1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 223 



antennae rather short, black, with the last joint wholly, and joints 7 to 10 

 beneath, a lively red-brown. Thorax with fairly abundant grayish pubes- 

 cence on border of prothorax, on pleura, postscutellum and sides of 

 metathorax; mesothorax with shorter and less conspicuous pubescence; 

 mesothorax and scutellum with very distinct, moderately close punctures, 

 those on anterior part of scutellum much smaller and closer; base of 

 metathorax feebly longitudinally wrinkled, the area behind shining, but 

 minutely sculptured; tegulse shining testaceous. Wings hyaline, with a 

 slightly yellowish tint, nervures and stigma reddish brown, costal nervure 

 black, second submarginal cell quite long, narrowed about one-half to 

 marginal. Legs black, very hairy, a pale yellow spot at base of anterior 

 and middle tibiae, terminal joints of tarsi becoming more or less rufescent; 

 first joint of hind tarsi produced into a comb-like structure at tip. Claws 

 bifid at tips, the inner tooth much the shortest. Abdomen with white 

 pubescence above, quite dense, except on dorsum of first segment and 

 middle of posterior half of second, which are bare. The pubescence 

 becomes much denser towards the tip, and is slightly tinged with reddish 

 about the pygidium; dorsum of first segment impunctate. 



Hab. — Colorado: Fort Collins, on Solidago canadensis, Aug. 

 i5> 1895 (C. F. Baker). Easily recognized by the kidney-shaped 

 mark on face. 



A NEW DRASTERIA. 



By Beverly Letcher. 



Drasteria livida n. sp. — Head, thorax and primaries concolorous: ab- 

 domen and secondaries. Above, the primaries have the usual Drasteria 

 markings in varying shades of brown on a light blue ground, the whole 

 wing being irrorate more or less with brown; subapical spots very distinct; 

 secondaries light blue with black terminal line and white fringes, some- 

 times basally a dark shade extending along inner margin, and in one in- 

 stance from base to middle of median cell, otherwise immaculate. Be- 

 neath, both wings same light blue as secondaries above, the costal and 

 outer margin of primaries slightly and the whole of the secondaries 

 moderately irrorate with brown. 



Hab. — California. 



Described from two specimens, % and 9 , taken by the writer 

 in Siskiyou County, and a series of seven or eight (exact locality 

 not known) in the collection of Dr. Behr, whose manuscript 

 name I take pleasure in applying. 



While this species resembles closely, in description, D. ccerulia 

 Grt. , it requires but a glance to estabhsh its right to at least a 

 varietal, if not a specific name. Its larger size, its generally 

 lighter shade, the slope of the t. a. line which forms a more acute 



