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*2024. Meliana limitata. 



Lmcania limitata. Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mas. xxv. p. 187 (1902) ; Dyar, 

 Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162. 



cJ . Very pale creamy yellow ; head tinged with rufous in front ; 

 teguliB white, greyish at base aud with black linear tips. Fore 

 wiug with the median nervure streaked with white, defined above 

 by a fuscous-brown streak coufluent with the triangular dark shade 

 from termen below apex ; the median nervure defined below by a 

 yellow-brown shade, the veins black-edged towards extremity ; a 

 slight black streak below base of cell conttueut with a very narrow 

 loop-like claviform stigma ; terminal area slightly darker. Hind 

 wing white, the costal area on underside slightly darker. 



Uah. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 33 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



2025. Meliana stolata. (Plate XCV. fig. 35.) 



Leucania, stolata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 76, pi. v. f. 8 (I8S4) ; 

 Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163. 



$ . Head whitish, the vertex tinged with rufous ; tegula3 white 

 with grey tips ; thorax pale yellow, with some grey on vertex and 

 black scales on upper edge of patagia ; abdomen white, the anal 

 tuft tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with brown. 

 Pore wing pale yellow ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated 

 with black ; a slight oblique blackish streak above inner margin 

 before middle ; median nervure silvery white, defined below by a 

 rufous fascia ; the basal parts of veins 4, 3 white ; an ill-defined 

 fuscous fascia between veins 4 and 6 not reaching termen ; the 

 veins of terminal area slightly defined by brown streaks and slight 

 streaks also in the interspaces ; a black point in lower angle of cell 

 and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of black 

 points; cilia grey. Hind wing pure white; the underside with 

 the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous and irrorated with 

 fuscous. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 1 $ , Arizona. £!rj9. 

 40 millim. 



*2026. Meliana patricia. (Plate XCV. fig. 26.) 



HeUophila pafrkia, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iii. p. 46 (1880); 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186. 



$ . Head and thorax ochreous white, the head and tcgulaj 

 strongly tinged with brown ; abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous, 

 the costal edge and veins white ; a fuscous-brown streak in lower 

 part of cell and above vein 4 to termen ; the veins of terminal half 

 defined by fine fuscous streaks; cilia white. Hind wing white. 

 Underside of fore wing with slight brown streaks on the veins. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Hot Springs, 7000' {Hulst), 

 in Coll. J. B. Smith. Exp. 30 millim. 



