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re<i(lislj-oclirwjus. Palpi long and slender, passing as far beyond the front 

 as the head is wide ; l)lack in the outer half" al)ove. Fore wings orange- 

 ochrcous; inner line black, regularly curved; outer line oblique, more 

 sinuous than usual (in one case, fig. 44, straight), not bent on the costa ; it 

 is brick-red in color, shaded inside toward the niidille of" the wing with deep 

 I'erruginous orange: sometimes narrow and blackish, edged externall}' witli 

 ochreous. Usually no markings on the edge of the vving, but in one very 

 dark example a dark diti'use wavy line, edged with light reddish ochreous 

 beyond, extending to the edge of the wing. A single line on liind wings, 

 straight, not reaching the costa, and of the same color as that on the front 

 wings. This line varies in color, being in one case black, sinuous, reaching 

 the costal edge, and interrupted in the middle, nearly opposite tiie discal dot; 

 sometimes the line is entirely wanting. Four discal dots. Beneath, the wings 

 areof tlie same color as above, liut a little clearer yellow, and the lines faintly 

 re-appear, tiiat on the fore wings being a little curved, while in one example 

 there is a broad dark band just beyond the extradiscal line. This species 

 belongs to the same section of the genus as T. cervinaria, and is a little 

 smaller, with the apex and angles of the wing more acute; behind the angles, 

 the wings are entire. The moth is quite different from Guenee's M. for- 

 Jicarla, which does not 3'et seem to occur in American collections. 



Length of body, O.fiO ; of fore wing, 0.77; expanse of wings, 1.60 

 inches. 



Nevada (Edwards); Sanzalito, Cal., October 10, November 8-11 (Beh- 

 rens). 



It may l)e recognized by the acutely-angled wings, the ferruginous or 

 blackish undulating extradiscal line, the deep orange-ocher of the wings, 

 and the blackish palpi. 



One female from Sanzalito, Cal., is fawn-brown, and might be mistaken 

 for T. paraUeliaria, but has simple antennae, and the inner line on the fore 

 wings is curved as usual. 



Tetracis cEKViNARiA Packard. Plate 12, fig. 46. 



Metaiiema cerriiiaria Pack., Pioc. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 386, 1871. 



2 i. — Differs structurally from the other species described by Guenee 

 in the antennte not being pectinated, but finely ciliated beneath, while the 

 palpi are rather large and stout, passing a little beyond the front. The body 



