﻿]74 
  Thiktieth 
  Eeport 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  [62] 
  

  

  spots 
  (the 
  corresponding 
  spots 
  in 
  N. 
  Brizo 
  and 
  JV. 
  Icelus 
  pre- 
  

   sent 
  this 
  character 
  in 
  a 
  degree). 
  i\ntennal 
  joints 
  narrowly 
  

   marked 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings; 
  1.75 
  inch. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Texas 
  and 
  California. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  1 
  £ 
  and 
  1 
  $ 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition, 
  received 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Heiligbrodt, 
  of 
  Bastrop, 
  Texas, 
  and 
  from 
  3 
  £ 
  ' 
  s 
  in 
  

   inferior 
  condition 
  from 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  W. 
  H. 
  Edwards 
  (two 
  

   from 
  Texas 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  San 
  Diego.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  N, 
  funeralis 
  of 
  Scudd.- 
  

   Burg. 
  (Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  H, 
  xiii, 
  p. 
  293. 
  1870), 
  it 
  having 
  been 
  

   received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  under 
  that 
  name. 
  The 
  marked 
  

   contrast 
  between 
  the 
  snow-white 
  fringes 
  of 
  the 
  secondaries 
  

   and 
  the 
  black 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  in 
  fresh 
  examples, 
  makes 
  this 
  the 
  

   most 
  beautiful 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  

  

  Nisoniades 
  tristis 
  (Boisd.). 
  

  

  Nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  N. 
  funeralis, 
  and 
  may 
  best 
  be 
  separated 
  

   from 
  it 
  by 
  comparison. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  smaller 
  in 
  size 
  ; 
  the 
  

   secondaries 
  of 
  the 
  £ 
  are 
  apparently 
  less 
  prolonged 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle; 
  the 
  white 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  are 
  larger, 
  and 
  the 
  

   £ 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  white 
  cellular 
  spot 
  ; 
  the 
  brown 
  basal 
  scales 
  of 
  

   the 
  cilia 
  of 
  the 
  secondaries 
  are 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  angles, 
  but 
  

   cut 
  the 
  white 
  scales 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  margin 
  although 
  

   less 
  numerously 
  intermediately. 
  The 
  wings 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  

   side 
  lack 
  the 
  whitish 
  intranervular 
  lines 
  upon 
  the 
  submarginal 
  

   spots 
  seen 
  in 
  J¥. 
  funeralis. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  ; 
  1.55 
  inch. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  California. 
  Material 
  under 
  observation, 
  2 
  <$'s 
  

   and 
  1 
  ? 
  , 
  in 
  imperfect 
  condition. 
  

  

  The 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Boisduval 
  

   (Lepidopteres 
  de 
  la 
  Calif 
  ornie, 
  p. 
  22 
  ; 
  1869) 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   "Ala 
  nigrofusca; 
  antics 
  punctulo 
  medio 
  strigaque 
  e 
  

   punctulis 
  sex 
  similibus 
  transfer 
  sis 
  albidis 
  ; 
  postwar 
  fimbria 
  

   alba. 
  

  

  Elle 
  a 
  le 
  port 
  et 
  la 
  taille 
  de 
  T. 
  Juvenalis." 
  

  

  The 
  description 
  given 
  in 
  Morris' 
  Synopsis, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

   the 
  above 
  features, 
  represents 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  white 
  points 
  as 
  

   " 
  separated 
  into 
  two 
  groups 
  — 
  the 
  one 
  of 
  four 
  near 
  the 
  upper 
  

   edge, 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  two, 
  beyond 
  the 
  median 
  nerve.' 
  ' 
  

  

  