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also streaked with two olive shades. Abdomen dull yellow on the ]K)sterior liali, t'ti- 

 hase and dorsal streak being olivaceous. Beneath the markings of the primaries arc 

 more confused, the margins of the wing and some spots in the center being pal-. 

 Secondaries same as on u|)per side. The fe-et and legs are .stone drab, wiih blacki>li 

 blotches. 



Exp. wings 31, mm. Length (if body 12, mm. 3 examples (^. 

 9. Indian River, Florida. 



I place this curious insect in H. SchaeTer's genus at the suggestion 

 of Mr. Grote. It is however lem iriNably like a small Halisidota. 

 Ichthyura bifiria n, sp. 



Clo.sely allied to /. hrncei, Hy. Edw. Init siill widely differing in impoi-ianl par 

 ticulars. The general color is a bright silver gray, the white lines all very clearly di - 

 fined, and the brown shades very strongly contrasted. Tbe basal line is slightly ob 

 lique with a sharp tooth in the middle. The second line is nearly straight, joining 

 the third, (which is oblique) exactly in the middle. The third line runs sharply to a 

 space 2 mm. from the internal margin, where it is joined by the fourth line, which 

 is sinuate, and opens into a white deniaie triangular mark 4 mm. from the apex. 

 There is a dark brown cloud surrounding this fourth hne in the costal region, and 

 the line is edged with reddish brown posteriorily, another brown cloud at the juiu- 

 tion of the third and fourth hne, a submarginal broken line of black spots, and nu 

 merous blackish irrorations over the whole surface. Behind the brown .sub apical 

 cloud is a whitish shade. Secondaries sil>ver gray with blackish scales over the whole 

 surface. Thorax with central brown tuft narrow and e.xtendingovei' the front of the 

 head. Abdomen silver gray, grizzled with black. Under side wholly darker gray, 

 with blackish scales, and the white suh-apical streak very distinct. .Shaft of amen- 

 nx white, pectinations fawn color. The anal tuft is tipped with dark brown, and 

 the orbits of the eyes are surrounded by a dark shading of the -ame color. 



Ex. wings, 28 mm. Length ot liody. 16 mm. 

 Soda Springs, Shasta Co , Cal. J. Behrens. 

 Gluphisia severa. n. sp. 



O. Base of the primaries blackish giay as far as the t. a. line, bnt covered 

 thickly with black scales, and the basal half line distinctly Mack. The t. a. line is 

 bri>ad, velvety black, not quite reaching the cosia, and is preceed.d by a whitish 

 shade. The t. p. line is dentate; whi.i-h, more oblique than the t. a., which tuins 

 abruptly at a right angle just as it reaches the costa. The median space is velvety 

 black, varied with dull gray and ches nut brown, the latter aliout the anterior por- 

 tion. At the posterior end of the cell is an ochreous dash. IVIargins of the wing 

 broadly gray with olivaceous dashes, and blackish irrorations. Fringe gray mottletl 

 with brown and olive. Secondaries smoky white, pas.sing into dusky toward the. 

 margins with slightly waved median band, and a black anal spot broken up with 

 gray. Thorax gray. Abdomen brown, mottled with gray, i^ene.itli, the surface is 

 wholly gray, with the bands and markings geminate, and darker than the ground 

 color. There is no trace of the l)lack, so conspicuous in the- median space of the 

 upper side, and the color is far lighter. 



Exp. wings, 45 mm. Length of body, 17 mtii. 



I 9. Soda Springs. Shasta Co. , Cal. J. Behrens. 



I place this fine insect, (which is utterly unlike anything 

 I have ever before seen, provisionally in the genus (j/u/>^isi</ , 



