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admit such genera as Copihadena and Melahadena, the genus Eucalypiera, 

 etc., nor can I understand upon what principle Mr. Smith admits them. 



Trichorthosia n. genus. 

 Eyes hairy, lashed. Body untufted. Fore tibiae unarmed. Middle and 

 hind tibiie spinose. Vestiture loose, hairy. Antennte (female) simple. 

 Palpi rather short, terminal joint conical. Tongue rather weak. AVings 

 entire; costal edge of primaries very straight and even; apices sharp. Al- 

 lied to Orthosia. 



Trichorthosia parallela n. s. 



Olive ochrey. Fore wing with terminal space white, contrasting. Sub- 

 terminal line very even, rigid, double below an apical streak, which is the 

 continuation of the outer and narrower component dark line. Hind wings 

 fuscous, with pale fringes, Reuiform with reddish stain. Median shade 

 well expressed. Expanse 2S mW. New Mexico; Prof. Snow. 



In this species the lines are double, faint; the outer median line followed by 

 pale points; the orbicular merely a dark dot; the reniform with two inferior 

 dark points; the median shade diffuse, and marked on costa. The resem- 

 blance is to other species with pale terminal space, such as Glaea Anchoceli- 

 oides or the species of Agrotis allied to Alter tiata. The costa is straight, for 

 the group to which it belongs, being more like Jodia in this respect; the 

 outer margin is full and rounded. 



Catocala Violenta Hy. Edw. 



One fresh specimen of this distinct species. It is much larger than Ophelia^ 

 to which it comes nearest, being nearly as large as Coccinata, the red of 

 hind wings being a little like that of Aholibah in shade. I have examined a 

 large series of Verrilliana in Mr. Neumogen's collection. This latter species 

 is found from Texas to Arizona. The red of hind wings is an orange-red, 

 and it fades to yellow in Arizona specimens taken by Mr. Doll. The three 

 forms are, in my opinion, entirely distinct species; the Californian Ophelia 

 differing in the gloss and color of primaries, as well as in the color of hind 

 wings, I'rom Verrilliana. 



Celipteka Bucetum n. s. 



Brownish-gray; the outer line is upright, yellow, broad-edged with dark, 

 and followed by a diffuse shading of black scales over subterminal space. 

 Inner line single, undulate, with an outward exsertion on medium vein, S. t. 

 line dotted. A discal curved line, sometimes expressed by two dots. A ter- 

 minal series of black points. Hind wings, ochrey-gray. Beneath, rather 

 bright ochraceous, immaculate. Expanse 30 mil. No. 979. 



This fine species may be known by the plain, discolorous, bright-yellowish 

 undersurface, and is, I think, a mimetic form of some butterfly, with which it 

 maybe associated; probably some Satyr belonging to a genus allied to 

 Coenonympha. 



