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basally ; costa and discal mark deep orange, fringes rusty black ; beneath 

 dull yellow outwardly, orange inwardly. 



Expanse : Females 16 to 22 mm. 



Distribution. — New Mexico, Arizona. 



Type. — U.S.N.M. No. 56831. Female. Collected in Torrance County, 

 N. Mex. 



Remarks. — Only the type and three female paratypes in the United 

 States National Museum and three females in the Engelhardt collection 

 now included in the National collection are known. Six of the specimens 

 were collected in Torrance County, N. Mex., 6,000 feet, June 23, 1929 

 (R. H. Painter), and to these a seventh specimen has been added, collected 

 at Hereford, Cochise County, Ariz., September 17, 1935 (F. H. Parker). 



The species strongly suggests a kinship to rileyana, and with this in mind 

 I visited the New Mexico type locality in midsummer, 1934. It is in open 

 country of pasture and agricultural lands. A day was spent in digging 

 out an abundant blue-flowered and deep-rooted species of Solarium, as 

 well as many other kinds of herbaceous plants, without results. 



CAKMENTA AUSTINI. new species 



Plai-e 20, Figure 118 



Male. — Antennae strongly pectinate, black above, fuscous beneath. 

 Labial palpus with a rough brush, yellow, heavily mixed with black at the 

 sides and above. Head black ; face violaceous, edged with yellow at the 

 sides. Collar dull yellow. Thorax black, spotted with golden yellow on 

 each side below the collar, patagia long, tufted with sordid yellow on 

 posterior part and a yellow patch at and beneath the wing base. Abdomen 

 black with greenish luster, each segment with a yellow band, which is 

 broader beneath than above; anal tuft short, spatulate, yellow with black 

 center and sides. Legs yellow, posterior tibiae rough, slightly shaded with 

 black at and between the spurs. Tarsi yellow, with a few black, short 

 spines at the sides. Forewing transparent, costa and narrow outer margin 

 violaceous-black, broadly rayed with deep orange between the veins ; discal 

 mark conspicuous, bright red ; inner margin violaceous at tomus, becoming 

 orange before the wing base ; fringes dull black ; beneath costa and veins 

 heavily shaded with orange, discal mark red. Hindwing transparent, nar- 

 rowly edged with black and orange mixed and broadly fringed with dull 

 black ; discal mark conspicuous, triangular, bright red ; beneath, veins 

 and margin dull yellow. 



Female. — Like the male, orange and red shadings on primaries intensi- 

 fied ; anal tuft short, rounded, yellow. 



Expanse : Male and female, 30 mm. 



Distribution. — Texas, Utah. 



Ty/)^.— U.S.N.M. No. 56832. 



