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ventral surface buff, ventral surface of shaft buff, individual scales of 

 dorsal surface pale buff basally, dark brown distally, several half 

 segments pale buff basally; frons nearly white; vertex and occiput 

 buff white, brown tuft of scales above eye. Thorax : buff white, many 

 scales with darker streaks. Forewing: buff white to white, several 

 brown or red-brown tipped scales; first row of scales of cilia 

 brown tipped, others unicolorous. Hindwing: pale fuscous, veins 

 darker, cUia pale buff. Pro thoracic leg : coxa white with several brown 

 tipped scales on anterior surface, posterolateral surface white; femur 

 and tibia brown, bases of scales pale buff, apex of tibia white; tarsus 

 brown, base of first segment and apices of first and second segments 

 white. Mesothoracic leg: much as for pro thoracic leg but somewhat 

 lighter, outer surface of coxa white, a white streak just beyond middle 

 of tibia. Metathoracic leg: as for mesothoracic leg but lighter, dorsal 

 tuft on tibia buff white. Alar expanse: 18-20 mm. Male genitalia: 

 no specimens available. Female genitalia: as in figure 133 (RWH 

 slide 2583). 



Food plant: Senecio species. 



Type: Female, Blanco's Corral, White Mts., Mono Co., Calif., 

 10150 ft., Aug. 25, 1960, P. D. Hurd, Senecio (RWH slide 2583), 

 CAS. 



Paratype : 



Placer Co., Calif., 1?, August, Koebele, CAS. 



Discussion : L. maenadis is nearest to obnubila but may be separated 

 by the antenna being multicolored basally; in obnubila the antenna is 

 unicolorous off white basally. 



Lita veledae, new species 



Figures 23, 88, 191, 192 



Maculation: as in figure 23. Head: tongue pale buff to buff white; 

 maxillary palpus buff white, somewhat curved over base of tongue; 

 first segment of labial palpus white on inner surface, white with a few 

 orange scales on outer surface; second segment white on inner surface, 

 white with scattered orange scales on outer surface, thu'd segment 

 mainly white but with numerous orange and pale brown scales anteri- 

 orly; scape of antenna buff white on ventral siu'face, brownish on 

 dorsal surface, shaft pale buff basally (antennae not complete on 

 unique specimen) ; frons buff white ; vertex and occiput buff white 

 tinged with yellow. Thorax: buff white with three brown streaks 

 (possibly grease marks), tegulae tinged with yellow. Forewing: buff 

 white to white, suffused with pale orange brown on dorsal third, a 

 row of yellow scales on outer margin. Hindwing: shining gray white, 

 cilia buff white. Prothoracic leg : coxa white on posterolateral surface, 



