b AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Forewing : a conspicuous black spot rests ou costa between inner tliird and mid- 

 dle, and as a central fascia continues to fold, but becomes brown below the middle 

 of the wing; its inner edge is slightly oblique to middle of wing, then vertical 

 towards dorsum, but before reaching latter it turns and the outer margin runs 

 obliquely upward in a spur to the middle of wing; the brown of this spur is shaded 

 with black and above the spur is a white semi-circular patch containing ou its 

 lower side a small dot of fuscous. Between base and this dark fascia the ground 

 color is white, with three, nearly equidistant black lines from costa to middle of 

 wing; the middle one inwardly outlines a pale brown fascia extending nearly to 

 dorsum ; the inner fourth of dorsal margin, below the fold, is overlaid with brown 

 and black scales; and a few scales of the same colors mark the base above. The 

 white ground color, inside the middle fascia, is heavily overlaid with gray on the 

 upper half of wing, and a patch of the same on lower half just before fascia ; along 

 the dorsum the white extends beyond the fascia, nearly to outer fourth rather 

 heavily overlaid with gray at the outer end. Beyond the dark central fascia is a 

 large olivaceous brown patch, extending from below costa to anal angle, rounded 

 on its outer edge and nearly straight in its inner. A line of steely-gray scales sepa- 

 rate it from a smaller triangular patch of the same color, in dorsum, within anal 

 angle; the steely-gray line continues to costa at outer fourth, but becomes white 

 above the middle of wing, where it joins another white line from costa, which 

 runs obliquely outward to middle of terraen, a similar white streak from costa, 

 before apex, runs into this at middle of termen. The latter is interrupted by a 

 streak of black scales below apex, and both of these white lines are outlined with 

 gray scales. A similar but shorter white line separates the brown patch from 

 termen above the angle. In apex is a lunate patch of brown overlaid with black. 

 Cilia leaden-gray, interrupted below apex and at middle by a whitish dash, and 

 few scales of whitish at angle. 



Hindwing: white, tinged w*ith smoky-brown in apex and before margin. Outer 

 ends of cilia white, shaded with pale brown within. Underside the same. 



Underside forewing fuscous, with eight geminate white spots on costa, cilia 

 dark lead en -gray. 



Five specimens, coilected at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Miss Annette F. 

 Braun, April 29th to May 14tli. 



This species is nearer to the European P. botrana than any of the 

 American species I have seen. 



Polychrosis magnoliana sp. nov. 



Expanse, % , 11.5 mm. ; 9 ' 1~ mm. 



Head, palpi, antennae and thorax cinnamon-brown, thorax streaked with 

 leaden-black before the tuft, and the outer ends of tuft reddish-brown. Abdo- 

 men fuscous, anal segment leaden, tuft ochreous. Legs creamy-white, powdered 

 with blackish-brown. 



Forewing: inner half leaden-blue, divided by a narrow transverse line, which 

 is bluish above and brown below middle. The middle fascia extends from costa 

 to dorsum, its inner edge nearly straight and vertical; it is narrow to middle, 

 then broadens outwardly to double the width, and from the widest outward point 

 curves inwardly to dorsum, where it is less wide than at costa; black above. 



