MOMAPHANA. 



201 



excurved in cell and submedian interspace ; claviform large, defined 

 by white and black at extremity only ; orbicular and reniform 

 large with white annuli, the former rather quadrate, defined by 

 black at sides only, the latter defined by black except above, 

 strongly constricted at middle ; medial line represented by a black 

 striga from costa and a line from claviform to inner margin, angled 

 outwards on vein 1 and inwards above inner margin ; postmcdial 

 line black defined by white on inner side, strongly bent outwards 

 below costa and almost obsolete, then dentate, below vein 4 bent 

 inwards to lower edge of reniform and oblique to inner margin, 

 some black and white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line 

 represented by an incurved black line from costa to vein 7 with 

 some slight whitish marks below it ; a cronulate black terminal 

 line slightly defined by white on inner side ; cilia with whitish tips 

 with series of black points on them. Hind wing white slightly 

 tinged with green ; cilia pale green ; the underside with some black 

 scales on costa at base and middle, a short streak in cell and dis- 

 coidal spot with white lunule in centre. 



$ . Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged wholly or in part with 

 sap-green, the black markings rather stronger ; hind wing rather 

 greener with indistinct anteniedial and postmedial lines, the former 

 oblique, the latter excurved at middle, then incurved, a more or less 

 developed waved black terminal line, the underside with the lines 

 and discoidal lunule stronger. 



Hah. U.S.A., California (Stretch), 1 cS , Sanzalito, 3 d" , 1 $ type, 

 San llafael {Kendall), 1 $ . Exjj. 40-42 millira. 



. . 2341 . Momaphana brillians. (Plate CI. fig. 16.) 



Feralia brillians, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 5G (1901) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. 

 N. Am. p. iL'l. 



5 . Head and thorax emerald-green ; sides of palpi and frons 

 black ; tegulse black at base of sides and middle of tips ; patagia 

 v/ith black scales near upper edge which is white ; meso- and raeta- 

 thoracic crests black-tipped ; tibiae and tarsi banded with black ; 

 abdomen golden-brown, green at base with dorsal tuft of black 

 hair, the ventral surface whitish, black at extremity. Fore wing 

 emerald-green with shades of deeper green, the medial area with 

 some dark suffusion except towards costa and inner margin ; sub- 

 basal line represented by a black striga from costa defined by white 

 on outer side and two from cell filled in with white ; antemedial 

 line black defined by white on inner side, oblicjue, irregularly 

 waved, ending at vein 1 ; claviform a minute white spot ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform large, green with white annuli defined at sides 

 only by black, the former elongate and defined on inner side by 

 tlie antemedial line,, the latter {[uadrate ; a medial black point on 

 costa ; postmedial line black defined by white on outer side, forming 

 a black spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then 

 dentate, below vein 4 very obliquely incurved and ending at vein 1 

 close to anteniedial line, some black marks on costa beyond it ; 



