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wanting. Ocelli. Tongue scaled. Maxillary palpi untufted, con- 

 cealed in the male. Labial palpi with long second joint, extended 

 in front, longer than the head. Male antennas with a tuft within 

 a basal flexure. The entire insect is blackish, immaculate, shin- 

 ing; head, thorax and primaries with violet reflections ; the usual 

 marking are lost; the fringes are but little paler, interlined. 

 Expanse, 24 mil. A number of specimens from Summit, Sierra 

 Nevada, collected by Mr. Hy. Edwards. In one specimen the 

 darker, upright, waved median lines can be made out on primar- 

 ies, and a discal point, but as a rule it is very dififlcult to perceive 

 them. 



NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN 



NOCTUID^. 



By Henr\» Edwards. 



Euros, nov. gen. 



Head small, deeply inserted in the thorax, which is densely 

 clothed with appressed scales. Palpi, short, truncate, with rather 

 short hairs. Abdomen extending beyond the wings, rather short, 

 with small basal tuft. Antennas simple. Tibiae almost smooth, 

 tarsi densely clothed with rather long hairs. The first pair very 

 short, and furnished with a thickened process, terminating in a 

 blunt spine ; middle pair, long, with long spine, and the posterior 

 pair with two short spines. Wings ample ; the anterior pair about 

 twice as long as the width ; rounded at the apex. 



This genus appears to be closely allied to Anarta, the form 

 of the markings being somewhat similar, but the coloring of the 

 primaries offers a very wide distinction, and the curious structure 

 of the legs affords good characters for the formation of the pres- 

 ent genus. 



Euros proprius, n. sp. 



Primaries reddish brown, with all the lines and the margins 

 of a deeper shade. Along the costal margin are some whitish 

 scales. The basal half line, the t. a. and t. p. lines are dark-brown, 

 the two latter very wide apart on costa, but approaching each 

 other on the internal margin. 



Reniform and claviform, yellowish brown, the latter unus- 

 ually large. Submarginal line, sinuato-dentate, yellowish in color. 

 Fringes reddish brown, darker at the extremity of the nervures. 

 Secondaries, smoky black, with small white discal spot. Fringes, 

 reddish brown. Underside, smoky black, broadly reddish brown 

 along all the margins. Thorax, yellowish-brown, with reddish 

 scales. Abdomen, smoky black, concolorous with the posterior 

 wings. 



Exp. wings. 0.75 inch. 



