146 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



discal spot. In bolh wings the nervures are accentuated with black, 

 especially at intersection with exterior margins ; black marginal lines and 

 yellow fringes. 



Habitat— California. 



Type, ^. Coll., B. Neumoegen. 



The specimen figured in Strecker's Rhopal. and Heter., No. 15, plate 

 XV., fig. 9, but not described, is an Al>. Denudata, with markings a little 

 more pronounced than in my specimen. 



Hera, var. Marcata. 



Antennae dark brown. Head, prothorax, patagiae and legs light 

 yellow. Thorax the same, with blackish ground. Abdomen white, with 

 black segmentary bands ; lower border of each segment as well as anal 

 tuft of bright yellow. Primaries pure white. Costa, apices and fringes 

 black. The intersection of each nervure at exterior margin accentuated 

 by black dashes, pointing inwardly. A prominent black mesian line and 

 a large black discal spot, faintly showing the white kernel. A basal dash 

 encircled by a black outwardly-curved line from inner margin to costa, 

 terminating in an irregular costal spot. 



Secondaries pure white with black marginal line and fringes inter- 

 spersed with black, a large black discal spot and mesian line ; the latter 

 curved outwardly near median nervure so acutely as to give the line 

 nearly a triangular shape. In some specimens the ends of discal spot 

 are confluent with mesian line. Below, primaries and secondaries pure 

 white with markings as above. Abdomen with black lateral dots and 

 black segmentary bands. Secondaries with black costa and termini of 

 nervures slightly tipped with black ; a black irregular line encircling 

 basal space. 



Types. Coll., B. Neumoegen. 



Habitat — Klamath County, Oregon. 



This handsome variation is so decidedly marked as to be distinguish- 

 able at first glance from the typical Hej-a by the entire absence of black 

 terminal dashes of nervures of secondaries and the lack of black basal 

 tinges. 



I have about fifty specimens before me all uniform in appearance. 



