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die of the wing broken only by the double whitish line. The margin is brown, pass- 

 ing into whitish at the internal angle. Fringe dull whitish, mottled with brown. Sec- 

 ondaries dull fawn-color, with faint median band. Beneath, the wings are fawn drab 

 with darker shadings, and with the bands very apparent. Thorax fawn drab, edges 

 of the collar and tegul^e marked with white. Abdomen and legs fawn drab above 

 and below. 



Exp. wings, 32 mm. 1 Q. Colorado. (D Bruce.) 

 I place this beautiful insect, (a fine example ofwhich I owe to the kindness 

 of my friend Mr. Bruce) in the sub-genus, Deva, Walker, as in shape and 

 general appearance it bears great resemblance to the well-known D, pur- 

 pur igera. In the present species however, the palpi are very long, the ter- 

 minal article being broad and flattened, with long hairs. In the other 

 two N. American species of Dtva the palpi are somewhat shorter than in 

 this, though considerably longer than those of Plusia proper and it was 

 mainly upon this character that Walker founded his genus, the validity 

 ofwhich has been accepted by Mr. Grote. The thoracic tufts also are 

 flatter and more spreading. UDeva be allowed to stand as a gen us distinct 

 from Plusia, the European Plusia moneta must be removed to it. 



Plusia vaccinii, n. sp. 



Size of P. u-aureum, with the same style of clouded markings on the primaries. 

 The lines are however, straighter, and not so deeply dentate as in that species and 

 there is a marked difference in the shape of the metallic spot. In the present form 

 it is obtusely triangular, and seperated by a rather wide interval from a small round 

 dot. The ground color of the wing is also paler towards the internal angle. The 

 secondaries are paler, more inclining to fawn-color on the disk, with a faint median 

 band, and the margins broadly dusky. 



We owe the discovery of this species to Mr. Roland Thaxter, who 

 took it 0)i Mt, Washington. N. H., in July, and also raised it from the 

 larva found by him feeding upon a species of Vaccinium. Mr. Thaxter 

 states that it is diurnal in its habits, and that it flies among the rocks 

 near the summit of the mountain. It is at Mr. Thaxter's suggestion that 

 I name the species after its food-plant. 



Plusia California. Geyer. 



Some exquisite specimens of a variation of this species, in which 

 the median space is largely suffused with bright reddish brown, giving a 

 different appearance from the typical form, have been taken by Mr. D. 

 Bruce and myself in Colorado and California. To distinguish it, I pro- 

 pose for it the varietal name of P. russea, n. var. 



I may here mention that, with reference th the wide distribution of 

 species of Plusia, I have in my collection examples of P. biloba, Steph. 

 from Mexico, California, and Bogota, and of P. verruca, Fab. from 

 Venezuela and Brazil. 



Phoberia indiscreta, n. sp. 



Whole upper surface, light fawn-drab. Basal half line of primaries reduced to 



