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rence of this species in California or even on the Pacific coast of 

 North America is unknown to the writer, neither have I heard of 

 a single complaint from the orchardists of this coast, which would 

 lead to the suspicion that any species of Clisiocampa occurred in 

 the orchards, or was likely to be a source of trouble. The occur- 

 rence of these last two species in California, as stated by Boisdu- 

 val, I believe to be the result of errors on the part of his corres- 

 pondents, though, from what we know of the distribution of other 

 common Atlantic forms, it is quite possible that one or both may 

 occur in British Columbia and Washington Territory, or even as 

 far south as Oregon. 



ON SOME SPECIES OF NISONIADES. 



By J. A. LiNTNER. 



Mr. Wm. H. Edwards has submitted to me for examination 

 some examples of Nisoniades, which prove to be undescribed 

 species. They are the following: 



Nisoniades N^vius, n. sp. 



Size somewhat less than N. Juvenalis, and N. funeralis. 

 Wings fuscous, almost black, with a purple reflection. 



Primaries with four minute, subquadrangular, white, costo- 

 apical, hyaline spots, of which the fourth (from costa) may be ob- 

 solete ; a similar spot in cell 3, and none in the discal cell. An 

 irregular umber-brown spot centres on the discal cross-vein, and 

 at about the middle of cell i b (the submedian interspace) is an- 

 other, showing more distinctly in the $ . The subterminal row of 

 obscure, rounded, intranervuler fuscous spots rest on a dark um- 

 ber-brown ground. All the markings are nearly lost in the dark 

 ground ; those best defined are two confluent trapezoidal spots in 

 cell I b, forming the inner termination of the transverse row of 

 spots, and defined without and within by a W in umber-brown. 

 The spots of the transverse row are not of the ordinary sagittate 

 form. 



Secondaries dark brown, showing faintly the two rows of in- 

 tranervular paler brown spots, more distinct in the ? . Cilia dark 

 brown, lighter upon their outer half in one ^, and quite pale, ap- 

 proaching whitish in the $ 



Beneath, paler brown, and showin|^ more or less distinctly 

 the two ordinary lines toward the margin of pale brown spots, 

 and in one ^ example, a white spot in the discal cell, not seen 

 on the upper surface. Head and palpi concolorous with the thorax 

 abdomen and legs. 



Expanse of wings: ^, 1.45 to 1.65 in.; ?, 1.65 to 1.70 in. 



Described from 3 $ 's, collected at Indian River, Florida. 



This species is allied to N. funeralis Scudd.-Burg. Its mark- 

 ings are similar in form and arrangement and nearly as incon- 



