112 MB. B. M'LACHLAN ON NEW FORMS, ETC., 



Head (with the antennae, palpi) and thorax testaceous ; occiput, basal 

 joint of antenna;, and prothorax clothed with testaceous, with an ad- 

 mixture of fuscous, hairs ; and there is a fringe of similar hairs on the 

 facial margin of the eye-sockets; eyes dark coppery. Legs testa- 

 ceous, the posterior tibisB paler; tibiae and tarsi with few, short, 

 black spines ; spurs reddish-testaceous. Abdomen pale whitish testa- 

 ceous; on the antepenultimate ventral segments is a very small, 

 reddish-testaceous, triangular tooth, and on the penultimate segment 

 a much larger tooth ; appendices testaceous ; app. sup. small, rounded, 

 and ear-shaped, extending little beyond the cavity of the last seg- 

 ment ; app. intermed. placed close together, proceeding from under 

 the middle of the upper margin of the segment, nearly straight, and 

 flattened laterally; when viewed from the side each appendage is 

 seen to be dilated at the base, then with the upper margin exciseil 

 to the apex, which is obtuse; app. inf. inserted close together on the 

 ventral margin, band-like, curved strongly inwards, forming a deep 

 incision when viewed from beneath, the a])ex obtuse. 



Anterior wings fulvous, thickly clothed with short, procumbent, fuscous 

 pubescence, the apical half irrorated with many small and indistinct 

 whitish dots ; inner margin with three yellow spots, viz. an elongate 

 one at the base, a long triangular one about the middle, and a small 

 one before the anal angle; the pubescence in the spaces between 

 these spots is darker, almost blackish fuscous ; apical fringe alter- 

 nately fuscous and whitish ; veins testaceous, the costal margin at 

 the base, and the basal portion of the radius, ciliated with fuscous. 

 Posterior wings subhyaline, slightly smoky ; the fringes at the anal 

 angle very long, silky, and whitish. (PI. II. fig. 3, details.) 

 I received one male example from Mr. J. Angus, of the State 

 of New York, 



Fam. SEEICOSTOMATIDiE. 

 NoTiDOBiA, Stephens. 



NoTiDOBiA. GRISEOLA, nov. sp. N. nigro-fusca. Caput protho- 

 raxque cinereo-hirsuta : antenniE palpique fusci. Pedes Havescentes, 

 antici omnino, femoribusque intermediis posterioribusque interdum 

 fuscis. Abdomen fuscum, cinereo-hirsutum, linea utriuque pallida : 

 appendices inferiores d magna;, truncata;, supra in dentem uncina- 

 tum incurvatum intus producta;. Ala; antica; grisea;, dense cincreo- 

 pubescentes : posticae pallidiores {d , § ). 



Long. Corp. c? 2h lin. ( = 6 mill.), $ 2^-4 lin. ( = 6^-8^ mill.); exp. 

 alar. 9-1 2| hn. ( = 19-26^ mill.). 



Hab. California (in Mus. auet.). 



Blackish fuscous. Head and prothorax clothed with whitish ashy-grey 

 hairs, changing to fuscous on the face; antenna; fuscous, paler and 



