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margin of forewings transparent below the submedian nervule,. 

 the transparent space reaching nearly to the base. The color of 

 the wings is reddish orange, without any of the purphsh tint of 

 y^g. hcinizonicv, and the caudal tuft is much wider, with the cen- 

 tre lemon yellow, sides blackish, and wholly lemon yellow beneath, 

 except the base, which is black. The abdomen beneath is very 

 broadly banded with yellow. The fore wings beneath have the 

 discal mark reddish orange and the posterior margins purplish 

 brown. 



Exp. wings, 22 m.m. 



I $. California. On Senecio Douglassii. D. C. (H. E.) 



I $. Nevada. (H.K.Morrison.) 



Types. Coll. Hy. Edwards. F. Tepper. 



^GERIA REFULGENS. n. sp. 



Very bright golden brown. The fore wings very narrow, 

 costal edge brown. Discal mark brown in front, reddish orange 

 behind. Vitreous space small, linear. Fringes of both wings 

 golden brown. Beneath the wings are brighter than above, the 

 intronervular spaces being bright golden orange. Head and 

 antennae black. Thorax black, with very narrow golden yellow 

 streak at sides, and a broader one at the base. Abdomen black, 

 second, fourth and sixth segments banded behind with golden 

 yellow. Caudal tuft black, golden yellow at the sides. Palpi, 

 tibise, coxae and tarsi golden yellow, the tibiae black at the joints. 



Exp. wings, 19 m.m. 



I 5. Georgia. (Morrison.) 



Type. Coll. F. Tepper. 



^GERIA OpALESCENS. n. Sp. 



Steel blue, the fore wings with the opaque spaces greenish 

 black, the vitreous spaces very opalescent, with a few silvery 

 scales. Hind wings with bright opalescent reflection. Fringes 

 of both wings purplish black. Beneath, the silvery scales of fore 

 wings are much more numerous, extending over the whole 

 vitreous surface. Head, palpi and antennae deep jet black. 

 Thorax concolorous with fore wings. Abdomen dark steel blue. 

 The whole of the under surface greenish black, the tibiae having 

 at their base a tuft of whitish hairs. Spurs whitish, speckled 

 with black. 



Exp. wings, 28 m.m. 



3 t . Virginia City, Nevada. (H. E.) 



I ? . Colorado. (Morrison.) 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



^GERIA Novaroensis. Behrens. M. S. 



^ . Head, palpi, collar, tegulae, large spot on disk of thorax 

 and one at base, rich orange red. Abdomen blue black, with six 

 orange red bands above, and wholly orange red beneath. Caudal 

 tuft wholly orange red. The tibiae and tarsi are the same rich 



