Annaphila aurantiaca, n. sp. 



A curious form, differing extremely in its coloration from the 

 remainder of the group, and at first suggesting a new genus. I 

 can however, find no characters by which it may be separated. 

 The primaries are light brown, with darker brown markings ; the 

 reniform is clear creamy white ; the basal lines are obliquely 

 waved and broken, and the t. p. line is pale, deeply sinuate, and 

 resting on a dark cloud ; margin dotted with black ; fringe brown. 

 Secondaries, bright deep orange, with an oblong black discal spot, 

 and a rather broad marginal band of black, slightly waved inter- 

 nally, and narrowing at the anal angle ; base of the wing with 

 long smoky hairs ; fringe smoky brown. Underside, bright 

 orange, with a broad smoky black border to both wings ; very 

 wide at the apex of the primaries, which have a blackish sub- 

 basal dark round spot near the apex of the cell, and a large oblong 

 one at its posterior extremity ; the secondaries have a sub-ovate 

 discal spot ; thorax, abdomen and legs, light fawn color, the scales 

 having a slight golden reflection. 



Exp. wings, 0.75 inch, i S Geysers, Cal. R. H. Stretch. 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



Annaphila Pustulata, n. sp. 



Allied to A. Domina. Hy. Edw., but differing by the hnes of 

 the primaries being white, and by the presence of a large square 

 black velvety patch, behind the reniform, filling up the whole of 

 the posterior portion of the cell. The reniform is whitish, and 

 thus the insect has a more mottled appearance than is usual. 

 Secondaries orange, as in A. Domina, but the discal spot is ob- 

 long and much larger than in the allied species, while the mar- 

 ginal band is here more sinuate, and narrows in the middle to a 

 mere line, the band being broadest at the anal angle. Thorax 

 and abdomen smoky black, the latter above thickly dotted with 

 white scales. Underside pale orange, with the margins smoky 

 black. In the centre of the primaries is a large cuneiform black 

 patch, divided by the whitish reniform and by a white line near 

 its posterior portion. The secondaries have, in addition to the 

 blackish margin, a sublunate discal spot and some scales near the 

 anal angle, black. Exp. wings, 0.80 inch, i?. Prescott, Ari- 

 zona. W. Howard. Type, Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



Annaphila arvalis, Hy. Edwards. 



This species described by me (Proc. Cal. Ac. Sc, 1875), from 

 Dr. Behr's M. S. name, must be rechristened, as Arvalis is al- 

 ready occupied in the same group, viz., Axenus Arvalis, Grote. 

 As the present form is usually found upon catkins of willow, I 

 propose for it the name of Annaphila Salicis. 



Tarache sedata, n. sp. 



Size of T. erastrioides. Primaries cream color along the cos- 



