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cept on base; first antemedial line inwardly edged with yellovv^, the 

 second line darker, ill defined; postmedial line darker outcurvcd on 

 costa, wavy below vein 4 ; a subterminal yellow line, almost straight 

 to vein 4; then slightly lunular to tornus its inner edge faintly 

 dark shaded; termen shaded ^vith gray from apex to just below 

 vein 3. Hind wings pale reddish; the outer line fuscous, finely 

 wavy, outwardly edged with yellow; a faint yellov/ shade at end 

 of cell; a dark reddish bro^^^l shade at anal angle; hairs on imier 

 margin yellow spotted with bro^vn. Fore^^dngs below red, the apex 

 broadly shaded with fuscous gray, crossed by a subapical whitish 

 line, the inner margin 3^ellow. Hind wings below red shaded and 

 irrorated with yellow; postmedial line reddish; outer line fuscous, 

 outwardly edged with yellow becoming v.diite near inner margin and 

 there crossmg a dark shade from anal angle to postmedial Ime; a 

 fine red streak on discocellular. 



Expanse. — 28 mm. 



Habitat. — Jalapa, Mexico. 



T'/ype.— Cat. No. 22458, U.S.N.M. 



CARTHARA GRANISCA, new species. 



Female. — Head: frons dark purple; vertex brown mottled with 

 white hairs; palpi brov\^n tipped with yellow. Thorax light reddish 

 brown, the tegulae and patagia dark purple with some white hairs. 

 Abdomen above reddish brown, underneath paler. Forewings 

 purplish brown; base mottled with olive yellow, except a round purple 

 spot; first antemedial line fuscous, outcurved to vein 2, slightly 

 incurved belov/ it; second line less curved, and not so distinct; medial 

 space narrow, paler, but broadened beyond cell; two black points 

 on discocellular; postmedial line outbent to vein 4, then inbent along 

 this vein to lower discocellular point below v/hich the line is almost 

 straight to inner margin; outer line remote on costa, somev/hat lunular 

 and slig-htl}^ oblique to vein 4 then deeply lunular to inner margin 

 outwardly finely edged with whitish, especially on costa; termen 

 broadly lilacine from vein 4 to costa leaving a brown shade beyond 

 the outer line. Hind wings brownish red; postmedial line fine, 

 black, hardly visible; outer line indistinct, but thickening to black 

 shades between veins 4 and 6 and below vein 2 to postmedial; a dis- 

 tinct white line outwardly runs along this last black shade and is 

 upbent to inner margin at postmedial line. Forewings below dull 

 purplish, the termen shaded with red, the inner margin pale reddish. 

 Hind wings below dark brownish red; a black line on discocellular; 

 postmedial fuscous surmounted by white scaling on a dark streak 

 below vein 2 ; postmedial line fuscous, with some white scaling 

 between veins 4 and 6, and a distinct white line from vein 2 to inner 

 margin; some white irrorations at anal angle. 



