in color. Both sexes are before me and other specimens are in col- 

 lections, all from Mr. Bruce, to whose kindness I owe a number of 

 fine species. 



Taeniocampa curtica sp. nov. — In color of head, thorax and primaries, 

 vaiying troni a reddish clay color to a distinct red-brown, somewhat powdery. 

 The transverse Hues are very variably distinct, sometimes all save the s. t. 

 line indefinite. When present they are as follows: basal line narrow, pale, 

 irregular, without defining margins. T. a. line pale, almost upright, angulated 

 on the veins and there also black marked, else not defined save in the costal 

 space. T. p. line pale, sinuate, of the usual form, outer margin defined by a 

 sliglitly darker shade, which is emphasized by a series of venular points, 

 behind which are small pale dots. S. t. line always distinct, pale, but slightly 

 irregular, preceded by a distinct darker shade not broken up into spots in the 

 specimens before me. Veins black marked through terminal space. Orbic- 

 ular concolorous, small, round, indistinctly pale ringed, scarcely definable in 

 some specimens. Reniform moderate in size, constricted centrally, narrowly 

 pale ringed, interiorly black filled; a dusky shade from costa between the 

 spots, obliquely outward to the blackish filled part of reniform. Secondaries 

 soiled whitish at base, blackish outwardly. Beneath reddish powdery over 

 whitish, with a common black exterior line breaking into dots on secondaries 

 and with a distinct discal spot on each wing. Expands 1.20 — 1.25 inches; 

 29 — 30 nun. 



Hab. — Sierra Nevada, Cal. 



A considerable number of specimens has been before me from 

 Messrs. Edwards and Neumoegen, all agreeing save in distinctness 

 of maculation. The species belongs to the oviduca group of the 

 genus, with \'ery decided leanings to the incincta type in wing form 

 and maculation. The apices of primaries are rectangular, but 

 scarcely acute or produced, and the prominent s. t. shade recalls 

 incincta quite strongly. The antennal pectinations are shorter how- 

 ever, and the wings are less frail ; the species as a whole stouter in 

 habitus. The vestiture consists of flattened hair and scales. 



Taeniocampa addenda sp. nov.— General color of head, thorax and prima- 

 ries red-brown, adding either a grayish or luteous tint; maculation variably 

 distinct, almost entirely obsolete in one specimen, while in another it is very 

 distinct. In the latter the basal line is marked only by a venular dot; t. a. 

 line outcurved, lunate between veins, darker, preceded by a slightly paler 

 shade. T. p. line very even, slightly sinuately and nearly parallel with the 

 outer margin, consisting of a series of dusky lunules, beyond which is a series 

 of short venular streaks termniating in a pale dot. S. t. line somewhat ir- 

 regular, marked by a blackish preceding shade, which makes the terminal 

 space seem paler. A series of blackish terminal lunules. The median space 

 is blackish filled below the costal region and the s. t. space is well powdered 

 with blackish. Orbicular small, round, black filled. Reniform moderate, 

 upright, slightly constricted medially, black filled. Secondaries smoky fus- 



