NO. 1203. NEW NOCTUID MOTHS— SMITH. 477 



77. PERIGEA CONSORS, new species. 



Ground color a dull luteo-fuscous, more or less black powdered. 

 Head aud thorax immaculate. Primaries with cell before and between 

 the ordinary spots more or less completely black filled. Basal line 

 marked by black scales on the costa and vaguely traceable to the 

 median vein. Transverse anterior line marked on the costa and by 

 black scales which emphasize a difference in shade between basal and 

 median space. In course it is a little oblique, strongly angulate or 

 broadly toothed. Transverse posterior line narrow, blackish, irregular, 

 followed by a paler shading. Subterminal line pale, preceded by a 

 dusky shade which is broader opposite the cell. A broken dusky ter- 

 minal line, veins pale tipped. A vague, narrow, median shade, 

 marked on the costa and again below the reniform. Orbicular small 

 in the specimens, irregular, tending to open to the costa. Eeniform 

 rather large, a little constricted centrally, larger below. Claviform 

 small, outlined by blackish scales. Secondaries whitish, with a yellow 

 tinge at base, with a broad smoky border and a small discal spot. 

 Beneath pale, powdery, with a broken outer line and discal spots. 



Expanse, 25 to 27 mm. = 1.00 to 1.08 inches. 



Habitat. — Phrenix, Arizona (Dr. Barnes). 



Two males and one female, all of them poor and at first sight resem- 

 bling small, rubbed examples of P. texana. They are, however, 

 smaller throughout, and the black-tilled cell is a conspicuous difference. 



78. CARADRINA LEUCORENA, new species. 



Ground color pale luteous, with a reddish tint. Head and thorax 

 immaculate. Primaries with the reniform white marked, a dusky 

 shading along median vein, sometimes to the base, giving a little the 

 appearance of a Leucania. Transverse anterior line irregular, gemi- 

 nate, broken, marked only by blackish scales, sometimes scarcely 

 traceable. Transverse posterior line geminate, smoky, with the usual 

 outcurve over the cell, thence rather evenly oblique, or only a little 

 incurved. Outer line composed of small venular dots. Inner line may 

 be continuous, slender, and crenulated, a series of interspaceal lunules, 

 or a series of venular marks. Sometimes the line is scarcely traceable 

 and it is never prominent. Subterminal line is an irregular, vague, 

 paler shading, which may or may not be edged by darker scales. 

 Fringes a little darker, sometimes obscurely cut with smoky, sometimes 

 based by a series of small, blackish, interspaceal lunules, sometimes 

 by white dots terminating the veins. Orbicular a round dot of the 

 darker powdering, surrounded by a ring of the even ground color; but 

 it is always obscure and as often wanting. Eeniform upright, narrow, 

 centrally constricted, very obscure, except that the outer edge is partly 

 white and the inferior portion is also white. Secondaries even, dull, 

 pale smoky, with a yellowiish tinge, lighter basally. Beneath pale, 



