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PSYCHE [June 



black narrows toward t. p. line, leaving the space vellow below the middle of the wing. S. t. 

 line broken, black, a little diffuse, somewhat irregular. Terminal space outwardly powdered 

 with black. A series of black terminal lunules. Secondaries whitish at base, with a narrow, 

 dusky, extramedian line, a smoky outer border with a paler submarginal line, and whitish 

 fringes. Beneath, a pale lustrous gray; secondaries uniform ; primaries with a paler terminal 

 space and a little mottling on the disc. 



Expands 1.25 inches = 31 mm. 



Habitat: — Taos, New Mexico, August 20th. 



One female, in good condition. It is more than probable that this will be found to be a 

 distinctly variable species and the proportion of the yellow and black may be decidedly incon- 

 stant. It is likelv, however, that the discolored ordinary spots form a constant feature and 

 in this may be found the obvious distinction from the other described species. 



Pleroma cinerea n. sp. 



Ground color a very light ashen gray, maculalion smoky brown and not contrasting. 

 Head a little paler, sides of the palpi and a little interantennal tuft smoky. Collar with a 

 blackish median line surmounted by a whitish shading. Disc of the thorax smoky as are 

 also the loose basal tufts on the abdomen. Primaries without ordinary spots, the median 

 lines distinct on costa only. T. a. line single, broad, diffuse, outwardly oblique, reaching the 

 median vein and then lost. T. p. line geminate, the two parts well separated, equally dis- 

 tinct, outwardly oblique, reaching the subcosta only, the inner line there lost. The outer 

 line is broken there, but becomes visible again as a smoky line which forms the inner border 

 to a smoky shading which starts from the apex and extends obliquely inward to the middle 

 of the submedian interspace. At that point a blackish streak crosses the line, limits the 

 shade and reaches the s. t. line. The s. t. line is indicated by a series of interspatial black 

 marks and streaks, more or less obviously bordered by a whitish area, the most prominent of 

 which is above the anal angle. The fringes are a little wavy, gray, with a broad white inter- 

 line. Secondaries smoky yellow, more whitish at base, fringes whitish. Beneath, primaries 

 smoky, with an outer line indicated on costa: secondaries more whitish, powdery, with a 

 brownish extra median line and a small discal spot. 



Expands 1.40 inches^ 35 mm. 



Habitat :— Corvallis, Oregon, at light, Sept. ii ; Washburn. 



One male, in fair condition. The species is obviously distinct from those previously 

 described bv the verv oblique costal indication of median lines and by the oblique dusky 

 shading which extends from the outer third of the submedian interspace to the apex. 



Xylina fletcheri n. sp. 



Ground color deep blue gray, a little powdery. Front witii an obscure line; collar with 

 a slender, black median line ; a blackish line at the base of the wings. Abdomen smoky 

 with a slightly reddish tinge, the lateral tuftings distinct. Primaries with costal region 

 slightly paler at base, the veins narrowly black dotted except No. 1, which is rather obviously 

 blackish. A slender black basal streak which extends to the end of a long outward tooth of 

 the t. a. line. This t. a. line is marked on the costa, and is only tragmentarily traceable 

 afterward. It makes a long inward tooth in the cell, a very long outward tooth in the sub- 



