Mar. 1899.] Smith: On New Species of Moths. 39 



scales, with three unequal outcurves ; the line as a whole only a little outwardly 

 'oblique. T. p. line single, black, followed by white scales, marked by little black 

 points on the veins, very abruptly bent below the costa and then very evenly oblique 

 to the hind margin ; broken, however, by a feeble incurve below the center of the 

 wing. The claviform is not visible in the specimen. The orbicular very small, 

 round, marked only by an obscure black circlet. Reniform very narrow, lunulate, 

 defined by white scales which give rather a strong contrast. S. t. line irregularly 

 diffuse below. There is a series of narrow black terminal lunules. Secondaries 

 pale at base, becoming smoky outwardly, with an irregular pale line at the base of 

 the fringes which are white tipped. Beneath powdery, ashen gray, the secondaries 

 more whitish toward the base and with a dusky discal spot. Expanse, 1. 28 inches 

 = 32 mm. 



Habitat : High Sierras, California. 



A single male was received from Mr. H. G. Dyar, numbered 

 1 1 138. The name is given at his suggestion and is the Indian term 

 for the Bridal Veil Falls near which, as I understand it, the speci- 

 men was taken. The species is quite unlike any other referred to this 

 genus, and this may not be its best place, eventually. It has, how- 

 ever, the essential characters of the genus to which I have referred it, 

 and it is so well marked that its recognition should not be difficult. 

 An accident has rendered the type defective ; but all the wings are in 

 good condition. 



Oncocnemis melalutea, sp. nov. 



Ground color a powdery clay yellow. The powdering made up of gray with a 

 few black scales. Head blackish in front. Collar with a black line at base and a 

 white line just below the tip, which is gray. Patagise marked with gray scales. 

 Primaries with all the markings present, the basal space and all beyond the t. p. line 

 quite strongly gray powdered, leaving the comparatively clear median space somewhat 

 in relief. Basal line geminate, blacki.sh, the inner line best marked, reaching to the 

 submedian interspace and inclosing a little area which is hardly powdery. T. a. line 

 geminate, blackish, the outer portion of the line best defined ; as a whole oblique, a 

 little irregular, but hardly lunulate. T. p. line geminate, blackish brown, strongly 

 outcurved over the cell and well incurved below. The outer portion of the line is ab- 

 sorbed in the dark color of the s. t. space, leaving on the veins a seiies of white dots 

 that serve to emphasize the otherwise obscure marking. A median shade is traceable 

 on the costa ; but is hardly visible below that point The s t. line is marked by a 

 series of white dots, which are very irregularly set and can hardly be said to have any 

 connection between them. There is a broken blackish terminal line and the fringes 

 are of the yellowish ground color cut with smoky at the interspaces. The claviform 

 is small, of the ground color, outlined by a few smoky scales. Orbicular round or 

 nearly so, paler than the ground color, outlined by smoky scales. The reniform is 

 moderate in size, broad, somewhat kidney-shaped, paler than the ground color, with 

 a dusky lunule, defined by slightly darker scales. Secondaries a glistening, yellowish 

 white at the base, with a blackish outer border, before which is a trace of a blarkish 



