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in<f outward, pariillcil in <rcneral (linu-tion to tlic, inner Ijordcr; tlio 

 naiTDW outer honliM' oC tiu; wiii;^ is pale, eiiuiaiiioii-red, re«tin;^ upon 

 wliicli is a row of transvc^rsc!, (jvoid, wliiti- spots siirnioiniled \iy tiuani^u- 

 lar, somewhat sa^^ittate spots of (soiikuImk^h hlaekisli) (tiniianioii-red; 

 between these and tin; l)i'oad l)aii(l liie spaec is pale (Mnnainoii-red 

 with scattered oeln-acc;ous scales, whicli, on either side of the last me- 

 dian nervnle, near its (iXtrendty, form a eonsiderahleoeliraeeoiis space 

 m )re or less mixcrd with reddish scaUis ; hut tlu; si)ac(! l)etween the 

 broad band ami the outer bor<l(;r is further occupied by a curving row 

 of round blackish spots, with intennin;j;led reddish scales, bordered del- 

 icately with ochi'aeeous ; and also by a narrow, neai'ly straij^ht band, 

 sli'^htly bent and less cunspiciious in the middle, vvhtrre it touches 

 the outer border of tlu; broad band, and l<)rmed of pah- rosaceous 

 .scales, whitish toward the extrendlies. 



Hody covered atiove with ;^re(!ni'h-brown hairs, toward th(! extrem- 

 ity fulvous; beneath ochiaci;ous ; palpi with minj;lt.'d oehraeeous and 

 black hairs Jx-low, mingled fulvous and bliick above; stalk of antenna; 

 while b((low, bla(;k abovi;, with white annulations ; club of anti-nnae 

 black, bright fulvous at the tij). ICxpanse of win<rs ;38.5-4.').5 mm. I 

 have oidy seen males. .'> speciim^ns. Fort Simpson, (ireat Slave; 

 Lake, and Fort liupert's Land, Eastern coast of Hudson's Hay, lirit- 

 isli America (W. 11. Edwards). Mr. Crotch (ibtained specimens at 

 Lake Labache. I have never seen specimens fnjm Labrador. 



This species is very closely allied to, and representative of /J. Mim- 

 tinua Scudd., fnjm which it diU'ei's j)rincipally in the followinj^ partic- 

 ulars ; the color of tin; upi)(;r surface is not so d(;ep; at tin; base and 

 alon^ the subcc^slal interspaces of the hind win;^s it is not so dusky; 

 up(Mi the loW(!r sin-faci', the markin;fs of the apex of the, t'on; win<.rs 

 are mu(;li moi'c; (.'onspicuous, as is also the l>i-oad mesial band of the 

 hind win^^s, which here is of a vi;ry dillerent tint from the; base, while 

 in B. Monliniis a difrerence is siddom, and then but sli'^litly, discern- 

 ible; the submar|L^inal rows of sa;^itt;it«; spots and of round spots iire 

 also much more conspicucais, beinj; Irecjuently very nearly obliti;rated 

 in B. Moii/iniis-^ the s[)aee between the arcuate row of round sj)ots and 

 the mesial band is much tingi;d in /}. Freija with rosaceous scales, 

 givin<f it a jjeculiar ajjpearanee ; these an; present only in a slender 

 band in l>. Mi)iillnns, and then are nearly obsolete ; the darker [larts 

 of the; outer border of the hind win^s are darkcir than in J!. Moiilinus, 

 beinj^ there soin(;what pale ciniiiimon-red, while here they are rather 

 of cinnamon-brown. In previous rejiiarks on JJ. AJontinus, I have 



