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FAM. NOCTUIDAE. 



Catocala Andromache, ii. ^il 



Allied to (\ Desdeiiiona liy. Edw. (Papilio, Vol. 2, p. 15) but much smaller, 

 and with confused and indistinct markings to the upper wings. Their color is <^reen 

 ish drai), the lines all with darker shadings above and below ihem, and more regular 

 in their outline than in C. JJesdemona. The basal half-line is almost obsolete, the t-a 

 much produced outwardly in the middle, while the t-p has a strong tooth outwardly 

 on the third subcostal vein. Reniform and subreniform almost lost in the speckled sur- 

 face of the median space. Secondaries dull orange, dusky at base and along the abdom- 

 nial margin. Median band as in C. Desdemoua, widest in the centre, and sharply 

 produced into a hook, which reaches the abdominal edge. Marginal band white at 

 the apex, narrowing suddenly in the center, and abruptly and broadly cut by the 

 orange field leaving an ovate black spot at the anal angle. Underside dull orange, 

 the primaries bearing a broad black median band, the apex also being broadly black. 

 In the specimen before me, the marginal band is divided by an orange dash as it ap- 

 proaches the internal angle. Band of secondaries as on upper side. 

 E.xp. wings 44 mm. Length of body 20 mm. 

 I (^ near San Bernardino, Cal. Collection of J. Akliur.st. 

 No other yellow winged Catocala is known to me from California 

 e.xcept C. Zoe Behr. , which belongs to another section oi the genus. 

 FAM. GEOMETRIDAE. 



Triphosa pustularia, n. sp. (?) 



In this singular form the primaries are blackisli brown, with the posterior mar- 

 gins, a square patch in the middle of the dark posterior space, and three or four large 

 patches on the costa, pale fawn color. These marks are in very strong contrast with 

 the ground shade. The secondaries are also pale fawn color, with the lines dark 

 brown, and the abdomen is brown with fawn colored band. Underside with reddish 

 tint, strongly marked discal spot, and the lines all rather indistinct. 

 E.xp. wings 45 mm. Length of body 18 mm. 



I (j^, I 9- Summit, Sierra Nevada, (Hy. Edw.}. i ^ British C\)- 

 lumbia, (J. J. Rivers). i 9 Soda Spring, Shasta Co.. (J. Behrens). 



This may possibly prove to be an extreme variety of the well known 

 F. dubitaia, but it is so distinct in its markings as to deserve at least a 

 varietal name. 



Triphosa badiaria, n. sp. 



Ch'ound color of both wings bright yellowish brow 11, with the linos, bands and 

 discal spot of a very dark brown shade. The median dark band is of almost equal 

 width throughout, and only slightly dentate on its edges. The base and costa are also 

 dark brown. Above the posterior margin, which is black, are some brown lunules, 

 the same ornamentation being carried around the margin of the secondaries, which 

 are dusky for their basal half. Underside didl fawn brown, discal spots very distinct, 

 but the lines only faintly marked. Thorax and abdomen yellowish brown. 

 Exp. wings 40 mm. Length of body 16 mm. 

 I 9- Shasta Co, Cal., (Hy. Edw.). 



Certainly a distinct species, which cannot, 1 think, be at all referred 

 to any known form. 



