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anteriorly with dark brown ; a terminal row of black dots ; fringes dusky 

 cut by a waved indistinct black line ; secondaries deep smoky with faint 

 pale subterminal line only distinct near anal angle. Beneath pale smoky 

 shading into dark brown outwardly ; a discal dot and faint dark median 

 line on both wings and pale subterminal line, most distinct on second- 

 aries j fringes dusky. Expanse, 24 mm. 



Habitat: Palmerlee, Ariz., i S. Type, collection Barnes. 



A typical Bleptijia, most closely related to a Texan species which we 

 have identified as ijiferior Grt. In our species the t. a. line is straighter, 

 the lower portion of the reniform larger and the subterminal line of 

 secondaries is distinct at least in the anal half of wing. 



Bleptina minimalisa sp. nov. 



Palpi recurved, third joint long, very pointed, with slight tuft of 

 scales on posterior side in both sexes ; antennae finely ciliate ; general 

 colour pale ochreous to dark gray, primaries often considerably shaded 

 with black scales ; maculation varying in distinctness, often almost 

 lacking, in other cases quite distinct ; when present, basal line a slight 

 dark streak very close to base ; t. a. line single, dark, slightly waved, most 

 prominent below orbicular ; this latter spot just beyond t. a. line, longi- 

 tudinally oval, yellow, small, obscurely outlined in brownish ; reniform 

 yellow, constricted medially, lower portion broader than upper and 

 containing a blackish dot, the whole partially outlined in dusky; at times 

 the whole reniform is much reduced, becoming a mere yellow streak ; 

 occasionally traces of a faint dusky median shade, usually however lack- 

 ing ; t. p. line dark, crenulate, shaded outwardly with paler, excurved 

 from just below costa around the reniform, with strong incurve in sub- 

 median fold ; s. t. line pale, shaded more or less strongly on both sides 

 with dusky, slightly wavy, excurved in central portion ; a terminal series 

 of dark dots ; secondaries smoky brown, occasionally with traces of a 

 crenulate dark median line and pale subterminal one, mostly however 

 immaculate. Beneath uniform smoky, lighter in basal area of secondaries 

 in the paler forms, which also show traces of the lines of upper side. 

 Expanse, 14 mm. 



Habitat: Babaquivera Mts., Ariz.; Redington, Ariz., 2 (^ s, 6 9 s. 

 Types, collection Barnes. 



