NEW SPECIES, VARIETIES, &c. 129 



TliECLA Kali, n. sp. J* expands 1 to 1 J inches. Upper surface, bright shining yellow copperisli ; primaries with very broad 

 blackish costal margin extending from sexual stigma to exterior margin where it is broadest, occupying all the space between the second 

 discoidal nervule and the eosta. Exterior margins of all wings bordered with blackish, Init very narrowly, especially on the seconda- 

 ries ; fringe all blackish, except between the second and third median nervules of secondaries, where it is while. 



Under surface shining silky grey or slaty, much the same colour as on laider side of Theda Alcatis, Edwds., and Thecla Quercus, , 



L., but more glossy. Secondaries at and near base powdered witli blark and while atoms Exterior margin of all wings edged with (^^/'^ 



a narrow blackishline, this is succeeded inwardly by a while line. On primaries is a submarginal row of fuscous spots edged out- 

 wardly with white on disc; a white baud edged wilh black on inner edge, this band is broken in tliree entirely separate part.s; the last ' ' 

 of these parts, between the last median and the submedian nervule, is nearly obsolete; a narrow white discal ring edged outwardly with \ Js* 

 black and broken towards the costa. Secondaries have a submarginal row of black sagittate spots dillcrijig much in size, the sixth from / [ ^- c ^r 

 apex is the largest, the seventh is much nearer the exterior margin, being only separated therefrom by the wliite marginal line, and is — " 

 surmounted by a large red spot which latter is edged inwardly by a black crescent; between the eighth black spot from the apex and 

 the exterior margin the space is filled with grey caused by pale blue and black scales; a black streak at margin above anal angle; 

 interior to the row of submarginal spots on the disc is very irregular sinuous white line heavily edged inwardly with black ; in the cell 

 are two white lines, and above these another, all edged outwardly with black. From Arizona. 



This most beautiful and conspicuoi-s species bears on the u]iper side somewhat of a resemblance to such exotic species as IT. 

 Apetles, Fabr., Zeritis Pierxis, Cram., Thedor Calliinachus, Ev., etc., its rich yellowish metallic ground colour contrasting strongly with 

 the blackish margins. It comes in or near to the same group as T. Damon, Cram. {Smilacis, Bdl.-Lec), but is widely different from 

 that species. On the three examples examined I can discover no traces of tails to the wings, though these frail appendages may have 

 been broken off. 



Thecla Fotis, n. sp. Size and shape of T. Augaslm, Kirby. Upper surface uniform dark grey. Under surface, primaries 

 rather dark slaty grey, a submarginal row of almost obsolete dark points, a scarcely distinguishable irregular darker line across the ^^..^^ 



disc; interior to" this "the wing is more or less scattered wilh pale atoms; fringe grey. Secondaries edged on exterior margin with a 

 wliite line which is succeeded by a band composed of loo.se black scales, directly interior to which is a row of round white spots or dots, 

 one in each nerval inters])ace, each of these is surmounted by a small crescent formed of black atoms; interior to these is a not very 

 conspicuous sinuous pale grey or whitish line inwardly edged wilh black ; the part of the wing interior to this line is darker than any 

 other part of the under surface anil is scattered loo.-iely, especially to^vards the base, with whitish atoms; fringe grey. From Arizona. 



Augiislm, Kirby, is its nearest ally, from which it widely differs in the slaty grey colour of both surfaces and tlie row of white 

 submarginal spots on under surface of secondaries. 



S.\TYRDS AsHTAROTH, n. sp. ? expands 2 inches. Upper surface of all \yings very pale ochraceous, or yellowish white, dusted 

 with pale brownish at basal parts; across the disc of (u-imaries is a very irregular rather pale brownish band which becomes nearly i ^ 



obsolete towards interior margin, the brownish colour of this band extends outwardly along the .second di.scoidal and the first median '- 



nervules until it joins the rather narrow exterior border of same colour; within the broad yellow band or space between this latter and 

 the middle bau<rare two large velvety black oval spots with small white centres, between these two is a quite small black spot; fringe 

 pale brownish and while. Secondari'es with a pale almost obsolete zigzag submarginal line which is all that would indicate theinner 

 edge of a border, interior to which acro.ss the discon costal half of wing a faint brownish half obsolete band, the outer edge of which in 

 the cells is prolonged into very long teeth ; not far from exterior margin between first and second discoidal nervules is a small oval 

 black spot; fringe white. 



Under surface almost the same in all respects as ? S. Hippolyie, Esp., from the Ural regions, to which the present species is vcjy 

 closely allied. It belongs to the same group as S. Jtidingsii, W. H. Edwds., but is a much larger, paler insect with the brown marks 

 fainter, fewer and differing in detail ; it certainly assimilates nearer to the Russian species mentioned than to the Colorado one. De- 

 scribed from a single $ from Arizona not in very good condition. 



.Aedophron Grandis, n. sp. Expands li; inches. Head, thorax and prim;iries above same pale whitish citron yellow as in i ^. 



A. Phlebophora, Ld.; abdomen and secondaries pure shining silky wliite. Underside, body and all wings same shining white; tarsi i^^ 



brownish. The wings are narrower and more elongated than in the Syrian species, but I do not think ours is generically different. 



Several examples from Arizona. 



CncDLLiA Antipoda, n. sp. Expands IJ inches. Above; head, collar and patagise whitish grey, back of thorax brownish ; 

 abdomen whitish dusted with brown atoms. Primaries same pale grey as the thorax more or le.ss sprinkled with brown points which — — ^ 

 have a tendency to form lines in the interspaces; a dark brown marginal line interrupted at the veins; a large kidney shaped double 

 ringed reniform, orbicular also conspicuous; a dark brown line runs outwards along inner margin from near base to three-fourths the 

 length of the inner margin, thence it turns upwards towards the reniform, but with a great bend inwards; between the latter and inner 

 margin, from exterior margin one-fourth its length from inner angle, extends a short dark brown line which does not reach to the la.st 

 described zigzag line ; interior to the orbicularis a transverse zigzag line forming two great teeth, one of which connects with the 

 orbicular, the other points towards but docs not meet the great tooth formed by the sinus of the brown line between the inner margin 

 and reniform. Secondaries white, venation brown ; brownish at exterior margin which is edged with a dark brown rather well defined 

 line; fringe white. Under surface ; body whitish grey ; primaries greyish, paler on costa, apical ]iarts and exterior margin; exterior 

 margin with a dark brown line broken by the veins. Secondaries whitish faintly dusted, but not thickly, with minute brown atoms; 

 interrupted marginal line as on primaries; a minute brown discal point. 



To the old world student it will be much more to the point than all the above merely to state that this species is very close to 

 C. Santonici, Hub., the most noticeable differences being that the Sareptan species is iarger and there is a brownish shade in the region 

 of the reniform and thence to costa; also the brown margin of upper side of secondaries is much broader as well as darker than in ours. 



Several examples from Arizona. 



Catocala {Faustina) var. Zillah, n. var., is distinguishable from the common form by the upper surfiice of primaries being 

 suffused with rather scattered rust red atoms especially about the reniform an<l siibreniform, and along the transverse posterior 

 lines and thence to submarginal lines. Taken in several examples along with a number of the ordinary form of same species in Arizona. 



Catocala Perdita, Hy. Edwds. Two examples from Arizona difl^er from the type first described on p. 100 of this work in 

 being a little larger .and in the upper surface of primaries being less thickly covered wilh black atoms, showing more distinctly the 

 white ground, especially on the part of the median space interior to the reniform and the space between the transverse posterior and 

 submarginal lines. 



