STEGANOPTYCHA. 71 



STEGANOPTYCHA, Stph. 

 Steganoptycha liturana. (Plate LXXVI. fig. 9.) 



Head and palpi fawn-colour; the apical joint fuscous: antennse of tlie male ciliated 

 Fore wings — three times as long as wide^ the costa slightly arched but flattened on the 

 middle^ the apical margin not perceptibly impressed^ dorsal margin scarcely bulged near the 

 base — ochraceous fawn-colour^ blotched and clouded with rich brown^ mixed with some fuscous ; 

 an abbreviated half-fascia on the middle of the dorsal margin, with an almost obsolete pale 

 spot from the costa above it, sometimes forming with it a sharply angulated fascia, and a 

 blotch above the anal angle inwardly falcate at its upper end, both pale yellowish ochreous ; 

 some pale spots on the costa towards" the apex and on the apical margin below it : the cilia 

 pale ochreous, much tinged with fuscous, especially at the anal angle. Hind wings fuscous- 

 brown. 2 cJ. Expanse of wings 5 5-6| millims. 



Rouge River, May 1872. 



Steganoptycha lagopana. (Plate LXXVI. fig. 10.) 



Head, palpi, and antennse chalky white. Fore wings chalky white, streaked along the 

 costa with brownish fuscous : a quadrangular scarcely oblique brownish-fuscous spot on the 

 dorsal margin before the middle, and another beyond the middle, sometimes meeting or 

 almost meeting some less conspicuous markings coming from the costa above them. There 

 are some streaks and shades of brown or brownish fuscous before the apex, and a black 

 transverse streak at the upper edge of the ocellated patch above the anal angle, with one or 

 two black dots below it. Hind wings brownish grey. 2 J", 3 ? . Expanse of wings 

 15-22 millims. 



Colusa County, California, June 28th, 1871, 



This species is somewhat variable in its size, and in the arrangement and distinctness of 

 its markings. 



Steganoptycha Mangulana. (Plate LXXVII. fig. 1.) 



Palpi, thorax, and antennae smoky black ; the palpi extended about the length of the 

 head beyond it ; the head black, with a rather greyish-black tuft above. The fore wings- 

 three times as long as wide, with the costa slightly bent, the apex much rounded — ashy grey, 

 irrorated with smoky black scales ; the costal half of the wing suffused with smoky black, the 

 pale ground-colour cutting two angles in the lower edge of the black shade, one before and 

 one beyond the middle ; a dark sooty spot at the apex pointing inwards, and several small 

 sooty spots along the dorsal margin. Hind wings pale greyish fuscous, the cilia scarcely 



