NO. 1203. NEW NOGTUID MOTHS— SMITH. 437 



central line. Vestiture mixed scales and hair, patagia evident, anterior 

 crest and posterior tnft distinct. Primaries with all the normal messoria 

 markings present, very neatly and finely written. Basal line geminate, 

 black, very distinct. Transverse anterior line geminate, inner part tend- 

 ing to become lost, outer fine, blackish, as a whole outwardly obligue, 

 with strong outcurves in the interspaces, the one below vein 1 being 

 the longest. Transverse posterior line geminate, outer portion even 

 and tending to become lost, inner slender, crenulate, blackish; as a 

 whole the line is abruptly bent on the costa and after a gentle curve 

 over the cell it is almost straight to the hind margin. Subterminal 

 line pale, a little irregular, broken, with somewhat longer dents on veins 

 3 and 4, marked on the costa by a dusky subterminal shade and below 

 the clear apex by the dusky terminal space. There is a distinct though 

 narrow black terminal line, somewhat thickened in the interspaces and 

 followed by a narrow yellow line at the base of the fringes. Median 

 shade smoky or blackish, rather narrow, margins a little diffuse, form- 

 ing an obtuse angle against the reniform. Orbicular always traceable, 

 concolorous, never completely outlined, rather small. Orbicular mod- 

 erate or small, round or a little oval, narrowly black ringed, concolor- 

 ous or a little paler. Reniform large, kidney- shaped, rather narrow, 

 extending a little below the cell, not well defined except at the sides, 

 incompletely pale ringed, center somewhat dusky. Secondaries in the 

 male white, with an iridescent smoky tinge, especially toward the edges ; 

 veins, very small discal spot and outer margin narrowly smoky; in the 

 female, transparently smoky, whitish toward base, else as in the male. 

 Beneath white, disc of primaries smoky, a small, common discal dot, 

 primaries often with an incomplete exterior line which is sometimes also 

 begun on the secondaries. 



Expanse, 32 to 36 mm. = 1.28 to 1.44 inches. 



Habitat, — Denver, October 12; Salida, August 10 (Oslar) ; Olenwood 

 Springs, October 1-7 (Barnes), all in Colorado; Pullman, Washington, 

 September 24 (Piper). 



Two males and three females are before me. The species resembles 

 and is no doubt confused with messoria, but it is much more neatly 

 marked, more even in ground color, with smaller ordinary spots and 

 altogether paler secondaries. The species varies in ground color and 

 in the relative distinctness of its ornamentation, but can always be 

 separated from messoria by the characters given, when the two are side 

 by side. 



Type.~Cat. No. 4793, U.S.KM. 



29. CARNEADES FULDA, new species. 



Ground color pale reddish brown, washed with gray, very even. Col- 

 lar with a faint transverse line. Thoracic vestiture mixed scales and 

 hair; patagia marked, a few black scales indicating a submargin, tuft- 

 ings obvious. Primaries with all the markings faint, slender, not at all 



