ally "ii the upper side. Feet and legs also gray molded with black. Antennae with 

 the shaft white, pectinations blackish. Primaries with a buff patch al the base, in 

 which are a few black scales. Behind thisa gray band, edged before and behind with 

 black, and sprinkled with black scales. Then a rather wide buff or fawn-color shade, 

 through which runs a waved rather indistinct blackish band. Behind this fawn-color 

 band is another of white or silver-gray, edged with a conspicuous dentate black line, 

 with some black scales towards the apex. The space behind the dentate line is pale 

 gray. Fringe whitish, flecked with black. Secondaries yellowish gray, shading 

 into dark smoky towards the margins. Underside sordid white, dark on the apex of 

 primaries, with faint traces of a median band. Expanse of wings 30 mm. Length 

 of body 12 mm. 3 cj 1 , 1 9- Denver, Colorado. Ily. Edwards, 1 cj'\ Montana, 

 ( loll. Neumoegen. 



Gluphisia rupta n. sp. 



Head and thorax above white flecked with a few black scales, white beneath. 

 Abdomen and antennae wanting in my unique specimen. Primaries with basal space 

 white with black central cloud. A very strongly marked black line runs quite across 

 the wing a little behind the basal third, and from its junction at the internal margin, 

 another line fainter and more oblique, and slightly dentate inwardly reaches the costa 

 at the apical third. The space between these two lines is stained with buff, and there 

 are a few black scales nearest the inner margin. Behind this is a broad space 

 limited by the dentate submarginal band, and clouded heavily with black. Second- 

 aries smoky, a little paler at their base. Fringes of both wings white, spotted with 

 black at the intersection of the nervules. Underside sordid wdiite, the primaries with 

 a broad smoky submarginal band. Size of Q, ridenda. 1 cf. Denver, Colorado. 

 Ily. Edwards. 



The single specimen I possess of this species, was partially eaten by 

 cockroaches after its capture, but an early examination enabled rue to 

 pronounce positively as to its sex. 



Gluphisia albofascia n. sp. 



Ground color of primaries white with a yellowish tinge. Behind the small basal 

 space is a rather broad black band, narrowing a little towards the costa. On this are 

 a few whitish scales. Then a broad yellowish wdiite space, widest on the costa, 

 where it is stained with black, and behind this to the margin a blackish cloud, grow- 

 ing faint at the margin, and enclosing a dentate submarginal line. Secondaries pure 

 w hite, with a black shade at the anal angle. Fringes white with black spots at 

 the intersection of the nervules. Underside clear wdiite, the markings of the uppei 

 surface plainly visible. Fore tarsi distinctly banded with black. Expanse of wings 

 32 mm. Length of body 14 mm. 2 <^\ Salt Lake City, Utah. Ily. Edwards. 



Gluphisia formosa n. sp. 



Size and appearance of the last species, oi which it may be but an extreme 

 variety. There is however, a very distinct shade of buff crossing the middle of the 

 wing, and the lines are all very faint, giving the insect a yellowish gray appearance. 

 The primaries are only very sparsely covered with black scales, and the black anal 

 spot ofthe secondaries is wanting. Beneath, a very distinct smoky median band 

 erossc> the primaries, and appears on the costa ofthe secondaries in the shape of two 

 spots. 4^,1$. Salt Lake City, Utah. Ily. Edwards. 



It is possible that G. ridenda and G. rupta are forms of one species, 

 and that G. albofascia and G. formosa forms < >f another, but I prefer to 



