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tinge of dull fcrriisiiioiis next the anal angle of the hind wings; the female also pos- 

 sesses a few bright ferruginous or orange scales jnst beyonil the apex of the discoidal 

 cell of tlie fore wings, ami has the wliole upper surface of the wings occasionally 

 tinged in the very slightest possil)le degree with dull ferruginous; wings all edged 

 delicately with black; liind pair freiiuently witli a line of greenish pearly scales seated 

 upon tlie outer margin, from the tip of tlie lower median nervule to the anal angle; 

 basal half of the fringe blackish brown, apical half pearly white on the fore wings, 

 Interrupted at tlie nervure tips with blackish brown ; on the hind wings similar, 

 but with the white scales extensively supplanted by blackish ones. Discal dash on 

 fore wings of male of medium size, 1.9 mm. long, obovate, broadly rounded at the 

 tips, fully twice as long as broad, composed of blackish brown scales. Costal border 

 of hind wings straight or slightly rounded, its outer angle very broadly rounded, the 

 enter border rather regularly rounded (scarcely less so in the female), the projections 

 of the median nervules very slight. 



Beneath : base of the fore iriiiys, as far as tlie transverse stripe, reddish tawny 

 with a few dull slate brown scales scattered near the subcostal nervure; the parts 

 covered by the hind wings dull slate colored; beyond the transverse stripe ocliraceous, 

 a few paler scales scattered upon the upper half. The transverse stripe crosses the 

 wing subparallel to the outer border, at about two-thirds the distance from the base 

 to the outer border and consists of a narrow band of blackish, or very dark reddish 

 brown scales, sometimes bordered exteriorly, more or less distinctly, with white; it is 

 irregular in direction and varies considerably in different individuals; usually it is 

 nearly straight with an angular bend inward between the subcostal and median iier- 

 vnres ; about midway between it and the outer border is a series of blackish inter- 

 spaceal dots. Mind icings crossed in the middle by an irregular line of blackisli scales, 

 preserving a general course subparallel to the outer border, occasionally, and espec- 

 ially near the margins, bordered exteriorly with white; it starts on the costal margin 

 at about three-fifths the distance from the base and crosses the first interspace in a 

 straiglit line ; next it follows the nervure outwardly for an equal distance and then 

 crosses the next interspace at a right angle ; from here it sweeps around by a deep 

 inward curve to an equal distance outward at the upper median nervure and, having 

 crossed two interspaces at right angles to the nervures, is bent considerably inward 

 again and seeks the inner border, where, after sometimes suffering a slight outward 

 bend, it terminates at about the tip of tlie abdomen; within this median line the wing 

 is filled with blackish purple and bright cinnamon red, the former predominating 

 next the median line and upon the outer lower half and frequently bordering the 

 extremity of the cell, the whole specked with scattered very pale purplisli scales ; out- 

 side of it, broadly toward the costal, narrowly toward the inner margin, the wing is 

 ochraceons next the stripe, merging gradually into reddish tawny, with which the 

 outer margin is broadly bordered, especially next the anal angle; the whole of this 

 space is also sparsely flecked with very pale purplish scales, and contains, midway 

 between the median line and the outer border (nearer the median line on the lower 

 half) and mostly or entirely in the ochraceons space, a series of minute interspaceal 

 blackish spots, which are frequently seated upon paler ochraceons spots and normally 

 form sagittate cappings to thera ; In the middle of the excision of the inner border, at 

 the very margin, are a few wliite scales and the marginal row of white scales seen on 

 the upper surface next the anal angle is repeated beneath; the outer margin is deli- 

 cately bordered by a broken line of blackish scales; fringe of both wings very similar 

 to that of the upper surface, blackish purple at the anal angle; the excision of the 

 inner margin of the hind wings is fringed with long white hairs. Occasionally the 

 whole under surface of the wings is suflused with a purplish light. 



Abdomen covered above and at sides with purplish brown scales, mingled with some 

 pale slate brown scales next the thorax; beneath with grayisli hoary scales. Edges of 

 the notch of the upper organ of male (24 : 32) separated; the alations slightly sinuous ; 

 lower posterior angle of alations produced to a sharply pointed inconspicuous triangu- 

 lar lobe; b.asal half of upper edge of clasps a little rounded. 



