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Hade7ia catalina^ n. sp. 



Ground colour a pale reddish luteous, more or less powdered with 

 leaden gray, which, on the primaries, may darken all save the median 

 space, and strongly mark even this. Basal Hne geminate, leaden gray, 

 reaching into the submedian interspace. T. a. line blackish, geminate, 

 outwardly oblique and slightly out-curved in the interspaces. T. p. line 

 blackish, geminate, inner portion narrow, crenulate, outer punctiform, 

 the black being followed by white dots ; as a whole slightly and evenly 

 bisinuate. S. t. line pale, irregularly sinuate. A row of small blackish 

 terminal lunules. Fringes dusky, with a pale line at base, and cut with 

 pale. A vague leaden gray median shade is marked on the costa between 

 the ordinary spots, is lost in the reniform, but sometimes reappears below, 

 running close to and parallel with the t. p. line to the inner margin. 

 Claviform small, outlined by gray scales ; evident in all specimens. 

 Orbicular moderate, rather irregular, outlined in blackish and with a leaden 

 gray centre. Reniform large, oblique, a little constricted centrally, black 

 ringed and filled with blackish, forming the most prominent feature of the 

 ornamentation. Secondaries with a smoky shade which darkens out- 

 wardly; a dusky discal lunule, and a narrow median line ; fringes yellow, 

 with a smoky interline. Beneath paler, powdery ; the wings darker out- 

 wardly, both pairs with discal spots and outer dusky lines. Head and 

 thorax immaculate, or the collar may have a leaden gray central line and 

 the patagias a blackish submargin. 



Expands 1.12-1.28 inches = 28-32 mm. 



Habitat : Catalina Springs, Arizona, April 8-12. 



Five specimens from the U. S. National Museum, collected by Mr. 

 E. A. Schwarz. In wing-form the species resemble madata, and the 

 secondaries are distinctly excised below the apex. The ground colour 

 and the contrasting dark reniform give a resemblance to certain forms of 

 Mamestra allied to trifolii, and there is nothing in Hadena with which 

 this species is likely to be confused. 



The male genitalia are simple ; the harpe is enlarged at tip, oblique, 

 inwardly fringed with spinules ; the clasper is stout, moderate in length, 

 not much curved, and blunt at tip. 



Of the locality above given (not to be found on any mapj, Mr. 

 Schwarz says it is " a small spring at the foot of the Sta. Catalina Moun- 

 tains, 15 or 16 miles north-west of Tucson, and about 2,900 feet above 

 sea level ; situated within the giant Cacttis forest, directly above the 

 region oi Larrca mexicana'' 



