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little darker than the ground. Course of lines as in legitima. Orbicular with 

 a distinct whitish annulus and a tendency to a gray suffusion ; in shape ovate, 

 oblique, tending to become irregularly enlarged costally. Reniform large, im- 

 perfectly kidney-shaped, with a very narrow, incomplete white line, and a 

 tendency to a reddish tinge. S. t. line whitish, complete, narrow, forming a 

 W on veins 3 and 4 which extends to the outer margin. Vein i is whitish 

 powdered beyond the t. a. line, and vein 2 for its entire length. Other veins 

 tending to become somewhat powdered. Claviform short, pointed, with 

 narrow black margin that tends to become inwardly diffuse, partially darkening 

 the lumen. There is a broken black terminal line, a narrow yellow line at 

 base of fringes, and the latter are narrowly cut with yellow. Secondaries 

 smoky yellowish, with a dusky outer border and paler fringes. Beneath yel- 

 lowish gray, pale, powdery, with a large discal spot on each wing. 

 Expands, i. 30-1. 50 inches = 32-38 mm. 



Habitat. — Calgary, Alberta, VI, 16-VII, 8; Arrowhead Lake, 

 B. C, VII, 8; Pullman, Washington, V, 29, VI, 2; Yellowstone Park, 

 Wyoming, VII, 8-15 Denver, Colorado. 



A series of 11 males and 5 females, mostly in good condition. 

 The species has been confused with liquida Grt., which is a much 

 more contrastingly mottled form occurring in Washington and prob- 

 ably over a similar range. Liquida as described, and as figured by 

 Hampson, has narrower, more pointed primaries and, while the 

 type of maculation is similar, meodana is neatly and quietly orna- 

 mented, while liquida is strongly contrasted and showy. 



Scotogramma francisca, new species. 



Ground color grayish luteous, scantily powdered with black and orna- 

 mented with white. Palpi with blackish hairs at tip, front with a black trans- 

 verse bar below antennae, this bar edged with white scales. Collar smooth, 

 with a central black line and a blackish shade below a white tip. Patagia 

 well defined, with a black submarginal line. A central divided crest tipped 

 with white scales. Primaries with all the lines well marked, more or less 

 conspicuously white between narrow broken blackish edgings. Basal line well 

 marked, extending to middle of wing. T. a. line well removed from base, 

 rather evenly oblique, a little irregular in course. T. p. line abruptly bent 

 below costa over cell, then a little denticulate on the veins, evenly oblique to 

 the inner margin rather close to t. a. line. S. t. line whitish, a little irregular, 

 well defined inwardly by the dark s. t. space, outwardly more or less diffuse, 

 a whitish powdering extending into the terminal space and cutting the broad 

 fringes on the veins. A smoky median shade is well marked between the 

 ordinary spots and traceable across the wing. Qaviform small, edged with 

 black and centered with white scales. Orbicular small, round or nearly so, 

 with a narrow blackish and an inner whitish ring, center concolorous with 

 ground. Reniform small, oblong, oblique, a little constricted at middle, ringed 



