STIRXODES. 2-17 



a medial red-bro-\vn band from costa to middle of discocollulars and 

 diffused postraedial and subtermiiial lines. 



Hab. U.S.A., Middle and Central States, Texas, 1 c? , 1 $ . 

 Exp., S 24, 2 28 millira. 



462G. Stiriodes perflava. (Plate CXLTI. fig. 18.) 



Metoponia fcrflava, llarv. Bull. Buff. Soo. Nat. Sel. iii. p. 11 (1875); 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Ain. p. olf). 



<$ . Head and thorax pale yellow, the palpi, frons, antenna?, 

 pectus, and legs suffused with rufous ; abdomen yellowish white. 

 Fore wing pale bright yellow, the costal edge tinged with rufous : 

 a subbasal rufous poiufc on costa; obliquely placed rufous antemedial 

 poiuts on costa and in submedian fold and a diffused spot on inner 

 margin ; a diffused rufous medial spot on costa ; ob]i([uely placed 

 postmedifil rufous points in discal and submedian folds and on 

 inner margin ; an oblique rufous subterniinal ])ar from costa and 

 traces of a curved series of points; cilia rufous at discal fold and 

 tipped with rufous towards tornus. Hind wing Avhite tinged with 

 yellow especially on terminal area ; the underside with the costal 

 area tinged with yellow, a faint rufous bar from middle of costa 

 and obli(]ue subterminal line diffused towards costa. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 c? type, Kerrvillo, 1 (S . E.rp. 30 millim. 



4627. Stiriodes demo. 



Metoponia demo, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aiii., Het. i. p. 303, pi. xxviii. f. 9 



(1889). 



S . Head and thorax bright yellow slightly mixed with rufous ; 

 palpi and irons suffused with rufous ; antennae brown ; pectus and 

 legs rufous mixed with some yellow ; abdomen dark brown with 

 yellow line on last segment, the anal tuft yellow, the ventral surface 

 yellow suffused with rufous. Fore wing bright yellow ; some red- 

 brown on base of inner margin and a subbasal point on costa ; a 

 small antemedial red brown spot on costa and points on median 

 nervure and vein 1 ; a point in middle of ceil and anothm- below it 

 in submedian fold ; a triangular red-brown patch on middle of costa 

 and semicircular patch on inner margin ; traces of a line with dark 

 points on the veins from beyond ui)])er angle of cell to the patch on 

 inner margin; postmedial line double, the inner line very indistinct 

 and reduced to points towards costa, excurved below costa, then 

 very minutely waved and oblique below vein 4 ; a subterminal 

 red-brown bar from costa and a series of points, the point in discal 

 fold further from terraen ; cilia with a series of red-brown points. 

 Hind wing dark red-brown, the cilia pale yellow. Underside of 

 fore wing red-brown, the terminal area yellow; hind wing yellow 

 irrorated with red-brown, a diffused red-brown medial band, obli(]ue 

 below discal fold, a double postmedial line excurved below costa, 



