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ochreous preceded by a dark, brownish shade. Terminal space shaded outward 

 to margin, becoming dark mouse-gray with a slight ochreous tinge. Fringe 

 with glistening white tips. There is a more or less distinct dark spot in the 

 fringe at the end of vein six and two more between vein four and the anal 

 angle. The wing has the appearance of being shaded from light ochreous-gray 

 at the base to dark mouse-gray at the margin. 



Secondaries concolorous with, but lighter than the primaries, shading from 

 light at the base to dark at the margin without trace of either spot or line. 



Beneath the primaries are rather evenly dark smoky with ochreous along 

 the costa and whitish mottling at the apex. Outer line distinct. Secondaries 

 evenly striated with ochreous and brownish-gray. A very faint line shows 

 beyond the disk. 



Female. — Expanse 34 mm. 



First line of the primaries exceedingly faint, otherwise as in the male. 

 Mesial band concolorous with the basal area. Extra-discal line same as in 

 the male. Terminal space a little darker and more brown than in the male 

 Secondaries evenly light ochreous-gray with slightly darker margins. Beneath 

 as in the male. 



Holotype male, San Diego, Cal., February 12, 1916 (Wright). 



Allotype female, San Diego, Cal., March 20, 1912 (Wright). 



Paratypes, 18 males, San Diego, Cal., March and April, in Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History collection, 8 males same data, 

 author's collection ; 4 females, San Diego, Cal., March to June, Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist. coll. and 4 females, San Diego, Cal., March to May, 

 author's collection. 



In determining this form I had before me a series of more than 

 a hundred specimens, all from San Diego and vicinity, and taken on 

 dates representing every month from the middle of February to the 

 latter part of August. The range in color shown was from a pale 

 ochreous in the late specimens, to the dark ochreous-gray of the early 

 specimens, the typical color of subpiiiictata being prevalent from the 

 last of May on, through June, July, and August. It was this fact 

 that led me to describe this form and give it a name. In size vcnia- 

 laria ranges much larger than subpunctata, this range corresponding 

 with the range in color. Subpunctata also seems to prefer the higher 

 altitudes, being rarely taken in San Diego proper, while vernalaria 

 appears to be confined exclusively to the region close to sea level. 



Phengommataea edwardsata berkleyata new subspecies. 



Wing expense 39 mm. 



Antenna scaled outwardly and tinged with brownish, naked and yellowish 

 inwardly. Palpi cream white, darkened on second and third members with 

 brownish. 



