192 ABCTIAD^. 



Head and thorax orauge ; antennae black; abdomen scarlet above • 



Fore wing orange. Hind wing 

 scarlet. 



Ab. 1. ferrttginosa. Fore 



wing browner, with traces 



of diffused dark antemedial, 



medial, and subterminal lines, 



sometimes with a whitish spot 



below origin of vein 2 ; hind 



rr 7 ;• "^'^' ^]^' . ""'!"» somctimcs with blackish 



' ° ' subterminal spots in discal and 



submedian folds. 



Ab. 2. hrevicornis. Hind wing with subterminal band sometimes 



nearly complete, sometimes interrupted at middle and not reaching 



costa ; a discoidal spot sometimes present. 



Ab. 3. ruhicundaria = marginata. Hind wing with discoidal spot 

 and continuous terminal band; fore wing brow^ner; hind wing 

 usually orange tinged with scarlet. 



Ab. 4. quinaria. Fore wing with white spots more or less deve- 

 loped below base and end of cell, in end of cell, and a postmedial 

 series ; the colour sometimes red-brown ; hind wing with subter- 

 minal maculate band, the cilia sometimes black. 



Hab. Canada, Hudson's Bay, type ferruginosa, Renfrew Co., 

 Grote Coll. ; U.S.A., Atlantic States, iSTew York, Massachusetts, 

 Texas, Florida, Grote and Zeller Colls., type hrevicornis ; Mexico, 

 Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 J, 1 $ , Cordova (Bumeli), 1 c? , 2 $ , Orizaba 

 (Godman) 1 S, Coatepec {Brooks), 1 d , Vera Cruz (II. H. Smith), 

 1 J , 1 $ , Durango (Forrer), 1 J ; Guatemala, Duenas (C'hawjnon), 

 4^,1$, type marginata. Exp. 16-28 milHm. 



*lo74. Holomelina costata. (Plate XLII, fig. 15.) 



Crocotacosfata, Sti-etch, Ent. Am. i. p. 103(1884) ; Kirby, Cat. Het p 352 

 Crocofa opelloides, Graef, Ent. Am. iii. p. 42(1887); Kirby, Cat.' Het 

 p. 353. 



S . Head and thorax fuscous grey ; palpi scarlet except at tips ; 

 vertex of head scarlet with a fuscous spot ; pectus, coxte, and base 

 of femora scarlet; abdomen scarlet, the ventral surface yellow-brown. 

 Fore wing fuscous grey, the costa scarlet. Underside of fore wing 

 scarlet. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 32 millim. 



*1575. Holomelina intermedia. (Plate XLII. fig. 11.) 



Crocota intermedia, Graef, Ent. Am. iii. p. 42(1887); Kirby, Cat Het 

 p. 353. 



5 . Head and thorax brown ; palpi at base and a rim behind the 

 eyes scarlet ; abdomen black above, brown below. Fore wing 

 yellow-brown, the costal edge scarlet. Hind wing scarlet, the 

 terminal area black with sinuous inner edge. 

 Hah. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 34 mil'im. 



