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ing may be continuous and contrasting, or it may be more or less broken and 

 inconspicuous. Reniform moderate in size, black powdered, rarely contrast- 

 ing, more or less obvious);^ kidney-shaped. Secondaries whitish, tinged with 

 smoky, yellowish or reddish as the ground may be, outwardly darker and 

 tending to form an extra-median or sub-marginal transverse line : discal spot 

 usually indicated, never obvious. Beneath reddish to yellowish with the 

 maculation of upper surface more or less obviously indicated, discal dots 

 usually obvious. 



Expands, .84-1.00 inches = 21-25 nim. 



Habitat. — San Diego, California, V, 2, M, 9, MI, 31, Mil, i, 

 IX, 29: Plumas Co., Calif., Y, i; Pasadena, Calif., M, 20: "Cali- 

 fornia," III, 21. 



Ten males, 14 females, most of them good specimens, and all the 

 San Diego examples from Mr. George H. Field. The species is a 

 variable one as appears from the description, and two broods appear 

 to be represented. The early specimens are usually larger, and better, 

 more contrastingly marked : the latter examples are smaller and more 

 even — having indeed a somewhat washed-out appearance. I was at 

 first inclined to suspect two species, appearing at different dates; but 

 some of each series agree perfectly with examples of the other. 



This species has the appearance and habitus of finitima, with the 

 maculation of scciiudalis, especially in the course of the s.t. line; 

 but I believe it to be perfectly distinct from each. 



In the Pomona College Journal of Entomology, \"ol. II, p. 375, 

 Dr. Harrison G. Dyar describes Plcoucctyptcra cumulaUs and writes 

 in comment: "This appears to be the species misidentified by Smitli 

 as P. finitima Smith (Trans. Am. Ent., XXXIII, 377, 1907) which 

 therefore requires a new name. The types of finitii)ia are identical 

 with tonalis Smith of the paper cited, the name fijiifinia having 

 precedence." 



Dr. Dyar's description certainly fits the finitima of my paper 

 and my description in that paper fits the specimens under that name 

 in my collection. I am therefore agreed that cumulalis Dyar, is the 

 same as finitima Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1907 and also of the 

 original description. 



The original description was based on four examples received 

 among others from Dr. Riley, for a paper to be published in Insect 

 Life. Each of these specimens was labelled "type" in accordance 

 with the general practice of the time. Two of them were retained bv 



