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[August 189S. 



A NEW HEMILEUCA. 



Hemilciica sororia, race oliviae^ n. race. 



$. Expanse of wings 52 mm. Upper part 

 ot head and thorax densely covered with pale 

 yellowish gray hair; abdomen above entirely 

 covered with bright crimson hair. Under 

 side of abdomen with yellowish white hair 

 except apex, where it is ferruginous. Face 

 with pinkish ferruginous hair. Leg.s with 

 appressed bright ferruginous hair in front, 

 and long dirty white hair behind, except 

 on tarsi. Antennae very bright ferruginous. 

 Primaries above very pale ochreous, with an 

 indistinct discal spot, slightly outlined in 

 orange, situated on a broad transverse band 

 of a deeper shade than the rest of the wing. 

 No dark marks of any sort. Secondaries of 

 the same shade, but still paler, with the 

 nervures more or less pale orange. Beneath, 

 the secondaries are as above, but the primaries 

 have an orange costa and orange nervures, 

 and a rosy subcostal shade. 



Ilab. — Santa Fe, X. M. ,7000 ft., autumn of 

 1S97. Type in U. S. Natl. Museum. This 

 beautiful moth is closely allied to H. sorvria 

 Hy. Edw., from La Paz, Lower California, 

 and H. kualapat Iseum., from S. W.Arizona, 

 both known as yet only in the ?. Dr. H. G. 

 Uyar is of the opinion that all three belong 

 to one species; but since oliviae comes from 

 a different life-zone from the others, and 

 differs from them in many particulars, it 

 seems best to regard it as a distinct race. at. 

 least, until the contrary is proven. 



I will take this opportunity of referring to 

 a Scepsis which I took last year at Albuque- 

 rque, N. M., September 16, on a purple aster. 

 Dr. Dyar identifies it as S. fiilvicoUts Hbn. 

 The collar is quite red, not pale as in the 

 race fallens Hy. Edw., which is supposed 

 to occupy the Rocky Mountain region to 

 the exclusion of the type. 



T. D. A. Cockcrell. 



N. M. Agr. Exp. Sta. 



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