Sept., igio] Barnes-McDunnough : American Lepidoptera. 151 



This species is allied to fcnnessus Sm. and nccz'idns Sm., differs 

 however in the much lighter ground color and the angled t.a. line, 

 as well as other minor points of detail. It may be distinguished 

 from itodcs Sm. by the larger orbicular and the lack of dark centre 

 to the reniform. 



Habitat. — Babaquivera Mts., Pima Co., Ariz, i male. Type, Coll. 

 Barnes. 



5. Polia purpurea, new species. 



Male. — Antennae strongly fasciculate, palpi covered with long gray hairs ; 

 front and collar dark gray, crossed by an indistinct double black bar ; thorax 

 and patagia lighter, sprinkled with brownish in anterior portion ; abdomen 

 brown ; primaries of a dark purplish-gray, suffused with lighter in median 

 and subterminal areas ; slight black basal dash with traces of light gray shad- 

 ing between it and costa ; subbasal line not visible ; t.a. line only visible as a 

 black geminate lunule on inner margin about two fifths from base ; orbicular 

 large, circular, light gray with darker central shading, very strongly edged 

 with black towards base of wing, less so on outer side and on base, open more 

 or less towards costa, which at this point is same shade of color as orbicular ; 

 claviform prominent, distinctly outlined in black, filled with dark reddish 

 purple ; reniform large, outlined very heavily with black on base and inner 

 margin, open towards apex of wing, lower portion dark purple, upper portion 

 light gray, shaded with reddish and containing an indistinct dark lunule ; red- 

 dish shade extending outwardly beyond reniform to t.p. line, defined sharply 

 towards anal angle by black shade ; median area between orbicular and reni- 

 form dark purple, remainder light purplish gray, extending outwardly to sub- 

 terminal line in lower portion of wing ; t.p. line very indistinct, geminate, 

 lunulate, preceded in lower portion by slight dark shade ; costal portion of 

 subterminal area dark, remainder light purplish gray, veins marked with 

 black ; subterminal line slightly incurved between costa and vein Rr,, straight 

 to Mg, rather nearer outer margin to Cui, thence gently incurved to anal angle ; 

 with the exception of costal portion, which is indistinct, shaded inwardly with 

 dark blackish brown ; terminal area sprinkled with gray at apex and along 

 outer margin ; terminal row of small black lunules ; fringes smoky, slightly 

 sprinkled with gray. Secondaries smoky, veins darker. Beneath, primaries 

 smoky, shaded with gray along costa and outer margin ; traces of dark mark- 

 ings on costa near apex ; secondaries whitish, sprinkled with dark brown, with 

 prominent discal spot and median line formed of dashes on the veins, fringes 

 white. 



Expanse, 38 mm. 



Ho&i^ai.— Palmerlee, Ariz, i male. Type, Coll. Barnes. 



This species is allied to siibjitncta G. & R., lacks however the 

 black dash of submedian fold and the prominent t.p. line of this 

 latter species. 



