TWO NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA

Extract

Peridroma canities n. sp. – Form and markings of the Texan P. annexa, but of a different, dusty gray, colour and a little shorter winged. Primaries dusty gray, with a slight dusky shading along costa, against which the pale dots, marking inception of transverse lines, are relieved. T.p. line tolerably distinct, indentate interspaceally, with included pale shade. Veins marked with fuscous. T. a. line double, with a strong outward inflection above internal margin. Claviform blunt, filled in with fuscous. Orbicular with central dot. Reniform moderate,filled in with fuscous. Cell slightly darker shaded. Marking inconspicuous, concolorous. Hind wings (♀) white.