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Fore wings, dull olive ochreous at base and foi on( third the space of wings, then a 

 purple brown band, slightly curved outward on inner side, with two deep sinuses on 

 outer side; beyond rusty ochreous with a purple brown wavy denl line at 



middle of space; a purple In-own subrnarginal band, and a line of almost coalescing 

 spots of same color, somewhat darker, rounded outwardly, just within margin. Hind 

 wings olive ochreous washed with purple on inner third and rusty red outwardly, 

 the purplish being most distinct on outer part of first and third, and forming an indis- 

 tinct continuation of band on fore wings. Margin narrowly purplish brown. Be- 

 neath purplish ochreous, fringe purple, outer lines faintly evident, a.^ also hand on 

 fore wings and discal spot on hind wings. 



ij\ Mo. Coll. Mrs. C. H. Fernald. 



Acidalia dataria, sp. nov. Expands 18 mm. Palpi and front snuff ochri 

 thorax and wings light ochreous washed with snuff color; abdomen somewhat 

 lighter: wings somewhat speckled with black scales, and with one broad even dark 

 brown line in mid lie. A basal line of black points and also an outer one, the basal 

 sometimes joined by a tine line, these lines present and continuous on the hind wings; 

 a line of marginal black points also present on all wings; discal spots small, light 

 ochreous, annulate with dark brown. Beneath light ochreous, the outer line of 

 points showing, and joined in a fine dentate line. 



2^J\ i$, Cal , Coll. Neumoegen, Hulst. 

 Acidalia ancellata sp. nov. Expands 24 mm. Palpi ochreous, black at tip; 

 front black; vertex, thorax, abdomen and wings light cinereous, abdomen somewhat 

 annulate with dark gray. The wings are finely speckled with black points, giving a 

 smoky cast to the wings; fore wings marked with three distinct lines, basal, extra 

 discal and outer; the basal bent, the others oblique, straight, wavy, a little nearer to- 

 gether at costa than at inner margin; all lines are fuscous black, inclining to an 

 ochreous tint sometimes; the outer one is very distinct ami is heaviest. There are 

 also subrnarginal clouded lines, wavy, and a line of marginal black spots, generally 

 Very sharp and distinct; discal >p*ots black, distinct. Hind wings as fore wings ex- 

 cept that the basal line is wanting. Beneath white, lines distinct; the surface, espe- 

 cially on the basal half, washed with smoky fuscous almost or quite covering the sur- 

 face on the front wings. Legs cinereous blackish in front on fore and middle, all be 

 ruining sooty ochreous on tarsi. 



2 cT' 3 9' Sierra Nevada Mts. , Cal. Ariz. 



Close to A. qiiinquelineaia to which in direction the lines verv much 

 correspond. But the wings are very much more pointed at apex, much 

 more extended, much less rounded on outer margin. 



Acidalia elimaria, sp. nov. Expands 31 mm. Tongue ochreous, palpi, head, 

 body, and wings, pure white, wings rather silken and glistening; antennae dark' fus- 

 cous very strongly pectinated; the fore wings are crossed by three fuscous lines, the 

 two inner oblique, straight, the outer parallel with outer margin, none reaching costa; 

 a faint subrnarginal line; margin narrowly fuscous. Hind wings without the basal 

 line, middle line straight, outer slightly rounded, subrnarginal line distinct, n 

 fuscous. Beneath white, with lines faintly showing; margin fuscous, costa speckled 

 with black. Fore and middle tibiae and tarsi fuscous or fuscous cinereous, hind legs 

 with tibiae very long not very much swollen. 



4^, Col. Coll. Hulst. Near to A. ordinata Walk., differing in the 



