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OcilYRIA UUimO-SUFFUSATA Pilckiinl. I'hiic P<, fiir. C,\. 

 Cidnria riiliro-snff'ii.iitla Pack., rmc. Boat. S(ic. Nat. Hist., xiii, Idv!, ISil. 



4 c? ai'd '2 9. — In this inlcrcsling sjiecies, the pnlpi arc ratlicr .^lioii and 

 bliinl, haiiT : llic I'ldiil licinii- nniisiially hairy, tlie fscalcs staudiiij,' up more 

 tlian iKsiial. IJixly and anicnna' Itlack, with scattered white scaler. Tlie lore 

 wings slightly snil'n.sed with red as a gi'onnd-color; tln^ iiind wings clear l)rick- 

 rcd. r^)r<' wings thickly covered with daik hands; l)aso of wini^ hiackisli, 

 succeeded hy a narrow rcddisli-ln'ow n line, slightl}' cnrved ; heyond i.s a dark 

 hand, scarcely carved, and sneeeedr<l hy a salnion-eolored hand, with a dark, 

 thicad-hki' line running"- jusl j(cy(Mid its middle; the middle of the wing is 

 hlackish, with three hlack, wavy hues rnnning through it; the discal dot 

 ronuil and hlack, heini: situated lu'arly on the innermost of tln^ three; this 

 l)road dai-k hand is more curved on its inner side in the male than in the 

 lenude, and is narrower; the outer edire is sinuate, with a d(Mitale projection 

 on the first median space; lieyond this hand is a clear, dull, salmon-colored 

 band, with a wavy, dusky line running through it, while tin; edge of the wing 

 is (lull-hi-own ; ;i marginal row of l)]ack, suhtriangular spots; fringe hrowu at 

 base; heyond, obscurely check(M-ed with reddish and dusky spots. Hind 

 wings hrick-ird ; about si.\ short, line, wavy lines on the inner edge, disap- 

 ])earing in the middle of the wing; a very distinct row of Idaek, marginal, 

 intervenular spots, and fringe as on l()re wings. Under side of b(;th wings 

 red; bind wings deeper red than fore ])air, crossed by line, l)!ack, interruptt^d 

 lines, three on each wing; discal dots black, and costa of fore wings with 

 about seven l)lack dots, the subaj)ical one largest; base of fore wings crossed 

 by two dark lines, Ibrming three black circles; fringe as above, hut duller. 



Length of body, 0.30; of fore wing, 0.44-0.50; expanse of wings, 1.00 

 inch. 



Nevada (Edwards); San Mateo, Cal. (A. Agassiz, Mus. Coinp. Zool.). 



This species may at once be recognized by the brick-red hind wings 

 and under side of all the wings, the hairy front, and hluut, hairy palpi. 



In one female, the ground-color is yellowish ; the hind wings especially 

 being bright yellow. 



OciIVrjA LACTEATA, >i. ■•'p. Plate 0, fig. 2. 



1 9. This Ijeantifnl little species, in the shape of the wing.s, especially 

 in the acute hind wings, closely resembles O. nihro-suffunnia ; the outer edge 



