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Exp. wings, 20 m.m. 



I S • Sier. Nevada, Calif. (T. L. Mead.) 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



Pyrrhotaenia Meadii. n. sp. 



Greenish black, with metallic reflection. Base of forewings 

 half way along internal margin, base of hind wings half way 

 along abdominal margin, and the basal half of both wings be- 

 neath, fiery red. Palpi beneath, sides of pectus, fourth, sixth, 

 seventh abdominal segments, middle and under side of caudal 

 tuft, also bright fiery red. Femora and tarsi greenish black. 

 Tibiae dark orange, greenish black at both the extremities. 



Exp. wings, 20 m.m, 



3 S . Lake Tahoe, Califor. (T, L, Mead.) 



Types. Coll, Hy, Edwards, 



Two of these examples have a much more greenish hue than 

 the other, and one of them has a small vitreous dash on the fore- 

 wings, I do not, however, regard them as specifically distinct. 

 I have dedicated the species to my friend, Mr, Mead, who has 

 so frequently added rare species to my collection. 



Pyrrhotaenia Orthocarpi. n. sp. 



Nearly allied to P. Meadii. The forewings, however, are 

 rather pale sage-green, reddish orange at their base, and for half 

 way along the internal margin. The linear space vitreous before 

 the cell in P. Meadii is here filled in with shining silvery scales, as 

 is also the small space behind the cell. Held opposite to the 

 light, these spaces appear to be transparent, but viewed obliquely 

 they are quite opaque. The hind wings have their base, and 

 about one-half their abdominal margin stained with reddish 

 orange, the rest of the margin, golden brown. Antennae blacky 

 palpi dark orange, with the terminal joint, black. Fore femora 

 dusky orange. Middle and hind femora, and fore tibiae and tarsi 

 dusky. Middle and hind tibiae and tarsi orange, the former 

 banded with black at the base of the spurs. Thorax and abdo- 

 men golden green, the former with the sides reddish orange. 

 The abdomen has the fifth and anal segments broadly reddish 

 orange above, the whole of the segments beneath being bordered 

 posteriorly with the same color. Caudal tuft, reddish orange^ 

 greenish black at the sides. 



Exp, wings, 20 m.m, 



1$ . I ? . On Orthocarpiis luteus. Nutt, Washoe Lake, 

 Nevada, (H, E.) 



Types Coll, Hy. Edwards. 



Pyrrhotaenia Texana. n. sp. 



Fore wings dark bronze-green, yellowish at base, along inter- 

 nal margin, and with a sub-linear vitreous space not reaching to 

 the base of the wing, Discal mark black. Beyond this an 

 orange patch, composed of three streaks, following the course of 



