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PSTCHE. 



[December 1S92 ■ 



I have a single 9 °f this species 

 taken by Crotch in southern Nevada. 

 Saussure's specimens also came from 

 Nevada, but Brunei* sends me a speci- 

 men from Placer Co., California, taken 

 in June. 



Hippiscus (X.) griseus sp. nov. 



Almost uniformly griseus, moderately ro- 

 bust and rather below the medium size. Head 

 not very broad nor very tumid above, the 

 summit subrugulose ; fastigium of vertex with 

 distinct and moderately elevated, strongly 

 bent lateral walls, open or partially closed 

 behind, the median carina extending faintly 

 to the centre, separated by a slight V-shaped 

 wall from the nearly circular biareolate med- 

 ian foveola; lateral foveolae moderately dis- 

 tinct, of medium size, rounded triangular; 

 frontal costa of moderate breadth, narrowed 

 somewhat at summit where it shows a slight 

 median carina and below the ocellus where 

 it is deeply sulcate, expanding and fading at 

 base. Pronotum expanding moderately on 

 the metazona, which is faintly tumid, heavily 

 stabbed anteriorly but without plications, 

 rather densely and considerably verrucose, 

 the process rectangulate, its margins sub- 

 crenulate by reason of the verrucosities, the 

 median carina slight and equal, but subobso- 

 lete between the sulci, the lateral carinae 

 distinct and tolerably sharp, but not elevated 

 and confined to the metazona. Tegmina 

 griseo-cinereous with dark brown fleckings, 

 in the apical third of the wing faint and 

 pretty uniformly distributed, before that 

 largely collected into two narrow transverse 

 stripes, one crossing the base of the outer 

 discoidal field, the other and larger midway 

 between it and the base, but all often very 

 obscure, those of the apex sometimes obso- 

 lete. Wings pale citron at base with similar 

 reticulation, vitreous at apex with black re- 

 ticulation and an extramesial, strongly ar- 



cuate, dark fuliginous, moderately narrow 

 band tapering along the hinder margin in 

 passing to the anal angle which it fails to 

 reach and leaving from two to three margi- 

 nal lobes fre^at the apex; it is separated by 

 a luteous line from the humeral vitta of the 

 same color, the outer margin of which forms 

 with that of the upper part of the arcuate 

 band a straight oblique line; it runs to the 

 base leaving the costal edge luteous. Hind 

 femora very broad with strong arcuation of 

 the inferior carina, the outer surface pale or 

 fusco-cinereous with more or less obscured 

 blackish brown oblique bands; interior and 

 inferior surface and tarsi yellowish luteous, 

 the spines black tipped. 



Length of body, $. 33-34 mm.; of tegmina 

 ? ' 2 §-33 mm. 



Described from 5 9 » taken by Dr. 

 Edward Palmer, April 20-30, at Mokiak 

 Pass, Utah. 



Hippiscus (X.) vitellinus. 



Xanthippiis vitellinus Sauss., Prodr. 

 Oedip., 94. 



I have one female of this species from 

 Nevada (H. Edwards), the localitv 

 from which it is described by Saussure. 

 Mr. Brnner also sends me specimens 

 from Reno, Nevada, and Umatilla, 

 Oregon, June 25, and reports it from 

 Idaho between Beaver Canon and 

 Henry Lake. 



Edwards notes that in life the hind 

 wings are red at base. 



Hippiscus (X.) aurilegulus sp. nov. 



Very dark brownish fuscous, not very ro- 

 bust and of small size. Head rather broad at 

 summit but not tumid, the frontal costa a 



