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flitting about the flowering vines near sea-level. Described from 

 sixteen males and seven females in my collection; taken by Mr. 

 M. Abbot Frazar in 1888. 



Lemonias maxima n. sp. 



Hab. — Lower California. Expanse, 1.60 inches. 



Front of head covered with white hairs, shading into blackish brown at 

 summit; between head and thorax a "collar" of fulvous hairs. Palpi 

 white, shading into blackish brown at ends. Antennae blackish, with 

 white annulations at base of each joint; club blackish, tipped with fulvous. 

 Thorax above black, covered with blackish brown hairs; beneath white. 

 Abdomen the same as thorax. 



Fore-wings above fulvous and dark brown, with white spots; margins 

 dark brown. Costa dark brown, with a linear fulvous dash near base. 

 The dark brown along hind margins covers marginal area; near hind 

 margin a row of seven white spots in interspaces, the upper two elongated, 

 and all bordered with a soft dash of blackish brown on basal and outer 

 sides, more apparent on basal side. Within these, and one-third distance 

 from margin to base, a second row of seven white spote, larger than the 

 first and cone-shaped (apex outward), bordered with black on basal side 

 only, arranged, the upper three in a line at right angle to costa, the next 

 three at right angle with inner margin and the lower one not in line, but 

 placed nearer hind margin ; the upper three are placed in the dark brown 

 of marginal area, the lower four in the fulvous ground color. Above this 

 row and nearly in costal edge, is a small white speck; at the end of cell a 

 large white spot edged on each side with black; below this, extending 

 from median nervule to submedian nervure, another large white spot, 

 bordered with black on basal side only and irregular in shape; between 

 these two, in notch formed by junction of median nervule and median 

 nervure, a small blackish brown spot. In center of cell a round white 

 spot bordered with black, and below this, below nervure, another white 

 spot bordered with black; between these and base two slight dashes of 

 white; nervures and nervules dark brown. Hind wings are marked the 

 same, except that in second row of white spots the second two are much 

 elongated, with basal ends joining and forming a V; also, on the costa 

 over center of cell, a larger elongated white spot with no border. 



Wings beneath much the same as above, except general coloring is much 

 lighter and brighter and some lustre. Costa of fore-wings edged with 

 white near base, broader at base, and tapering off to a point half way up 

 the wing. White spots more suffused; these forming the V on the upper 

 side of hind wings, blended in one irregular spot, and elongated or suf- 

 fused enough to join with white spot in cell. Base of hind wings, and 

 inner margin of same, generously dashed with silvery scales. 



Described from two specimens in my collection, taken near 

 San Jos6 del Cabo, Lower California, by Mr. M. Abbot Frazar. 



