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brown basally and medially, and with a double row of pale 

 brown spots before the outer margin between veins 1 b and 4. 

 Fringes as above. 



Expanse of wings 1.38 inch. Length of body, .58 inch. 



Habitat. New Mexico. Described from 1 $ in the collec 

 tion of Mr. W. H. Edwards. 



This species may be recognized among all those of the genus 

 known at present, by the white fringes of the secondaries less 

 sharply defined at their base than in N. tristis, by its smaller 

 size, less pointed primaries and a less projected anal angle 

 of the secondaries than in that species. 



Nisoniades funeralis Scudd.-Burg. 



Wings black, approaching Pholisora Catullus in shade ; 

 in the $ , a few white scales on the outer half of primaries 

 which cluster in a crescentiform subterminal line; an umber- 

 brown spot resting on the discal cross.-vein and another mid 

 way on the submedian fold ; in the ? , some white scales 

 occur also on the basal half of the wing, the two umber- 

 brown spots more conspicuous than in the &amp;lt;$ , and, in addi 

 tion, a line of the same shade associated with the white 

 scales of the subterminal line : in each sex four small (the two 

 inner ones linear) anteapical white spots, and a larger one 

 in cell 3 ; in the ? , a discal spot in addition. Cilia brown, 

 with some basilar white scales, more numerous in the ? . 

 Secondaries of $ , prolonged at inner angle, nearly unicol- 

 orous ; of the ? , showing indistinctly two rows of umber- 

 brown spots before the margin. Cilia snow-white, in the $ 

 with black basal scales at and near the apical and inner angles, 

 intermediately contrasting sharply with the black margin of 

 the wing ; in the ? , the cilia longer, with some anteapical 

 black basal scales, but none before the anal angle, where the 

 white scales run over on the inner margin for a short space 

 and then become dusky. 



Head, thorax and abdomen above, black ; terminal joint of 

 palpi moderately projecting beyond the squarely-cut scales ; 

 antennal hook red. 



Beneath, wings fuscous, th &amp;lt;$ with the white discal spot 

 indicated, and with two obscure rows of paler brown spots 

 before the margin ; in the ? the spots are much more con 

 spicuous, of a much paler shade the outer row of each wing 

 consisting of whitish jntranervular lines cutting the pale 



