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vviiif'S bein"' so much mottled, and in Ihc want ol' wcll-dclined black lines on 

 the fore wings, and of any traces of one on the hind wings. The fore wings 

 are uiore-acutc than usual, and (lie outer edge is very long and oblique. 



PiLVSiANK SNOVi^TA Packard. Plate 10, fig. 1. 



Not riwiiyra .siibmiiiintn I'ack., I'mc. I'.dsl,. Soc. N:it. Hist., xvi, 25, 1874. 

 Mac<iii<i siihmiiihila l';H'lc., Sixtli Ki-p. I'l^li. .\(.';k1. S. i., 4'.), 1S74. 



2 (?. — This is a grayish moth, suffused with vermilion on the body and 

 wings. It agrees very closely wilh Semiothisa s-sigfia/a, from Texas, in the 

 form of the body and the peculiar cut of the wings; the fore wings being entire 

 on the outer edge, and the hind wings rounded and not angulatcd. The head 

 and prothorax are not discolorous with the rest of the body. The antenna; 

 are not so well ciliated as in Semiothisa s-signala. Fore wings vermilion- 

 gray, with a basal, regularly-curved, Idack line, ending on the subcostal line 

 rather nearer the large oval discal dot than the base of the wing. No traces 

 of a median line. Outer line black, regularly sinuous, curving once outward 

 opposite the discal spot, and once inward below, widening on the inner edge, 

 and growing narrow and faint on the costa; it is faintly edged with vermilion 

 on the inside, and externally is accompanied with a broad, dusky, blackish 

 shade extending more than half-way to the outc-r edge. Hind wings con- 

 colorous with anterior pair, a little more clouded, wilh no lines. Beneath, 

 decidedly tinged with vermilion, especially costa and veins, with no lines, 

 except a marginal, dark, diffuse shade common to both wings. Legs concol- 

 orous with the body. 



Length of body, c? 0.40; of fore wing, <S , 0.47; expanse of wings, 

 1.00 inch. 



Lawrence, Kans. (Prof F. IL Snow). 



Resembling P. meadiata, it differs in its rather more decided vermilion 

 tinge and the much more sinuate outer line. The wings ar(! more speckled, 

 and the body and wings are shorter and thicker than in /'. inaidiatii. The 

 wings in the hitter species are much clearer, and (lie (wo dark bands much 

 mori! conspicuous. 



On reviewinir (he generic characters of Pliitsiane, I find I was mistaken 

 in referring this species to Semiothisa {Mncariu), and consequently change 

 the specific name to snoridla in honor of the discoverer of the species. 



Another s])ecimen IVoni Law rence, Kans., received from Professor Snow, 



