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ginal band of black, the latter distinctly broken and shaded with orang-e 

 on the anal margin. Under side pale orange, primaries with black 

 sub-marginal band, most distinct in the centre, a black discal spot, and 

 a few black dots near the base. Secondaries with the anal margin 

 clouded with black, and black discal spot. Antennae, thorax, abdo- 

 men and legs dull orange. i $ . 



Exp. wings 0.60 inch. 



Florida. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



Melicleptria exalta, n. sp. — Primaries stone-drab, with the lines 

 all compressed and indistinct, the basal and t. a. being almost obsolete; 

 they are, however, indicated by a slightly darker shade; the t. p. line 

 is dull crimson, the space behind it being very clear fawn-drab. The 

 secondaries are dull crimson at the base, with a very broad marginal 

 band of black; fringe dull white. Beneath, the primaries have the 

 centre rosy, with the base, external margin and large discal spot, dusky 

 black. The secondaries are dull rosy, with a black shade on the mar- 

 gins near the middle. Thorax and abdomen dull yellow, the tip of the 

 latter orange, and with a pink tinge beneath. i S . 



Exp. wings 0.60 inch. 



San Antonio, Texas. Coll. A. J. Bolter. 



Fruva modesta, n. sp. — Primaries pale ochraceous, with a faint ob- 

 lique half band resting on the interior margin. Posterior margins and 

 fringes dusky. Secondaries dusky ochraceous, with the fringe white. 

 Under side dusky, with the margins pale ochraceous; thorax and ab- 

 domen concolorous. 3 <? 2 9 • 



Exp. wings 0.75 inch. 



Virginia City, Nev. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



Fruva deleta, n. sp. — Primaries dusky ochraceous, with some scat 

 tered black scales, posterior margin dusky. Secondaries rather paler 

 in color; fringes of both wings concolorous; there is no trace of the 

 oblique band of the preceding form. Under side as in F. modesta, of 

 which this may be a variety. 



I $ , Virginia City, Nev. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



I $ , Hudson Bay. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



Catocala Dionyza, n. sp. — Size of C. Zoe, Behr., and somewhat 

 allied to it. The primaries are blackish brown, beautifully and clearly 

 mottled with white and gray shades; the lines are all velvet-black, and 

 very distinct. Behind the t. a. line is a rather clear white patch reach- 

 ing from costa across the open sub-reniform to the middle of the wing; 

 another whitish patch mottled with gray behind the blackish reniform. 

 The t. p. line is very oblique on costa, running to a little above the 

 median nervure, and then produced into a double acute tooth; be- 

 hind this is a brownish shade following the line to the internal angle; 



