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wing l)i'iiig ;i lilUc loss {alcatc. Fore wings whhr. al base, and (ravcrsed hy 

 three white zigzag lines, the basal one on the inner Courth of wing, witli a 

 hirge angle on the submedian spaee, the apex of the angle filled in witli a 

 few black scales, as also the outer side of the line (widest here) in the discal 

 space; from the submedian angle is thrown out a narrow white lin(>, running 

 through the middle of an oval ochreous patch. A longitudinal white streak 

 in the discal space, and beyond a large, lunate, transverse, white spot, the two 

 forming a very distinct exclamation-mark. Beyond, two parallel zigzag white 

 lines, the inner scalloped deeply below the first median venule; the outer is 

 curved at the apex, and with a broad angle on tlie independent vein. Fringe 

 white, checkered with dark brown. Ilind wings white, fringe white. 

 Beneath as above, but the hind wings are crossed by two irregular, rather 

 distinct and broad bands of ochreous with I^lack scales, and the base of the 

 Aving is tiiintly peppered with dark and ochreous scales. 



Length of body, 0.66 ; of fore wing, 0.82 ; exjianse of wings, 2.30 inches. 



Nevada (Edwards); Arizona (Dr. Palmer, from the Museum of the 

 Department of Agriculture at Wasliington). 



An exceedingly elegant moth, at once recognizable by the three white 

 lines, the mark of exclamation in the discal space and (he narrowly-jiectinated 

 antenna-. The specimen from Arizona is in bad condition, i)ut does not 

 seem to diller from the Nevada example. 



EUASPILATES Packard. Plate 2, iig. 2. 



This genus is intermediate in some respects between AspiliUes and 

 Stenha, with characters of its own. Tiie head is like tliat of ti/errlia, but 

 much fuller in front, with short palpi not projecting beyond the front. The 

 antennai arc j)ectinated as in S/errha, much less so tlian in Jspi/a/cs. The 

 fore wings are long, triangular, much produced toward the apex. The costa 

 sinuous, slightly curved in before the apex. The outer edge much longer 

 than in either of the two other genera, and very ol)lique. Hind wings 

 roun(l(>d, much as in Sterrlia. The venation dilfers from Slerrha and is 

 mucli as in Aspi/a(e-s. There is one subcostal cell and one subco.stal venule 

 less than in Aspilates. Two large, unequal, stout spines on tt."? base of fore 

 tibiae, wanting in Stenlm and Axpi/a/es: Legs mucli shorter and stouter 

 tlian in either of those two ifenera. 



