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domen with second and fourth segments narrowly banded pos- 

 teriorly with very pale yellow. Caudal tuft brownish, the tip 

 yellow beneath. Palpi, pectus, fore coxae, base of tibiae and tarsi 

 pale dull yellow. Femora brownish black. Tibiae broadly 

 banded with black at the joints. Tarsi speckled with black. 



Exp. wings, 15 m.m. 



I $. Olympia, Washington Ter. (H. E.) <' 7 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



^GERiA Imperfecta, n. sp. 



Fore wings golden purple, the golden shades being chiefly 

 along the base of internal margin and the intronervular spaces. 

 The usual vitreous space behind the discal mark is here almost 

 obsolete, its position being covered with scales. Fringes golden 

 brown. Beneath, the wings have a most brilliant opalescent 

 tint, with the colors and markings of the upper side repeated. 

 Head and antennae dull black. Thorax with narrow basal, but 

 no lateral lines. Abdomen with first, second, third and sixth 

 segments very narrowly banded behind with pale yellow. The 

 fourth segment has a wide band, reaching beneath the abdomen, 

 which the others fail to do. Caudal tuft brassy black, yellow at 

 the sides. Palpi blackish beneath, yellow at the tips. Coxae 

 and femora blackish. Tibiae and tarsi yellow, the former banded 

 at the joints. 



Exp. wings, 13 m.m. 



1 $. Colorado. (Morrison.) 

 Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



^GERIA HEMIZONL-E n. sp. " it.A-''itt - 



Fore wings rich golden brown with purplish reflection. All 

 the borders- are broad, leaving in consequence a small transparent 

 space. The veins of the posterior margin are distinctly black- 

 Discal mark purple black, orange posteriorly, with golden reflec. 

 tion. Hind wings with margins golden. Fringes of both wings 

 golden brown. Head black, with several shining pale blue scales 

 in front. Antennae dull black. Thorax with the collar, tegulae 

 and base lemon yellow. Abdomen with all the segments banded 

 posteriorly with deep lemon yellow, the bands on first and third 

 being the narrowest. Caudal tuft deep lemon yellow, with the 

 centre blackish. Beneath, the whole of the margins of the wings 

 are bright deep golden, the discal mark of fore wings reddish 

 orange. Palpi, fore coxae and tibiae lemon yellow, the latter 

 banded with brown at the junction of the tarsi. The abdomen 

 has all the segments beneath very narrowly banded posteriorly 

 with pale yellow. 



Exp. wings, 18 m.m. 



2 (J I ? . Nevada. Qvs. Hemisonia liizulifolia. D. C. (H. E.) 

 Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



^GERIA SENECIODES. n. sp. 



Allied to the preceding species, but larger, with the internal 



