oO THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The species in a way resembles tmimoda ^ndifrigida, but the sexual 

 characters preclude such an association. With cerussata there may be a 

 closer bond, but the latter has been seen with concolorous stigmata, and 

 this phase of its variation is understood. The type is from Mrs. A. T. 

 Slosson, taken at Franconia, N. H., a locality renowned for the multitude 

 and value of its disclosures. Buffalo, N. Y., is another locality for the 

 species. 



Papiipema limata, n. sp. — Form congeneric, front smooth, pattern 

 conventional. Vesliture of head and thorax yellow, overlaid with pinkish 

 scales ; the tufts normal. Antennae simple. Wings are a little narrow ; 

 ground colour bright lemon-yellow. The absence of powderings on the 

 primaries makes them appear more thinly scaled than usual. Basal area 

 defined and of the ground colour. T. a. line incomplete, in the lower 

 half of its course lost entirely. The area it encloses is small and of the 

 dull pink which replaces, in this case, the usual purple markings. The 

 t. p. line is double, though the inner one is extremely fine ; the outer is 

 well shown, is the most noticeable of any transverse marking, curves 

 outwardly past the reniform, from which it is well removed and defines a 

 median field of good proportion, brightly coloured with the ground shade. 

 The shade line is wanting, but a washing of the pinkish hue holds between 

 the orbicular and reniform. The latter is broken, restricted in length, its 

 axis is one-third less than that of the other combined spots and is pure 

 white. The claviform and orbicular are large and brightly white, the 

 former consisting of two confluent ovate spots, the latter a larger ovate 

 spot. The terminal space is pink, the subterminal yellow, but there is no 

 definite line dividing the two. The secondaries are paler yellowish and 

 very silken. The beautiful silken fringes are a little pinker than the 

 adjoining wing. Underneath of the same pale yellow, with pink 

 powderings. 



The type specimen comes to hand through the courtesy of Prof J. B. 

 Smith, and bears the locality label of the Washington Experiment Station, 

 Pullman, Wash., date Sept. 25th, 1898, but the name of the collector is 

 wanting. The species has no very close counterpart in the east, and 

 approaches somewhat i?isulidefis^ which comes from Vancouver Island, 

 but its lighter tone and markings sufticiently differentiate it. While the 

 antennae and abdomen are broken, the specimen is in good condition 

 otherwise, and may well stand as the type to represent the species. 



