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area of the claspers is deeply and triangularly excavated, leaving 

 sharp dorsal and ventral teeth or spines; in our species these spines 

 are much smaller and the triangular excavation less prominent ; the 

 harpe is also more slender and rather longer than in cognata. There 

 is considerable variation in the amount of black shading on the pri- 

 maries, a few specimens before us being very strongly suffused witli 

 this color with almost no olivaceous shading. 



CiRPHis INCOGNITA sp. nov. (PI. XVII, Figs. 6, 9). 



Head and thorax light ochreous, collar rather pinkish in color and crossed 

 by two or three dark lines, patagia with a few dark scales ; primaries ochreous, 

 sprinkled faintly with dark dots and with faint brownish lines on each side of 

 the veins and in the center of each interspace beyond the cell; the veins them- 

 selves beyond the cell are faintly white ; a dark streak extends along the median 

 vein from base of wing to t. p. line, containing a small white spot or comma 

 mark with dark central dot at lower angle of cell ; t. p. line a curved series 

 of black dots at times very well marked and joined to form a dentate line ; a 

 faint trace of the dark subapical triangular shade ; terminal line of dark dots ; 

 fringes with palish basal line. Secondaries in both sexes shiny white with 

 faint dark terminal dots, not reaching inner angle. Beneath primaries and 

 costa of secondaries pale smoky; remainder of secondaries whitish; terminal 

 dark dots to both wings. Expanse 30 mm. 



Habitat : Brownsville, Texas. 6 S , 6 9 . Types, Coll. Barnes. 



This is the species we figured in Contr. II, (1), PI. IX, Fig. 14 

 as doubtfully texana Morr. ; it having been proved by an examination 

 of the type that texana is correctly referred to ligata by Hampson it 

 remained to find a name for our Brownsville species which we have 

 been unable to do; by Hampson's keys it would fall in the neighbor- 

 hood of latiuscida H. S. but is certainly not this species, being much 

 paler in color without any ruddy tinges, with pure white secondaries 

 and of much smaller size; it would seem to be closer to punctifera 

 Moesch. which Hampson lists as a synonym of latiuscida but which 

 from the description has white secondaries. It also bears quite a 

 resemblance to the figure of cinereicollis Wlk. given by Hampson 

 (Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, PI. 93, Fig. 18) but lacks the black streak 

 below base of cell of this species. 



The 9 's are usually better marked than the $ 's, at times showing 

 traces of a punctiform t. a. line, forming a slight outward angle in sub- 

 median fold ; the genital tufting of the $ is ochreous. 



