188 entomological news. [June, '06 



On some New Species of Geometrid Moths from 

 Arizona and California* 

 By George W. Taylor, Wellington, B. C. 



The forms, described in the present paper, are all of them 

 apparently new to science. The first named is in the collection 

 of the United States National Museum, and for the privilege 

 of examining and describing it I have to thank Dr. Harrison 

 G. Dyar. The other forms described are all in my own cabinet. 



i. Melemaca virgata n. sp. 



This is a very beautiful' insect which I thought at first might be M. mag- 

 dalena Hulst, but the arrangement of the lines on the fore-wings is not 

 the same, and Dr. Dyar, who has kindly sent me a rough sketch of the 

 type of magdalena, assures me that it is not that species. Front and 

 thorax pale yellow, palpi a little darker. Ground color of wings orange 

 yellow. Fore-wings with two bands or stripes, one (outer) running from 

 the apex of the wing to the middle of the inner margin, and the other (sub- 

 costal) from the junction veins 7 and 8 to the base of the wing. The color 

 of the first-named stripe is olive greenish, bordered with a narrow deep 

 red line on the inner side and by a conspicuous white stripe on the outer 

 side. Towards the apex of the wing the red line becomes much wider 

 and the olive line narrower. The subcostal stripe is bordered below by 

 a red line and above by a white band, which is followed by a red stripe, 

 the costa itself being of the ground color of the wing. The submarginaj 

 space is orange, becoming red at the tornus ; fringe pale yellow. The 

 hind-wings are pale orange, the color deepening from base outwardly 

 until a reddish line is formed running in a regular curve from the apical 

 angle to the middle of the inner margin. This is followed by a paler 

 shade, and again towards the margin the color deepens. Fringe paler 

 as on the fore-wings. Beneath, the color is paler, the lines of the fore- 

 wings are reproduced faintly and the extreme apex is bright red. The 

 hind-wings are quite pale. No discal points visible either above or below. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Type. — One % . Huachuca Mts., Arizona, July 16-23. In 

 U. S. Nat. Museum. 



2. Hydriomena multipunctata n. sp. 



Palpi rather large and stout, black on outside, grey on inner side and at 

 tip. Front dark grey. Thorax concolorous with fore-wings. Fore-wing 

 with costa almost straight for three-fourths of its length, then sharply 

 curved so as to make a right angle with the outer margin. Color of fore- 

 wing light fawn. In the central area the ground color is overlaid with a 

 smoky shade, forming a band across the wing but not limited by lines. 



