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somewliat loose, divergent, forming low, divided anterior and poste- 

 rior tufts; the clothing of breast and legs loose, woolly. There is a 

 series of dorsal tufts on the abdomen, larger at base and more jjromi- 

 nent in the male. The head is somewhat retracted, the ])alpi shoi't. 

 the antennte in the male ciliated. The joints are slightly n)arked 

 and the ciliations are grouped, without forming distinct tufts. The 

 species is scarcely referable with propriety to any of the groups of 

 my paper, coming most near to that of which latex is the type. At 

 first sight sicbjunda is suggested; but the even s. t. line forbids its 

 reference to that series. This combination, very dark brown color, 

 connected median lines, even s. t. line and broad wings, should make 

 the species recognizable. 



Scotograiiiiua liileola n. sp. (PI. ii, fig. 10) — Ashen gray, varying to 

 luteous or fuscous, more or less black powdered. Basal line wanting. T. a. line 

 obsoletely geminate, the inner line of ground color, outer line varying from 

 brown to black, included space slightly i)aler, the outer line with more or less 

 obvious teeth on the veins, its course, as a whole, rather evenly outcurved. T. 

 p. line single, brown to blackish, more or less evidently denticulated on the 

 veins, its course outwardly over the cell and thence with a deep incurve below, 

 greatly narrowing the median space inferiorly. P. t. line sinuate, marked only 

 by a blackish preceding shade which merges into the ground color before the t. 

 p. line, and is twice interrupted, more or less obviously, opposite tlie cell and iu 

 the submedian interspace. A dusky terminal line. Fringes dusky, with a yel- 

 lowish interline and cut with yellowish on the veins. A diffuse, dusky, median 

 shade darkening the cell centrally and the median space inferiorly. Clavifurm 

 wanting. Ordinary spots barely indicated, not sufficiently defined to be de- 

 scribed. Secondaries smoky to blackish, with whitish or yellowish fringes. 

 Beneath, varying in shade from whitish to yellowish, black powdered, with a 

 broad diffuse outer band on all wings; secondaries with a more or less obvious 

 discal spot. Expands 28-30 mm. ; 1.12-1.20 inches. 



Hab. — Laggan, British Columbia, 6700 feet, July and August; 

 Bean, Nos. 468, 495, 496. 



The three male specimens before me differ quite considerably in 

 ground color, though the markings are identical in most respects. 

 There is a difference in the amount of contrast and also in the dis- 

 tinctness of the donticulation of the t. p. line. Mr. Bean informs 

 me that the gray forms are normal and that the others are excep- 

 tional. 



The species has hairy vestiture and finds its nearest ally among 

 the described forms, in phoca Moeschl., differing obviously, however, 

 in color and in maculation. It seems rather curious that all the 

 specimens sent me by iNIr. Bean are males, while heretofore I have 

 had females almost exclusively, of the species in this genus. 



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