SCHINIA. 



89 



■white tinged with fulvous. Fore wing white, a curved pale fulvous 

 antemedial band with sinuous edges and narrowing towards inner 

 margin ; a broader curved medial band, narrowing to inner margin, 

 its outer edge excised below costa, with a small deep ferruginous 

 discoidal lunule on its outer edge, followed by a small round 

 spot beyond the cell ; curved, minutely dentate, postmedial and 

 subterminal fulvous lines with the area between them greyish ; a 

 deeper fulvous terminal band from apex to vein 4, with some 

 blackish points on termen. Hind wing pale fulvous yellow, with 

 slightly darker terminal band. Underside of fore wing with curved 

 subterminal fulvous band. 



Fore tibiaj with one claw and two spines on inner side and four 

 daws on outer, 



Hab. U.S.A., California, Caliente, 1 $ type velaris. Eccp. 24 

 millim. 



138. Schinia regia. (Plate LVI. fig. 32.) 



Heliotliis regia. Street. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 121 (187(i) ; Smith, Cat. 

 Noct. jV. Am. p. 279. 



$ , White ; Irons, metathorax, and abdomen very slightly tinged 

 with pale brown. Fore wing with the basal area rose-pink, its 

 ■outer edge acutely angled on median nervure and very oblique 

 towards costa and inner margin ; the costal edge slightly tinged 

 with pink ; an oblique pale fawn-coloured medial shade conjoined 

 to a difi^'used discoidal patch ; a pink subterminal band, its inner 

 edge excurved from costa to vein 3, then incurved, its outer slightly 

 excised in discal and submedian folds ; termen and cilia tinged 

 with pale fawn-colour. Hind wing slightly tinged with pale faAvn- 

 colour, especially on discocellulars and terminal area, the latter 

 with some difi^used pink between veins 6 and 1. 



Fore tibia3 with one claw and three spines en inner side and 

 three claws on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., 1 $ , Grote Coll., Kansas, Texas, Colorado. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



*139. Schinia gloriosa. 



HcUothis gloriosa, Streck. Lep.- Rhop. & Het. p. 132 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 280. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white, with pale olive shades on 

 •dorsal surface. Fore wing dull purplish red and pale olive ; basal 

 area purplish ; antemedial line white, somewhat dentate at the 

 veins; medial area olive; reniform purple, extending to just 

 beyond the dentate white postmedial line ; terminal area purplish, 

 olive towards termen, the veins being streaked with purplish ; cilia 

 pale and dark olive. Hind wing dirty white ; a slight discoidal 

 spot, the terminal area tinged with brownish ; cilia white inter- 

 sected with brown. Underside of fore wing Avhite, with fuscous 

 -discoidal spot, a pale crimson shade towards apex and a broad 



