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and a smaller patch before apex ; below costa, from base to inner third, is a streak 

 of pale ochreous. Cilia whitish-gray, speckled with black : the black dots are 

 concentrated at the ends of the veins. 



Hind wing: light pinkish-gray; cilia paler, with a darker basal line, underside 

 the same. Underside forewing smoky fuscous, with a narrow edging of pale yel- 

 low on costa; cilia leaden-metallic. 



Twenty-three specimens: Carmel by the Sea, Monterey Co., Cal., 

 April, and San Luis Obispo, Cal., March, by Arthur H. Vachell. 



'Phaloiiia carmelana var. obispoaiia var. nov. 

 I have a number of sjjecimens similar to the above, excepting that 

 the brown dorsal and other brown shades are entirely wanting, and 

 in some specimens the black dots are nearly obsolete. I am inclined 

 to think this is a good species, which the discovery of the food plant 

 and breeding will determine. 



Fourteen specimens : San Luis Obispo, Cal., March, collected by 

 A. H. Vachell. 



Plial<»iiii« wi!«cana sp. nov. 



Expanse 17.5 mm. 



Head : hoary white, collar faintly tinged with yellow; palpi grayish-white in- 

 side, ochreous-biown outside; antenna yellowish-gray; thorax grayish-white, 

 speckled with fuscous; abdomen grayish-fuscous; legs yellowish-white, dusted 

 and banded with blackish-brown. 



Forewing: creamy-white, more or less mottled with light wood brown. The 

 basal area is almost uniformly cream-while ; its outer edge extends from inner 

 fourth of dorsum to middle of costa. It is very faintly strigulated with pale fus- 

 cous, with a darker shade of same color in inner fourth of costa. This is succeeded 

 by a narrow light brown fascia with irregular edges, broadest on dorsum, and 

 ending beyond middle of costa with a darker spot. Beyond this is an irregular 

 creamy-white and mottled fascia, extending on costa to outer fourth and below 

 middle of wing, dividing and sending one fork to middle of dorsum and one to 

 anal angle. The forks enclose a triangular mottled gray-brown dorsal patch. 

 From the costa a narrow curved cream-white band leaves the fascia, reaching 

 termen below middle and follows it to anal angle, where it joins the outer fork 

 of the fascia. It encloses a large oval patch, gray-brown, containing a few black 

 scales in upper end. Beyond the upper half of this curved band, and outlining 

 the apex, is a curved narrow band of brown and black from outer fifth of costa 

 to middle of termen. This is the most conspicuous mark on the wing. Beyond 

 it is a narrow band of cream-white, mottled with pink, outside of which are short 

 brown lines in apex. Cilia whitish towards base and yellowish outwardly, divided 

 by a light fuscous line and marked with fuscous spots at end of each vein. 



Hind wing and underside forewing smoky fuscous; underside hindwing yel- 

 lowish-gray, mottled with light fuscous-brown on upper half and before termen. 



One specimen : Milwaukee Co., Wis., F. R. collector, from Dr. 



Dietz's collection. 



TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. MABCH, 1907. 



