August 1S93.] 



PSYCHE. 



501 



Of the two female specimens placed 

 under G. severa in the Edwards col- 

 lection, one (not the type, which is a 9 

 from Soda Springs, Cal., April 15, with 

 eggs), probably added after his descrip- 

 tion was published, I regard as a speci- 

 men of G. ivrightil. Its locality is 

 Sierra Nevada, Cal. (and Mr. Beuten- 

 miiller suggests that it may have been 

 taken at Mt. Shasta) . The specimen 

 is perfectly preserved, and in its struc- 

 tural character is closely allied to G. 

 severa. The thorax has a median tuft 

 as in G. severa. From the type of 

 xvrightii it differs in the more distinct 

 and darker markings, being less rubbed. 



A decidedly luteous subtriangular spot ex- 

 tends from the base of the wing to the inner 

 distinct line crossing the wing, which line is 

 situated half way between the base of the 

 wing and the inner side of the median band, 

 this line having been rubbed off in the type 

 of turightii. The space between this line 

 and the median band is whitish gray. The 

 broad blackish median band encloses a sinu- 

 ous linear luteous discal spot, and there is a 

 luteous patch near the internal edge of the 

 wing. The inner edge of the median band is 

 less distinctly sinuous than in the type of 

 ■wrightii, and so is the white outer bordering 

 line, which, however, is more zigzag. The 

 edge of the wing is stone-gray, as in the type 

 of zvrightii, and encloses the usual scalloped 

 dark line, as in the type of xvrightii. Hind 

 wings as in the type ; a diffuse dark band 

 crosses the wing beyond the middle, and a 

 second outer one is parallel to it, but does 

 not reach the middle, and the two bands en- 

 close a white linear spot, as in the type. 



As the species occurs in northern as 

 well as southern California, and is quite 



variable, severa may have to be united 

 with it. 



G. severa Edwards. The single 

 type is a 9 from Soda Springs, Cal. 



The type is much larger than the Sierra 

 Nevada specimen, and well preserved. An- 

 tennae with short pectinations. Body and 

 head dark gray. Wings unusually dark; 

 fore wings dark gray on the basal third, with 

 a very small luteous spot on the median and 

 submedian veins. Median band broad and 

 dark, almost black, and not bordered bv the 

 narrow scalloped outer line, the wing being 

 suffused with black to the outer edge. A 

 narrow faint luteous linear discal spot. Half 

 way between the scalloped pale gray line and 

 the outer edge of the wing is a submarginal 

 series of tawny or luteous patches. Hind 

 wings just as in the Sierra Nevada example, 

 and venation as in wrightii. Wings under- 

 neath dark and much diffused, the line on 

 the fore wing less sinuous than in the 

 vjrightii type. Hind wings with two paral- 

 lel broad dark bands, just as in the Sierra 

 Nevada specimen of G. ivrightii. The shape 

 of the head and the wings is the same in the 

 Californian severa and the eastern form. In 

 both forms the hind wings are nearly the 

 same. 



I am indebted to Mrs. Annie Trum- 

 bull Slosson for the privilege of examin- 

 ing and describing a single remarkable 

 specimen in a perfect state of preserva- 

 tion taken at Franconia, X. H. Mrs. 

 Slosson, unlike many entomologists, has 

 kindly allowed me to partially denude 

 the under side of the wings of her 

 unique specimen, so that the venation 

 could be carefully drawn with the aid 

 of the camera. She has determined the 

 species to be new. The species was 

 not to be found in the collections of Mr. 

 Graef. Mr. Neumogen, and Mr. Beuten- 



