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russet; I)eyi)ii(l, ;i i)n);i(l. pale, zij^ziiii l>iiii(l. witli IiiIcdiis scales on tlie veins, 

 es])ecially on the costa, and on llie inleinal vein I lie haml is hroadiv indenfcd 

 on the inner sid(^ in the median spaee ; i)eyond, a i)r()ad, russet, dark-brown 

 hand ol" unusual width, hlaekish on eaeh side, its inner edge siiuiate, dentate, 

 its outer with three hirge, mesial, triaiiirular teeth, thence going nearly straight 

 to the costa, with a broad, aiiruplly acute, mesial tooth; a dark, indistinct, 

 discal dot; on the costa are luteous scales, as also a dilliise luteous area below 

 the first median vein, with dark ringlets; a sulniiarginal row ol' aentelv 

 triangular while spots enclosing linear. Innate, brown spots, which become 

 acutely triangular toward the costa: IVom the third sjiot I'rom the costa pro- 

 ceeds a oncfvangulated line to the apex, below w liich th(_' margin is unusuallv 

 dark; tringe with ochreous scales externally, and two rows oi dark, acutely 

 zigzag lines, i)or(lered externally with white; li-inge dark-brown; beneath, 

 the discal dots very distinct; costa ochreous; an outer dark line, which 

 becomes obsolete toward the inner edge; an apical dark patch. Hind wings 

 dusted thickly with brown scales; vc'inlets ochreous; I'rinye dusky, spotted 

 with l)rown. and a Itrown spot on the inner edge between the end of the 

 fringe and line. 



Length ot" body, 0.44; <jt" tore wing, O.dO-O.TO; exjjanse of wings, l..':50- 

 1.50 inches. 



Labrador (Packard) ; summit of Mount Washington, New Hamjishire, 

 August 6 (Sanborn, Hcndder, Morrison); Grand (Jnlf, Mount Washington, 

 New Hampshire, August 25 (Shurtleti') ; Mount i\l.adison, New Hampshire, 

 September 1 (Scudder). 



Var. nuhilata Pack. — Mountains of Colorado, July liJ, September 8 

 (Lieutenant Carpenter) ; Denver City, Col., June 1 (T. L. Mead); Colorado 

 (Ridings); American Fork Canon, Ttah, al)()ut 8,()()0 feet elevation, among 

 firs on sides of a mountain, July 22 (Packard, Haydcni's U. S. Survey); Cali- 

 fornia (H. Edwards); California, Octoi)er 21 (Mead); San Francisco, Cal. 

 (Crotch, Mus. Comp. Zcx'il.) ; Victoria, \'ancouver Island, July (Crotch, Mas. 

 Comp. Zool.). 



The unusual brown spe(d\S beneath on the hiiul wings, and brown s])ofs 

 on the inner angle of the hind wings, and the brown, ochreous, rusty wings, 

 besides the row of triangles of white, enclosing lunules and triangles of brown, 

 will readily distinguish it. It does not differ from JMiropean specimens. 



