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vein, then just as strongly oblique inwardly to inner niargui ; reniform 

 indistinctly visible as a satiny white patch ; t. p. line well excurved around 

 reniform, thence parallel to outer margin to a point on inner margin a 

 little more than two-thirds from base ; s. t. line rather indistinct, slightly 

 waved, approached to t. p. line on vein Cu.j. Secondaries immaculate ; 

 all fringes white. Beneath, white, with a very prominent discocellular 

 dusky spot on primaries. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat : Eureka, Ut. (Spalding), 2 ^ s. Ty]je, collection Barnes. 



The fore tibiae possess one long curved claw on inner side, and a 

 small claw with strong spine above it on outer side. 



Grotella parvipuncta, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax and primaries creamy white, latter with only faint traces 

 of black dots, consisting of one in the median fold near base of wing, an 

 oblique postmedian row of three parallel to outer margin, the upper just 

 above the origin of vein 5, the second in submedian fold below vein 2, 

 and the third on inner margin ; occasionally a trace of a second dot on 

 inner margin about two-fifths from base. Primaries smoky brown, with 

 pale fringes, darker in $ than in ^ . Beneath, primaries deep smoky, 

 with ochreous costal margin and pale fringes ; secondaries whitish, at 

 times slightly smoky, immaculate. Expanse, 23 mm. 



Habitat: Ft. Wingate, N. M.; Deming, N. M., 2 c? s, 3 ?. Types, 

 collection Barnes. 



The species is close to dis Grt., which it resembles in the almost 

 obsolete maculation ; it is, however, slightly smaller, the primaries are 

 creamy white and not chalky white as in dis^ the secondaries are paler 

 brown on upper side, and lack the faint median band and discal dot on 

 under side, which is present in seven specimens of the true dis examined 

 by us. It is probably confused with this species in collections, but we 

 have recently had specimens compared with the type of dis in the Snow 

 collection by Mr. F. X. Williams, and he agrees with us that the two 

 species are distinct. . Hampson's figure of dis probably represents that 

 species. 



Grotella soror, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax white, abdomen ochreous brown ; primaries very 

 pale ochreous, white along inner margin ; two brown spots on costa in 

 basal third, the outer one larger and oblique, forming the commencement 

 of a broken antemedial line, the continuation of which is formed by a per- 

 pendicular brown dash between cubital and anal veins, and a dot on inner 



