Mar., '06] ENTOMOLOGICAL news. 95 



New Butterflies and Moths With Notes on Some 



Species* 

 By Henry Skinner. 



Prof. F. H. Snow, of the University of Kansas, sent me a 

 small collection of Lepidoptera, taken last summer at Browns- 

 ville, Texas, and on the San Bernardino Ranch in Cochise 

 County, Arizona. Syssphinx heiligbrodti Harvey, <? , Browns- 

 ville, Texas, June. The type of this species came from Bos- 

 trop Co. , Texas. The books and lists generally give Arizona 

 as the locality and omit Texas. 



Tolype brevicrista Dyar, $ . San Bernardino Ranch, Co- 

 chise Co., Ariz., 3750 ft., August. This gives a definite lo- 

 cality for this pretty species. 



Gonodonta pyrgo Cramer. Brownsville, Texas, June. A 

 single specimen agrees fairly well with Cramer's figure. 



Rhescipha snowi n. sp. 9? Exp. 40 mm.? Head, antennae, palpi, 

 thorax, lower half of fore femora and tibiae light brown ; underside of 

 thorax, middle and hind legs white. Primaries light brown and, under 

 a lense, irrorate with minute dark brown dots ; a brown dot in the cell. 

 There is an indistinct brown shade extending into the wing from the 

 outer angle. Secondaries a lighter shade of brown (fawn) and immacu- 

 late, with upper side of abdomen same color as secondaries. The speci- 

 men is fresh, but the tips of the wings are damaged. 



Described from a single specimen taken at Brownsville, 

 Texas, June. This is a new genus to our fauna, and so far 

 as I am aware the second species known. 



Ruscino arida n. sp. Exp. 26 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen yel- 

 low ; antennae and legs fuscous. Primaries crossed by four fasciae ; the 

 basal one black and 4 mm. wide ; the second yellow and 3 mm. wide ; 

 the third black and 3.5 mm. wide ; the fourth yellow and lunate, 2 mm. 

 wide ; this fascia does not reach the costa or outer margin, which is 

 black. Secondaries yellow with a black border 4 mm. in width. 



The species in this genus appear to be of doubtful value, 

 and it will take larger series or breeding to diminish them. 

 This is apparently the first record for this genus in the United 

 States, and it was this fact that made it seem advisable to de- 

 scribe the species. It is related to R. prusias Druce, and is 

 described from one specimen taken by Prof. F. H. Snow at 

 San Bernardino Ranch, Cochise Co., Ariz., 3,750 ft., August. 



