1863.] 
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“ Notes on Central American Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new 
species, No. 2, by Tryon Reakirt.’’ 
“ Hemipterological Contributions, No, 2, by P. R. Ubler.” 
And were referred to Committees. 
ELECTIONS. 
Mr. Augustus R. Glrote, of New York, was elected a Resident Mem¬ 
ber, and H. T. Stainton, Esq., of Lewisham, near London, England, 
a Corresponding Member of the Society. 
Description of a supposed new genus and species of SATTJRNIIDJE from the 
Bocky Mountains. 
BY C. A . BLAKE. 
COLORADIA nov. gen. 
Body stout. Palpi very short. Antennae a little longer than the 
thorax. Legs stout, pilose; tarsi rather long: hind tibiae with two 
minute apical spurs. Wings moderately broad and long; each with 
an indistinct ocellus. Fore wings not falcate, slightly convex along 
the costa, rounded at the tips, exterior border convex, hind wings not 
extending beyond the abdomen. Female, antennae serrate. 
C. Pandora n. sp. ( See Plate 7.) 
Female. —Brownish-grey. Head not prolonged, palpi extending 
rather beyond the head. Antennae bright luteous, biserrate, a little 
longer than the thorax. Thorax densely villose.^ Abdomen above fuligi¬ 
nous, sides mixed with griseous, apex tufted, extending a little beyond 
the hind wings. Wings semi-transparent. Fore wings with two indis¬ 
tinct, oblique, somewhat undulating, fuliginous bands, the exterior one 
paler than the other, the space between the bands covered somewhat 
sparsely with distinct white scales, a small black spot on the discal ner- 
vure. Hind wings with an indistinct cloudy band, broader at the inte¬ 
rior margin, gradually tapering to the exterior. A pale fuliginous spot 
on the disc. Base of the wings clothed with pale pinkish hairs, ciliae 
whitish at the extremity of the veins. Under side brownish-grey, 
tinged with pink; the discal spots more distinct than on the upper side. 
Length of the body 15 lines. Expanse of the wings 38 lines. 
Hah. Pike’s Peak, Colorado Territory. One specimen in the Cabi¬ 
net of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 
