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are also scattered dashes of black. Geminate pale line cross costa wide 

 apart. The inner suddenly cuts off the outer at this point, makes a 

 long angle toward apex and crosses. Wing in a single broad, firmly 

 marked white line parallel to outer margin. Subterminal space slightly 

 darkened, traversed centrally by a much broken pale line ending in 

 a white spot between veins i and 2, which is accentuated by a cluster 

 of dark scales on inner or basal side. This spot is also present at 

 anal angle on secondaries which are crossed by a single whitish wavy 

 line parallel to outer margin, and forming the inner boundary of the 

 subterminal space, which, as on primaries, is slightly darkened, and 

 centrally traversed by a very indefinite pale line. A few black scales 

 at inner margin toward base. Marginal lines on all wing black widely 

 broken at veins, followed by a fine clear white line at base of fringes, 

 which are long, silken, brownish gray, heavily clouded with black spots 

 opposite veins. Discal clots very small ; on primaries slightly linear 

 black, on secondaries barely visible. Beneath the primaries are dusky, 

 toward apex washed as above with yellow brown. The geminate pale 

 lines broad at costa, and outlined across it by black scales. The inner 

 is lost before reaching wing centre, the outer entire and well defined, 

 not wavy, and its angle below costa more obtuse than on upper sur- 

 face. Secondaries whitish ash, crossed by three lines of dusky spots, 

 outside the discal spot, the two inner parallel with a sharp outward 

 angle opposite cell, are succeeded by the broad pale line as above, and 

 this by a dusky line of spots parallel to outer margin. Discal dots 

 black more apparent than above. Fringes paler with dusky spots large 

 and very distinct. 



Type $ taken at Princeton Summit, B. C, VII. 9, '09, the 

 5 in Skagit Basin, B. C., VII, 19, '09, in author's collection. 



In the male of this, and some other species, I have noted that 

 the hind tibiae are short and stout and the upper spurs placed 

 in a depression, which causes it to look twisted. If proven con- 

 stant this feature may form a basis for grouping by the scient- 

 ist who will monograph this genus and its allies twenty years 

 hence. 



(To be continued) 



Schizomyia ipomoeae n. sp. 



BY E. P. FELT, Albany, N. Y. 



The interesting species described below was reared in large 

 numbers by William W. Pattersons, of St. Vincent, B. W. I., 

 from flower buds of Ipomoea. It is most easily distinguished 



