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more pointed. It lacks all yellow sliadiu^', .so prominent in the Cali- 

 foriiian .species. 



The ^'enitalia are distinctive and simple. Ilar[ies narrowing: toward 

 tip, where tlicy are curved and subacute, not spinulated. The clasper 

 is moderately lonj^, .slender, curveil, with acute tip. 



The species seem.s not common and is not represented in the Museum 

 collection. 



Group LEGITIMA. 



The species referred here, agree in rather plump build, usually dis- 

 tinctly though not prominently tufted thorax, and in large, broad 

 wings in which the apices and outer margin are rounded. 



Two rather well marked divisions are indicated, the first embracing 

 those species in which the primaries have a predominating reddish or 

 violet gray shade, and the second, those in which the color is a sordid 

 fuscous brown. 



Beaniiis the largest species in the group, and heads the first division. 

 It is evenly colored, all the normal markings present, not contrasting. 

 The claviform is very small. 



Legitima agrees in having the claviform very small, but is brightly 

 and not evenly colored, aiul is smaller sized. 



Lilacina is more gray than the preceding, and the claviform is large. 

 The s. t. line is sinuate. 



liugosa is smaller, but very similar in color and maculation. The s. 

 t. line, however, is very even and preceded by cuneiform blackish 

 nuirks. The reniform is narrow. 



All the species agree in the general style and form of the <; geni- 

 talia {heanii of which only the 9 has been examined, perhaps excepted) 

 and none of the species in the next series agree with them in this 

 respect. 



Of the series with fuscous or dull blackish brown primaries, 7ioverca 

 is easily distinguished by its rather narrower wings, which are also 

 somewhat paler than any of the others, and the conspicuous black basal 

 mark, which is wanting in all the other species. 



GoodeUi is very even in color, and has no contrasting maculation 

 save that the reniform is usually paler than the rest of the wing. There 

 are no black shades or marks preceding the s. t. line as are in all of 

 the rest of the series. The species is eastern. 



(^uadrata is rather easily distinguished by the small W in the s. t. 

 line, by the paler patch in the s. t. space opposite anal angle, and by 

 the quadrate black spot following claviform to t. p. line. Tiie latter, 

 however, is a variable (piantity and not always distinct. The species 

 is Californian. 



Obscuni resembles the preceding, but has none of its specific charac- 

 teristics. Thes. t.line is even, but not prominent ; tliereisno observable 

 claviform, and the s. t. space is evenly colored. It has no obvious pecul- 

 iarities of its own. 



