70 TOETEICIDtE. 



PTHOROBLASTIS, Led. 

 Ptlioroblastis texanana. (Plate LXXVI. fig. 7.) 



Palpi short; tlic apical joint scarcely exposed^ together with the head and antennae 

 ochreous drab : thorax stent, dnsky drab. Fore wings — more than twice as long as wide^ the 

 costa arched ; apical margin oblique, scarcely indented below the apex — dull greyish drab, 

 with a narrow obscure reddish-brown fascia from about the middle of the costa, margined on 

 both sides with leaden grey to within the anal angle, forming with two leaden-grey streaks 

 from its outer edge an almost equilateral triangle, from the apex of which a short narrow 

 brown streak runs to the apex of the wing ; some short oblique geminated costal streaks and 

 a narrow line along the apical margin dirty whitish, a row of black dots above the anal 

 angle running parallel with the apical margin : cilia dull drab, with a fuscous line along their 

 base. Hind wings fuscous brown. 3 ^ . Expanse of wings 13 millims. 



Texas, May and July 1875. 



CARPOCAPSA, Tr. 



Carpocapsa latiferreana. (Plate LXXVI. fig, 8.) 



Palpi short, scarcely thickened in the middle ; not profusely clothed ; together with the 

 head and antennae brownish grey : thorax stout, speckled with grey and brown. Fore wings — 

 about twice as long as wide, with the costa arched, apical margin scarcely indented below the 

 apex — reddish brown^ speckled with grey towards the base, with a broad metallic bronzy 

 median fascia, wider on the dorsal than on the costal margin ; some short geminated whitish- 

 ochreous costal streaks beyond it, which are obliquely produced in shining metallic streaks 

 towards the apical margin, along which runs a narrow black line at the base of the dusky-grey 

 cilia : a large dark-margined metallic bronzy patch lies above the anal angle and before the 

 ocellated patch (which contains some narrow black transverse streaks), with another smaller 

 metallic spot beyond it. The hind wings are fuscous, paler towards the base, with whitish 

 ochreous cilia. 2 ? . Expanse of wings 6-9 lines. 



Mendocino County, California, June 9th, 1871 ; also in Southern Oregon, May 1872. 



This species is very nearly allied to a species of which I have specimens from the Eastern 

 States, and which Professor Fernald informs me is likely to be described by Professor Eiley 

 under the name of orichalceana ; but the Western form now figured differs in its much wider 

 metallic fascia, in the metallic patch above the anal angle not being produced as a second 

 fascia to the costa, and in the costal streaks being less oblique and more distinct. I will not, 

 however, anticipate the description of the allied species, which is not in the British-Museum 

 collection. 



In this genus Walker describes : — 



Carpocapsa distigmana, Walk., == " PoRcUochroma " dorsisignatana, Clem. 



inexpertana, Walk. : see Penthina liebesana, p. 31. 



ferrolineana, Walk., = Sericoris coruscana, Clem. 



clavana, Walk., = Eocartema inornatanum, Clem. 



