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I 6 . Tucson, Arizona. I. Doll. 

 Type. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



FAM. NOCTUID^. 



Lygranthoecia PARMELIANA. n. sp. 



Primaries ochreous drab, with a slight greenish tint. Basal 

 space clouded with olive brown. T. a, line narrowly edged with 

 white, and deeply toothed outwardly on the median nervure. T. 

 p. line also white, with a slight sinuation in the middle, where it 

 is lost in a brownish cloud. The central space is the palest por- 

 tion of the wing. It is crossed from costa to internal margin by 

 a narrow olive brown cloud, obscuring the large reniform spot. 

 Sub-reniform obsolete. Behind the t. p. line is a dark olive brown 

 shade, the margins paler, with black dots at the end of the ner- 

 vules. Secondaries dusky, with a paler discal shade, and the 

 costa also pale. Fringes of both wings alternately stone color 

 and brown. Beneath, the margins are broadly dusky, with dusky 

 discal spots. Centre of both wings paler. Thorax and abdomen 

 ochreous drab. 



Exp. wings. 24 m. m. Length of body. 12 m. m. 



I 6. "Maryland." 



Type. Coll. H. Schonborn. Washington. 



CiRRHOBOLlNA Mexicana. Be/ir. n. var. zmlpina. 



Similar in all respects to C. incandcscens, Grotc ( — Syneda Mex- 

 icana, Behr.) except that the posterior half of the primaries is dull 

 foxy-red, bearing at first sight the appearance of a new species. 

 The marks of primaries and secondaries agree so closely with the 

 form mentioned that I cannot regard the present as other than 

 a variation. 



3 ? . Prescott, Arizona. I. Doll. 



Types, Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



Melipotis perl.eta. n. sp. 



Allied to M. pal/escens, G and R., but with the colors of the 

 primaries in much stronger contrast. Basal space fawn color, 

 dark brown as it touches the t. a. line and covered with brownish 

 scales. Costa pinkish for its basal, and deep buff for its posterior 

 half. T. a, line oblique, not dentated. T. p. line with slight sin- 

 uation in the centre, on which rests a brownish patch. The 

 space between is bright buff, except on the costa, where there is 

 a brownish triangular mark. Reniform and sub-reniform very 

 faintly indicated. The pale discal shade, common to all the genus, 

 is almost ovate in shape, with dark markings around it. There 

 are some faint gray shadings towards the internal margin. The 

 sub-marginal line is fawn color, slightly shaded anteriorly with 

 brown. Fringe fawn color. Secondaries sordid white, with broad 

 blackish marginal band, obsolete at anal angle, and with two 

 white blotches in the extreme margin. Fringe white. Under 

 side wholly clear white, with the costa of primaries pink, a broad 



