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S. HARLEQUINALIs sp. nov. (PI. I, Fig. 28). 
Palpi, head and thorax ochreous, a black line at base of patagia and a 
blotch on rear portion of thorax; abdomen black; primaries ochreous shading 
into bright yellow outwardly; a black basal line; t. a. line black, broad, oblique 
to vein 1, then sharply angled and inwardly oblique to inner margin; t. p. line 
black, very oblique outwardly from costa to above vein 6, then perpendicular 
to above vein 4, running inwards from here almost to t. a. line and again out- 
wards below vein 2 forming a long finger-like projection, then inwardly oblique 
and parallel to t. p. line above inner margin; the t. p. line is bordered outwardly 
by a narrow ochreous line which in turn is followed by a black shade line, 
rather diffuse, parallel to t. p. line and tending to fill up the finger-like projec- 
tion, broadening slightly at costa and inner margin; preceding t. p. line is a 
costal dark blotch joined to a darker oblique dash representing the reniform, 
the space between this latter and the t. p. line filled with a blackish suffusion; 
an oblique white dash below apex of wing; black lines joining the t. p. line 
to the two incisions in outer margin of wing; below the 2nd incision three 
prominent black dots terminally; fringes at apex of wing white, cut by a black 
line and tipped with smoky, below first incision plumbeous with second incision 
slightly marked with white. Secondaries deep smoky with paler fringes bor- 
dered basally by a dark line. Beneath smoky with the exception of the apical 
and terminal portion of primaries which are yellow and show the maculation 
of the upper side reproduced. Expanse 13 mm. 
Hasitat. Palmerlee, Ariz. 5 specimens. Type, Coll. Barnes. 
The wing shape and markings remind one considerably of the 
Crambid genus Prionaptery«, but the structure is distinctly Pyraustid ; 
the genus would probably fall in the neighborhood of Mimasarta Rag. 
and Simaethistis Hamp. this latter having vein 5 of secondaries in the 
same peculiar position as in our genus, which position according to 
Hampson is a very primitive characteristic. 
