370 nocttjIdj:. 



brown and white. Hind wing wliite tinged with pale brown, the 

 veins browner ; an indistinct subterminal brown shade excur\'ed 

 below costa and ending at tornus ; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia 

 chequered brown and Avhite ; the underside whiter, a brown dis- 

 coidal spot, indistinct oblique ante- and postmedial brown lines, the 

 subterminal shade more distinct. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas, Colorado (Bruce), 1 5 . Uxj). 50 millim. 



8185. Diphthera virginaria. (Plate CCXXXIY. fig. 10.) 



Bisfon virginaria, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 220 (1880); Dyar, Cat. Lpp. 

 N. Am. p. 328. 



$ . Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; abdomen 

 red-brown irrorated with white, the ventral surface dark brown 

 mixed Avith white. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with dark 

 brown, the veins streaked Avith dark broAvn ; subbasal line dark 

 brown, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line dark brown, 

 excurved to submedian fold, then incurved ; medial line dark brown, 

 nearly straight to submedian fold, then excurved ; a slight dark 

 discoidal lunule ; postmedial line dark brown, exciirved and slightly 

 waA'ed at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 and 

 excui'ved at vein 1 ; subterminal line dark broAvn defined on outer 

 side by whitish marks, angled outwards below vein 7 and inwards 

 at vein 5, excur^Td at middle, then incurved ; a fine dark terminal 

 line ; cilia chequered broAvn and white. Hind wing Avhite tinged 

 with brown, the veins browner ; a broAvn subterminal shade ending 

 at tornus and almost inten'vipted betAveen veins 3 and 2 ; a fine 

 dark terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and Avhite ; the under- 

 side white iiTorated Avith brown, a brown discoidal spot, oblique 

 broAvnish ante- and postmedial lines, the subterminal shade obso- 

 lescent. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Shasta Soda Spring, 1 5 type. Exp. 

 56 millim. 



8186. Diphthera palata. (Plate CCXXXIY. fig. 11.) 



Chnradrapcihita, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 258 (1880); Smith, Cat. Xoct. 

 N. Am. p. 31. 



S • Head and thorax Avhite mixed Avith dark broAvn ; patagia 

 Avith black bands at and near tips ; abdomen dark broAvn Avith 

 narroAv Avhitish bands, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing 

 white thickly irrorated Avith dark broAvn ; subbasal line black, 

 obli(|ue, from beloAv costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 black, slightly bent inAvards to costa, oblique below submedian fold 

 and forking above inner margin, a black streak in submedian fold 

 from it to the postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 bkck and Avith some dark suffusion between them, the former 

 round, the latter somcAvhat quadrangular ; an oblique sinuous 



