PLATYPTILUS. 9 



tali, margine apicali et ciliis hrunneis ; posticis 

 brimneis, ciliis digiti tertii squamis fusco-hrun- 

 neis apud medium marginis dorsalis ornatis. 



Head and palpi pale brown ; the antennee spotted 

 above with brown and whitish. 



Fore wings pale brown, with very pale fawn-coloured 

 diffused blotches, one above the base of the 

 fissure reaching to the costa, another below the 

 costal triangle, and another at the base of the 

 dorsal margin; a pale line runs parallel to the 

 apical margin; beyond this line the apical 

 margin is shaded with brown, a pale line running 

 along the base of the cilia, which are brown, 

 except within the fissure and before the anal 

 angle ; a small dot of brownish-fuscous scales 

 lies beyond the middle of the dorsal margin at 

 the commencement of the dorsal cilia. 



Hind wings brown, the third lobe slightly paler 

 towards the base and ornamented with a spot of 

 brownish-fuscous scales in the cilia on its dorsal 

 margin. 



Legs slender, whitish fawn, slightly thickened and 

 touched with brown at all the joints ; the spurs 

 pale. 



Abdomen brownish, paler at the base. 



Expanse 22 millims. 



Hatchet Creek, Shasta County, California, July 

 14th, 1871. 



This species is allied to P. zetterstedtii and P. 

 cardui; but the fore wings are shorter, the apex less 



