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Telphusa baldiana, n. sp. 



Labia! palpi whitish, heavily sprinkled with fuscous and black scales espe- 

 cially on outer surface; terminal joint with an ill defined broad black annula- 

 tion around the middle and another just before the tip. Face whitish. Head 

 and thorax light fuscous, each scale tipped with white. Forewings bluish white, 

 overlaid with fuscous, black and brown scales; a rather well defined outwardly 

 oblique fasciae of black raised scales from near the base of costa to basal fourth 

 of dorsum; an ill defined light fuscous spot on the middle of costa; an ill de- 

 fined transverse shade of fuscous over the end of the cell, edged exteriorly by a 

 narrow nearly unniottled white fascia; at the end of the cell a short transverse 

 streak of black and brown raised scales, tip of the wing well overlaid with fus- 

 cous; a short longitudinal black line on the end of veins 5 and 6. Cilia light 

 fuscous. Abdomen light ochreous fuscous. Legs light ochreous with ill defined 

 fuscous bars and annulations. 



Alar expanse : 19-21 mm. 



Habitat : Camp Baldy, San Bernardino Co., California. 



Type and cotypcs in Collection Barnes; cotypes in U. -S. Nationrd Museum 

 (No. 22653). 



The largest described North American species of the genus and 

 easily distinguished by the deep black basal fascia. 



Aristotelia monilella, n. sp. 



Labial palpi white, second joint with an indistinct brown annulation near 

 the tip, terminal joint with two broad, blackish brown annulations. Face, head 

 and collar yellowish white. Thorax golden brown. Forewings light golden 

 brown; at basal fourth an outwardly oblique white transverse streak, attenu- 

 ated towards dorsum and not quite reaching the dorsal edge; on the middle of 

 the costa is an equilateral triangular white spot and at apical fourth an in- 

 wardly directed triangular white spot; all of these white spots are marginal 

 and continued across the wing by black and metallic blue scales and terminate 

 on the dorsal edge in small white spots; apical and terminal edges broadly 

 velvety black with conspicuous tufts of metallic blue scales around the margin. 

 Cilia dark brown with white tips. Underside of both wings brown and both 

 with a large white spot at apical fourth. Abdomen black, each joint tipped with 

 silvery white. Legs dark brown with white bars and tarsal annulations. 



Alar expanse : 12-13 mm. 



Habitat: Southern Pines, North Carolina. 



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

 (No. 22654). 



Very close to Aristotelia clegantella Chambers and to A. argeiiti- 

 fera Busck and rivalling them in exquisite beauty, but easily distin- 

 guished from either by the different pattern. 



