GROTE ON NORTH AMERICAN PYRALID^. 671 



with an outer commou liue, pale fuscous. Body whitish beneath, fus- 

 cous above. California, Mr. Behreus and Hy. Edwards, Esq. The 

 moth expands 28 mil. In the type, the inner transverse line, very fine 

 and indistinct, may be made out; it goes to a black shade on internal 

 margin, connected by black scales on the edge of the wing to the base 

 of the outer line. The black longitudinal dashes to the subterminal line 

 below the apices are variably distinct. 



Stemmatophoea Guen. 



Stemmatophora nicalis, n. s. 



9 . Ocelli. Maxillary palpi small. Aspect of Asopia. Deep reddish- 

 fuscous; thorax and basal fields of the fore wings somewhat olivaceous. 

 Median lines distinct, whitish. The anterior upright with a submedian, 

 rounded, outward projection. Posterior line broadly marked on costa, 

 outwardly rounded superiorly, running inwardly to vein 2, where it forms 

 a slight sinus, thence more straightly to internal margin. It is defined 

 on the inside by a narrow reddish line. Discal dots both present, 

 appearing as darker cloud-spots. Median space a little paler than the 

 rest of the wing, shaded with pale yellowish on the interspaces poste- 

 riorly. Beyond the line, the wing is evenly obscure reddish-fuscous; 

 fringes paler, indistinctly interlined. Hind wings fuscous, with paler 

 bases and a whitish, incomplete, extramesial line. Beneath paler than 

 above; the outer yellowish line broadly marked on primaries; on sec- 

 ondaries, a narrow, brown, mesial line. Body pale l:eneath. The brown 

 terminal spaces on both wings contrast with the i)aler portion within 

 the line. Expanse, 24 mil. One specimen, in good condition. Sierra 

 ^Nevada, Cal. 



OMPnALOCERA Lederer. 



Omphalocera cariosa Led., 339, taf. 6, fig. II. 



S 2 . Two specimens from Missouri (Riley) agree very well with Le- 

 derer's figure aud description; in these there is a reddish cast to the fore 

 wings, which is wanting in a larger female taken by myself in Alabama. 

 Lederer gives as localities : " North America, Brazil." 



AsoPiA Ir. 

 Asopla farinalis (Linn.). 



New England ; Middle States ; also from Texas, Belfrage, No. 416, 

 October 16. Lederer gives as localities: " Europe, America, Australia." 

 Probably introduced by commerce. 



Asopia costaUs (Fabr.). 



Pyralis fimbrialis S. V. 



S ?. This species is found, according to Zeller, but rarely in North 

 Germany, and not at all in England. Zeller doubts that Eiley and 

 Packard, who describe the larva from American specimens found feed- 



