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Lycomorpha coccinea ii. sp. 

 • Head, thorax, base of abtloinen, basal Iwo-thirds ot primaries, and basal half of 

 secondaries bright carmine red. Herder of the wings blue black, the inner edge of 

 both borders strongly dentate. Eyes, antennre, and tip of palpi black. The markings 

 are repeated on the lower side, the legs being brownish black, with crimson tinge. 2 

 O. Arizona. Coll. Hy. Edwards. Expanse of wings 24 mm. Length of body 

 g mm. 



Melanchroia geometrides Walk. 



This species must liinl a place in our lists, as several specimens 

 were taken by the late Mr. H. K. Morrison at Key West, Florida, By a 

 singular error. Walker gives its locality as "Java" (C. B. M. Vol. 2. 

 p. 387). It is common in Cuba. 



Melanchroia cephise Cram. 



This species has long been known as belonging to our fauna, having 



been found in Texas and Arizona. No mention of it is made in either 



Grote's New Check List or in that published by the Brooklyn Entom. 



Societv. 



Fam. NYCTEOLIDAE II. Sch. 



Earias obliquata n. sp. 



Primaries very pale apple green, with an oblique stripe of pure while extending 

 from basal third of internal margin to the middle of costa, which is also white near 

 to the apex. Secondaries sordid white, with slightly pink tinge. Beneath wholly 

 sordid white, stained with reddish along costal margins. Thorax pale green, ab- 

 domen sordid white, concolorous with the wings. 2 (J'. Neuces River, Tex. Coll. 

 B. Neumoegen and Hy. Edwards. Expanse of wings 20 mm. 



This insect evidently belongs to H. Schaffer's family Nycteolida;, 

 as does also the genus Sarrothripa which has at least three represen- 

 tatives in our fauna, all strangely omitted from our published lists. 



Fam. LITHOSIDAE. 



Hypoprepia plumbea n. sp. 



A northern form, in which the primaries are nearly all lead-color, wilh the costa, 

 internal margin, and median nerve all narrowly buff, the latter once forked behind 

 the cell, the forks stamed with pale pink. The fegulse are pinkish, the abdomen and 

 thorax as in H. fucosa. The secondaries have only the basal third pink, the leatl 

 colored border being unusually wide. Though I believe this to be but a variety, it 

 is so far removed from the typical examples of H. fucosa, that I have deemed it 

 worthy of a name. 2,^,1 9- Minneapolis, Minn. July 1884. (At light.) 



Fam. BOMBYCIDAE. 



Lithacodes laticlavia Clem. 



This form has been confounded in collections with the well-known L.fasc'wht 

 H. Sch., but though greatly resembling each other, I am confident that they art- 

 distinct, and that Clemens' name should be restored for the present form. It is only 

 I the size of L.fasdola, is of a much paler color, and wants the dark shading behind 

 the silvery band. This band is also more straight on its edges, and the oblique sub- 

 apical line is very indistinct and in some cases obsolete. The lower wings arc 



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