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l^rimaries with all the lines smoky, uot coutrastiug. Basal liue appar- 

 ently single, interrupted, very close to base. Transverse anterior line 

 upright or even a little inwardly oblique, inner line best marked, a little 

 outcurved in the submedian interspace, outer line powdery, diffuse, 

 leaving a rather wide included space. Transverse posterior line single, 

 blackish, very even, only a little outcurved over the cell and rigidly 

 oblique below it. Beyond this line the wing is a little darker i)ow- 

 dered. Median line smoky, fairly deiined, almost midway between the 

 median lines and, as nearly as possible, parallel to them in course. 

 Subterminal line blackish, broken into irregular spots, of which the 

 largest is on the costa, in course only a little uneven. Terminal dusky 

 lunules very small. Olaviform wanting. Orbicular large, round, not 

 defined, marked by a gray central powdering. Eeniform of good size, 

 kidney-shaped, somewhat faintly outlined by dusky scales, gray-filled 

 inferiorly. Secontlaries white, with a small discal lunule, and a nar- 

 row, smoky, powdery outer border. Fringes white. Beneath white, 

 powdery, primaries a little darker, with a discal spot and a vague 

 subterminal line; secondaries with a small discal lunule only. 



Expanse, 36 mm. = 1.44 inches. 



Habitat. — Kerrville, Texas (Dr. Barnes). 



A single male, in good condition. The species is allied to Uneifrons 

 and the series related to it, but is not to be confused with either. The 

 transverse lines divide the wing into five spaces which narrow regu- 

 larly from the base outward, and all the lines are essentially parallel 

 to each other. The ordinary spots are so obscured that they require 

 a second look to be recognized, and this, with the peculiar mottling of 

 creamy yellow and bluish gray scales, is distinctive. The anterior 

 tarsi — all that remain — are annulate with black and the antennae have 

 the serrations not very much marked. 



38. CARNEADES TERNARIUS, new species. 



Ground color smoky fuscous, obscure, varying to red brown. Head 

 with a brown or blackish frontal liue. Collar with a feebly marked, 

 dusky, transverse line. Thoracic vestiture mostly flattened hair with 

 finer hair intermixed, patagia feebly marked, tufts obscure. Prima- 

 ries with all the markings obscure, the blackish diffuse median shade 

 being the most obvious feature. Basal line geminate, blackish, broken. 

 Transverse anterior line geminate, upright, a little outcurved in the 

 interspaces, blackish, broken, inner portion tending to become obsolete 

 or entirely so. Transverse posterior line geminate, evenly outcurved 

 over the cell, a little incurved below, outer i)ortion even, sometimes 

 obsolete, inner slender, crenulate, blackish. Median shade, broad, 

 blackish, diffuse, crossing the middle of the wing and only a little 

 curved outwardly. Subterminal line irregular, marked by a blackish 

 subterminal shade which varies in distinctness, and is in one case alto- 

 gether absent, the line itself being also lost in consequence. A black- 



