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glaucus, edged with blackish. Reniform, black ringed. 

 Subreniform scarcely evident, only indicated by a 

 somewhat paler shade. Below the apex to the s. t. 

 line is an indication of a blackish shade. Hind wings 

 dull red, with the median black band broad, and 

 almost of uniform width, and bluntly pointed some 

 distance before the inner margin. Outer black band 

 quite broad, the inner part almost even and but very 

 slightly excavated before it reaches the hind angle. 

 Fringes sordid white, cut with brown. Head and 

 thorax color of the forewings. Expanse, 70 mm. 



Habitat: Santa Rita Mts., Arizona. Altitude 

 5-8000 feet. (F. H. Snow.) 



Type. One male. Coll. Samuel E. Cassino. 



CaTOCALA ELSA SP. NOV. 



Forewings pale ashen gray, somewhat glaucus, 

 sparsely dusted with brown scales. T. a. line broadly 

 geminate, brown, most distinct on the costa ; it is pre- 

 ceded by a dark brown line extending to the lower end 

 of the basal line. T. p. line with long sharp teeth, 

 with a long, broad, inward loop at the lower part. The 

 dentations are blackish, followed by a very narrow 

 pale gray shade. S. t. line wavy and not continuous, 

 and vaguely defined, especially at the middle where it 

 is confluent with the brown shade between the 

 t. p. and s. t. lines. Reniform, brown, dusted 

 with blackish, and with two shade lines of this 

 color to the costa. Subreniform large, closed and 

 very narrowly connected with the t. p. line. It is dark 

 ringed, and filled with creamy brown. Terminal part 

 of wing pale grayish, row of spots small and black. 

 Fringes gray, lined with brown. Hind wings, yellow- 

 ish red. Median band rather narrow, slightly curved 

 and ending some distance before the inner margin. 

 Terminal black band continuous, slightly notched with 

 yellowish red outwardly and at the apex. Fringes 

 white cut with brown on the veins. Head and thorax 

 gray, mixed with brown. Expanse 70 mm. 



Habitat: Prescott, Arizona. 



Type. One male. Coll. Samuel E. Cassino. 



