimens have been damaged by careless 

 handling. Of these, two issued at Victoria, Texas, with the 

 above (J. D. Mitchell), the third issued at Brownsville, Texas, 

 August 6, 1919 (J. C. Barber). 



