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PSYCHE. 



[May 1893. 



secondaries are wood-brown with the fringes 

 as on the primaries. The under side of the 

 primaries is very pale wood-brown with the 

 median area fuliginous. The wings are 

 traversed by an obscure submarginal line, be- 

 yond which near the apex and the outer angle 

 are obscure brown dots. The secondaries 

 are very pale wood-brown profusely irrorated 

 with brownish scales and marked by a large 

 brown discal dot, subtriangular in form, a 

 brown spot at the outer angle, and obscure 

 transverse limbal and submarginal lines, 

 which widen from near the outer angle 

 toward the anal angle. The fringes are 

 marked as on the primaries. 



$ . In the female the dark brown spot 

 on the inner margin of the upper side of the 

 primaries is obsolete', as is also the case now 

 and then with male specimens. Expanse, 

 $ , 32 mm. ; $ , 36 mm. 



101. N. striata, sp. nov. $. Body 

 and appendages dark brown. The upper 

 side of the abdomen is somewhat blackish. 

 Legs ringed with whitish. The primaries 

 are rich ferruginous, darkest near the base, 

 marked by zigzag white and brown lines 

 traversing the wing. A.t the end of the cell 

 in the primaries there is an obscure annular 

 mark formed of raised dark baown scales, 

 beyond which is a well denned, transverse 

 limbal line, dark brown, margined on either 

 side by whitish. The margin is defined in- 

 wardly by a series of small oval white spots, 

 most distinct near the apex. The fringes are 

 pale brown, broadly checkered with dark 

 brown. The secondaries are uniformly pale 

 wood-brown with the fringes checkered as on 

 the primaries. The under side of the wings 

 is marked very much as in the preceding 

 species. Expanse, 38 mm. 



102 N. obscura, sp. nov. J. Allied in 

 general appearance to the preceding species. 

 Body and legs on the upper side dark brown, 

 on the lower side pale brown inclining 

 to luteous. The legs annulated with dark 



brown. The primaries on the upper side are 

 brown marked near the base and along the 

 inner margin by pale yellowish and whitish 

 spots, most conspicuous at the outer angle. 

 A similar series of spots is found near the 

 apex. The wings are traversed by an obscure 

 basal, transverse median, and transverse sub- 

 marginal line, defined partially by lighter ex- 

 ternal and internal shades. The secondaries 

 are brown with an obscure discal dot and 

 very obscure transverse median and submar- 

 ginal lines. The fringes of both wings are 

 pale brown, broadly checkered with dark 

 brown. On the under side both primaries 

 and secondaries are pale brown, inclining to 

 luteous. At the end of the cells of both 

 wings there is an obscure brown annular 

 mark, pupiled with light brown; beyond it a 

 transverse median band succeeded by a series 

 of prominent submarginal spots. The fringes 

 on the under side are conspicuously check- 

 ered with dark brown. Expanse, 3S mm. 



103. IV. proletart'a, sp. nov. $. Palpi 

 brown. Front, collar and anterior edge of 

 patagiae glaucous. The tips of the patagia 

 and the upper side of the abdomen ferrugin- 

 ous. The lower side of the thorax and abdo- 

 men obscure luteous. The legs concolorous 

 annulated with brown. The primaries at the 

 base and along the inner margin and upon 

 the outer margin are rich ferruginous. The 

 median area is occupied by a broad patch of 

 lilacine gray, separated from the broad area 

 of the wing toward the base by an irregular 

 line running from before the base on the 

 costa obliquely toward the middle of the 

 inner margin, thence ascending by a very 

 irregular and somewhat broken line toward 

 the apex. In the middle of this lilacine gray 

 spot, at the end of the cell, there is an annu- 

 lar mark composed of raised brown scales. 

 The wings are crossed by a basal, transverse 

 median, and transverse limbal line. These 

 lines are very fine and crenulate. There is 

 also an obscure submarginal line. The 

 fringes are pale brown, checkered with dark 



