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Type.—U.S.N.M. No. 56269. 
Type locality—Warwick, Klickitat County, Wash. 
Food plant—Unknown. 
Remarks.—Described from the type male (9-VI-1931, T. M. 
Clarke) and five male and five female paratypes as follows: Shelton, 
Mason County, Wash.,1 ¢ (20-VI-1931, J. F. G. Clarke No. 2700) ; 
Shasta Retreat, Siskiyou County, Calif, 4 ¢ 4,5 9? (June 16-23, 
July 1-7). 
CHIONODES LOETAE, new species 
PLATE 30, Figures 8-8b; PLATE 31, FicuRE 12 
Antenna blackish fuscous with faint ochreous-white annulations. 
Labial palpus ochreous white, more ochreous in brush, strongly 
irrorated with blackish fuscous outwardly and on third segment. 
Face and head pale gray brown. Thorax and fore wing rich choco- 
late brown with a purple iridescence (in some specimens the ground 
color is somewhat paler) ; apical fourth of wing almost solid black- 
ish fuscous; in the cell three blackish-fuscous spots in a line; on 
vein 1b, at basal third, another similar spot (in most specimens the 
spots are pronounced but in some examples they are only faintly 
indicated) ; cilia pale fuscous with strong blackish-fuscous irrora- 
tions. Hind wing fuscous, cilia somewhat lighter. Legs ochreous 
white but the ground color almost obliterated by a strong blackish- 
fuscous suffusion. 
Male genitalia—Upper arm of harpe long, slender, acutely pointed ; 
lower arm very weak, slender, small. Gnathos a long, evenly curved 
hook. Uncus rather large. Aedeagus stout with short stalk; distal 
end strongly sclerotized. 
Female genitalia—Ostium large, opening from the strongly 
sclerotized posterior portion of the ductus bursae; ductus bursae with 
only a short, membranous, anterior section. Bursa copulatrix large, 
pear-shaped, with the ductus seminalis opening into the posterior end; 
signum a strongly sclerotized, scobinate plate. 
Alar expanse, 17-22 mm. 
Type.—uvU.S.N.M. No. 56270. 
Type locality —F¥riday Harbor, San Juan County, Wash. 
Food plant.—Unknown. 
Remarks.—Described from the type male (16-VII-1926, T. C. 
Kincaid) ; three male and two female paratypes as follows: Belling- 
ham (14-VIII-1930, J. F. G. Clarke No. 2943), 3 ; Seattle (VI-27- 
1901, O. B. Johnson ?), 8 ; (British Columbia; no date or collector), 
8; Bonneville, Clark County (16-VIII-1931, J. F. G. Clarke No. 
2685), 2; “British Columbia” (7-VIII-1905; no specific locality or 
collector), @. Paratypes in the United States National Museum. 
