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This species is very closely related to C. fascia Sm. of which we 

 possess the co-type. Apart from its smaller size it may be distin- 

 guished by the more even coloration of primaries, the contrasting 

 areas being practically lacking. The macnlation is more indistinct 

 than in fascia, and the secondaries more smoky, with an oval discal 

 spot and not a lunule; the vertex of head is scaled as the thorax, 

 whereas in fascia it is creamy white like the front. 

 Cerma flavidior, new species. 



Male. — Palpi upturned, shorter than in allied species, creamy, with second 

 joint outwardly black ; front and vertex of head ochreous ; thorax largely scaled 

 with orange, mixed with blackish ; abdomen silky gray ; primaries deep purple, 

 heavily scaled with yellow along costa, and with areas between basal and t.a. 

 line, and beyond t.p. line bright yellow ; maculation much as in other Cerma 

 species ; t.a. line dentate, slightly outwardly oblique ; orbicular circular, yellow- 

 ish, with dark center and dark costal shade above it, reniform obscure ; t.p. line 

 dentate, sharply angled just belew costa, well exserted beyond cell, strongly 

 incurved below reniform ; s.t. line represented by a brown costal shade before 

 apex, continued faintly across yellow area of wing to anal angle, where it 

 forms several more distinct brown dashes ; prominent dark broken terminal 

 line ; fringes ochreous : checkered slightly with darker. Secondaries slightly 

 smoky with faint discal spot and median line ; fringes concolorous. Beneath 

 ochreous, shaded with smoky brown ; prominent discal dash and subterminal 

 line on both wings ; costa of primaries with dark markings near apex. Ex- 

 panse. 27 mm. 



Habitat. — Esmeralda Co., Nevada, i S. Type, Coll. Barnes. 



The broad yellow sub-basal and terminal areas should serve to 

 distinguish this species from C. fascia Sm. with which it is practically 

 identical in maculation. We should have hesitated in regarding this 

 as a good species if it were not for the palpi, which are much shorter 

 than in fascia. In this species they extend well to vertex of head, 

 whilst in flavidior they barely reach the middle of front. Hampson 

 has used this feature to separate the two genera Bryophila and 

 Cerma, actually placing fascia in the first mentioned genus along with 

 sarcpta Barnes, and leaving our other N. Am. species where they 

 were. If the species should be separated at all on this point, an 

 examination of the palpi has convinced us that cuerva Barnes, galva 

 Stkr. and our new species oaklaiidicv should also be removed from 

 their present genus and placed in Bryophila, whilst sarcpta Barnes 

 must be restored once more to Cerma. Not having had the chance to 

 examine the type of the genus Bryophila we consider it safer to leave 

 for the present all the species in the genus Cerma. 



