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and very widely separated as in S. Hastingsii from the oblong 

 discal spot. 



I . Summit Station, Sier. Nev. California. 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



Syneda ADUMBRATA. Behr. 



n. var. Saxea. Hy. Edzv. 



Much smaller than the typical form, and differing also in 

 having the primaries of a reddish tint, and the submarginal pale 

 band proportionately narrower. The discal patch of secondaries, 

 too, is nearly always separate from the waved submarginal band, 

 and not connected with it as in the allied form, while the under- 

 side is of a richer orange, with the markings heavier and more 

 distinct. 



Exp. wings, 1.45 inch. S. Adiunbrata, 1.75 inch. 



Colorado, H. K. Morrison. Higher Sier. Nev., Hy. Edwards. 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 3(5. 4?. 



Melipotis tenella. n. sp. 



c5. Primaries with the basal space grayish fawn color, darkest 

 on the costa, and terminated by a broad black line running 

 obliquely to the middle of the inner margin, straight anteriorly,, 

 and slightly sinuate behind. A wide fawn colored median space, 

 twice as broad on the costa as on the internal margin. Behind 

 this, resting on the costa, is a large whitish patch, shading into 

 fawn color, and surrounded outwardly by a deep brown shade. 

 This white patch has a deep tooth about the middle, and encloses 

 a dark-brown linear mark at its junction with the fawn-colored 

 median band. Posterior margin of the wing light grey, dotted 

 with brown scales. Fringe, greyish brown, except the apex, which 

 is white. Secondaries pure white, with a marginal band of black, 

 passing into a narrow waved line on the anal angle, and with a 

 very faint black discal dot. Fringe, broad, white. Underside clear 

 white, with slightly opalescent tint. Primaries with an imperfect 

 submarginal blackish band, and a central one, oblique, joining the 

 submarginal before it reaches the inner margin. Secondaries, 

 with very faint trace of the marginal band, but with a large sub- 

 ovate black spot near the anal angle. Thorax fawn color. Ab- 

 domen brownish gray, as are also the tibiae and tarsi. 



<5. Similar to the ?., but the secondaries are dusky, with the 

 marginal band a little wider. 



Exp. wings, 1.40 inch. 



N, W., Texas. J. BolL 



Types. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



Synedoida Sabulosa, n. sp. 



Primaries, dusky brown. Basal space, blackish with drab-col- 

 ored scales. Median band, stone drab, broad on the internal mar- 

 gin, turning suddenly forward on reaching the median nervule 



