pepsinae: tribe pepsini 



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regularly transverse wrinkles; larger punctui*es on sternites scattered, 

 separated by about 4.0 their diameter. 



Black. Wings orange, the forewing with its basal 0.12 ± and its 

 apical margin fuscous; hind wing with its basal 0.2 ± and its apical 

 and hmd margins fuscous. Specimens from the southern United 

 States and especiall}^ from Mexico tend to have the wings more reddish 

 orange and the basal infuscation of the wings a little more extensive. 



Specimens (71 cf, 849): From Arizona (Carr Canyon at 7,500 ft. 

 in the Huachuca Mts., Flagstaff, General Sprmgs at 6,200 to 7,200 ft. 

 in Coconmo County, Oak Creek Canyon at 6,000 ft., Reddington, 

 Rustlers Park at 9,000 ft. in the Chii-icahua Alts., and Santa Rita 

 Alts, at 5,000 to 8,000 ft.); British Columbia (Keremeos, Okanagan, 

 Oliver, Robson, Salmon Arm, Summerland, and Vernon); California 







Figure 5. — Localities for Chirodamus pyrrhomelas. 



(Davis Creek in Alodoc County, Gold Lake in Sierra County, Grove 

 Lake in Siskiyou County, Hallelujah Junction in Lassen County, 

 Aleadow Valley at 3,500 to 4,000 ft. in Plumas County, Portola, 

 Quincy, and Weed); Idaho (Boise, Carey, Coeur d'Alene, Council, 

 Fraser, Kimberly, Lapwai, Lewiston, AIoscow, and Sterling) ; Nevada 

 (Austin, Ferguson Springs, Hmnboldt River, Reno, and Virginia 

 City); New Mexico (Catron County at 7,000 ft.); Oregon (Blitzer 

 Valley, Boardman, Corvallis, Dallas, Grizzly Butte, Heppner, lone, 

 Kings Valley, Klamath Lake, La Grande, I^aidlaw, Alilwaukie, 

 Alonroe, Portland, and Roseburg); Utah (Beaver Canyon, Beaver 

 Range Mts. at 8,000 to 10,000 ft., Blacksmith Fork Canyon, Bountiful, 

 Farmington, Garden City, Laketown, Logan, Oak Creek Canyon, 

 Prove, Salt Lake, and Wildcat Valley in Beaver County) ; Washington 

 (Ahnota, Camp Umatilla, Ciarkston, Lake AIcEh-oy, Olympia, Perry, 

 Pulknan, Toppenish, Wawawai, and Yakima) ; and Mexico (Cuer- 

 navaca, Paracho in Michoacan, and Real del Norte). 



