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space. There is a series of black terminal lunules, followed by a very narrow pale line at 

 base of the otherwise dark fringes. The latter are also narrowly cut with pale and a little 

 notched at the outer margin. Claviform small, concolorous, barely outlined by darker scales. 

 Ordinary spots obscure, not defined, more or less paler marked, of moderate size. The 

 orbicular is oblique, narrow ovate. Reniform upright, a little constricted centrally. Sec- 

 ondaries smoky yellowish, darker outwardly, with a dark discal lunule and with yellowish 

 fringes. Beneath whitish, powdery ; primaries more smoky on disc, with a paler terminal 

 space, a discal spot, an extra-median and a s. t. dusky line ; secondaries with a small discal 

 spot, a well defined extra median line and a diffuse sub-terminal shade. 



Expands i. 36-1.50 inches = 34-37 mm. 



Habitat: Calgary, Alberta, Head of Pine Creek, July 3 and 7 ; F. H. Wolley Dod. 



Three good males. This is one of those obscure species that have no positive charac- 

 ters and depend for their standing upon the absence of any that distinguish others. It is 

 a little like /«w<7.s-<7; but has entire secondaries. The absence of black in the basal space 

 excludes it from fcrens which it otherwise resembles in size and general habitus. 



Xylophasia rorulenta, n. sp. 



Allied to suffusca in general appearance and heretofore confused with it. Mr. Dod has 

 sent me a series for examination and after including my own examples I have separated out 

 as sufusca those examples in which the ground is of an even lilac gray, the reddish suffusion 

 is uniform, and neither the ordinary spots nor the terminal space contrasts strongl}-. 



In the new species either the reniform or terminal space, or both, contrast strongly, and 

 are violet or lilac gray. The s. t. line is more sharply defined, the preceding marks blackish 

 and more contrasting as well as more numerous. The lower half of the wing tends to a 

 gray which is best marked on the inner margin. The upper half of the wing is reddish, 

 pulverulent and is darkest on the costa. Altogether this is a more vivid species. 



//«^/Vrt/.- — Calgary, Alberta, June and July ; Winnipeg, Manitoba ; Denver, Colorado, 

 in May ; New York without date or specific locality. 



Ten good examples equally divided as to sex are before me, and twelve of sujf'unca have 

 been used in the comparison. 



Cleoceris discolor n. sp. 



Ground color a somewhat intense clay yellow, marked with black and gray so as to leave 

 a blotchy appearance. Head clothed with a mixture of black and white hair and scales, giv- 

 ing it a gray appearance; an obscure, whitish interantennal line. Collar yellow at base, 

 upper half mottled with black and white. Thoracic disc and center of patagia gray, mottled 

 with yellow scales. Abdomen paler yellow. Primaries with the median lines obscured, yet 

 traceable ; t. a. nearly upright : t. p. squarely and only a little exserted over the cell, and a 

 little incurved below. Basal space yellow, outer half blackish except along the inner margin 

 and just below the median vein, where the yellow shade extends to the t. a. line and a little 

 beyond. Median space black except along costa where it is yellow mottled, along the t. a. 

 line where it is indented as already stated, and except for the ordinary spots, which are dis- 

 colored. The orbicular is round or nearly so, with a few dusky scales in center. Reniform 

 oblong, upright, with a dusky central line. The s. t. space is black on the costa ; but the 



