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N. SUFFUSA uuiUDA subsp. nov. (Plate I, iig. 15.) 



Head and thorax purple-brown adiiiixcd witli blaek ami oclircous scaling; 

 primaries deep wine-red slightly washed with ochreons; inaculation not prom- 

 inent, basal line indistinct, slightly waved, black, followed by ochreons shad- 

 ing on costa ; basal portion of wing along inner margin scaled with black ; t. a. 

 line black, outwardly oblique, broadening at costa and inner margin, shaded in- 

 wardly with ochreous, rather crenulate ; t. p. line black, sharply and evenly 

 dentate, outcurved below costa, then slightly oblique to inner margin 2/3 from 

 base, shaded outwardly with ochreous; orbicular and claviform not present, 

 reniform rather small, lunate, ochreous, with slight white scaling at base and 

 apex and central dark line ; median shade scarcely visible ; s. t. line defined by 

 some ochreous shading in the terminal space which contrasts with the deep even 

 wine-red of the subterminal area, irregular incurved below apex, opposite cell 

 and above anal angle; terminal row of interspaceal lunules alternating with 

 ochreons dots ; fringes smoky. Secondaries in $ hyaline with broad smoky 

 border, in 9 almost entirely smoky; fringes with yellow basal line, inner half 

 smoky, outer half white. Beneath primaries smoky, hyaline along inner mar- 

 gin, slightly tinged with reddish towards apex, with dark spot on costa mark- 

 ing commencement of postmedian line ; secondaries hyaline, smoky on costa and 

 outer margin, more so in 9 than in S , with small discal dot and broken post- 

 median band. Expanse, 25-27 mm. 



Habitat: — San Diego, Calif. (Ricksecker ). 3 S S, i 9. Types, 

 Coll. Barnes. 



We have treated this form as a geographical race of the preceding 

 species, as the <? genitalia offer no marked points of difference. It is 

 easily separated from the Arizona form by the general deep-red color 

 of primaries which show far less ochreous scaling than in siiffiisa; 

 the t. a. line is not so irregular in outline and the reniform usually 

 appears more prominent, due to the white scaling at the base of same. 

 We had this confused with contincns Hy. Edw. in the collection, but 

 it may be separated easily from this s[)ecies on genital structure. 



Athetis (Caradrina) atrostriga sp. nov. (Plate II, fig. 7.) 



$ . Thorax and primaries pale purplish gray, latter shaded with smoky 

 outwardly ; basal, t. a. and t. p. lines defined on the costa by a blackish spot. 

 Otherwise wanting; orbicular a black arrow-like mark, very faintly connected 

 with base of wing by a fine broken black line; reniform narrow, defined by 

 black, open at base, filled with the ground color ; subterminal and terminal 

 spaces slightly darker than remainder of wing, crossed by a faint ochreous s. t. 

 line, shaded inwardly opposite the cell with deep brown ; terminal row of 

 black spots ; fringes dusky with a pale basal line. Secondaries white shaded 

 outwardly with smoky-brown and with a broken dark terminal line; fringes 



