208 JOHN B. SMITH. 



what according to the angle of vision. The darkest part of the wing is at the 

 base, extending along the costal region to the apex, and then along the fringes to 

 the hind angle; the lightest part is in the cell on each side of the reniform. 

 Basal line smoky, diffuse, from the basal third of costa, a little curved inwardly 

 to reach the inner margin well within its basal third. T. p. line smoky, diffuse, 

 followed by a paler shading, evenly outcurved over the cell and a little incurved 

 below. No. s. t. line. Fringes blackish at base, tipped with white. Orbicular 

 wanting. Eeniform large, oval, iudefined, smoky. Secondaries black, with 

 whitish fringes. Beneath, primaries with upper half of basal space, a large dis- 

 cal spot, an extra median band and all of terminal space black, else white; sec- 

 ondaries black, with white fringes and sometimes with a narrow white submar- 

 ginal line; the body parts are clothed with whitish. Expands .60 of an inch 

 = 15 mm. 



Hab.— Colorado, 6000 feet. 



Two males and two females in good condition. The specimens 

 came to me several years ago from Mr. David Bruce, but were, I 

 think, collected by Mr. Mason. I have neither date nor accurate 

 locality. The species is smaller than its congeners, and easily dis- 

 tinguished by the black secondaries and carmine shaded primaries. 



IVIelicleptria kasloa n. sp.— Head, thorax and abdomen black, with a 

 clothing of thin yellowish or greenish hair that permits the ground color to 

 appear. On the abdomen the vestiture forms fringes at the edges of the seg- 

 ments, giving a ringed appearance. Beneath, on body and legs the vestiture is 

 much more dense, longer, and the whole appears whitish or very pale yellow. 

 Primaries with the basal, s. t., and most of the terminal space olivaceous, with 

 an admixture of black scales. The median space is whitish or pale yellow, with 

 dusky clouds on the costa and inner margin. The median lines are marked only 

 by the contrast between the median space and those on each side of it. T. a. line 

 from costa across the cell about one-fourth from base, then outwardly bent almost 

 to the middle of the wing and incurved to reach the inner margin at about its 

 basal third. T. p. line very evenly and moderately Insinuate. S. t. line yellow- 

 ish or whitish, sharply limited in the dark s. t. space, somewhat diffuse out- 

 wardly ; in course it is irregular, and sends in a long dent opposite the cell, con- 

 stricting and nearly dividing the s. t. space; below that rather evenly bisinuate. 

 Fringes dark, cut with yellowish opposite the interspace. Ordinary spots large, 

 solid, of the dark ground. Orbicular round ; reniform broadly kidney shaped. 

 Secondaries black, with a whitish disc, which is very much narrowed by the 

 large black discal spot ; there is also a very small yellowish band near the middle 

 of the outer margin. Fringes whitish. Beneath whitish, the lower half of basal, 

 and all of the s. t. space and the large ordinary spots black; secondaries with 

 inner margin, a large discal spot and an abbreviated outer band, black. Expands 

 .96-1.00 inch = 24-25 mm. 



Hab. — Kaslo, British Columbia, June 7th and 26th. 

 Three females, in good condition, from Mr. J. W. Cockle. One 

 of the examples is bred and this is somewhat lighter in color, 



