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]).;lc r('(l<lisli-l)n)\vii. AI)(I(!mcii p;il('-ij:niy, willi a pair of divergiii^ palr-l)i()\vii 

 t:puts on each al^doiniinil i'iiii{. Foi'c wings with eleven costal dai'k niaiks, 

 Ijcini^ the tcrmiunlion of as many lines cmssinfi; llic win^ willi varviniir degrees 

 of distinctness ; two dark wavy lines near tlie base of (he wing, (he outer one 

 bordered externally with white; then succeeds a pale-hrownish band, with a 

 few black dots, composing an obsolete line, hut well nuiiked on the eosia; 

 Ijeyond, a row ef white spots, l)eyond which is a Ijread ash band, like one just 

 beyond the discal dot; tlfe latter is distinct, oval, black, and situated in a 

 band of clear gray, bordered with scalloped darlv lines; beyond the extra- 

 discal, broad, reddisij-brown l)and is a I'ow of white spots, succeeded l)y two 

 rows of minute black dots on a clear asli ground ; a suhmarginal, distinct, 

 white, scalloped line, and a marginal, l)rokeii, black line, consisting of two 

 intcrvenular black dots; the dots arc externally edged with scattered grou|)s 

 of reddish scales. The fringe is white, checkered with dusky. Hind wings 

 pale-ash; outer edge dusky, with a sul)marginal pale line; edge of (lie wing 

 and fringe as in fore wings; a minute, linear, discal dot. Beneath, four discal 

 dots of equal size and very distinct; both wings pale whitish-gray, witli two 

 obscure extradiscal lines, and a submarginal, dill'use, half-eiraced, dusky line 

 on both wings. 



Length of body, i, 0.40, 9, 55; fore wing, <?, 0.55, 9, 0.64; expanse 

 of wings, 1.20-1.25 inches. 



California (Edwards); Sierra Nevada, Cal. (Crotch, M. C. Z.). 



This species d'tlers very deci<ledly from any of the others iu the rather 

 narrow, whitisii, or ochreous-whitish, median line enclosing the discal dot. 

 This band is bordered on each side by a little darker band of erpial width to 

 the median, all the bands being scalloped. The general hue of the tore wings 

 is j)ale oclireous grayish-l>rown, with many black and white dots and streaks. 

 In one female, the median lir.e is almost jnire white, with line gray scales, and 

 the bands on each side are obsolete; the scallops represented by black marks 

 on tiic veins. Half-way between this and the submarginal white line is a 

 row of black dots. In another female, the fore wings are decidedly ochreous- 

 brown, with the median band much paler, and broken up into separate round 

 spots. 



