Vol. XXvil ENTOMOUXlICAt, NKWS. 321 



New Hcteroccra (Lep.). 

 By Frank Haiubach, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 (ruic XII.) 

 Eptmecis carbonaria n. sp. (Plate XII, fig. l). 



Alar expanse 41 to 48 mm. Entire upper surface of wings smoky 

 black. Primaries with a white, dentate submarginal Hne, bordered on 

 Ijoth ^JHrs with intense black; tnuwvcrtc poaterior line also white, 

 drntatr, with intense black omanwatatioii, on submarginal line the 

 dark omamcntation is more oontpicooosly inwardly; there is an in- 

 tense bbdc rrnifofTn spot, from wMch iasuea an indistinct line, rtin- 

 ntng to interior margin. 



Secondaries : median and marginal tinea meet the lines on primaries, 

 and in the middle of marginal line, the tooth is ornamented inwardly 

 with a while limttle: the discal spot is hiadc 



I'nder side of wing*, lighter than above; ma rkin g s the same as above, 

 I ut less distinct ; one specimen before me shows only a slight indication 

 of the Uaea. 



Described from six specimens, five taken at Roxborough. 

 I'hiladclphia. Pa., V, 21, 09: VI, 7; VI, 2! ; VII, 2, ii, and 



X, I, atnl <inc viKx-inicn Lik<n at (ilctiol<lcn. Pa., without date. 

 The sj)ccirs is doM-ly aJhctl to /:. virginaria Cramer, but can 

 bt* readily sip.irattd by its much darker color. 



Pyrausta jamaicalia n. sp. (Plate XII. fig. t). 



Alar (-v|Mii>r .-M mm. Ifcad. thorax and abdomen bronze brown 

 alM>vr. ilu- jlHlomm with a broad whitish stripe, covering all but anal 

 !.cKnirnt 



\VinK> •>! uniform bronae brown color, showing an iridescent lilac 

 ciJor on tlu Itght mar ki a B S . Shape of wings as in P. fertexlalis Led> 

 crer and I'. ofgleaUt Walter. 



The markings on primaries are of a smoky grey cofc*r, and cover 

 nearly twoMUrds of wings; the submarginal line is -c a 



sickle, with handle toward inner margin: inwardly from t iiere 



li a large dark brown spot on the light surface s«>mewhat in the shape 

 of a two-pointed flag or peniunt. which emanates from the costa. then 

 a perfectly straight line reaching from the costa to inner angle, then 

 a Itanal line withm which is an irregular dark brown bk>tcfa to base. 



Srcundaricii with tifsag median line and pro min e nt discal spot in 

 dark brown ovaL 



Underside, wings as above; thorax and abdomen ochraceous, tegs 

 ochraccous l)eneath. dark brown above, annulated on the tarsi. 



Described from otic fetnale specimen, taken at Montego Bay, 



