54 JOHN B. SMITH. 



of ground color, and in the dusky shade preceding the s. t. line. In 

 the darker specimen it is complete, in the paler, from which the figure 

 was made, it is broken into spots. The figure, by-the-bye, is erro- 

 neous, in that the secondaries are much too light. They have a 

 peculiar whitish sheen in the specimen photographed which gives a 

 misleading effect in the negative. 



9Iainestra laiigiii<la n. sp. (PI. ii, fig. 6) — Ground color a purplish gray, 

 powdered. Head with an obscure, blackisb frontal band. Collar tipped with 

 white scales. Primaries with a dusky shade extending from the base over the 

 costal region and through the cell to the t. p. line, becoming decidedly reddish 

 beyond the reniform. The transverse lines are obscure. Neither the basal or 

 t. a. line is traceable below the costa, on which they are indicated by blackish 

 dots. The t. p. line is geminate, smoky brown, widely outcurved over the reni- 

 form and thereafter parallel with the outer margin. The outer componeut line 

 is the more evident, but neither are prominent. S. t. line yellowish white, ob- 

 scurely limiting the apical paler patch, then distinct and preceded by a rich 

 velvety black shade to below vein five, forming two long outer teeth on veins 

 three and four, then again preceded by a similar black shade to the inner margin. 

 A series of black interspaceal dots preceding a pale line at base of fringes ; the 

 latter cut with whitish opposite the venules. The claviform is very small, faintly 

 black margined. Ordinary spots large, rather paler than ground color. Orbic- 

 ular round, narrowly brown ringed. Eeuiform wide, brown ringed, the brown 

 enriched by black scales; a yellowish line outwardly and a paler gray central 

 lunule. Secondaries white, fuscous powdered, darkening outwardly to smoky. 

 A smoky terminal line; fringe whitish. Beneath white, black powdered, pri- 

 maries smoky on disc. Expands 37.5 mm.; 1.50 inches. 



Hah. — Colorado, Bruce ; JSTo. 261. 



A single niale only, and a miniature copy of our eastern piirpii- 

 rissata. The antennal characters as to proportion and serration are 

 alike, the short thorax and unusually long abdomen are the sauie, 

 and the ornamentation is very similar. There are, however, some 

 differences in detail. The t. a. line is fairly evident in the larger 

 species, and the t. p. line is lunulate, not even as in the new species. 

 The dusky shade through the cell and over costal margin is also dis- 

 tinctive, and finally the whitish secondaries furnish a convenient and 

 obvious distinctive character outside of the small size. 



I would not be surprised if more abundant material proved my 

 M. jtmcimacula a good species rather than a variety of jncrpurlxsata, 

 as which I have referred it. 



IHamestra luscoliitea n. sp, (PI. i, row 1, fig. 3) — Of a dull, somewhat 

 fuscous, jjowdery clay yellow, resembling some forms of trifolii in this res]iect. 

 Head and thorax concolorous. Collar with a vague blackish transverse line me- 

 dially and near tip; patagise with a submarginal blackish line. Primaries with 

 all the markings traceable, but not well defined ; the median lines broken. Basal 



