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traces of reticulation and darker checkering on fringes, which show 

 traces of white at anal angle. Beneath, primaries, smoky, silvery 

 gray along inner margin ; costa, gray with black spots ; traces of 

 strigae over whole wing; fringes as above; secondary, pale gray, 

 lighter along costa, which is striped with black ; some traces of reticu- 

 lation give a powdery appearance to wing; fringes dark brown. Ex- 

 panse, 29 mm. 



The faint dot at end of cell, combined with the dark brown mark- 

 ings is sufficient to distinguish this species from anna Dyar, and it 

 differs from marga B. & McD. in possessing the white line on basal 

 half of inner margin. 



Habitat: Yavapai Co., Ariz. (Buchholz), Aug. 16-23. 2 



$ S. 



Hypopta palmata n. sp. 



$ Palpi porrect, extending beyond front, antennae strongly bipec- 

 tinate, shaft white ; collar and thorax largely white, sprinkled with 

 black and gray scaling; abdomen light brown, rather thickly haired 

 at base and with slight blackish anal tuft; primaries white, shaded 

 strongly with dark smoky brown along inner margin, below the cell 

 from base of Cu2 to anal angle, and beyond the cell along veins Mi 

 and M.2, the dark scales extending slightly upward towards apex ; 

 veins, especially the branches of median and cubitus, outlined in dark, 

 the dark scaling broadening out at extremity of veins to form small 

 triangular patches along outer margin, the intervening white patches 

 presenting a fan-like appearance ; costal margin and cell remain en- 

 tirely white, as well as a long oval patch below the cell between the 

 cubitus and first anal, and a sharply pointed shaft extending between 

 the two anal veins to their point of junction; fringes dusky, composed 

 of black and white hairs ; secondaries light smoky brown ; veins 

 slightly darker ; fringes whitish. Beneath gray, lighter at base with 

 veins sharply outlined in darker. Expanse, 22-26 mm. 



Habitat: Gila Co., Ariz. 2 $ $. 



Genus HAMILCARA n. gen. (Type atra n.*spec.) 

 Palpi minute, upturned ; thoracic vestiture scaly ; antennae 

 of $ bipectinate in basal half only ; f renulum well developed ; 

 primaries narrow with large areole, vein Ri from cell, R2 

 from areole, R4 and R5 stalked from a point with R3, Mi 

 from just below areole, M2 and M3 from a point, Cu from 

 angle of cell, ist and 2nd anal not connected; secondaries with 

 S. C. free, R and Mi almost parallel from base of wing to 

 margin, with perpendicular discocellular bar, M2 and M3 from 



