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dashes extending as far as top of cell; some blue metallic markings 

 just below apex and a couple of similarly colored vertical bars above 

 tornus; cilia dark smoky fuscous with a black basal band. Hind 

 wing smoky fuscous, white toward base; under surface white with 

 some fuscous mottling toward apex ; cilia whitish with a dark basal 

 band from apex to vein lb ; veins 3 and 4 stalked. 



Female genitalia of type figured ; ductus bursae and neck of bursa 

 copulatrix strongly chitinized. 



Al<ir expanse. — 15 mm. 



Type. — In collection Blackmore. 



Ti/pe locality. — Fraser Mills, British Columbia. 



Described from unique female type (L. E. Marmont, '' 27-VI-22," 

 Blackmore No. 58). Similar in color and pattern to gallaesalicia'iia 

 Riley and distinguished from that species chiefly by its larger size 

 and tlie more heavily chitinized ductus and bursa of its genitalia. 



27. LASPEYRESIA? FLEXILOQUA, new species 

 (Fig. 142) 



Antenna sordid white above. Palpus, face, head, and thorax 

 Avhitish gray. Fore wing white with blackish markings; an out- 

 wardly angulate black basal patch, much broken by white but Avith 

 the outer margin complete from costa to dorsum ; from middle of 

 costa to cell near upper outer angle, a narrow black band; costa 

 otherwise finely strigulated with black; a black shade filling termi- 

 nal area from dorsum at outer third to apex, except for a whiter 

 dusting at tornus; the inner margin of this black area is somewhat 

 irregular and it contains a couple of vertical blue metallic bars above 

 tornus and two similarly colored streaks below apex; on median 

 white area, especially toward dorsum, some fine dusting or streaks 

 of black; cilia leaden fuscous, with a black basal line broken by 

 a small white spot below apex. Hind wing pale smoky fuscous, 

 darkest toward apex ; cilia paler with a 4ark basal band ; under 

 surface of hind wing concolorous with cilia ; veins 3 and 4 very short 

 stalked. 



Female genitalia of type figured. 



Alar expanse. — 16 mm. 



Type. — In Canadian National Collection. 



Type locality. — Calgary, Alberta. 



Described from female type (" 6-VII-21 "). A rather striking 

 form, somewhat similar to lautiuscula but with different genitalia, 

 complete basal patch and more black dusting on the Avhite areas. 

 The generic reference is tentative. It may be that the species should 

 go in Hemirnene (the genitalia seems to suggest it) : but, in absence 

 of a male, this can not be definitely determined. 

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