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than in that species and the intradiscal line is straighter, ap- 

 proaching the extradiscal toward inner margin. The deep 

 orange-yellow shade of the ground in dyari is probably never 

 attained by novellata. 



Destutia, n. gen. 



Palpi short, porrect, projecting a little beyond the front; tongue de- 

 veloped ; front rounded, slightly produced, smooth ; antennae of male 

 simple, naked, flattened; thorax and abdomen untufted; posterior 

 tibia of male thickened but without hair pencil, with two pairs of 

 spurs ; fore wings obtusely angled at M 3 , apex acute, falcate, twelve 

 veins, two accessory cells, R 2 from end of cell, R 3 and R* stemmed, R 

 from cell, Mi from near base of second cell ; hind wings with seven 

 veins, subcosta separate from radius, radius not stalked with Mi. 



This genus is allied to Sabulodcs Guen., differing chiefly in 

 the absence of the hair pencil on the hind tibia. 

 Type. D. novata Gross. 



Destutia novata, n. sp. 



Expanse, 35-40 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings above 

 ochreous, the posterior wings somewhat paler than the anterior ones, 

 both wings more or less finely mottled by darker shadings of the same 

 general color. Two purplish-brown lines of moderate breadth cross the 

 primaries ; the intradiscal one- fourth out from the base is shortly 

 outcurved from costa, then runs almost straight to inner margin; 

 the extradiscal line leaves the costa 3 or 4 mm. from the apex (accord- 

 ing to size of moth), curves gently outward a short distance, then 

 faintly inwardly obliquely to inner edge. The two lines divide the 

 inner margin into three almost equal parts. The extradiscal line 

 in one specimen is edged externally by a narrow, incomplete, white 

 line which shows plainest near the costa and on the veins. Secon- 

 daries with a single extradiscal line, continuous to that of the fore 

 wings, obsolete at costa, slightly out and incurved, and ending a little 

 outward of the center of the inner margin. A brownish discal spot on 

 both wings, that of primaries being largest. Beneath somewhat paler 

 than above, sparsely brown speckled, especially along the costae. Discal 

 spots present, prominent. Transverse lines of above showing rather 

 strongly on primaries, much less so on secondaries. 



Described from 2, males. 



Habitat. Huachuca Mts., Arizona, May 8-15. 



Type. No. 11878, U. S. National Museum. 



