Morrison.] 216 [December 2, 



differing from M. Guenee's description and plate by the presence of 

 a distinct basal dash, by the central portion of the median space not 

 being suffused with black, and by the presence of abdominal tufts. 



6. Hadena relicina no v. sp. 

 Expanse 40 mm. Length of body 22 mm. 



Eyes naked. The antennas of the male with fine hairy clothing. 

 The palpi and front as usual in this genus. The collar and ptery- 

 godes black, the former with a distinct, transverse black line; behind 

 the collar a low longitudinally furrowed tuft. The abdomen with 

 short tufts on the first three segments. Ground color of the anterior 

 wings light gray, variegated with darker gray and black ; a distinct 

 basal dash, and beneath the submedian nervure another similar dash; 

 the median lines black, single, and strongly dentate; the interior line 

 forming two conspicuous teeth on the costa, the lower one touching 

 the orbicular spot ; to the lobe between the median and submedian 

 nervures the strongly marked black-lined claviform spot is attached, 

 and extends to the exterior line ; beneath the submedian nervure the 

 lines are again connected by a long, sharp tooth; the exterior line is 

 incepted on the costa above the reniform spot ; below, its teeth are 

 short and regular, but it forms one very sharp inward indentation, 

 reaching the reniform spot ; the ordinary spots concolorous, with black 

 annuli, the orbicular oblique, the reniform upright, with its annulus 

 outwardly obsolete; the terminal portions of the nervules tinged with 

 black ; the subterminal line whitish, very jagged, marked chiefly by 

 the contrast between the light subterminal and the dark terminal 

 spaces; a series of black triangular dots at the base of the fringe, 

 which is dark, intersected with light. The posterior wings white, 

 with a very faint terminal border, and a black line at the base of the 

 concolorous fringe. Beneath whitish, the anterior wings with a dis- 

 cal dot and median line. 



Hab. Waco, Texas. 



This beautiful and distinct species belongs to the section Xyloplia- 

 sia, and is related to H. lignicolor, but the markings are more acute, 

 and the ground color is gray, without brown or ochreous admixture. 



7. Segetia orbiea nov. sp. 

 Expanse 23 mm. Length of body 11 mm. 



Generic characters precisely as in S. xanthoides, from the same 

 locality. The coloration of the thorax and front uniform dull brOwn. 

 The anterior wings shorter and more distinctly triangular than in 

 the allied species, with the colors brownish and much less vivid; the 



