

OF THE 



VOL. III. BROOKLYN, JANUARY, 1881. No. 9. 



Description of some New Species of North American 

 Lepidoptera. 



By Geo. P. Hulst. 



1. Se£ia nigella, sp. nor. 



Expands 7 l-'2 lines. Mead : Crown black ; palpi prominent, 

 orange yellow ; antennae black, ciliated, slightly swollen beyond 

 the middle, slightly curved, pointed ; collar, orange yellow. Thorax 

 and abdomen black ; abdomen tufted. The thorax has a yellow line 

 on each side above base of wings. The abdomen has a yellow band 

 on fourth segment from thorax, which is narrow above, broader on 

 sides. There is a second yellow band on last segment just before 

 the anal tuft. Both these bands reach only to the stigmatal space. 

 Tuft black, becoming yellowish at extremity. 



Anterior wings uniform black ; hind wings transparent, with nerves 

 partly and faintly black. All fringes black. Underneath as above, 

 except that the fore -wings are yellowish on the basal half. Legs : An- 

 terior and middle pair dark brown, with feet and tarsi yellow. Hind 

 pair the same, with tibia; as well yellow. 



Two specimens. $ and 9 > taken in coitu on a leaf of the swamp 

 button-bush near Fairport, Western New York. The 9 > which was 

 si 'on after by accident lost, was larger than the male, and, if the recol- 

 lection of appearance is correct, marked the same. A 9 since seen 

 is in coloring like ,-j\ 



