32 NOCTCin.B. 



scries of slij^ht whitish spots. Hind wing white suffused with 

 jjrey-brown, es])ecially on costal area, the terminal area rather 

 wliit«'r ; an indistinct discoidal spot, curved jiostuiedial line, and 

 diffused subterniinul line ; a brown tirminal line ; cilia white 

 tinged with brown towards apex ; the underside white, the costal 

 area tinjicd with red and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal 

 spot and ratlier diHused curT<.'d postmedial line. 



Ilah. Caxadv ; U.S.A., Northern, Middle, Central and Southern 

 States, New York, Trenton Falls (DoiiMtdai/), 5 c? type sandir, 

 Evans Center v d'rote), 2 c? , 1 5 , Florida {Doableday), 1 (S , Colorado. 

 Exp. "I^-'M millim. 



Larva. Head black, ])olished. Eodj- cylindrical, whitish, the 

 tubercles and shields all largo, shining bhu-k. Food-plant : Elder 

 (Samhucxs). N.B. — JS'ut Indian corn (Zea), which is an error. — 

 H.G.D. 



4327. Achatodes jiianse. 



AchatoclesjuaiKB, Scliaiis, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 232 (1894); Driice, 

 Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het. ii. p. 478, pi. 93. f. 15. 



Head and thorax red-brown, the vertex of head fiery red, the 

 metathorax with some red scales; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen 

 red-brown, the crests fiery red. Fore wing dark red-brown, the 

 inner area redder, the apex red, the interspaces of terminal area 

 with red streaks ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, nearly 

 erect; orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined by blackish, the 

 former round, the latter somewhat angled inwards on median 

 nervure ; an indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of cell 

 to inner margin ; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards 

 below costa, oblique to vein 6, then minutely dentate, obli(]ue 

 below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa : subterminal 

 line represented by a series of slight yellow points with more 

 distinct spot above vein 7 ; a tominal series of .slight brown 

 lunules ; cilia dark brown with slight greyish lines at base and 

 middle. Hind wing dark red-brown, some yellowish on termeii 

 towards tornus ; cilia brown mixed with greyish, some whitish 

 points at base, from apex to vein 4, and a dark line at middle; the 

 underside with indistinct dark diffused curved medial line, the 

 tciminal area suffused and irrorated with greyish. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa {Trvjillo., Hoet/u), 2 c7 , 1 $ , Godman- 

 Salvin Coll., Teapa, Vera Cruz. E.rp. J 36, $ 40 millim. 



Genus XANTHCECIA, nov. 



Typp, X. jlavofio. 



rrobost-is iiilly developed; palpi obliquely porreet, the 2nd jciint (ringed 

 with long liair below, tiie 3rd slioit ; irons ■will) pointed conical proniiiieme ; 

 eyes large, round ; antennte of male ciliated; tborax clotlied with Lair and 

 liair-like scales, the tegulac produced to a sliglit dorsal ridge, pi-othorax with 



