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SOME MOTHS FROM CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA 



WITH NOTES ON CERTAIN ALLIED SPECIES 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR. 

 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Among a collection of "Micros" made by Mr. C. W. Metz at Claremont, 

 for the purposes of a faunal synopsis, were certain smaller moths of higher 

 families. The material was sent to Mr. August Busck by Prof. C. F. Baker, 

 and those not belonging to the Tineid families were turned over to me. I make 

 mention also in this connection of specimens from Claremont, formerly sent 

 to me by Prof. Baker, as well as certain species from other localities that are 

 allied to these. 



Family nocTuidae. 

 Pleonectyptera cumulalis, new species. 



Ground color of wings dull ocherous, powdered with brown ; lines marked 

 at their inceptions on costa by dark spots, pale, the inner line straight, edged 

 outwardly by dark shading; reniform dark filled, contrasted, yet not strongly 

 so ; outer line incurved below cell, pale, defined by the powderings ; sub- 

 terminal line flexuous, pale, marked with a dark submaculate border within. 

 Hind wings brown-powdered, showing an outer dark shaded line. Expanse, 

 21—24 mm. 



Three specimens, Claremont, Cal, (C. F. Baker, No. 3102) ; Argus Mts., 

 Cal., (Koebele). 



Type, No. 13447, U. S. National Museum. 



This appears to be the species misidentified by Smith as P. finitima Smith 

 (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxxiii, 377, 1907), which therefore requires a new 

 name. The types of fiiiitima are identical with tonalis Smith of the paper cited, 

 the name Mnitima having precedence. 



Family geometridae. 

 Bois microphysa Hulst. 

 A single specimen collected by Mr. Metz appears to belong to this rare 

 species, described from the Panamint Valley. The specimen is much rubbed, 

 so that a positive identification cannot be made. 



Family pyralidae. 

 Subfamily pyraustinae. 



Loxostege similalis Guenee. 

 Two specimens. These are unusually dark in color. 



Evcrgestis napacalis Hulst. 

 Seven specimens. Also several other specimens from Prof. Baker. 



Nomophila noctuella Den. and SchifT. 

 One specimen of this world-wide species. 



