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Tkphrosia falcatak-ia I'iickanl. Pl;itc IJ, fig. 67. 



Tiphrosia falcalaria Pack., Bost. Soo. Nat. Hist., x\ i, :!;,', pi. 1, lijr. io, 1^7.1. 



1 i . — This species has remarkably falcate wings, the lip ol' liir fore wings 

 being acute, the costa l)eing more l)cnl down al Ihc tip, and Ihr outer udye 

 excavated much deeper than usual; the costal area is wider, licuee the liuir 

 subcostal venules are shorter than usual, but their mode of i)ranching oft' is 

 the same. Anteniue well pectinated, dark brown, as usual, contrasting with 

 the rest of the body. Head, thorax, and iiDre wings })ale reddish fawn-color; 

 hind wings and abdomen much paler, much more whitish than in the other 

 species. Fore wings very uniformly reddish fawn, with no conspicuous l)ands 

 or rows of spots, and remarkably few scattered dark scales, the wings in all 

 the other species known to me being more or less densely dusted. Discal dot 

 small, black; a sui)marginal row of about six obscure dusky spots, arranged in 

 a straight line parallel to the outer edge. A marginal seri(;s of black venular 

 points. Fringe deeper reddish than wing itself. Hind wings almost whitish 

 fawn, unusually clear, with a few faint, scattered, dark scales; a dark discal dot; 

 fringe reddish, concolorous with that on fore wings; no other markings on 

 the wing. Beneath, both wings alike, a little less pale than hind wings behind, 

 but tinged with reddish on the edges, and more speckled. Discal dot and 

 marginal row of dots as above. Fringe darker than rest of wings. Hind 

 wings a little more dusted than primaries. Discal dot much larger and more 

 conspicuous than above. Abdomen not spotted. 



Length of body, 0.50; fore wing, O.fU; expanse of wings, 1.30 inches. 



California (Edwards). 



It may be known by its unusually falcate primaries, its clear wings free 

 from the usual bands and scales, and 1)y its reddish hue. 



Tephrosia anticahia Walk(;r. Plate 11, fiij. 12. 



Tephrosia anticaria W;ilk., List Lep. Hot. Br. Mns., xxi, 404, 1860. 

 Tephrosia suhviuraria Walk., List Lep. llet. Br. SIu.s., xxi, 40G, 1860. 



3 S and 3 9 — Of medium size, with the apex of the wings subrectan- 

 gular and the outer edge less oblique than usual. Dull ash-gray ; both wings 

 of the same hue. Head brown in front, with a white hair-streak on (he ante- 

 rior edge; vertex dull a.sh-gray ; male antenna' ciliated. Fore wings with 

 three black lieavy lines more or les.-; broken up into spots; (hey arc regularly 



