and the tarsi are whitish, with pale reddish ochreous annulations at the joints. Perhaps the general hue is more accurately designated pale yellowish or brick red, than reddish or yellowish ochreous, and this hue is as, or more, distinct on the under than on the upper surface of the fore wings. Al. ex. a little more than 1⁄2 inch. Kentucky in May.

G. Sausalito ella. N. sp.

Face pale sordid yellowish; vertex whitish mixed with reddish ochreous or rust red; antennae fuscous, in some lights tinged with red and faintly annulate with whitish; palpi, fore wings and thorax rust red, or perhaps as properly reddish brown, appearing in some lights deep reddish orange; the palpi a little sprinkled with white, and the dorsal margin of the fore wings from the base to the ciliae darker, almost fuscous; extreme costa white, with a row of minute brown dots along its entire length and extending around the apex, and a similar line of dots marks the more reddish anterior part of the wing from the darker dorsal portion, and the wing becomes darker towards the apex. The general color resembles that of G. stigmatella Fab. and purpuriella Chamb., but is darker, more lustreless, and there is no trigonal mark. The under surface of the thorax and the anterior surface of the legs are of the general hue, the tarsi being a little paler and annulate with white. Under surface of the abdomen sordid whitish dusted with brownish red. Al. ex. nearly seven lines. The neuration is that of stigmatella as figured Ins. Brit., v. 3. Sauzalito, California; from Mr. James Behrens.

G. Behrensella. N. sp.

Orange yellow; the palpi a little brownish; the vertex a little pale and the antennae sordid yellowish white with fuscous annulations. There is a small spot on each side of the thorax before the tip, and on the fore wings there is an oblique white streak near the base from the dorsal margin to the fold; behind this is a rather narrow oblique fascia, nearest the base on the dorsal margin, and thence to the tip the wing is much mottled with small white spots, especially along the costal margin, and the yellow color becomes paler towards the tip. Under the lens the white spots appear to anastomose, forming a series of more or less interrupted white streaks, nine or ten in number, perpendicular to the margin and some of them crossing the wing. The apical part of the wing is sparingly dusted with brownish scales, as also are the ciliae, which are pale orange or stramineous. Al. ex. 1⁄2 inch. California; from Mr. Behrens.

G. basquella. N. sp.

Very near G. (Parcetopa) robiniella Clem., but still quite distinct. Head and thorax white with an indistinct narrow brown line from the anterior margin of the thorax to the apex; palpi pale grayish or grayish white; antennae brown; legs brown, the tarsi annulate with white; abdomen brown; anal tuft whitish. Fore wings brown, the apical half dwsted with white, the dusting becoming more dense towards the apex; there are three costal white streaks, the first near or a little behind the basal fourth; the second is a little larger, and just beyond the middle both of these are oblique and the second is a little curved; the third before the ciliae is smaller and perpendicular to the margin. There is a basal streak just within the dorsal margin, and which extends to the basal fourth of the wing length; a little beyond this and opposite the point of the first costal streak is a rather large obliquely curved white dorsal streak; the second dorsal streak is opposite the end of the second costal and the third dorsal is small, perpendicular to the margin and opposite to the third costal, from which it is separated by a straight brown fascia, which appears very distinct in the dusted portion of the wing. Ciliae white with a wide dark brown hinder marginal line extending around their base and another beyond the middle, and a short brown "hook" at their apex. Al. ex. 3/8 inch. Collected by Mr. Belfrage in Bosque Co., Texas.

G. sassafrasella. N. sp.

Ochreous yellow; the head and long slender palpi inclining to brownish; the outer surface of the third joint brown except at base and tip, and the fore wings with a purplish gloss; antennae longer than the wings, brownish, faintly annulate with pale ochreous. Fore wings with small black dots chiefly along the margins; three of these are conspicuous, one not far from the base, one near the middle and one near the apex on the costal margin, and opposite the space between the first and second is another on the dorsal margin, and the extreme apex is suffused or dusted with brown. Two (or three?) dark brown hinder marginal lines in the ciliae. The wings are very narrow. Hind wings and upper surface of the abdomen dark slate color. The dorsal portion of the fore wings shows the purple hue much more strongly than the costal. First and second pair of legs brown with white tarsi, which are faintly annulate with purple at the joints; third pair of legs a little paler, with ochreous tarsi and base of femora white. Under surface of abdomen and anal tuft ochreous. Al. ex. not quite 1⁄2 inch.

For many years I have searched the leaves of the Sassafras officinale for "Micro" larvæ, but have never found a trace of one until this summer (June, 1875), when the larva of this species made its appearance in great numbers. It is an ordinary white Gracilaria larva, which makes a linear crooked mine, ending in an oblong tentiform mine along the midrib on the under side of the leaf. When about half grown, the larva leaves the mine and rolls the leaves (chiefly the very young ones) downwards into a clumsy imitation of a cone. It pupates in a yellow cocoon on a leaf.

L. gracilella. N. sp.

LYONETIA.

