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ground. Secondaries dull red, with whitish streak at base. The 

 costal margin is also whitish. Apex shaded with dull black, contin- 

 ued around the margin to near the anal angle, where the usual mark 

 of the genus occurs. In this species, it is a waved broad line of 

 black and gray alternately, the gray line being double, the upper 

 strongly toothed. The nervures are black as they approach the 

 margin. Fringes gray, except on the abdominal margin, where 

 they are clear Avhite. Underside of wings, dull brick red at their 

 base, brownish towards the extremities, the margin speckled 

 with black and white, and the whole surface mottled with brown 

 scales. 



Exp. wings. 66 m. m. Length of body. 38 m. m. 



N. W. Texas. J. Boll. Type. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



Allied to D. melancJioHca, but the wings and abdomen are 

 blacker, the marginal band of secondaries less distinct, and the 

 anal spot more gray in color. 



FAM. BOMBYCID^. 



LiMACODES RUDE. n. sp. 



Fawn color, with black irrorations. A submarginal stripe of 

 darker color, (pale brow.n) parallel with the posterior margin, and 

 an oblique stripe of same color reaching from the middle of the 

 costa to near the base of internal margin, the space enclosed by 

 these lines being rather darker than the rest of the wing. Sec- 

 ondaries and underside, without markings, except the black 

 irrorations. Thorax and abdomen rather darker than the wings. 



Exp. wings. 28 m. m. Length of body. 1 1 m. m. 



I 5 "Maryland." 



Type. Coll. H. Schonborn, Washington. 



LiMACODES TRIGONA. n. sp. 



Wholly pale fawn color, except at the base of the primaries, 

 where is a clear white, rather large, almost rectangular spot, the 

 edges of which are shaded with pale chestnut brown. The apex 

 of the angle is directed towards the costal edge of the wing. 

 There is also a trace of a darker shade on the apical portion of 

 the posterior margin. Underside entirely pale fawn drab. 



Exp. winds. 30 m. m. Length of body 14. m. m. 



I <5 Prescott, Arizona. L Doll. 



Type. Coll, B, Neumoegen. 



Artaxa INGENITA. n. sp. 



Primaries deep yellow, inclining to orange, but not very 

 bright in tint. Secondaries two shades deeper in color. Thorax^ 

 abdomen and legs concolorous. Under side of rather a paler 

 shade. There are absolutely no special markings upon any part 

 of either surface. 



Exp. of wings. 35 m. m. Length of body. 8 m. m. 



I ^ . Prescott, Arizona. L Doll. 



Type. Coll. B, Neumoegen. 



