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of custa of primaries, somewhat darker and narrower in 1 email's than 

 males. Thorax dorsally brown, becoming lighter basally. Abdomen 

 light brownish buff on anterior part with a red-brown squarish spot 

 close to base, becoming quite dark, almost seal-brown, mottled with 

 lighter on the anal segments. 



Fore wings : Ground color white, the costal edge, discal area from 

 base to cleft, and inner margin broadly brown-streaked, the spaces 

 between being more or less suffused with light brown scales. A dark 

 browm costal streak just above the base of the cleft, connected broadly 

 with the outer end of the discal streak, preceded and followed by 

 white; another brown costal streak at the base of the first lobe occu- 

 pying about one-half the space then narrowly white to apex. Extreme 

 tip dark, two short dark longitudinal streaks, rather faint, near the 

 base of the lobe. A white spot resting on the base of the cleft con- 

 nected obliquely by a fine white line to the outer costal white spot. 

 Second lobe brown at tip, a faint brown line down the center, a small 

 rectangular white spot on vein \b at about one-third from the base. 

 Fringe smoky, a whitish spot at anal angle, darker within the cleft, a 

 very dark spot a little inward from tip of first lobe. 



Hind wings dull smoky brown with a faint reddish tinge and darker 

 fringes. 



Legs white, more or less mottled with light brown, a small brush 

 of appressed brown scales at end of fore tibia. The middle tibia 

 shows the same development and in addition has a small cluster of 

 long scales at the center. Hind tibia as the middle, but a little more 

 prominent. Spurs light at base, smoky at tip. 



In many specimens the scale clusters on tibiae become more or less 

 ol solete, being represented by a slight swelling of the member at middle 

 and end. 



Types: Male, San Diego, California, May 24, 1910 (dm. 

 H. Field). Female. San Diego, California, June 23, 1911 

 (Author). In author's collection. 



Parat\pes : 33 specimens, male and female, in Mr. Field's 

 .'i ml the author's collections. All taken at San Diego. Califor- 

 nia, between the 24th of May and the 26th of June. 



Seventy-two specimens were examined in this study ; all 

 were taken at light. 



The species is dedicated to my friend, Mr. (leo. H. Held. 

 whose tireless field work has added many new specie^ and 

 much valuable information to the literature of West C<>a-t 

 Entomology. 



