SCHINIA. 75 



cZ'. Hind wing black-brown. 



(r. Hind wing with yellow patch on disk nearly bisected 



h\ the discoidal spot sordida. 



Ir. Hind wing uniform black-brown Ihnbalis. 



104. Schinia liixa. (Plate LVl. fig. 11.) 



Bessula lu.ra, Grote, Pap. i. p. 176 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 266. 



§. Head and thorax pale straw-yellow; abdomen yellowish 

 white. Fore wing pale straw-yellow ; an antemedial brown point 

 below the cell ; a point in middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; 

 a waved postmedial line angled outwards at veins 6 and 4 and 

 inwards in discal and submedian folds, where there are brown 

 points ; a sinuous subterminal series of brown points and a terminal 

 series of brown striiE. Hind wing white, the inner area and termen 

 slightly tinged with yellow. 



Pore tibiee with one claw and one spine on inner side and three 

 claws on outer. 



Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico {Snoiv), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 32 millim. 



*105. Schinia oculata. (Plate LIX. fig. 9.) 

 Schinia oculata, Smith, V. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 488 (1900). 



Head and tegula) yellowish, the latter irrorated with brown ; 

 thorax white with yellow markings : abdomen yellowish white. 

 Fore wing with the basal area creamy white, mottled with 

 ochi'eous ; medial area silvery white ; reniform ochreous defined by 

 black scales, the costa above it creamy white ; terminal area 

 creamy white, with a slight subterminal line on it angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; an apical brownish patch and a 

 terminal series of dark points. Hind wing yelloAvish white, with 

 a broad diffused fuscous terminal band. Underside of fore Aving 

 with the disk blackish, the inner and costal margins yellowish, a 

 yellowish subterminal line and blackish discoidal spot. 



Hub. U.S.A., Arizona, Phoenix, llio Verde Mts. Eccp. 28 millim. 

 This species is unknown so me ; figured from a photograph from type. 



*100. Schinia reniformis. (Plate LVII. fig. (5.) 



Schinia reniformis, Smitli, V. U.S. Nat. Miis. xxii. p. 487 (1900). 



6 . Silvery white. Fore wing with obliquely curved olive- 

 fuscous antemedial Hue from cell to inner margin ; reniform olivc- 

 fuscous, constricted at middle ; a jiostmedial band expanding 

 widely at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal band 

 narrowing to a point above toriius ; the olive markings suftused 

 with white scales. Hind wing with traces of fuscous subterminal 

 band, an apical patch and terminal line. Underside of fore wing 

 with diti'used fuscous fascia below costa ; the reniform, postmedial, 

 and terminal bands more prominent. 



