ZALE. 235 



postmedial costal area sviffused with dark brown ; an obliquely 

 incurved dark brown shade from middle of termen to inner margin 

 before torn us. 



Ab. 4. Wino-s crreyish nearlv uniformly suffused with black- 

 brown. 



Hab. Canada, Montreal (Caul/irhl), 1 5, Ontario, London 

 (Beed), 1 2 . Orillia (Bi/sJi), 1 $ , Manitoba, Winnipeg (Wall is), 

 2 d" , 4 $ , Cartwright, Br. Columbia, Kaslo, Rossland, Arrowhead 

 Lake, Vancouver 1., cotypes f d 2 norda in Coll. W. Barnes; 

 U.S.A., east of llocky Mts. {Douhleday), 6 c? , 7 $ type involiita. 

 New York, Center (Bailei/), 1 6, Albany {Baih,/), 1 ?, 

 Florida, Arizona. Exp. 46-52 millim. 



*8035. Zale excellens. (Plate CCXXX. fig. 10.) 

 Homoptera excellens, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) x. p. 510 (11)12). 



S . Head and thorax bright i-ufous ; palpi black-brown at sides ; 

 anteima? Idack-brown ; tarsi brown with slight pale rings ; abdomen 

 pale grey-brown with darker irroration, the ventral surface tinged 

 with rufous. Fore wing rufous mixed with violaceous grey and 

 slightl}" irrorated with black, the terminal area violaceous grey ; 

 subbasal line rather diffused, blackish, angled outwards below costa 

 and ending at submedian fold, some blackish suffusion below it on 

 iiuier area ; antemedial line indistinctly double, minutely waved, 

 excurved below the costa and cell, some violaceous grey suffusion 

 beyond it ; a black point in middle of cell and ill-defined brassy 

 green discoidal lunule irrorated with brown, a double sinuous reel- 

 brown medial line, angled outwards at veins 2 and 1, and an indis- 

 tinct curved dentate red-brown line beyond the cell ; postmedial 

 line blackish, oblique, sinuoiis and defined on outer side by whitish 

 to below vein 7, incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, 

 then incurved, waved, and indistinctly double towards inner margin, 

 some Avhite })oints beyond it on costa ; subterminal line red-brown 

 defined on outer side by diffused brassy green, incurved to below 

 vein 4 where it is angled outwards and has a small dentate black 

 spot before it, then again incurved ; a series of black points before 

 termen with a larger point at submedian fold ; cilia red-brown. 

 Hind wing greyish suffused with iiifous, the basal area rather paler; 

 three indistinct minvitely waved brown lines on medial area ; post- 

 medial line blackish, slightly sinuous, obsolescent towards costa ; 

 subterminal line indistinctly double, red-brown, sinuous, defined on 

 outer side by diffused brassy green with violaceous white sviffusion 

 beyond it ; a series of black points, except towards apex, before 

 termen and a sti'iga towards tornus ; a fine whitisli line at base of 

 cilia ; the underside paler irrorated with dark brown, a small black 

 discoidal spot, two waved medial lines, and a crenulate postmedial 

 line. 



Hal). Costa Kica, Juan Vinas {ScJiatis), type f d in L^.S. Nat. 

 Mus. Exjy. 48 millim. 



