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Ab. b. White markings absent except subapically, the wing varied with blackish 

 lines and dottings. 



Archer, Fla., March 9, 1882 (A. Koebele) ; Fla. (coll. C. H. 

 Fernald). 



Ab. c. Larger ; orange-ocherous patches interposed between the white terminal 

 marks and in the discal band of hind wings. Expanse, 1 8 to 28 mm. 



Shovel Mt., Texas (W. Barnes) ; Sonora, Mexico, 40 miles from 

 Arizona line (Morrison) ; 4, Phoenix, Ariz., April, May (coll. W. 

 D. Kearfott). 



The larva is unknown. 



Elophila cronialis Druce. 

 Cataclysta cronialis Druce, Biol. Cent-Am., Lep. Het, ii, 274, 1896. 

 Caladysta cronialis Hampson, Trans, ent. soc. Lond., 149, 1897. 



Marked like E. fulicalis, but very much larger, the middle band of fore wings 

 and space between outer white lines marked with ocher. Hind wings with an ocher 

 bar between the basal shading and outer powdery area before the discal dot. Ex- 

 panse, 27 to 30 mm. 



Jalapa, Mexico (Druce). 



2 9, Nogales, Arizona, May; Huachuca Mts., Ariz. (Dr. 



Barnes). 



Elophila schaefferalis, new species. 

 Similar to cronialis Druce, but much darker. Head and body blackish slate 

 gray black and white scales mixed. Wings dark gray, black scales densely and 

 uniformly irrorate on a white ground. Basal area of fore wings dark ; median line 

 angled outward on median vein, narrowly separated from the dark basal area; outer 

 line narrow, dark, faint, curved from costa to tornus whence it sends an obscure loop 

 to just below the clouded discal ringlet ; a curved, black subapical band, widest on 

 costa; apex whitish; a black submarginal line, the margin sordid orange. Hind 

 wing without any white spaces, all solidly irrorate with black ; base dark, intensified 

 discally ; mesial line slender, black, curved, indented on submedian fold, running 

 to anal' angle ; a small outer discal dot, black, followed by white scales; marginal 

 black marks small, pointed, relieved by sordid orange within and separated by 

 metallic scales. Expanse, 27 mm. 



One female, Palmerlee, Cochise Co., Arizona (C. Schaeffer). 

 The type is in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. 



Genus GESHNA, new. 



Palpi upturned, the third joint long and acuminate ; maxillary palpi slender 

 smooth, moderate; frons rounded; antenna with the shaft annulate. Fore wings 

 with veins 7 and 10 stalked. Hind wings with the outer margin curved, bent at a 

 slight angle in the middle. 



Type, G. cannalis Quaint. 



