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then well rounded ontwardly to vein 2, from this point straight to inner mar- 

 gin 3/4 from base with a slight outward angle on anal vein, bordered outwardly 

 narrowly with white, beyond which a diffuse even brown shade extends nearly 

 to outer margin, which is somewhat paler than the preceding area ; traces of 

 terminal dotted line near apex of wing, fringes white, shaded with brown. Sec- 

 ondaries white, shaded with deep brown along inner margin and with tufts of 

 raised scales of similar color on inner margin 1/3 from base and below apex 

 of cell ; a dark subterniinal line only distinct near anal angle, with sharp inward 

 angle on vein 2 ; terminal area, especially towards anal angle, shaded with red- 

 dish-brown ; fringes white, shaded with brown. Beneath white ; primaries 

 with discal dot and traces of dark subterniinal line of upper side ; apical area 

 suffused with light brown; secondaries with discal dot and slight tinge of brown 

 along outer margin. Expanse, i" mm. 



Habitat: — Kerrvillc, Texas (H. Lacy). 3 ? ?. Type, Coll. 

 Barnes. 



The species is intennediate between sicalis W'lk. and fiiliginosalis 

 Fern. It is most easily distinguished from the former species by the 

 course of the postmedian line which lacks the prominent inward angle 

 below the cell so characteristic of sicalis; it is much brighter in color 

 than fiiliginosalis and the subterniinal line of secondaries is angled in- 

 wardly on vein 2 and the prominent white patch below the raised scale- 

 tuft is lacking. 



Cynaeda uiDiiNTALis sp. nov. (Plate III. figs. 2 and 5.) 



Palpi laterally olive brown, above white ; front white with a prominent 

 rounded protuberance ; head and thorax white, shaded with pale olive-brown ; 

 abdomen white, ringed with olive ; primaries white, shaded with olive-brown, 

 inner margin with a tuft of white hair 1/3 from base and a second tuft of longer 

 dark-brown hair before anal angle ; basal third of wing white, slightly shaded 

 with longitudinal streaks of pale olive-brown ; a curved olive-brown line ex- 

 tending from costa a little over 1/3 from base to the outer scale-tuft on inner 

 margin defines this area outwardly, this line shows a prominent inward tooth 

 below cell and is followed by a diffuse olive-brown shade extending to beyond 

 the cell and to anal angle, gradually paling outwardly and enclosing a small 

 white discal dot ; beyond the olive-brown area a band of the ground color ex- 

 tends from costa to just above anal angle, the area between this and apex of 

 wing is largely olive, with veins 4-6 streaked externally with black, the dashes 

 increasing in size towards apex of wing ; veins 8-10 slightly marked with black 

 before apex of wing, which is white ; fringes long, white, checkered with olive- 

 brown ; secondaries white, suffused with smoky and with faint subterniinal dark 

 line ; fringes white, cut by a dark subbasal line. Beneath primaries smoky, 

 fringes as above; secondaries white with small dark discal dot, punctiform sub- 

 terminal line, broad and diffuse toward costa, and narrow terminal dark shade; 

 fringes as above. Expanse, 18 mm. 



