SCHINIA. 



75 



d}. Hind wing black-brown. 



ci^. Hind wing with yellow patch on disk nearly bisected 



by the discoidal spot sordkla. 



b^. Hind wing uniform black-brown limbalis. 



104. Schinia luxa. (Plate LVl. fig. 11.) 



Bessula luxa, Grote, Pap. i. p. 176 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. IN". Am. 

 p. 266. 



5 . Head and thorax pale straw-yellow ; abdomen yellowish 

 white. Fore Aving pale straw-yellow ; an antemedial brown point 

 below the cell ; a point in middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; 

 a waved postmedial line angled outwards at veins 6 and 4 and 

 inwards in discal and submedian folds, where there are brown 

 points ; a sinuous subterminal series of brown points and a terminal 

 series of brown strise. Hind wing white, the inner area and termen 

 slightly tinged with yellow. 



Fore tibice with one claw and one spine on inner side and three 

 claws on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico {Snoiv), 1 § type. 

 Exp. 32 millim. 



*105. Schinia oculata. (Plate LIX. fig. 9.) 

 Schinia oculata, Smith, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 488 (1900). 



Head and tegulae yellowish, the latter irrorated with brown ; 

 thorax white with yellow markings ; abdomen yellowish white. 

 Fore wing with the basal area creamy white, mottled with 

 ochreous ; medial area silvery white ; reniform ochreous defined by 

 black scales, the costa above it creamy white ; terminal area 

 creamy white, with a slight subterminal line on it angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; an apical brownish patch and a 

 terminal series of dark points. Hind wing yellowish white, with 

 a broad diffused fuscous terminal band. Underside of fore wing 

 with the disk blackish, the inner and costal margins yellowish, a 

 yellowish subterminal line and blackish discoidal spot. 



Hah. U.S.A., Arizona, Phoenix, Ilio Verde Mts. Ex]?. 28 miliim. 

 This species is unknown so me ; figured from a photograph from type. 



-*106. Schinia reniformis. (Plate LVII. fig. 6.) 



Schinia reniformis, Smith, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 487 (1900). 



<S . Silvery white. Fore wing with obliquely curved olive- 

 fuscous antemedial line from ceil to inner margin ; reniform olive- 

 fuscous, constricted at middle ; ' a postmedial band expanding 

 widely at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal band 

 narrowing to a point above tornus ; the olive markings suffused 

 with white scales. Hind wing with traces of fuscous subterminal 

 band, an apical patch and terminal line. Underside of fore wing 

 with diffused fuscous fascia below costa ; the reniform, postmedial, 

 and terminal bands more prominent. 



