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narrow, bkick and siujrlc, anterior line perpendicular. Posterior line with a 

 rather long Hnd uarrow extension beyond the disc; luuuJate between the veins, 

 which are marked with black points; a succession of pale marks preceded by 

 very slight dashes indicates the subtermiual line; a row of teiniinal black points. 

 Fringes shaded, paler than the wing. Hind wings white, subpellucid; the ner- 

 vules soiled; a vague terminal fuscous shading; fringes whitish. Head and 

 collar darker shaded than the thorax, dusky fuscous. Stigmata indicated by 

 paler sliading; orbicular ovate, elongate; reniform moderate, upright; claviform 

 indicated. Expands 1.60 inches ; 40 mm." 



Hdb. — Nevada. 



The above is Mr. Grote's description, and it excellently charac- 

 terizes the type (a female) in Mr. Tepper's collection. X series of 

 California specimens doubtlessly the same species, but forming the 

 types of PoUa vorax Behrens, differ sufficiently to induce a repetition 

 of that description : 



"Primaries even, dark brownish gray; stigmata obsolete; transverse lines 

 barely indicated by black venular dots ; a slightly darker s. t. shade, intensified 

 into blackish on the veins; an interrupted lunate terminal line, or more properly 

 a series of lunate terminal spots. Fringes yellowish at base, else concolorous. 

 Secondaries pearl-gray, veins and outer margin more smoky ; a yellowish line at 

 base of fringes. Beneath, primaries glistening smoky gray, paler on disc; sec- 

 ondaries as above, a transverse line of venular dots beyond the middle. Head, 

 palpi and collar dark redbrown; thorax concolorous with primaries; abdomen 

 concolorous with secondaries. Expands 1.50—1.60 inches; 39 — 40 mm." 



Hab. — California. 



The species was locally quite common one year, but seems not to 

 have been taken in any numbers before or since; the unfortunate 

 generic reference of Mr. Behrens' species, for which I am responsible, 

 was caused by the defective condition of the specimens, which caused 

 WW to overlook the armature of the fore tibia. The heavily lashed 

 eyes induced the reference, which was felt at the time to be a ques- 

 tionable one. Mr. Grote's type, otherwise perfect, also lacks the fore 

 legs. Other specimens since seen show the claw distinctly, and so 

 though closely allied in appearance to some species of Homohadena, 

 it must find a place here unless a new genus be created for its recep- 

 tion. In view of the present composition of the genus this is scarcely 

 advisable. Unfortunately no male has been available for dissection. 



Group CHANDLERl. 



The species referred here all agree in the ashen gray ground color, 



over which the wing may be fuscous, luteous, or with blackish pow- 



derings. The transverse lines are obsolete, the claviform is long and 



narrow and connected with base by a slender line ; the orbicular is 



