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  Pacific 
  Coast 
  Lepidoptera, 
  Wo. 
  7.— 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  New 
  

   Species 
  of 
  Heterocera. 
  

  

  BY 
  HENRY 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  Fani. 
  EPIALID^. 
  H. 
  S. 
  

  

  Epialus 
  Tacomcc. 
  Hy. 
  Edw. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Head, 
  thorax, 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  wings 
  wholly 
  reddish-brown, 
  darkest 
  upon 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  costa. 
  

  

  Primaries, 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  oblique 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  spots, 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  .with 
  

   black, 
  forming 
  two 
  interrupted 
  bands. 
  The 
  basal 
  one 
  is 
  the 
  shortest, 
  and 
  is 
  

   composed 
  of 
  oblong 
  spots 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  nervures. 
  The 
  outer 
  reaches 
  from 
  the 
  

   median 
  nerve 
  to 
  the 
  interior 
  angle, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  broadest. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  faint 
  white 
  

   dot 
  between 
  these 
  rows 
  of 
  spots, 
  and 
  traces 
  of 
  some 
  dull 
  yellow 
  blotches 
  toward 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Secondaries, 
  slightly 
  transparent, 
  with 
  the 
  fringes 
  and 
  costal 
  margin 
  brighter 
  

   than 
  the 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  Underside, 
  with 
  the 
  rows 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  only 
  faintly 
  visible. 
  The 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  is 
  marked 
  with 
  dull 
  yellow 
  blotches, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   the 
  fringes 
  bright 
  reddish-brown. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  of 
  wing, 
  1.60 
  inch. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  0.65 
  inch. 
  

  

  Taken 
  at 
  Tacoma, 
  Washington 
  Territory, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jas. 
  Behrens. 
  Coll. 
  Hy. 
  

   Edw. 
  

  

  Nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  Ep. 
  Mtdheioi, 
  Hy. 
  Edw., 
  but 
  the 
  markings 
  more 
  closely 
  re- 
  

   semble 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  H. 
  sylvinus. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  ARCHID.^. 
  B. 
  

  

  Halesido'a 
  Davisii. 
  Hy. 
  Edw. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Head, 
  collar, 
  and 
  patagia 
  cream 
  yellow, 
  the 
  latter 
  fringed 
  internally 
  with 
  

   grayish-blue, 
  forming 
  a 
  double 
  line 
  upon 
  the 
  thorax. 
  Thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   dark 
  buff, 
  the 
  latter 
  deepest 
  posteriorly, 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  with 
  five 
  oblong- 
  

   black 
  spots. 
  Anal 
  segment 
  brown. 
  

  

  Primaries, 
  semi-transparent, 
  cream-color, 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  five 
  orange 
  blotches 
  

   along 
  the 
  costa, 
  oblong 
  in 
  shape, 
  edged 
  narrowly 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  

   .subcostal 
  nervure. 
  The 
  two 
  nearest 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  connected 
  interiorly 
  by 
  some 
  

  

  