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Sklido.sema JUTrRNAKiA Uiu'iiiV. I'hitc !i, lio-. 5;; 



SclidoKcmn jiitiiniaria Giien., Phal., ii, 147, pi. lo, lig. U, ltii>7. 



Walk., List Lo|). Hot. Cr. Mils., xxiv, 1029, 1862. 



Pack., Proc. Bust. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, ;in4, 1871. 

 SeMosemacttliforiiiana Fa.c]i., Pnic. Ho-st. Soc. Xat. Hist., xiii. :«)!, l'<71. 



4 S and 4 9. — In a male received Iroiii .Mr. Behreiis, tlio wincr.s are 

 clearer, tlie outer line less dislinel ; the duslu iddud near tlie inlcrnal aiitde 

 ol' llie wing is wantinif. and liie tVinge is slialitly checUereil as in (he female; 

 the hind wings are crossed on ihe nnder side by a well-marked curved hand 

 of. large hrown spots, and tlic un(l(>r sidf- is of a pah'r ashen-gray than in the 

 other specimeiit). 



The male differs from tlu" female in the fore wings ])einof clearer beyond 

 the outer broad band, and in not having the large dark patch Ix'Iow tlie middle 

 of the wing (present in the male), wliilc tlu- outer edoe of the hind wino-s 

 is clearer; Itiit it dilTers most in having the fringe checkered with white and 

 dusky-brown. A taint l)aud oti tlie under side of the liiud wings, sometimes 

 not present in either sex. A variety, originally (lescril)ed as a distinct species, 

 is raHfornixuia. It is usually pale-ash, bathed on the frihirt; and beneath 

 with reddish-])iidv; the palpi are longer and scales of front rougher thai' 

 in S. Juturuaria, otherwise it is structurally the .same, though largei-. Fore 

 wings crossed by a single curved, dilliise, dusky line, beginning on llic 

 onfer third of costa, and curving and liiding away before reaching the inner 

 edge; tliis slighth'-marked kue being more regularly curvcul than in S.jtilir 

 nana. Xo discal dot seen above. PTind wings free from markinirs, fringe 

 pinkisii, and i)oth wings beneath !)athed with reddish-pink. On fore wings, 

 a linear, small, discal dot; on iiind wings, a larger, rounded, discal dot. Xo 

 band oaliind wings, or any other markin<3:s or {\{\A<,\ scales, and on the tore 

 wings is a faint reproduction of tlie siiiirle outer line, disappearing before 

 reaching the middle of the wing. 



It mar be at once recognize<l h\ the red fringe and nnder side of wings. 



Length of body, c', 0.65-0.70; fore wing, <?, 0.7o-0..Sfi ; expanse of 

 wings, 1.60 inches. 



Alaska (Bchrens); 8anzalito, Cal. (Behrens); San Francisco, Cal. ' 

 (A. Agassiz, JIns. Coinp. Zool.). 

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