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line inclined to indistinctness, black, outwardly inclined, irregidarly waved, jut- 

 ting out prominently below anal vein and approaching t. p. line, some slight 

 yellow scaling precedes it and beyond it on costa and inner margin is more or 

 less blackish suffusion; orbicular and claviform lacking; reniform moderate, 

 not sharply defined, pale ochreous with a faint dark central line; a diffuse 

 reddish purple median shade proceeding from just beyond t. a. line on costa 

 to base of reniform, then angled and slightly oblique to inner margin midway 

 between the two lines ; t p. line arising from a blackish spot on costa, well out- 

 curved around reniform, then almost straight to inner margin, black, crenulate, 

 sharply pointed on the veins, shaded outwardly with pale ochreous, and with 

 minute whitish points on the veins ; subterniinal space even reddish-purple ; s. t. 

 line indicated by difference in shade between dark subterminal space and 

 ochrous terminal area, very irregular, incurved below costa. opposite cell and in 

 submedian fold ; terminal row of dark lunules in the interspaces ; fringes slightly 

 paler than wing. Secondaries hyaline at base with a broad terminal border of 

 smoky brown which in the $ extends over most of the wing Beneath pri- 

 maries hyaline at base, smoky outwardly, with traces of a postmedian line, con- 

 fined in the 5 to a dark patch on costa; secondaries in S largely hyaline with 

 slight dusky shading along outer margin and traces of discal dot and post- 

 median line, in 9 with discal dot and line more distinct and whole outer area 

 of wing largely smoky. Expanse, 25-29 mm. 



Habitat: — Palmerlee, Arizona (Tlicderman) ; Redington, Ariz.; 

 Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona. (Chrisman). 3 S S. 4 9 9. Types, 

 Coll. Barnes. 



This species is very apt to be confused with the pale form of coii- 

 tiiiciis H. Edw. in which the median area is not prominently black and 

 which is the type form. An exainination of the S genitalia convinced 

 us of the validity of our new species, the sexual organs being widely 

 different in the two species. In coiitincns (Plate I\', fig. > ) the terminal 

 portion of the clasp or valve is narrow, rounded, and provided with a 

 very noticeable pad of dark hair on its inside surface; in siiffiisa (Plate 

 IV, fig. 2) this pad is entirely wanting and the clasp is shorter, broader 

 and rather spoon-shaped; the penis in coiitincns is provided with an 

 inner armature of a single long sharp thorn, whereas in siiffusa we 

 find 4 shorter and stouter thorns ; numerous other points of difference 

 exist. Outwardly the species may be recognized most readily by the 

 broad dark marginal band on the 3 secondaries and the almost en- 

 tirely dark secondaries in the 9 ; in contincns the S 's show only a 

 very narrow dark border to the .secondaries. The primaries are more 

 suffused in oiu- new species, the t. a. line much more irregular in out- 

 line and the median space nuich narrower on the inner margin than 

 in contincns. 



