is a iiiarUcd variety; liiclwo dark l)aii(ls on liic I'ore wind's liciiiir obsolrif, 

 hilt th(^ discal dot is present, and a dark reddish-hrown, hroad, siiinoiis .shade 

 rcphices tlie dark snioke-eolored slunh' in the normal specimen: otherwise the 

 two specimens do not diU'er. 



PiiAsiAXF. .MKADiATA Packard I'latc 10, flir. 2. 



I'lidniinn' midilintu I'jU'U., Sixtli K'l'ii. I'cali. Acail. Sc. 17. 1H71. 



1 S. — This is M'ly closely allied to the Muidpean /'. rijijx'itaria Dnp., 

 the style ol markings heing identical. Body and wings carneous-grav. Fore 

 wuigs with light and daik streaks on extreme edge, cspcH-ially murk(>(] oppo- 

 site the lines. 'l\vo hroad. conspicnoiis, dark lines not rea<diing the subcostal 

 vein: the inner sliirhtly curved, disappeariiii;' in t he middle (d' t lie discal s|)ace; 

 the outer sinuous, endiiiy on the last subcostal venule, shaded broadly l)eyoiKl 

 with l)rowii. Discal (h)t rather large, taint. Hind wings concolorous with 

 lore wings: a iiiint discal dot, and beyond a reddish-brown lin(\ which disap- 

 ])ears op|)osite the dot. Ijeneath, mort; tawny-reddish than above, both wings 

 mottled with tawny and pale ash, veins tawny-reddish, the discal dots inoro 

 conspicuous than above, and the two lines on H)re wings very Iiiint. No lines 

 cm hind wings. 



Length of body, ,i , 4.5; of tore wing, <?, 0.55; expanse of wings, 1.10 

 inches. 



Denver, Colo., June 1 (T. L. Mead). 



I'his ditlers from all tiie other s])ecies by the two bhudiish, shortened, 

 sinuous lines, the outer one shaded externally, and in the l)ody and wings 

 being tlesh-colored, almost reddish, with a Iiiint vermilion tiuire. Idie fore 

 wings are rather short. The antenna' are densely ciliated. 



Tlu^ artist has made the line on the hind ^\illgs simious; it should be 

 nearly straight. 



PlIASIAXE MELLISTRIGATA Giote. i'hlte 10, fig. 3. 

 rUasianc mcllislrignlu (iroto, Hull, liuli'alo Soc. Nat, Sc, 12, 1>1. 1, lig. 11, 9 , 1S~:>- 



2 J — Of the usual Ibrni of the genus, the apc^x of the anterior pair of 

 wings moderately oiitiise. Ijody and wings mouse-colored, slightly paler 

 than in the other species. Fore wimrs with the inner line at the usual dis- 

 tance from the base, very slightly curved, pale tawny-brown, a narrow yel- 

 lowish edging within. The outer line makes oiu; well-marked curve, reach- 



