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JOHN B. SMITH. 
UHTrowine; the median space by fully one-half below vein 2. This line is em- 
phasized by the pure white following shade, which is broadest in the suhmedian 
interspace, white scales — seeming bluish on the back ground — extending through 
the subterrainal space and on costa, vaguely indicating the s. t. line. An inter- 
rupted black terminal line. Claviform apparently wanting. Orbicular moderate, 
concolorous, round, black-ringed. Eeniform incomplete, apparently only the 
inner margin defined, the outer merged in the white shade. Secondaries black, 
with white fringes. Beneath black, primaries with an interrupted white baud. 
Expands .68 — .72 inches; 17 — 13 mm. 
Hab. — California. 
Two specimens ( 9 ) are in the National Mnsenm, one from my 
old collection, the other “ through C. V. Riley, 1888," collected by 
Coquillet. The latter is perfect so far as maculation goes, but the 
legs are deficient. The former is somewhat rubbed, and has no legs 
at all. 
This is a strongly marked form which there should not be any 
difficulty in recognizing. 
There is a single male specimen from my collection in the Museum, 
also from California, which is congeneric, but which is almost too 
poor to serve as a ty]>e. The [)rimaries above have been rubbed 
almost bare of scales, and no maculation is traceable. The secon- 
daries are black. Beneath, the primaries are carmine-red, the secon- 
daries black. If this is in any collection, I should like to get good 
specimens. 
l*seii<lacoiitia cru»itaria Morr. 
A specimen of what 1 take to be a form of this species is in the 
National Museum collection, from Mr. Bruce. It is like the type in 
)>attern of maculation, but the black is replaced by an ocherous 
brown on primaries, and the median white band of secondaries 
broadens and becoming inwardly diffuse, lightens the base. The 
type is from Nebraska, and I have seen no other specimens. It may 
be we have to do here with another species, but without more ma- 
terial I prefer to leave it as a geographical race or form. 
Mefopoiiia macula sp. nov. — Head, thorax and primaries orange-yel- 
low. Head and collar with an admixture of brown. Primaries with a purplish 
blotch filling the base of discal cell, and narrowly connected along the median 
vein with a darker, irregular blotch, whose outer margin is about where the t. 
p. line should be were it present; a small, irregular spot, marks the location of 
the accessory cell. The inception of the s. t. line is marked by a small, some- 
what ferruginous preceding patch, and below that by a series of four or five 
irregularly separated venular dots. Two dots below the basal purple blotch mark 
the t. a. line. Fringes cut with purplish. Ordinary spots entirely obsolete. 
