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around the antennae; the terminal joint of the palpi pale fuscous; 

 vestiture of the legs superiorly dusky, with a slight cupreous reflection. 

 Primaries with transverse blackish bands as follows: An oblique basal 

 band much constricted at middle so that costal half is usually triangular; 

 a narrow band along the posterior border and the intervening space be 

 tween these two bands occupied by a broad W-shaped band, the outer 

 arms of the letter running parallel with the basal and terminal bands. 

 Fringes white. Secondaries gray ; fringes somewhat darker. Undersur- 

 faces gray, with a brassy reflection, the darker markings of the primaries 

 being but faintly indicated. Abdomen with the anal joint perpendicularly 

 truncate, the flexible basal part of the ovipositor rather broad at base and 

 pale, while the terminal part is stout, sharp, and brownish in color. 



I have but three females of this species, taken by Mr. Koebele 

 in March at Los Angeles, California, but without any notes of 

 habit 



Prodoxus coloradensis, n. sp. IMAGO. $. Expanse, n mm. (Fig. 21). 

 General color, white and somewhat glossy, the hair of the head 

 being faintly yellowish between the antennae. Eyes black; antennae 

 white at basal third, the rest fuscous; palpi and tongue pale yellow. A 



Fig. 21. Prodoxus coloradensis: a, left front wing hair-line under 

 neath showing natural size; 3, male genitalia, dorsal view X X 55 c -> do., 

 lateral view 



few hairs on the maxillary palpi and the extreme tip blackish. Primaries 

 (Fig. 6, a) with a well-defined band starting at right angles from costa to 

 basal third and then obliquing suddenly though slightly toward base ; a 

 somewhat similar band across the middle of the wing obliquing first in 

 the opposite direction, i. e., posteriorly, and then almost parallel with 

 the first band ; and a forked or somewhat Y-shaped band across the pos 

 terior third of wing; a terminal black border connects with this Y-mark 

 at anal angle but not at apex, and there is more or less black at base of 

 wing. Secondaries whitish above ; fringes white. Undersurfaces faintly 

 dusky with a slight aeneus reflection and the markings of the primaries 

 less defined than above, and the secondaries somewhat dusky toward the 

 apex. Abdomen Brownish with the scales also brownish, especially along 

 the sides, but white beneath. Claspers pale brown, covered with long 



