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Friiiifc concolorous willi wiiiirs. iriml \vings concolorous with llic anterior 

 ])air, traversed l)y three e(iui(listan(, taint, dusliy lines not reaebing tiie costa. 

 Frint^e and marginal dots as in litre wings. Beneath, both wings qnite 

 nnilbrmly mottled, thougii the liind wings arc more coarsely so, with more 

 white. Venules sul)()chreous; costal region of both wings speckled with 

 orhreous. Fringe slightly checkered with dusky-brown. Legs concolorous 



with llie Ixidy. 



Leuiiili ol'l)()dy, S , O.AO; of fore wing, c?,0.05; expanse of wings, 1.45 



inches. 



Victoria, Vancouver Island, July ((.1. R. Crotch, Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



This species dillers from P. ncptata. to which it is closely allied, in the 

 head and cut of the wings, by its larger size, the sinuate outer line, and by 

 the three dusky lines on the hind wings. The under side of both wings 

 resembles closely that species. 



PiiAsiANE SUBMINIATA Packard. Plate 10, fig. (!. 



runaijra siihminiala Puck., Proc. Bo.st. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 2.i, 1874. 



1 9. — Dillers from any other species known to me by the vermilion- 

 red on the costa and veins, especially beneath; the upper side of body and 

 wings being uniform ash, tinged faintly with vermilion. Front reddish-ash, 

 dull red on orbits ; the grayish hairs i)rojectiug between the palpi well marked. 

 Palpi stout and Inishy, concolorous with the orltits, with a dark spot beneath; 

 vertex gray, like tln^ thorax. Antenna; reddish. Fore wings reddish-ash, 

 especially on the costa and veins. A linear, pale-brown, interru|)ted. curved 

 line, en<ling in a wider costal spot. Di.scal dot distinct, brown. ( )uter line 

 forming a broad sinuate shade ending just before tiie costa. Fringe concol- 

 orous with the rest of the wing, with a faint pale line just beyond the middle. 

 Hind wings a little paler than fore wings, speckled with brown scales; fringe 

 a little darker, as in fore wings. Beneath, both wings deeply tinged with 

 vermilion, especially costa of fore pair and entire hind wings; veins vermilion; 

 between them finely mari>led witii ash and brown scales. Legs tinged with 

 reddish. 



Length of body, — ? (abdomen wanting); of fore wing, ().G3 ; expanse of 

 vvin({.s, 1.30 inches. 



Goose Lake, Siskiyou County, Cal. (J. Ilolleman). 



This fine species, communicated by Mr. Holleman, to whom tin; Museum 



