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below antenna. Collar with a black median line ; patagia with a black 

 submargin. Thoracic and abdominal tuftings well marked. Primaries 

 with a yellowish or brownish shading in the median cell above the clavi- 

 form, sometimes confined to the reniform only. Basal space paler gray 

 costally, the area limited inferiorly by a somewhat irregular black streak, 

 which extends almost to the t. a. line. T. a. line outwardly oblique, 

 outcurved, reaching the inner margin at or just before its middle, even, 

 geminate, outer part black, slender ; inner smoky-gray, obscure. T. p. 

 line rather even, geminate, mostly lost over the cell, with a sharp, well- 

 defined incurve in the submedian interspace, where it is black and 

 preceded by a white lunule. S. t. line punctiform, irregular, variably 

 marked by irregular preceding dashes and following shades, best marked 

 by a whitish lunule opposite hind angle. A lunate black terminal line, 

 followed by a slender yellowish line at ihe base of the fringes, which are 

 cut with black and gray. Ciaviform narrow, pointed, extending across 

 the cell, accompanied by a black shading that forms a more or less 

 conspicuous bar. Beyond the t. p. line the dusky shading is continued 

 through the interspace, cut by the lunule of the s. t. line. Orbicular 

 narrow, oblique, elongate, usually open to costa, black-ringed and usually 

 a little paler than ground. Reniform large, oval, a little drawn in 

 centrally from the outer side, somewhat oblique, black-ringed, more or 

 less shaded with yellowish or brownish. Secondaries white in the male, 

 with a mere trace of blackish edging, whitish in the female^ becoming 

 smoky outwardly. Beneath whitish, primaries smoky on disc ; secondaries 

 with a trace of a punctiform outer line and discal spot. 



Expands: i.oo-i.i 2 inches = 25-28 mm. 



Habitat. — Arizona; Huachuca Mts., May 8-15; VVilgus, Cochise 

 Co.; Gila Co., May 14 and June; Minnehaha, Yavapai Co., Aug. 20 and 

 Oct. 2-5. 



Nine males and four females from Dr. Barnes, seven males and ten 

 females from Mr. Hutson. The species resembles vidua in general 

 appearance, and some of the larger examples might, if alone, be readily 

 referred to that species ; but with the series at hand, the smaller size, 

 brighter blue-gray colour and clear white secondaries of the male stand out 

 conspicuously and make for an easy recognition of the species. 



Orthodea gigas, n. sp. — Ground colour a rather bright brownish-red 

 over luteous, the markings smoky. Head and thorax concolorous, collar 

 and patagia marked, a small dorsal tuft obvious anteriorly. Primaries 



