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discal dot; t. p. line marked at costa by a strong triangular blotch, the apex of 

 which is strongly bent upward and drawn out to a point just above vein 6 where 

 it forms a sharp angle and proceeds as a fine slightly waved line parallel to 

 the outer margin of wing; terminal area somewhat deeper in shade than re- 

 mainder of wing; fringes smoky with pale basal line; secondaries similar to 

 primaries in color with faint discal dot and traces of a curved postmedian line 

 and fairly well checkered fringes. Beneath primaries smoky, somewhat white- 

 sprinkled in median area, secondaries whitish, heavily and finely sprinkled with 

 smoky brown and with small black discal dot ; fringes as above. Expanse 22-25 

 mm. 



Habitat: Chiricahua Mts., Arizona (Aug.); Paradise, Ariz.; Huachuca 

 Mts., Ariz. 3 $ , A 9 . Types, Coll. Barnes. 



Belongs in the calif orniata group, but is distinguished from this 

 species by the strongly bent t. p. line at costa without any thickening at 

 vein 4 or subterminal blotches. The 9 's show a broad darker mar- 

 ginal area on the underside with paler, heavily sprinkled basal region. 

 Some $ 's show a paler median area sprinkled over with dark speckles 

 giving a much more contrasted effect than in the normal form; in 

 the 9 's at times the whole basal area to t. p. line is whitish ; the species 

 also occurs at Jemez Spgs., N. Mex. 



Phasiane dislocaria malefactaria var. nov. (PI. XXIII, Figs. 2, 



3). 



Typical dislocaria, described from Waco, Texas, is characterized 

 by its rather deep smoky-brown color with prominent ochreous veins 

 and distinct cross-lines on secondaries besides the three lines on primar- 

 ies ; the pectinate $ antennae led Hulst to place the species in Alcis 

 but we imagine its real affinities are with the respcrsata group of what 

 Hulst calls Sciagraphia but for which we prefer the generic term 

 Phasiane. We have a race from Arizona in which the ground color 

 is much paler, varying from dark to very light gray, with the yellow 

 veining less prominent and a tendency in the lines to become obsolete 

 on the primaries ; on the secondaries the lines are entirely lacking. We 

 propose the name malefactaria for this race, our types being 1 $ , 

 1 9 from Paradise, Cochise Co., Arizona ; we have also 3 $ 's from 

 Redington, Ariz, and Babaquivera Mts., Ariz, which we have made 

 Paratypes. 



Phasiane (sciagraphia) ponderosa sp. nov. (PL XXIII, Figs. 7, 8) 



Primaries rather even dark gray crossed by two heavy black lines ; t. a. 

 line almost perpendicular, slightly bent inward toward inner margin ; t. p. line 

 bent outward below costa, at times angled rather sharply, then strongly sinuate 



