25:1 



Iti'loims, I lie wiiiiTs l)ciiii{ less liilcalr lliaii in the olIiiT species, )iHirr('snirin 

 and tripiim-larui. The antenna' are nmre liroadlv jx-elinaled than in T- 

 Hv/rr/zw, Ix'iny in lliis repeet inteiniediafe Ix'tucen T. vararid and tripunc- 

 taria. Pale asli-iiray : head, palpi, and Ixxlv heinii coneoloroiis wilh Ihe winffs. 

 Fore witiiT.-; marked a.s in 7'. irardrid. haviny l()nr distinct costal hroun 

 spots, I'roni wliicli as many lines rnii parallel with each ot he|- to the costa : the 

 .second one ini'ludes the discal dot, lull is straight er, not so ninch an<.ndated 

 as in 7". n-arant/. nor so wide just alxive the discal dot ; the two outer lines 

 heconu' ohsolete in the middle id" the wini/, j)ut are indicated on the hind 

 edge, the third heing (dose to the fourth, while hevond is a small diiskv patch. 

 A I'ow of intervennlar lilack marks; t'rinire conc(dorous \\ith the i-pst of" the 

 wings. Hind winirs with no mai'kinij, e.\ce])t I lie discal dot, which is ipiite 

 distinct. Beneath, pale ash, more unil'ornd\' so than in 7'. jrr/rr/y/^/, tiuired 

 fiiintly \\ith ochreous, deeper on costa of l()re wings. Discal dots present 

 on both wings, and three tiiint costal [)at(di('s. 



Lenffth ot" iiody, 48; l()re wing, 0.(14; e\])anse ol" wind's. 1.40 incdies. 



Sierra Nevada, Cul. (Edwards). 



Closely resembling T. wavaria, it (lifi"ers in the more l)roadly-pectinate(l 

 antennas, tlie less an<rulated, narrower second line on [)rimaries, and tin' duller 

 ash on under side ot" winys, whicli, especially the secondarit's, are beautifully 

 marlded in irovaria; in these res])ects it resend)les the speci(>s of" Serniothim. 



Thamnonoma wavari.\ Lederer. Plate 9, fig. 72. 



I'lidlama-fieomHra irnraria Liuu., Syst. Xat eflit. x, 5'.i'2, 17,j8. 



" (ieometra wnvaria Iliibii., Schm. Eur., tab. 11, fij;. ,").'), ITDd." 



Fkhmia wavaria Trcits., Seliiii. Ear., vi (i),:!(>J, lS'.i7. 



llaVia n-ai-aria Dup., Lcp. France, viii (iv). 40.J, pi, 16:!, fijjs, 15 aii<l 4, 18:i!». 



(iriimmatophora wararia Stepb,, Nomeucl, Br. Ins., 44, IS'2'.I ; " (.'at., ii, VH\, 182it.'' 



Halia vauaria Steph., 111., iii, 194, IH'M. 



JJalia wai'aria Boisd., Geu. lud., 187, 1840. 



Fidonia uairaria H.-Sch., Schni. Eur., iii, 86, 1847. 



Halia tvauaria Stepb., Cat. Br. Lep.,459, 18.".0. 



Thamnonoma irararia Lederer, Verb. Hot. Zool. Ges. Wien, 179, 18."):^. 



Halia uararia Ciuen.. Phal., ii, 91!, 18.^7. 



Walk., List Lep. Ilet. Br. Mus., xxiii, 944, 18(il, 



6 <? and 5 9. — Antenna' with longer pectinations than in T. subcessaria ; 

 the fore wings produced toward the apex, the outer edge of the wing being 

 quite oblique. Hind winirs with three well-marked scallops below the apex. 

 Body and fore wings pale (diocolate-ln-own ; liind wings paler. Palpi Avith 

 an ochreous tinge. Fore winjrs with the usual four costal spots, much as in 



