150 



beneatli. Clypeus full, globose, exceeded by the lieavily fringed palpi. Max- 

 illae stout; wings broad, fore wings with the costal margin arched to the 

 sharply defined apices, below which the external margin is unusually straight, 

 the internal angle determinate, hence the length of the costal and internal 

 margins is very similar. Hind wings broad, full and rounded. The body 

 parts are slight in comparison to the breadth of the wings, and the abdomen 

 does not exceed the anal angle of the secondaries. 



A singular genus, recalling Brephos, (from wliicli it differs at 

 once by the jDresence of ocelli,) and certain Geometridae. The 

 hind wings are white or yellow with Catocala-like markings. 



Annapliila diva, Orote, Plate 4, fig. 14, 5 . 



$ $ . — Primaries black or blackish, with the ordinary ornamentation. T. a. 

 line deep black, strongly dentate inferiorly where it is preceded by a few 

 white scales. Orbicular black, usually filled in. Median shade black and 

 quite distinct. Eeniform lost in a broad, oblique, contrasting white band, 

 which fills in the median space posteriorly before the t. p. line, tapering 

 toward internal margin, before which it is discontinued. The central waved 

 streak of the reniform is apparent, and the ground color of the wing appears 

 twice before the line opposite the cell, the second time more largely. Subter- 

 niinal line indicated by white scales at costa, and there are white dots between 

 this and the inception of the t. p. line. Fringes dark. Hind wings white or 

 yellowish white with blackish basal patch, and a rather narrow terminal band 

 with uneven inner edge. Beneath, the base of the fore wings is whitish ; 

 there is a central blackish shade, beyond which the oblique white band of the 

 upper-surface is more diflfusely reproduced, showing a black liturate mark in 

 place of the reniform. The wing is blackish terminally with the subterminal 

 line broadly marked with white. Hind wings white, with a black discal spot 

 and a partial reproduction of the terminal band of upper surface ; at base the 

 dark shading of the upper surface is reflected. Body beneath, terminally and 

 laterally, whitish ; above black, with the segments marked with white. Thorax 

 and head dark colored. 



Expanse, 20 to 22 m. m. Hnhitat, California (coll. Theo. L. 

 Mead; Hy. Edwards, No. 198). I have examined five specimens of 

 this beautiful species. 



Auuaphila depicta, Grote, Plate 4, fig. 13, ? . 



$ . — Agrees structurally with A. diva. Primaries with the t. a. line round- 

 edly exserted outwardly superiorly, a little duller colored perhaps than in A. 

 diva. Orbicular small, filled in. Median shade determinate, even, a little 



