G-rote.] 244 [January 7, 



Mr. Strecker's description is uncharacteristic and inaccurate; the 

 hind wings are not " scarlet." The identification is made with diffi- 

 culty,, assisted by the indifferent figure in the "Lep. Het." 



Anarta melanopa Thunberg. 



Anarta nigrolunata Packard. 



Hab. Colorado Territory (coll. Mr. Theo. L. Mead, No. 26). 



I have received, through the kindness of Dr. Packard, specimens of 

 this species, as well as of A. melaleuca ( =: bicycla Packard), A. 

 algida, A.funesta,A. quieta, A. amissa and A. leucosticta, for compar- 

 ison with the species collected in Colorado by Mr. Mead, two of 

 which, on being compared, seem new to science. 



Anarta quadrilunata Grote. 



? . Eyes hairy. Allied to melanopa, but differing by the fuscous, not 

 blackish, primaries, which want the orbicular spot, and by the larger 

 size. Fore wings pale fuscous, with the transverse anterior line pale 

 blackish, broad and angulate. No orbicular ; reniform merely a lu- 

 nate black shade on the cross-vein. T. p. line of the usual shape, 

 obsoletely lunulated. Subterminal line faint ; terminal line subcon- 

 tinuous. Hind wings largely whitish at base, with distinct and heavy 

 black discal spots and broad black borders, which latter are narrower 

 at anal angle than in melanopa. Beneath somewhat yellowish white, 

 with distinct lunate spot's on both wings ; primaries without subter- 

 minal line ; hind wings with the border narrower than above. Body 

 parts with mixed whitish hair ; anus with yellowish hirsuties. 



Expanse, 30 mm. 



Colorado Territory (Mr. Mead, No. 24). 



Anarta subfuscula Grote. 



? . Eyes hairy. In size and ornamentation of the fore wings allied 

 to A.Ricliardsoni (algida), but differs by the fuscous secondaries with 

 median line beneath. Fore wings bright grey, being a little more 

 whitish than usual, pulverulent in appearance. All the lines distinct 

 and continued ; median shade faint, blackish ; median space a little 

 darker than the rest of the wing ; ordinary spots concolorous, grey, 

 with black annuli, moderately large, of the usual shape. Transverse 

 posterior line lunulate, shaped much as in Ricliardsoni. Subterminal 

 line dentate, with diffuse, blackish, irregular, triangulate, preceding 

 shades, continued. A terminal series of black dots. The fringes are 

 fuscous, with a central pale line, and obsoletely cut with greyish. 

 Hind wings fuscous, concolorous, reflecting the discal dot and line 



