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definite and less pronounced ; fore wings much arched costally ; hind wings wavy, 

 produced, subangulate at vein 4. 



Colorado. 



D. siibacutH n. sp.— Expands 26-28 mm. Palpi and front fuscous ; thorax 

 and abdomen fuscous ocher, the abdomen becoming dark fuscous dorsally after 

 • the first three segments; fore wings buff ocher. uniform, evenly scattered over 

 with fuscous scales ; cross-lines fuscous, nearly straight or slightly curved, parallel 

 to each other, the middle one just within and vouching the discal spot, the outer 

 half way between the middle one and the outer margin ; hind wings bufi" ocher 

 lighter basally, with the two outer lines of fore wings continued ; all discal spots 

 present, black; all marginal lines broken, black; beneath color nearly as above, 

 uniform, the outer line alone showing; discal spots distinct; marginal lines 

 broken, black ; fore wings slightly falcate in 'J, ; hind wings somewhat wavy in 

 both sexes. 



Colorado, Nevada. 



D. cinereola n. sp.— Expands 30 mm. Palpi, front and thorax fuscous 

 gray. Abdomen the same color, more fuscous towards end ; fore wings light gray, 

 with fine striations and powderings of fuscous gray, very even, clean and smooth 

 in appearance, giving a gray, slightly bluish color; lines black, the basal faint, 

 rounded, the outer not sharply defined, bent outward from costa, inward from 

 beyond cell to vein 4, then nearly straight to inner margin, giving a gently 

 evenly curved line, much as in Macaria meadii ; hind wings even, light gray ; all 

 marginal lines black ; beneath, fore wings colored much as above, with the cross- 

 lines obsolete, the hind wings more heavily fuscous shaded and somewhat darker 

 than the fore wings. 

 Colorado. 



D. festa n. sp.— P:xpands 32 mm. Palpi, front and collar bright yellow 

 ocher, slightly tinged with fuscous; thorax light gray, glaucous with a bluish 

 shade. Abdomen light fuscous gray ; fore wings subfalcate. light gray, bluish 

 tinged, with scattered fuscous and blackish scales, more heavy outwardly, giving 

 a general fuscous bluish gray color; lines three, faint, not easily discerned, fus- 

 cous in color; the first narrow, rounded; the second broader, more diffuse, 

 rounded out from costa, nearly straight from middle of cell to inner margin ; 

 outer line evenly rounded out from costa and beyond cell at middle, parallel with 

 outer margin, lightened up outwardly, and definitely marked with black points 

 on each of the veins; all lines definite and blackish at costa; a brown subtrian- 

 "gular costal spot within apex, marginal line black, broken behind, solid and heavy 

 below apex ; hind wings nearly even fuscous gray, heavier and showing in outer 

 cross-lines ; discal spots dark ; marginal line broken black, the wing itself with 

 prominent angle at vein 4 ; beneath light gray, with more or less of scattered 

 broken fuscous ocher, this showing quite definitely in outer bands on all wings. 



One female, Colorado, taken June 6th. 



D. SiibfalcatH n. sp.— Expands 30-35 mm. Very ranch in appearance like 

 D. fenta, the body parts fuscous ocher, and the wings yellow ocher, more or less 

 overlaid with fuscous, especially on outer third; the lines are heavier, more dis- 

 tinct and darker, the middle one more even below costa, the outer one more an- 



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