1 904 ] SMI TH: — NO C TUIDS 5 9 



Expands 1.44-1.5S inches = 36-39 mm. 



Habitat: Cartwright, Manitoba, Octobei- i, 6, November i ; Mr. Heath. 



Three female specimens, in fair condition, no two alike. In one dark example all the 

 maculation is present as described, in the palest everything is vague and just traceable. 



The species is allied to unitnoda than which it is smaller, altogether different in ground 

 color, the primaries shorter and broader. From zvinnifeg it differs vet more in the absence 

 of all the smoky powdering as well as in details of maculation. 



BAPTARMA. n. gen. 



Head small, closely applied to the thorax, haidly retracted ; eyes ovate, moderate in size ; 

 front broad, protuberant, with a large central depression which is roughened, surrounded by 

 a distinct rim, and has a small central ridge inferiorly ; tongue well developed ; palpi mod- 

 erate, slightly exceeding the frontal protuberance; antennae moderate in length, quite stout, 

 similar in both sexes : vestiture thin divergent hair. Thorax stout, vestiture thin, divergent, 

 hairy, collar and patagia marked but not at all prominent or uplifted ; legs short and stout, 

 tibiae not spinose except that there may be either one or two stout curved spines at the outer 

 si.'le of tip on the anterior pair ; anterior tarsi with three or four stout curved spines on the 

 basal joint and one each on the second and third joints, making a series of seven or eight 

 stout curved spines on the outer side of the fool between the tip of the tibia and the fourth 

 tarsal joint. Abdomen short, conic, untufted. Primaries small, trigonate, apex drawn out. 

 costa somewhat depressed, outer margin oblique, arquate : secondaries proportionate, vena- 

 tion normal. 



The peculiar armature of the fore-legs, combined with the head characters and the 

 absence of other tibial armature should make this easilv recognizable. 



Baptarma felicita n. sp. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black, the vestiture with an admixture of yellow and scarlet 

 hair that gives the effect of a wash or film of these tints. Primaries blackish with a wash of 

 carmine, terminal space a little grayish powdered. There is a small yellow spot at the point 

 in the median cell preceding the reniform ; there is a larger, somewhat lunate yellow spot at 

 the point beyond the reniform which would, normally, mark the end of the median space ; 

 there is a large, oblong, rectangular blotch in the submedian interspace, occupying what 

 would normally be the outer half of the median space. Secondaries scarlet with a broad 

 black border on all save the costal margin : fringes with a carmine tinge. Beneath, both 

 wings have the disc scarlet, shading to purplish or carmine over the black marginal bands. 



Expands .90-.95 inches ^22-24 mm. 



Habitat: Yuma County, Arizona, in April ; Mr. Hutson. 



One male and one female in good condition and one somewhat defective additional 

 female. The three specimens are very much alike and are readily distinguished by the 

 scarlet secondaries : this scarlet by the bye is variable and less intense in flown examples. 

 So, also, the overlay of purplish or carmine scales on the primaries is apt to be lost, giving 

 the insect a dull smoky, instead of a brilliant purplish tinge. 



