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DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF N. AMERICAN 



MOTHS. 



By Hy. Edwards. 



EULEUCOPH.EUS SORORIUS. 11. Sp. 



? . Primaries pale reddish brown, a little paler at the pos- 

 terior margin. The lines are broad white, the inner one oblique, 

 not curved, and not reaching to the costa, the outer one slightly 

 waved about the centre towards the posterior margin. In the 

 median space, a little nearer to the inner than the outer line, is 

 an oblong discal mark of yellowish brown. The costa at the base 

 is brownish, in the median space it is flecked with white scales, 

 and at the apex it is white from the junction of the exterior line. 

 Fringe and internal margin whitish, with a pink tinge. 



Secondaries, dull reddish brown, paler on the disc ; the ner- 

 vures very strong and distinct ; the fringes clear white. 



Beneath, the wings are pale reddish brown, the bands of the 

 primaries faintly exhibited. 



The fringes and the costal margin of secondaries clear white. 

 Head, red brown, orange at the base of the antenna;. Thorax, 

 red brown, with long grizzled hairs. Abdomen, chestnut brown, 

 with broken whitish lateral bands. Antennae beneath and tarsi 

 bright orange. 



Exp. wings, 3.00 inch. 



I, ?. La Paz, Lower California. 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



Gloveria Arizonensis. Packd. 



$ . A specimen of this very rare insect is in my possession, 

 and is, as far as I am aware, the only example of the ? sex 

 known. It differs considerably from the figure of the $ in 

 Mr. H. Strecker's " Lepidopt.Rhoph. et Heta-y PI. 15, and I there- 

 fore offer the following description: 



Primaries, brownish gray, covered wath very long hairs, which 

 have their origin at the base of the scales. These hairs are white 

 at their tips, and give the insect a very grizzled appearance. Of 

 the lines enclosing the median space, the basal one has a small 

 tooth directed inwardly at its centre, while the exterior line is 

 slightly curved throughout its length ; the space between it and 

 the outer line being rather widest on the costa- In the median 

 space, nearest to the basal line, is a round white spot, clearer 

 than is represented in the ? . The submarginal line is nearly 

 parallel with the median line, with the posterior edges dentate, 

 though the teeth are not so deep as in Mr. Strecker's figure. 

 Fringes concolorous. Secondaries, chocolate brown, with a gray- 

 ish tinge, the hairs fewer than those on the primaries. Fringe, 

 dusky white, speckled with gray. Beneath, the wings are all 

 brownish gray, with the same grizzled appearance as on the up- 



