PAPILIO. 



Devoted Exclusively to Lepidoptera. 



Edited by ^ ( VOL 



'r.%!;tr'| Philadelphia, March, 1884. j ^o. 3.^ 



SOME NEW FORMS OF N. AMERICAN MOTHS. 



By Henry Edwards. 



ZYGiENIDiE. 



Alypia Hudsonia, n. var. — 9 . Greatly resembling A. Langtonii, 

 Coup., of which it may probably be a variety. It has, however, hvo 

 spots on secondaries instead of one, the outer one much the largest, 

 and both white. The spots on primaries are larger than those of either 

 A. Langtonii or A. Octomacidata, the basal being sub-triangular, not 

 ovate. There is no trace, either, of the usual blue scales. 



Hudson's Bay district (Captain G. Geddes). Type, Coll. B. Neu- 

 moegen. 



Pyrrhomorpha fusca, n. sp. — Wings slightly hyaline, dark smoky, 

 as are also the antennae, lower side of abdomen, and the legs. Head, 

 thorax and upper side of abdomen bright orange. 



Exp. wings 25 mm. Length of body 8 mm. 



Arizona (H. K. Morrison). Several examples. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



LITHOSIDiE. 



Eulithosia, n. gen. — Head rather small, deeply imbedded in the 

 thorax, which is twice as broad as the base of the head. Palpi very 

 short, almost hidden by the rounded clypeus, with the terminal article 

 acute, conical. Abdomen verv little longer than the hind wings, some- 

 what swollen; ovipositor broad at base, tapering suddenly to a point. 

 Fore tibiae with long sharp claw. Hinder tibiae with two long and two 

 short spurs. Wings ample, rather broad, and shorter than in Lithosia, 

 with a very glossy sheen. F^-inges long; vein 2 widely separated 

 from 3, which latter, with 4 and 5, start from the extreme point of 

 discal cell, and are thence equidistant to margin. Sub-costal vein of 

 secondaries bifurcate towards the margin, where its lower fork almost 

 joins vein 5. Antennae simple. 



A curious genus, somewhat recalling the forms of some small Noc- 

 tuid(Z. 



