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S. fringata Smith. 



Described under Tccniocauipa, but belonging better with this 

 series. There are 17 c? and i ? under examination, all from jMonterey 

 Co., California, in March, and all practically alike. The color is a 

 very uniform pale reddish brown, with a tendency to a violet gray 

 suffusion, and all the normal maculation is present, just enough 

 darker than the ground to be easily traceable. The wing-form and 

 general appearance is not unlike the more uniform examples of pul- 

 chella, but the antennae are very shortly pectinated and not much 

 more marked than in prccscs. 



Stretchia algula, new species. 



Deep purplish red brown, with a tendency to violet gray. Head and collar 

 tending toward a more crimson tinge ; but this varies and on the collar is not 

 always uniform. On the primaries the maculation is just traceable in some 

 of the specimens, altogether lost in others, and distinct in none of those before 

 me. The median space may be a little darker and the moderate, well sep- 

 arated ordinary spots, may have slightly paler annuli that bring them some- 

 what into relief. The median lines are geminate, the outer portion of t.p. 

 line venular and punctiform. Secondaries dull smoky brown in both sexes. 

 Beneath with a crimson tinge, pow^dery, disc of primaries darker, secondaries 

 paler, with a discal mark and a more or less obvious extra-median dotted line. 



Expands i. 36-1. 52 inches = 34-38 mm. 



Habitat. — Arrowhead Lake, British Columbia. 



Two 6 and 4 $, all from the Barnes collection. The species is 

 a ver}' robust one, with lengthilv pectinated male antennae, and there 

 seems to be nothing in our fauna with which it might be readily con- 

 fused. Except for the slight differences in distinctness of maculation 

 there is absolutely no variation. 



S. acJisha Dyar. Two males and one female from Arrowhead 

 Lake, out of the Bariies Collection, agree almost perfectly with the 

 description and I have little doubt as to the identity of the species. 

 The specimens are very much alike, and easily recognizable by the 

 peculiar contrasts in shading on primaries. The ordinary spots are 

 well separated, narrowly ringed with pale and the median lines are 

 geminate. The primaries are violet gray except in the lower portion 

 of basal and most of the median space, which are purplish red brown. 



wS". transparcns Grt. Not in my collection and seems to be rare. 

 Orthosia hamifcra Grt. is cited as a synonym and the onlv speci- 

 mens known to me are in the U. S. X. M. 



