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form loop-like, incompletely defined by yellowish scales. Orbicular moderate, 

 almost round, whitish ringed, with yellowish filling. Reniform moderate, 

 kidney-shaped, paler than ground, annulate with whitish. Secondaries whitish 

 at base, with a vague outer smoky border and a series of dark terminal lunules. 

 Beneath whitish, primaries outwardly smoky, all wings with an outer line, 

 most distinct on secondaries, a series of terminal lunules and secondaries 

 with a small discal spot. 



Expands, 1.20 inches = 30 mm. 



Habitat. — San Diego, California, X, 26, XI, 7. 



One male, one female, in fair condition,? from Mr. George H. 

 Field, received under the number 71, and associated with O. augustus 

 which it resembles closely at first sight. It is smaller however, 

 gray instead of brownish, much less distinctlffck marke^^nd the 

 course of the t. p. line is quite different, resembling that of levis more 

 nearly and lacking the characteristic inward bend of augustus on the 

 internal vein. ,a 



M^unestra tenisca, new species. 



Ground color a smooth redtiish fawn. Head and thorax vaguely mottled 

 with dark<;r, brownish shades, collar with a brown transverse line which is 

 never well-niarked and tends to become altogether lost. Primaries with 

 median and terminal spaces darker, more distinctly fawn colored ; s. t. space 

 with a yellowish tinge beyond the t. p. line tending to a rich, velvety reddish 

 tinge toward the s. t. line. Basal line geminate, oblique, traceable to the 

 submedian vein, slightly angulated on the veins, the defining lines obscure, 

 included space a little pale powdered. The entire line is obscure and not 

 equally marked in any two examples. T. a. line oblique, a little outcurved 

 in the interspaces the inward teeth noticeable on the subcostal and submedian 

 vein. It is geminate, but the inner line is incomplete and the outer scarcely 

 defined against the dark median space, leaving the narrow, whitish included 

 line as the best defining mark. T. p. line similar in make-up, abruptly ex- 

 serted over the cell, then inwardly oblique, with a very slight incurve, so 

 that the median space on the inner margin is distinctly narrowed ; narrower 

 than the basal space and usually no wider than the space beyond it. S. t. 

 line irregular, narrow, pale, rather well defined against the terminal space. 

 An obscure broken terminal line ; a distinct yellowish line at base of the 

 long fringes which are cut with yellowish beyond the veins. Claviform small, 

 loop-like, defined by a slightly darker line and sometimes by paler included 

 scales. Orbicular oblique, irregular, usually open to the costa, narrowly 

 outlined in white, concolorous or only a little paler. Reniform small, rather 

 narrow, upright, only a little narrowed at middle, conspicuously white ringed, 

 concolorous or only a little paler in center. Secondaries smoky in both sexes, 

 with pale fringes. Beneath, all wings with a distinct discal mark : primaries 



