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contrasting, more or less broken and incomplete. Basal line geminate, 

 blackish, marked only on the costa and submedian interspace. Trans- 

 verse anterior line geminate, broken, brown, inner part of line tending 

 to become lost; outwardly oblique, outcurved in the interspaces, a long 

 bend below the submedian reaching nearly to the middle of the margin. 

 Transverse posterior line geminate, line, brown, inner part crenulate, 

 outer even and scarcelyinarked; as a whole very evenly outcurved over 

 the cell and evenly oblique below. Subterminal line marked by the some- 

 what more dusky terminal space except at apex, where a dusky shade 

 precedes it, the contrasts being very feeble. Terminal line flue, black, 

 continuous, followed by a yellow line at the base of the fringes, which 

 are interlined with brown. Median shade feebly maiked, almost upright, 

 slightly darkening the space between the ordinary spots. Claviform 

 indicated by a few scattered, blackish scales. Orbicular rather large, 

 oval, decumbent, concolorous, outlined at sides by black scales, lieni- 

 form moderate in size, kidney-shaped, extending a little below the cell, 

 incompletely outlined in black scales, with an incomi)lete pale annuhis, 

 the center dusted with lead-colored scales. Secondaries smoky whitish, 

 paler at the base, veins dusky, discal lunule small, terminal line brown, 

 fringes whitish. Beneath, whitish, powdery, disc darker, secondaries 

 with a feeble discal lunule. 



Expanse, 34 to 36 mm.= 1.36 to 1.44 inches. 



RaMtat. — Alam.eda County, California, September. 



Two female specimens from the U. S. National Museum, collected by 

 Mr. A. Koebele. The species is of the messoria type, but very obscure, 

 the markings not relieved against the reddish-gray backing. In the 

 slender median lines it resembles territorialis, than which it is more 

 red and decidedly more obscure. 



Type.—iJskt. No. 4792, U.S.N.M. 



30. CARNEADES IXODES, new species. 



Ground color a very jiale luteous, washed with light reddish. Head 

 and thorax concolorous, palpi smoky at the sides, collar with a smoky 

 transverse median line. Thoracic vestiture mixed scales and flattened 

 hair, jiatagia marked, anterior crest and posterior tufting well defined. 

 Primaries very even in tint, all the markings smoky brown, quite evi- 

 dent; but not contrasting. Basal line geminate, complete, included 

 space a little paler. Transverse anterior line geminate, inner portion not 

 so well marked, oblique, with 4 subequal and not strongly marked out- 

 curves. Transverse posterior line geminate, outer line vague, even, 

 inner crenulate, included space a little paler. As a whole it is abruptly 

 bent over the cell and a little incurved below. Subterminal line of the 

 ground color, defined by the slightly darker terminal space and a dusky 

 preceding shade, which is irregular, but continuous and best marked on 

 the costa. A series of distinct, dusky, narrow, terminal lunules. 

 Median shade rather narrow, diffuse, outwardly oblique and darkening 



