ag PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATTONAL MUSEUM. Al 
Cucullia similaris sp. nov. 
Head dusky gray, with darker transverselines. Collar pale gray, with 
a distinct black line at base, a less evident double line at middle, and 
a blackish tip. Patagiz pale gray with a few black dots. Dorsum nar- 
-rowly blackish, as are the small basal tuftand the dorsal tu(tings of the 
abdomen. Primaries pale ash gray, somewhat darker, black powdered 
along the costa, but without any luteous shading or suffusion, and not 
yellow at base. A faint yellowish shade over the ordinary spots. A 
black streak along hind margin to the t. p. line. TT. a. line sometimes 
evident through the dark costal region. The long median tooth 
very faintly indicated. T. p. line vaguely marked on costa, distinct 
through the submedian interspace as in montane, preceded and followed 
by a small blackish shade and followed also by a curved black 
'streak below vein 2. A series of black terminal lunules. Ordinary 
\spots only slightly paler, yellowish tinged, the defining lines broken 
into distinet black dots and streaks, four in the orbicular, six in the 
reniform. The orbicular has two black inuer dots, the reniform four. 
In shape they are as in montane. Secondaries in the male whitish at 
base, with a moderate smoky outer border, in the female darker, more 
yellowish fuscous, the marginal band broader. Beneath, primaries 
blackish, secondaries whitish with black powdery borders. 
Expands 47 to 50 millimetres=1.88 to 2 inches. 
HABITAT: Colorado, Platte Canon on flowers, 6,500 feet. 
This species is exactly like montane in ornamentation; but is much 
more even, paler gray without any of the yellow or brown shadings. The 
ordinary spots and their marginal rings are distinctly black dotted, much 
as in the European absynthii and the markings are black, not brown. 
The secondaries have the outer border less defined than in its ally, and 
‘they are darker throughout. 
In sexual structure of the male there is very little difference from 
‘montane, and such as exists is better seen by a comparison of the figures 
herewith given. 
Three specimens, 246 and 1°, have been examined and no variation 
detected. 
Cucullia ob.scurior sp. nov. 
Head brownish gray, with pale and dark transverse lines. Collar 
‘dark blue-gray, yet darker tipped, with a distinct basal and a vague 
median transverse line. Patagiz dark ash-gray; dorsum blackish, 
‘as are also the small dorsal tufts of the abdomen. Primaries dark 
bluish gray, with none of the maculation distinct; costal region 
scarcely darker, and the blackish streak along internal margin incon- 
Spicuous. T.a.linefaintly indicated on costal space and on the median 
tooth. ‘T. p. line indicated only in the submedian interspace, preceded 
by the usual blackish patch, but followed only by acurved black streak 
below vein 2. Ordinary spots as in montane, but vague, only inferiorly 
