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Marmopteryx Seiferti. n. sp. 



Head, thorax, body and primaries dark ochraceous, some- 

 what fading towards base of primaries. Marginal fringes brown- 

 ish. A triangularly-shaped coffee-colored blotch, covering the 

 space of apex and continuing as a small band along exterior mar- 

 gin, gradually diminishing at the junction of inner angle. A 

 large, coffee-colored diagonal discal blotch, shaped like an 

 irregular square, and running from costa to 2d median nervure. 

 At base of costa a small, coffee-colored streak. 



Secondaries uniform ochraceous, fading towards base, fringes 

 brownish. 



Beneath primaries ochraceous, the apical blotch and mar- 

 ginal band richly dressed with brown grains. Discal blotch suf- 

 fused, blackish, covering space between discal nervures and base, 

 and fading towards the latter. 



Secondaries light ochraceous, richly dressed with innumera- 

 ble brown grains. 



$ ? . Prescott, Arizona. Types Coll. B. Neumoegen. Ex- 

 panse, i^ inch. Length of body, ^ inch. 



I take great pleasure in naming this handsome geometrid 

 after my good friend and ardent entomologist, Mr. Otto 

 Seifert. 



Stiria Sulphurea. n. sp. 



Head, collar and primaries of bright sulphur color. Pata- 

 giae covered with brownish dust. Fringes brownish, connected 

 with an irregular, oval shaped, brownish blotch, resting on middle 

 of exterior margin. A dark brown, small reniform spot on the 

 middle of interior margin. A small brown streak at base. A 

 faint brownish transverse undulating line from costa to junction 

 of reniform spot on interior margin. The space included in this 

 line covered with a few brownish dots. 



Secondaries uniform grayish-brown with lighter fringes. 



Beneath, primaries blackish-brown, fading into grayish-yel- 

 low near apex and exterior margin. 



Secondaries uniform grayish-yellow. 



$ ?. Expanse, i% inch. Length of body, % inch. 



Prescott, Arizona. (L Doll.) Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



Note.— The above descriptions were issued in the form of an " extra," on October yth, 



