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Soliinia Ar n. sp. 



Dull ochniceoiis. Primaries, basal space brown, with the groumi color prevailing on costal part. Terminal and subterminal 

 space also brown. The t. a. line white, inconspicuons, convex oiitwanllv and somcwliat tripartite. T. p. white, running abont the same 

 as in Faslirlinm Siren and other allied species, but with a slight tendency to crenulation. S. t. also white and toothed and forming a 

 sinus inwardly about vein 5. Discal spot brown and not prominent. Fringe alternately brown and white. Secondaries fuscous, ochra- 

 ceous at base and on inner half of costa and wiih a small spot of same color in middle of wing denoting what would be the exterior 

 of the discal spot. Fringe dusky at margin and white exteriorly. 



Expands f iiicli. A single example from Dallas, Texa.s, received from Boll. 



Scliinia I..abc n. sp. 



Pale dull ochre. Primaries with ba-ial and space exterior to the t. p. dull brown but little darker than the ground color. Discal 

 spot barely noticeable. Transverse lines whitish and scarcely distinguishable. Fringe pale ochraceous. At first glance the primaries 

 appear aliuost as if unicolorous, and only on close inspection or with a gla.ss the markings become defined. Secondaries with a dull 

 fuscous marginal band and large discal spot. Fringe pale ochre, interspersed with dull fuscous. 



Size of the preceding. Two examples from Dallas, Texas, captured by Boll. 



Sctainia I..oi'a n. sp. 



Occiput and abdomen yellowish white. Thorax dull ochraceous of an olivaceous tint. Primaries, basal space dull fuscous, 

 median space pale ochraceous, snbterminal fuscous, in one example almost black, terminal pale ochraceous. Transverse lines not 

 sharplv defined. No evidence of discal marks. Fringe fuscous intermixed with pale ochraceous. Secondaries yellowish white with a 

 broad plain black exterior border. In one example faint imlications of a discal mark. Fringe white. 



Expands | inch. Three examples, two from Boll taken near Dallas, Texas, and one from Heiligbrodt 

 in Bastrop, Texas. 



Schinia Approxiiuata n. sp. 



Ground color nearly as in the several preceding described species. Primaries, basal space fuscous, darker at margins and at t. a. 

 line. Subterminal space dark fuscous; terminal space in two examples pale ochre, almost white; in the third example the dark color 

 of the subterminal is continued to the margin, only divided by the pale jagged s. t. line. A large quadrate discal spot. A dark brown 

 shade traverses the median space from coslu to inner margin. Transverse lines distinct, almost white and crenulated. A row of dark 

 marginal points I in one example these are wanting). Fringe yellowish white, fuscous at veins. Secondaries dull pale ochre, almost 

 white, with broad black marginal band connected inwardly with a very large black discal mark; base also bl.ack, which color more or 

 less suftuses the whole wing. Fringe fuscous at margin, exteriorly white. 



Expands J inch. The three types are from Boll, wiio took them near Dallas, Texas. 

 This is a more strongly marked insect than most of its allies, and in colors and decoration is strongly 

 suggestive of Schinia Brerix, though a much smaller slighter in.sect. 



Seliiiiia Obsciirata n. .sp. 



Head and thorax olivaceous brown, abdomen appears to be inclined to black dorsally, but being somewhat greased the color cannot 

 be determined with certainty. Primaries pale clear ochre, basal space olivaceous brown extended outwardly in a point on the discoidal 

 vein. The subterminal space also of same color as is likewise a large quadrate discal mark which extends to the costa and is from thence 

 connected by a costal line or band of same color to the basal space. There are no transverse lines, but the dark basal and subterminal 

 spaces and large discal mark stand clearly out from the clear, pale median and terminal spaces, a dark fine marginal line. Fringe 

 concolorous ' " " " ' ' ' , . . . . .. . . .^ . 



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large discal mark stand clearly out from the clear, pale median and terminal spaces, a dark fine marginal line. F 

 8 with the median and marginal spaces. Secondaries black, yellow at base. Fringe black, at margin exteriorly white. 



Expands ^ inch. Tiie type, one example taken at Latrobe, Penna., by Rev. Jerome Sciimidt, of St. 

 Vincent's College, from whom I received it. 



Scliinia Tanena n. sp. 



Is nearest to the one just described but is a smaller insect, being but a little over | inch in expanse. The color is brighter, more 

 of a yellow tint. The almost white t. a. and t. p. lines are clearly defined by the darker shading of the intermedial space. No dark 

 marginal line on primaries. The abdomen above clear yellow like the base of secondaries. Although resembling in a general way 

 Obscurala, the two when placed side by side would never be confounded. 



One example received from Heiligbrodt, who took it at Bastrop, Texas. 



Schinia iWeglecta n. sp. 



Head, bo<ly, and primaries pale ochre, much the same as in the paler examples of Oalymnia Orina. The only indications of orna- 

 mentation are shown when under a glass by the faintest imaginable traces of a discal spot and the t. a. and t. p. lines, but so exceedingly 

 indefinite are these that I hesitate to mention them at all, the more so as the single example, though in fair condition, is slightly 

 abraded. The fringe is white. The secondaries white with an ochrey tint, strongest just along the edge of the exterior margin. 

 Fringe white. 



This comes nearest I think to Lanul, but the almost absolute absence of markings separates it from that 

 as well as other species. It may in fact not fit well in this genus or group, but I do not pretend to be specialist 

 enough to send forth a dictum on that point. 



Expands 1 incli. The single type was taken at Loveland, Colorado, from whence I received it. 



