156 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [October, 



A NEW GNOPHi€LA FROM COLORADO. 



By W. J. Holland, Ph.D., Pittsburg, Pa. 



G. Clappiana n. sp. — Male. Upperside: anterior wings black, 

 with a quadrate spot of pale yellow at end of cell and a band of 

 three small, sharply defined, oval spots below the apex. A minute 

 white spot at base; fringes at apex and near exterior angle nar- 

 rowly white. Posterior wings deep bluish black, with the fringe 

 somewhat broadly white. Abdomen blue-black; front white; 

 collar marked by two small blue spots; patagise pointed with 

 white at base and tips and bordered internally with pale blue. 

 Underside: anterior wings as above. Posterior wings with faint 

 white spot at end of cell, otherwise as above; chest rufous. A 

 line of small white spots is found on each side of abdomen. 



Type coll. Holland. Described from a single specimen taken 

 upon the mountains of Williams River, Colorado, by Mr. Geo. 

 H. Clapp, president of the Iron City Microscopical Society, July, 

 1891. 



This description was written in the rooms of the American 

 Entomological Society after a careful search through the literature 

 and examination of the species in the genus. 



A NOTE ON THE LIMACODID GENUS ISA Pack. 

 By Harrison G. Dyar. 

 Recently on a visit to Boston I saw, by the kindness of Mr. 

 Henshaw, the type specimen of the genus Isa, created for Her- 

 rich-Schaffer's species textula. The specimen is a small female 

 Sisyrosea inornata G. & R., and I have compared Dr. Packard's 

 characterization of genus Isa with specimens of inornata and find 

 all the characters borne out. Especially his description of the 

 venation is characteristic of the somewhat peculiar venation of 

 ■5". inornata. I am not sure that this is the correct identification 

 of the species textula^ but as I know of no other species to which 

 the name should apply, I would arrange the genus as follows: 

 Genus Isa Packard. 



sisyrosea Grote. 

 inornata G. & R. 

 ? textula W.S. 

 nasoni Grt. 



rude Hy. Edw. 



