260 Catalogue of the Pyralidce of California, etc. 



Differs from P. fenestrella in the more acute primaries, the tawny base 

 of the wings and the conspicuous, marginal, broad, tawny band, and the 

 want of the twin squarish spots in the middle of the wing. 



Nomophila noctueUa (Schiff.) (Slenopteryx hybridalis Hiibn.) After com- 

 paring four specimens from Oregon (collected by Mr. J. Holleman) and 

 ten from California (coll. Edwards) with one from New York (Angus) 

 and three from New England, and four from Europe, I can find no valid, 

 differences. The largest suite, from California, vary in the same manner 

 as in the European specimens. One form is dark with the markings very 

 distinct, the other is paler, with the discal dot and reniform spot partially 

 obsolete, and the lines indistinct, while the whole moth is somewhat 

 tawny. The variation in size is much as in the European specimens. 

 One specimen was collected by Mr. J. Holleman in Siskiyou Oo., Cal. 



Scopula occidentalis, n. sp.— 2(J 2$. In this species the outer edge of 

 the fore wings is much more oblique, and the costa much more rounded 

 at the apex than in the European S. inquinatalis, otherwise structurally 

 it is closely allied. Stone gray; head and palpi gray; orbits white ; head 

 and palpi white beneath. Fore wings uniform stone gray, crossed by 

 two, distinct, wavy, dark lines ; inner line shaded with whitish internally, 

 with a large angle projecting outwards just below the median vein, and 

 another inwards on the submedian. Discal and reniform spots very dis- 

 tinct, black. Outer line finely scalloped, curved outwards from the costa 

 to the fourth median venule, whei-e the line foi-ms a sinus, and angulated 

 outwards on the submedian vein; the line broadly shaded externally with 

 whitish. A marginal row of black dots. Fringe concolorous with the 

 wing. Hind wings dusky, fringe pale; an obscure, short, dusky line 

 beyond the middle. Beneath, much paler than above, dot and reniform 

 line distinct, outer line faintly reproduced, as also the marginal dots. A 

 short, faint line on hind wings. Abdomen dark above. Legs whitish. 



Length of body $, -44, ?, -40 of an inch; of fore wing $, -44, ?, -42 

 of an inch. California (Edwards and Behrens). 



The lines and spots are very distinct on the fore wings, and in some 

 specimens the space between the two lines is slightly darker than the 

 rest of the wing. 



Botys Californicalis, n. sp. — 1 $ . This species belongs to the Rhodaria 

 group, having broad, triangular, acute palpi, and being of small size, with 

 the hind tibife rather swollen. Body and wings light brick red, with a 

 deep, ochreous tinge. Orbits white, becoming red towards the front, 

 palpi grayish-red, white along the under edge; head beneath white. 

 Fore wings ochreous red, a basal, fine, regularly curved, waved dark 

 line ; an outer, similar line, straight on the costa and inner edge, curved 

 outwards and wavy between the subcostal vein and fourth median venule, 

 there being four distinct scallops in this curved portion. Edge of wing 

 broadly margined with dull, leaden, reddish-brown ; fringe reddish-brown 

 on basal half, much paler beyond. Hind wings marked much as prima- 

 ries, being reddish, and bordered widely with dull, leaden, reddish- 



