NEW SPECIES, VAlilK'I'lHS, S:r. 12!t 



TiiKi'LA Kali, n. sp. i^ expands 1 lu I', inclius. Upper siii-r;n.v, lii-ifjlitsliiniii}; yellow eopjierisli ; jirimiirics with vei-y broad 

 lilaekish costai margin extending from sexual stigma to exterior margin where it is brtjadesi, oeeupying all the spaee between the seeond 

 diseoiiial nerviile and the costa. Kxterior margins of all wings bordered with blaekish, but very narrowly, espeeially on the seconda- 

 ries ; fringe all blackish, exeept between the seeond and third median ncrviiles of secondaries, where it is while. 



Under surface shining silky grey or slaty, much the same colour as on inider side of Thcda Alcestis, Kdwds., and Thecla Qaercus, 

 L., but more glossy. [Secondaries at and near base powdereil with bla'k and white atoms Exterior margin of all wings edged with 

 a niirrow bla('kish line, this is succeeded inwardly by a white line. t)n primaries is a submarginal row of fuscous spots edged out- 

 wardly with white on disc; a white band edged with black on inner edge, this band is broken in three entirely separate parts; the last 

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

 black ami broken towards the costa. Se('onilaries have a submarginal row of black sagittate spots dillcritig nnieli in size, tlie sixth from 

 apex is the largest, the seventh is nuicli nearer the exterior margin, being only separated therefrom by the while 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 sulimarginal spots on tiie disc is very irregular sinuous white line heavily edged inwardly with black ; in the cell 

 are two wdiite lines, and above these another, all edged outwardly with black. From Arizcma. 



This most beautiful and conspicuoi's species bears on the ujiper side somewhat of a resemblance to such exotic species a.s T. 

 Apetles, Fabr., Zeritis Pierus, Cram., Theslor Callimachus, Ev., etc., its rich yellowish metallic ground colour contrasting strongly with 

 the blackish margins. It comes in or near to the same group as 2\ Damon, (Jram. iSnilacis, P.dl.-Lcc. i, l>ut is widely ditierent from 

 that species. On tlie three examplea examined 1 can discover no traces of tails to the wings, though these frail apjiendages may have 

 been broken off. 



TiiECLA FoTis, n. sp. Size and shape of T. Augustus, 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 

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

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

 one in each nerval interspace, eacli of the^e is surmounted by a small crescent formed of black atoms; interior to these is a not very 

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

 other part of the under surface and is scattered loosely, especially towards the base, witli whitisli atoms ; fringe grey. From Arizona. 



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

 submarginal spots on imder surface of secondaries. 



Satyros Ashtaroth, n. sp. $ expands 2 inclies. Upper surface of all wings very pale ochraceous, or yellowish wdiite, dusted 

 with pale brownish at basal parts; across the disc of primaries is a very irregular rather pale brownish band which becomes nearly 

 obsolete towards interior margin, the brownish colour of this band extends outwardly along the second discoidal 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 band are tw'o large velvety black oval spots with small wdiite centres, between these two is a quite small black spot ; fringe 

 pale brownisli and white. Secondaries with a pale almost ob.solete zigzag submarginal line which is all tlial would indicate the inner 

 edge of a border, interior to which across the disc on costal half of wing a faint brownish half obsolete band, the outer edge of wdiicli 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. 



I'nder surface almost the same in all respects as 9 S. Hippolyte, Esp., from the Ural regions, to which the present species is very 

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

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

 scribed from a single 9 from Arizona not in very good condition. 



.■\.EDOPHRON Granpi.s, n. sp. Expands 1| inches. Head, thorax and primaries above same pale whitish citron yellow as in 

 ^4. Phlebophora, Ld. ; abdomen and secondaries pure shining silky white. Under side, body and all wings same shining white; tarsi 

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



Several examples from Arizona. 



CocDLLiA Antipoda, n. sp. Expands li inches. Above; head, collar and patagi* wdiitish grey, back of thorax brownish; 

 abdomen whitish dusted with brown atoms. Primaries same pale grey as the thorax more or less 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-fourtli its length from inner angle, extends a short dark brown line which does not reach to the last 

 described zigzag line; interior to the orbicular is a transverse zigzag line forming two great teetli, one of which connects with the 

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

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

 line; fringe white. Under surfiice ; body whitish grey ; primaries greyish, paler on costa, apical parts 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 slate that this species is very close to 

 0. Santonici, Hub., the most noticeable differences being that the Sareptan species is larger 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 {Fatistina) var. Zillah, n. var., is distinguishable from the common form by the upper surface of primaries being 

 suft'used with rather scattered rust red atoms especially about the reniform and subreniform, and along the transver.se 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 differ from the type first described on p. 100 of this work in 

 being a little larger and in the upper surface of primaries being le.ss thickly covered with 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. 



