NO. 1203. NEW KOCTUID MOTHS— SMITH. 485 



beyond the middle. Tbese spots are usaallj" joined, but they may be 

 entirely separated aud even reduced to small dots. In some specimens 

 a yellowish subtermiual line is traceable, and in one example it is com- 

 plete; in another there is no sign of it. There maybe a yellow or gray 

 shading on the costa in the basal space, and there is usually one on the 

 costa just before the apex. Secondaries black, fringes yellowish, with 

 two oblong, yellow spots, which may be united so as to form au incom- 

 Ijlete median band, may be reduced to mere dots, or may be entirely 

 absent. Beneath black, the spots of the upper side reproduced in 

 white. 



Expanse, 14 to 16 mm. = 0.56 to 0.64 inch. 



Hadifat. — Los Angeles Countj', California, in May. 



Three males and three females, all from the U. S. National Museum 

 collection. The line of variation has been indicated in the description, 

 and it is not improbable the altogether immaculate examples may occur. 



Type.— Cat. ^o. 4818, U.S.is\M. 



88. HELIODES RESTRICTALIS, new species. 



Ground color of head and thorax black, more or less overlaid by 

 white or yellow scales aud by yellow fluffy hair. Abdomen with a car- 

 mine tinge, which is most obvious lateralh', terminal segment yellowish 

 brown. Primaries black, overlaid by carmine, with a tendency to a 

 covering of whitish scales in the basal S])ace. Median space yellowish 

 or whitish, broken by the large reniform, which is of the ground color. 

 Fringes blackish, smoky. Secondaries black, immaculate in one exam- 

 ple, with a white spot, a little above the middle, in the other. Beneath 

 black, primaries with twoi, secondaries with one white spot. 



Expanse, 13 to 14 mm. = 0.52 to 0.56 inch. 



Habitat. — Butte Count}", California (Cor|uillett). 



One male and one female, in fair condition only, from the U. S. 

 National Museum. It is impossible to say just what is the range of 

 variation in this species, but it does not tend in the direction of angelica. 

 It will probably tend to a broader, pale median space, in which the 

 reniform may be completely surrounded. The body beneath is brightly 

 clothed with yellow on the breast, while the venter is carmine except 

 at the base. 



Type.— Cat. No. 4817, U.S.N.M. 



NARTHECOPHORA, ne^v genus. 



Eyes naked, hemispherical, large, somewhat prominent. Antennae 

 in both sexes simple, feebly ciliated. Tongue weak and soft, but of 

 moderate length. Palpi very small, drooping, almost aborted. Head 

 with clypeus turned up to form a projecting rim, front produced into 

 an oblique plate, the lateral corners of which are drawn out into points; 

 the vertex continued forward into a keel, surmounting the frontal plate 

 and projecting iu a point some distance beyond it. Seen when the vesti- 



