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[May 1884. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM, SOC. VOL. VII. 5 
Expands 1,25—1.35 inches, 33—to 36 mm. AHaé. Cal. Vance. 
In wing form this species is close to HZ californica Behr. differing 
however in maculation. The specimens of both species vary widely in 
ground color, in the distinctness of maculation, and in the course of the 
ordinary lines. The t.p. line however is constant, and serves to at once 
distinguish the species. In cadifornica this line is inwardly oblique, and 
in the submedian space makes a long acute zzward angulation, whereas 
in the present form, the line is nearly straight and the angulation is out- 
ward. It can not be confounded with either of the other described 
species and need not therefore be distinguished from them. Both sexes 
are in Mr. Hy. Edward’s collection. 
Helia borealis n. sp. Primaries glistening brownish black, immaculate. 
Secondaries paler also immaculate. Beneath dark ash-gray, immaculate. 
Expands .75 inch.. 20 mm. Had. Maine, N. Y., D.C. 
A rather common species, closely allied to /uéricais but entirely im- 
maculate and uniformly smaller. It belongs to the genus Pseudaglossa of 
Mr. Grote, which can be regarded only as a section of Hela (Eprzeuxis Hb.) 
H. occidentalis new var. of lubricalis. Larger, paler and more 
evenly colored than the type form. The white lines and shades are broad, distinct and 
sharply outlined; the usual dark lines obsolete, not darker than the ground color. Sec- 
ondaries also paler throughout than in the type form. 
Expands 1 4 inches. //aé. Calif. Vanc. 
Although in general opposed to the wholesale creation of varieties, 
yet this form is so much larger, more evenly colored and so constant in 
the districts in which it occurs, that it is entitled to be considered at least 
as a geographical ‘‘race” or variety, and to remove all temptation to de— 
scribe it as a species, I give it a varietal name. 
Several specimens are in Mr. Hy. Edward’s collection. 
Zanclognatha obsoleta, n. sp. Above, uniform dark obscure brown 
or smoky. Primaries with a fairly distinct broad, upright, straight t.a. line, which is 
outwardly diffuse and indefinite, and inwardly determinate. The reniform is very 
faintly indicated by darker scales, and the t.p. line is traceable by minute blackish 
tufts of scales. S,t. line visible as a faint pale shade. Secondaries immaculate. Beneath, 
ash—-gray, powdered with ochreous scales. Secondaries with a dark discal dot and two 
indistinct darker lines. 
Expands 1.25 inch., 32 mm. Aad, Vermont, 
A single 9 specimen taken by Mr, C. H. Roberts at Manchester, 
pVermt., “Aus, 3, 1883. 
The species is nearly allied to 2. demgata Grt. and may eventually 
prove to be a variety of it; the dark smoky-brown color and_ lack of de- 
finite markings, as compared with the bright yellow or ochreous colors 
