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ALEPTINA INCA Dyar. (PI. V, Fig. 15). 
This species was described from two ¢’s from Arizona and 2 
9’s from Texas; a pair of these are in Dr. Barnes’ Collect‘on. The 
receipt of two ¢’s recently from Texas makes it apparent that we 
have two distinct races of this species and we would therefore restrict 
the name inca to the Arizona form of which a long series is before us 
and which is characterized by the prominent yellow patch at base and 
more distinct maculation. The Texan form we characterize as fol- 
lows: 
A. INCA TEXANA subsp. nov. (Pl. V, Fig. 14). 
Primaries paler than in the typical form, suffused with bluish-gray, macula- 
tion being more or less indistinct; the yellow patch at base is almost wanting, 
being represented by a pale ochreous suffusion; the subterminal and terminal 
areas are scarcely~ differentiated and the s. t. line is faint; the apical white 
shading is less prominent, being more suffused with the blue-gray ground color. 
Expanse 20 mm. 
Hasitat. Brownsville, Texas (Mch. 8-15) (Dorner), Kerrville, Tex. 
(Lacey) (2) 2 6,1 2. Types, Coll. Barnes. 
ATHETIS MINUSCULA sp. nov. 
9. Palpi outwardly black, tip of 2nd joint, 3rd joint, and inner side white; 
head and thorax light purplish-gray, primaries even deep purple-gray, all macu- 
lation indistinct; t. a. line indicated by a black dot at costa, another in the cell 
and three irregularly placed above inner margin; orbicular two black dots 
connected by a faint curved u-shaped mark, open towards costa; reniform more 
distinct, broad, partially outlined in smoky with some scattered whitish points 
at base and apex, it may or may not be filled with black; t. p. line indicated by 
two widely separated curved rows of parallel black dots arising from two larger 
dots on costa; a rather thick dark terminal line preceded by a faint ochreous 
hair line above tornus; fringes dark with pale basal line. Secondaries white, 
rather hyaline, with slight smoky shading most pronounced at apex and con- 
tinued along outer margin not attaining anal angle; fringes white, tinged with 
smoky at apex. Beneath, primaries smoky with faint discal dot; secondaries 
white sprinkled along costa with smoky. Expanse 25 mm. 
Hasitat. Brownsville, Texas (Dorner) 2 9. Type, Coll. Barnes. 
The species in size and general coloration resembles our mona 
from S. Calif. differs however in the details of maculation; the cotype 
has the reniform rather heavily filled with black basally and towards 
costa, leaving a paler transverse central bar of ground color; in most N. 
Am. species of this genus this will be found to be a variable quantity ; 
the species was figured in Vol. IT, No. 1 of our Contributions. 
