6o PSYCHE . [June 



Behrensia hutsonii n. sp. 



Ground color white with an admixture of pale brown scales giving it a somewhat smokj 

 or creamy tint. Head and thorax immaculate, the vestiture somewhat loose and divergent. 

 Primaries with all the maculation very distinct, smooth and even, the scales a little lustrous. 

 Basal space whitish, with a light brown powdering, becoming white at the t. a. line which is 

 thus emphasized. Basal line black, geminate, distinct, broken. T. a. line begins at costa 

 about one third from base, is inwardly toothed on the median vein, curves outwardly below 

 this and yet on the whole is inwardly oblique, reaching the inner margin well within the 

 basal third. The line is single, black, preceded by a white shade to the inner margin, where 

 it is geminate below vein one. The median space is a very light smoky brown, darkest at 

 the t. a. line and lightening somewhat to the t. p. line which is white, a little diffuse out- 

 wardly, starts from costa at about one fourth from apex and runs inwardly oblique, with an 

 incurve in the sub-median interspace, to the internal margin a little beyond the outer third, 

 where it is marked by a black point. The s. t. space is pale smoky brown and darkens out- 

 wardly to define the white s. t. line, which forms two even sinuations and reaches the inner 

 margin at the anal angle. Terminal space powdery, more so at the apex, with two or three 

 golden brown spots filling the interspaces at about the middle of the margin. Fringe whit- 

 ish, marked with dusky at about the middle of the margin. The orbicular is moderate in 

 size, irregular, oblique, narrowly white ringed. Attached to it, below the median vein, is a 

 loop-like accessory spot which is also white ringed and a little darker than the ground. 

 Reniform rather small, narrow, upright, a little constricted, incompletely white-ringed, a 

 little darker inferiorly. Secondaries soiled whitish, a little darker outwardly, fringes white. 

 Beneath, whitish, powdery, maculation of the u]iper side vaguely reproduced. 



Expands i-i.io inches = 25 — 27 mm. 



Habitat : Yuma County, Arizona, in March, Mr. Hutson. 



One male and one female, both in good condition save that the antennae are gone. This 

 is a really handsome little species which can hardly be mistaken. It is utterly different in 

 appearance from B. conchiformis and may eventually prove a distinct generic type ; but from 

 such material as I have at present I prefer to leave matters as above. The female is the 

 larger of the specimens; otherwise they are much alike." 



Erastria panatela n. sp. 



Ground color dull reddish luteous, powdered with rusty red and smoky. Head and 

 thorax as dark as the darkest portion of primaries; without definite maculation. Primaries 

 with all the maculation obscure. The powdery reddish area extends along the inner margin 

 for two thirds from base, then comes a yellowish band which extends obliquely to the apex 

 and in which the black dotted t. p. line is in part defined. The terminal space except at apex 

 is again red brown and powdery. There is a series of distinct dusky terminal lunules, of 

 good size. T. a. line obscurely indicated by darker scales and a less powdery included space. 

 Orbicular diffuse, powdery, indefinite, less powdery than the surroundings. Reniform obscure, 

 of good size, partly outlined by black scales, partly marked by the clear ground and further 

 indicated by a darker central shade. Secondaries whitish, soiled, powdery, with a vague 



> Congeneric with .ind allied to Autographa albovitta OUol., which is not an Autografiha. 



