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wardly oblique to the submedian interspace, then forming an almost right angle, in- 

 wardly oblique to the inner margin. T. p. line unusually near outer margin ; gemi- 

 nate, even, dark smoky, the inner part becoming black inferiorly ; included space 

 whitish powdered ; evenly outcurved over the cell and evenly oblique below it. S. t. 

 line very irregular, defined only by contrasts in color between the shadings in the ter- 

 minal and s. t. spaces ; a trigonate dusky shade in the terminal space above the 

 middle and another above the hind angle are most conspicuous and between these 

 two or three preceding black marks indicate an obscure W, the teeth of which reach 

 the outer margin. A black, somewhat lunate terminal line. Fringes with a smoky 

 interline. Claviform concolorous, short, very broad, black margined ; from its lower 

 edge a broad black bar extends to the t. p. line, beyond which the s. t. space is 

 whitish. Orbicular large, oval, oblique, pale, not well margined. Reniform large, 

 broadly ovate, outlined by darker scales and obscurely darker in center. A black 

 costal spot indicates a median line of underside faintly reproduced above. Beneath 

 gray, powdery, with a discal spot and an extramedian line on all wings. Expands 

 I.l6 inches = 29 mm. 



Habitat: Pullman, Washington, August 14 and 30, 1897. 



One pair taken at light and somewhat defective, from Professor C. 

 V. Piper. The species has been in my collection for some time, asso- 

 ciated -With pa/Iiatriai/a, of which I have now a nice series which ex- 

 cludes the present form. La tic lava is paler, more ashen in tint, the 

 secondaries much paler ; there is no trace of the white dot at the end 

 of the transverse dark bar, while on the other hand the s. t. space 

 within hind angle becomes whitish. Other differences of details ap- 

 pear in the description. 



Cerma fascia, sp. nov. 



Ground color pale creamy yellow, overlaid and mottled by brown, rusty and 

 black scales. Head and palpi pale creamy yellow, immaculate ; collar a little 

 mottled with silvery gray scales ; disc gray and brown centered, the basal tuft being 

 nearly white. The little abdominal tuft at base is dark gray. Primaries powdery 

 gray, more or less overlaid or mixed with yellow and rusty brown scales, the space 

 between the basal and t. a. lines and the s. t. space paler or even whitish, giving the 

 appearance of a pale subbasal fascia and a more irregular, mottled terminal pale area. 

 Basal line black, narrow, irregular, not well defined. T. a. line nearly upright, 

 irregular, marked chiefly by the difference in color between the subbasal and median 

 spaces. T. p. line white, irregularly denticulate, preceded by black and followed by 

 rusty scales ; abruptly bent below costa, squarely and broadly exserted over the cell. 

 There is no obvious s. t. line, the terminal area being irregularly mottled, yet leaving 

 a better marked blotch on the margin above the hind angle and another above the 

 middle. A distinct, black, broken terminal line. The long fringes are brown, 

 mottled, cut with white opposite the veins. Orbicular round or nearly so, white 

 ringed, narrowly edged with black. Reniform of good size, oblong, oval, a little con- 

 stricted centrally, incompletely white ringed and not completely defined. Secondaries 

 very pale smoky, the veins a little darker. Beneath, primaries quite smoky, the ter- 



