new species of North American Tortricidse. 497 



spicuous fawn-brown shades containing a few tufts of raised scales 

 in which black is very sparsely represented. E.cp. al., $ 23 mm. 



Type. $ $ . Mus. Wlsm. (Paratypes, Tring Mus.) 



Hal. Colorado Larima Co., 5000 feet, July-August, 

 1891 (Smith). 



Allied to Platynota flavedana, Clem. 



Platynota metallicana, sp. n. (PL XII., fig. 1.) 



Antennas biciliate (2) ; ochreous, clothed at the base with ferru- 

 ginous scales. Palpi very long ; reddish ferruginous. Head ferru- 

 ginous. Thorax ferruginous, mixed with ochreous. Forewings 

 thickly covered with patches of rich ferruginous and ochreous 

 raised scales, the interspaces between them shining metallic whitish 

 ochreous ; a rich shining lilac streak occupies the outer half of the 

 discal cell and is diffused outward and downward toward the anal 

 angle ; there is also a lilac reflection about the patches of raised 

 scales which form an irregular oblique fasciaform band from 

 before the middle of the costa to the anal angle ; a second shining 

 lilac band leaves the costal margin at its outer fourth and curving 

 slightly outwards is attenuated to the anal angle, this is narrowly 

 margined by slightly raised lines of rich ferruginous and ochreous 

 scales, two whitish ochreous metallic lines lying beyond it, the first 

 adjacent to it, the second along the apical margin ; cilia shining 

 golden. Exp. al., 16 mm., $ 19 mm. Hindwings rich tawny 

 ferruginous ; cilia golden, with a ferruginous dividing line near 

 their base. Undersides uniformly rich reddish orange with golden 

 cilia. Abdomen ferruginous, mixed with ochreous at the sides. 

 Legs ochreous, externally tinged with ferruginous. 



Type. 3 ? Mus. Wlsm. 



Hob. Florida. Three males and one female, the latter 

 unfortunately much broken, but somewhat larger than 

 the male, received from the late Mr. Morrison. It is 

 difficult to describe in words the rich colour, combina- 

 tions and metallic effects which distinguish this very 

 beautiful and remarkable species, it can scarcely be 

 regarded as closely allied to any other of the genus. 



