129 

 Petkopiiora flavata Packard. Plate 8, fig. 55. 



Eurkiuosen Jlava-ia Tack., I'roc. Host. Sdc. N. ][., xvi, :!.'>, 1S71. 



4 (? ami "J 9. — Body and w iiiirs dcrp oclircoiis-ycllow. J'alpi hrowii on 

 tlic .>;i(l(\>< of the .second joint. Fore winirs cicar-yi'llow ; co.sta liiw n-hrown 

 al base; two cosfal luown spof.s in the middle oC the \vin<r, the imier ol)li(|ne, 

 llie outer nearly straii.dit ; no lines in the middle area of the winir; a sn:all 

 (lisical clot (sometimes \vautinii); a minute dot on the oriirin of the tliiid ov 

 lower median venule; outer ed^fe of the winir lidow the ape.x l)r()adly mar- 

 gined with fawn-l)rown to, and enclosing, llm anal angh^, the hand heing as 

 l)roa(l as th(> thorax. Hind wings coucolorons with the fore wings; a rather 

 large dark dot close to the origin of tiie first subcostal venule; a triangular 

 marginal patch just below the apex ; otherwise no markings; beneath, from 

 a large, ba.sal, costal spot jjroceeds a fine curved line across the win<r, and, 

 with u much-curved one within, tiirms a ringlet; l)eyoud the conspicuous, 

 dark, discal dot, a luoail, dilluse, pale-i)r<)wu shade crosses the wiuir, sli'ditlv 

 scalloped externally; the shaile does not connect with the outer costal spot; 

 the marginal shade is dark on the oblitpie u]iper edge, but is fainter toward 

 the anal angle than on the upper side of the wing; a faint row of dilinsc 

 small spots between this shade and the middle shade. Hind wings with a 

 very distinct discal dot; a narrow, fine, much-curved line crosses the mid<llc 

 of the wing; another sinuate line midway between this and the margin; the 

 ])art just t)elow the apex is oldong rather than triangular, as al)ove. Fringe 

 brown on l)oth wings, with darker spots on the ends of the venules IxMieatii ; 

 toward the anal angle of the secondaries the fringe becomes yellowish. The 

 two females and one male arc paler, without the marginal dark band, w hile 

 the lines below are well marked, the mah^ median shade of the primaries 

 l)eing represented by a very distinct sinuate line, with three riule ringlets on 

 the inside of the line, and the fringe- is yellowish, lu another specimen, the 

 lines are much more distinct. 



Lengthof body, J, 0.45, 9,0.40; of fore wing, <i , 0.^,0, 9,0.00; expanse 

 of wings, 1.10 inches. 



Sierra Nevada (Edwards). 



This interesting species may be known by the non-angulated yellow 

 wings, with the broad marginal shade, the sidttriangular spot on the hind 

 wing, and the large discal dots on the hind wing on the inner third of the wiug. 

 17 PH 



