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are double, and in two series across the middle of the wing. The 

 margins are broadly clouded with brown, and there is an ochreous 

 streak on the apex, narrowing towards the centre of the wing. 

 Abdomen and thorax wholly ochreous. 



Exp, wings, 32 m. m. Length of body, 18 m. m. 



I S Texas. Coll. O. Meske, to whom I regardfully dedicate 

 the species. 



This curious insect, in the ornamentation of the lower side, 

 reminds us of the Australian genus Praxis. Giien. Sp. Genrl. 

 Noctiielites. PL i^,fig. 10. 



Synedoida CERVINA. n. sp. 



Primaries fawn color, with a darker, slightly dentated median 

 line, and a second line on the costa, ceasing at the median ner- 

 vule. There are indications of a faint discal mark in the cell, and 

 some scattered brown scales, along the costal margin and at the 

 base of the wing. The posterior margin has eight black points, 

 and the fringe is brown and fawn color alternately. Secondaries 

 fawn-drab, paler than the primaries, darkest on the outer margin 

 Thorax and abdomen concolorous above and below. 



Exp. wings, 37 m. m. 



I ?. Arizona. (H. K. Morrison.) Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



I am inclined to think that this species and 5. inepta, Hy. 

 Edw., may form the types of a new genus. They are aberrant 

 in their system of coloration, and the thorax and abdomen are 

 stouter and heavier than in S. scriipiilosa and allies. 



FAM. DELTOIDS. 



Antiblemma guttula. n. sp. 



A singular species, darker in color than A. canalis, the gen- 

 eral shade being a dull chocolate brown. The lines are indistinct, 

 except the t. p. line, which is common to both wings, and is 

 slightly paler than the ground color, oblique, and near the apex, 

 bent in a very acute angle to the costa. The base of the prima- 

 ries is mottled with black. The reniform is very large and con- 

 spicuous, bluish-white, with a black ring. Behind the acute angle 

 of the t. p. line is a row of small black spots, edged with bluish- 

 white scales, becoming obsolete below the middle of the wing. 

 This broken maculate line appears also on the secondaries. 

 The apex of the costa bears four small pinkish-orange 

 patches, not visible without a lens. The marginal line on both 

 wings is slightly sinuate, cupreous, edged anteriorly with black. 

 Fringes coppery-brown. Discal spot of secondaries jet black. 

 Lower surface has the markings repeated more forcibly. The 

 costal margin is coppery throughout its length, and the discal 

 spot of the secondaries is edged with bluish-white scales. The 

 ground color is a little paler, and mottled with black scales, while 



