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We can find nothing by which to separate specimens from San 

 Diego and Provo ; we have made the San Diego $ the type. The 

 species is closely related to the preceding, may, however, he easily 

 separated by the pure white reniform and the lack of prominent angles 

 to t. a. and t. p. line in submedian fold. 



N. v.\RiAi;n,is sp. nov. ( I'late I, figs. 4, 5.) 



Palpi ochreous, sliaded with Iilack ontwarilly ; hcati, thorax and primaries 

 very variable in color ; usually an even red-brown, they may vary from pale 

 yellow-brown to deep purplish-brown; maculation, especially in the basal half 

 of wing, often very indistinct; basal line, when present, black, extending half 

 across wing, forming an outward angle below costa ; t. a. line single, black, 

 slightly outwardly inclined, prominently angled outwardly below cubitus and 

 again below the anal vein ; t. p. line black, slightly expanded on costa to a black 

 spot, well outcurved from costa to vein Ri then almost straight to inner margin 

 with slight incurves opposite reniform and in submedian fold; orbicular small, 

 round, partially outlined with dark reddish scaling; reniform large, constricted 

 in the middle, indistinctly bordered with dark scaling, the lower half filled in 

 with blackish; claviform rarely present as a faint arrow-mark resting on angle 

 of t. a. line; a dark median shade line, angled at the base of the reniform and 

 touching same ; subterminal line pale, rather even, angled below costa, then 

 parallel to t. p. line, preceded opposite cell by some slight diffuse purple-black 

 shading, which occasionally extends nearly to inner margin ; veins very slightly 

 defined by black and white scales ; a faint terminal black line, broken by yellow 

 dots ; fringes similar in color to wings. Secondaries slightly hyaline at base 

 with broad, diffuse, smoky marginal band and pale fringes. Beneath slightly 

 dusky with discal dot and postmedian band on both wings. Expanse, 28-31 mm. 



Habitat: — San Diego, Calif. (Ricksccker). 17 $ $. Types, 

 Coll. Barnes. 



Closely related to consors and trxaiia -dnd jjossibly but a geograph- 

 ical race of one of these ; it lacks the dark suffused shading around 

 orbicular and reniform and the usually prominent claviform of these 

 species, which is present in the co-types in our pos.session. The black 

 filling in the lower half of the reniform is often a prominent feature 

 of the maculation, especially in those specimens witli light grotmd 

 color. 



N. SUFFUSA sp. nov. ( Plate I, figs. ('>. 7. ) 



Head and thorax clothed with a mixture of ochreous and black scales, 

 often with a slight pink tinge; primaries ochreous, largely sufTused with light 

 reddish-purple which predominates in the subterminal space ; basal line waved, 

 blackish, extending to cubitus, l)i)rilercil outwardly with pale straw-color; t. a. 



