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color at apical third ; a small black dot on the fold near the base ; faint blackish 

 brown transverse striation on apical third of the wing; cilia dirty white. Hind- 

 ■\vinf;s light shiny fuscous with whitish cilia. Abdomen ochreous fuscous with 

 lit;hter underside. Legs ochreous fuscous with blackish shading e.\tcrior!y. 



Alar expanse: 16 mm. 



H.'VBiT.AT : Aweme, Manitoba, Criddle coll. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. S. National Museum 

 (No. 22645). 



A dark inconspicuous species of the Snbnh'ana group. 



Perone.\ stadi.^na, n. sp. 



Labial palpi yellowish white on the inner side, mottled with reddish brown 

 exteriorly. Face, head and thorax light reddish brown. Forewings light red- 

 dish brown with a dark brown triangle, enclosing a small triangular spot of the 

 ground color on apical tliird of costa ; a faint dark brown striation on basal 

 third of the wing; apical third rather heavily overlaid with dark brown; a small 

 black dot on the middle of the cell and a similar dot at the end of the cell, con- 

 taining a few white scales; a small black dot on the fold near base; all of these 

 black spots consist of raised scales; the extreme terminal edge of the wing 

 dusted with black; cilia light fuscous. Hindwings dark brownish fuscous with 

 yellowish cilia. Abdomen fuscous above, underside light ochreous. Legs light 

 ochreous; tarsal joints shaded exteriorly with brown. 



Alar expanse: 15-17 mm. 



H.\BITAT : Ottawa, Canada. C. H. Young coll. 



Type and cotypes in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. S. National Museum 

 (No. 22646). 



Apparently a not very variable species, near P. viburnana Clem- 

 ens in color, but smaller and witli the costal triangle less extensive. 



