THE NOCTUIDAE OF CALIFORNIA II 277 



Of the Herminia or Zanclognatha type, so rich in Europe and in the eastern 

 United States, not a species is recorded from CaHfornia, and none nearer than 

 New Mexico. It would seem as if some of the species of this type should 

 certainly occur in the Sierra Nevada region. So the genus Bleptina should 

 almost surely occur in the State. 



There are two recorded species of Tetanolita Grote. This genus has 

 the head rather small, front with a pointed, inter-antennal tuft. The palpi 

 are long, curved upward, a little flattened, quite closely scaled, the third 

 joint long and pointed. The antennas are moderate in length, in the male 

 with lateral bristles, at basal third with a tuft of hair which covers two slightly 

 dilated joints. The fore-legs of male have the coxa long, stout, outwardly 

 emanginate at base ; trochanter about a third as long as femur and, com- 

 bined with the latter, a little longer than the coxa ; femur with a short 

 hair pencil and a lateral fringing of specialized scales near tip ; tibia reduced 

 to a huge process which covers a mass of specialized scales and a pencil of 

 dark hair ; tarsi long, slender and hardly functional. The wings are broad, 

 similarly marked, the lines extending continuously over both, the outer margin 

 slightly marked or angulated at middle. 



Tetanolita paUigera Smith, is a dirty powdery luteous, tending to more 

 yellowish. The markings are all obscured and the pale sub-terminal line 

 which runs through the darker terminal area is the only distinct feature of 

 the wing. It expands a little less than an inch and is recorded from Napa 

 County, Panamint Valley and Knightly Valley. 



Tetanolita greta Smith, is similar to the preceding in appearance; but is 

 pale ashen gray, the median lines narrow and crenulated, the sub-terminal 

 line white, denticulated. It is of about the same size as the preceding and 

 my examples come from San Diego (Field). 



The genus Renia, with its large and characteristic species seems altogether 

 unrepresented on the Pacific Coast. It does extend well into Arizona, however, 

 and I quite expect to receive it from the southeastern borders of California. 



The Hypenini, unlike the Herminiini which run to dirty yellows, are 

 dark and sombre in color. They are somewhat more robust than usual and, 

 contrary to the general rule, the males are much more heavily built than 

 the females. So the forewings tend to narrow while, as the hind wings be- 

 come more ample, they lose the transverse maculation, and the lines of the 

 forewings are not continued across them. There are no secondary sexual 

 characters except the generally larger size, darker color and more obscure 

 maculation of the male. 



The leading genus is Boinolocliu Hbn., and of this only a single species 

 is credited to California. 



Bomolocha vcga Smith, is a moderate sized, broad-winged species, with 

 the structural characters of the group well marked ; deep smoky brown in 

 color, the transverse lines well marked and with well-defined yellow shades 

 beyond the t. p., and s. t. lines. The sub-terminal line is quite irregular and has 

 the outer edge very sharply defined. It was originally described from New 

 Mexico ; but I have two examples from Southern California. 