Snowy white with a silvery tinge. Antennae dark brown above, becoming deeper towards the apex, and paler below; palpi white, stained externally with fuscous; fore legs with the anterior surface of the tibiae and tarsi fuscous, and the joints of the tarsi of the middle and hind legs annulate with fuscous; upper surface of the abdomen pale silvery fuscous. Hind wings and under surface of the fore wings brown, with short yellowish white lines along the course of the fold on the under surface of the fore wings; ciliae of the hind wings and dorsal ciliae of the fore wings nearly to the tip brown, with strong purple reflections; behind the middle of the wing length, along the middle of the wing, is a short brown streak, in some lights golden brown, which presents an obtuse angle towards the costa, and the point of which intersects in the middle a brown or golden brown streak or narrow fascia, which crosses the wing at the beginning of the ciliae, is a little concave towards the base, and is extended along the extreme costa to the base of the wing, and on the dorsal margin encloses a small white spot; behind this fascia is an orange yellow patch which extends to the rather large circular velvety black apical spot; behind the fascia are three short blackish costal streaks in the ciliae, perpendicular to the costal margin, and equally distant from each other; opposite the last of these, and separated from it by the point of the orange patch, is a rather long and narrow dorsal black streak also perpendicular to the margin, and between this streak and the fascia is a short broad fuscous hinder marginal line at the base of the dorsal ciliæ. Costal and apical ciliae silvery white, and behind the apical spot is a transverse fuscous line across the middle of the ciliae, which sends back through the tip a short and rather indistinct fuscous “hook." Al. ex. a little over 3 inch. Kentucky in June.

It is quite distinct from apici-strigella Cham., and seems to be between clerkella and padifoliella as described in Ins. Brit., v. 3. The italics show the points in which it seems to differ from clerkella, which is nearer to it perhaps than padifoliella.

NEW CALIFORNIAN AND TEXAN MOTHS.

BY LEON F. HARVEY, A. M., M. D., BUFFALO, N. Y.

Arsilonche album, n. s.

An easily described species. It differs from A. absidum Harvey, which is received in several examples under the number 2734, from Oregon, by being totally white. Expanse 34 m. m. No. 5993, Oregon, Mr. Hy.

Edwards' coll.

The

synonymy of the several species of this genus is as follows:

I. Arsilonche albovenosa Goeze Btr., 3-3 251 (1781.)

Simyra venosa Bkh. iv, p. 716. 1792.

Leucania Henrici Grote, Bul. Buf. Soc. N. S., vol. 1, p. 10 (1873). Leucania evanida Grote, Bul. Buf. Soc. N. S., vol. 1, p. 10 (1873). Ablepharon Henrici Grote, Bul. Buf. Soc. N. S., vol. 1, p. 112 (1874). Ablepharon evanida Grote, Bul. Buf. Soc. N. S., vol. 1, p. 112 (1874). Ablepharon fumosum Morr., Bul. Buf. Soc. N. S., vol. 1, p. 275 (1874). This synonymy is given by Mr. Morrison after Dr. Staudinger has identified the American Henrici as the same with the European albovenosa.

Arsilonche absidum Harvey.

Ablepharon absidum Harvey, Bul. Buf. Soc. N. S., vol. 2, p. 275 (1875). This species is lemon yellow, with the t. p. line continued on the secondaries, variably indicated by dark dots. It is very distinct.

Arsilonche album Harvey.

Faspidea viridata n. s.

Fore wings light green, with distinct black lines.

Orbicular with a

black annulus and central spot. Beneath this is the large claviform, black

THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST,

margined and with a black dot; these two form a combination like the figure of eight. Cell black powdered between the spots. large, with green centre, edged with white and with a black annulus, Reniform irregular, medially strangulated. Above it the t. p. line seems to join its outer margin, but in reality is obsoletely produced beyond it, appearing below it dentate to internal margin. Terminal space light green; s. t.

line obsolete opposite the cell, below black, dentate. Fringes checkered with black. Hind wings white, with lunule distinct beneath and double exterior shade lines and distinct black edging. Thorax scaly; green

with black spots on tegulæ.

Expanse 30 in. m. No. 5605, San Diego, Cal., Mr. Edwards.

Agrotis æqualis n. s.

9. Allied to Wilsoni and especially resembling some of the varieties of that species, but distinguishable by the subterminal line not being twice more prominently indented, but pale, dentate throughout its length, and by the concolorous terminal space and larger stigmata. Hoary olivaceous fuscous with a tinge of brown; claviform indicated; orbicular large, irregularly elongate; reniform wide; the cell shaded with brown; t. p. line geminate, regularly lunulate. Fringes brown, discolorous.

Hind

wings fuscous, deepening in tint outwardly, with pale, faintly interlined fringes and long narrow discal streak; beneath whitish, irrorate on costal region, with faint terminal shade and discal mark; primaries fuscous. Thorax and head concolorous with fore wings.

Expanse 38 m. m.

Agrotis satis, n. S.

California.

No. 101, Mr. Hy. Edwards' Coll.

f. A small species resembling æqualis in coloration; fore wings more deeply tinged with red brown. lines geminate, denticulate; t. a. line perpendicular; t. p. line rounded A sub-basal brown streak; median opposite cell and there denticulate. Some black dots before the s. t. line; terminally the wing shows a deeper shade; the paler fringes broadly interlined. Hind wings fuscous, without marks, with pale interlined fringes. Beneath fuscous with common line determinate on veins and discal dots; that on primaries contiguous to the line. Coliar with a marginal brown

line; head and thorax concolorous with wings.

Expanse 28 m. m. No. 3486, California, Mr. Hy. Edwards' Coll.