Mar h 1894.) NkUM<P.GEN \: I)\ AK. N. A. BoMBVCF.S. 29 



var. badia //y. Jid'tvariis. 



187^ — Oi-i^yia badia IIy. I'^ewakds, I'roc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. V, p. iSS. 



cT Rusty brown, with darker transverse anterior and transverse 

 posterior and sub-terminal lines, the latter obscure, but a very 

 distinct bright, white spot before internal angle. Reniforni discal 

 spot faintly outlined. In the variety baJia the basal space and 

 space from trans. -post, line to margin is heavily shaded with 

 blackish brown. E.xpanse, 25 — 30 mm. 



J/abifat, Canada and Northern United States. 



N. vetusta Boisdm'u/. 



1S52 — Or^yia vetusta UoiSDUVAl,, Ann. Eiit. .Soc. France, Vol. .\, p. 322. 



Blackish brown or gray with a red tinge, the markings obscured. 

 White spot present, but not very large. Secondaries blackish 

 brown with a darker border. Expanse cT, 20 — 25 mm. 



Habitat, Coast region of California. 



N. gulosa Ify. Edwards. 



jSSi — Oroyia giilosa llv. Edwards, Tapilio, Vol. I, p. 61. 

 1893 — Orgyiaz/nlosa DvAR, I'syche, \'ol. VI, p. 438. 



Fore wings gray, slightly tinged with brown. Markings very 

 distinct; reniform spot pale, outlined by a brown ring: veins 

 indicated by dark scales. Secondaries reddish centrally with a 

 blackish border. E.xpanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat, Coast region of California. 



N. cana Hy. Edwards. 



1S81 — Orgyia cana Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, p. 61. 

 1892 — Orgyia cana Dyar, I'syche, Vol. VI, p. 203. 



5Wooth dark gray, the lines black broad, well defined. Reniform 

 outliiVxl in brown and filled in with yellowish. Subterminal line 

 white, \lie white mark above internal angle small, crescent shaped, 

 or obsolK^te. Secondaries blackish tinged with brown, uniformly 

 colored. 



d/abita};' Sierra 'Nevada of California. 



N. definita Packard. 



1S64 — Orgyia (ti-Jinita Packard, I'rot. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 332. 

 Dark gray, often tinged with dull ocherous along internal 

 margin and subterminal space ; lines black, heavily marked ; sub- 

 terminal line whitish ; white spot variable sometimes obsolete. 

 Between transverse posterior and subterminal lines, there are 

 usually a series of black longitudinal shades crossing the transverse 



