NO 1203. XJi IF XOCTUID MOTHS— SMI TH. 4 J. 7 



Primaries very uniform in general tint, uo strong contrasts, markings 

 all present, but tending to become broken. Basal line geminate, black, 

 with yellow included scales, broken in tlie cell. Transverse anterior line 

 geminate, brown or black, outwardly oblique and outcurved in the inter- 

 spaces ; outer portion distinct, inner portion much less marked, included 

 si)ace gray. Transverse posterior line geminate, blackish or brown, 

 evenly curved over cell and a little drawn in below; outer portion even, 

 tending to become lost, inner more or less evidently lunulate and not 

 prominent. Subterminal line yellowish, irregular, broken, sometimes 

 consisting of scattered yellow scales only, usually marked by preceding 

 darker or blackish spots tending to unite, and by a i)receding shade on 

 costa. The terminal space, save at apex, is a trifle darker. A black 

 terminal line, tending to become lunulate, is followed by a narrow yel- 

 low line at the base of the fringes. A feebly marked median shade is 

 evident in most specimens, outwardly oblique between the ordinary 

 spots and a little irregular, but close to and parallel with transverse 

 posterior line below that i^oint. Cell between the ordinary spots a little 

 darker. Orbicular large, gray, oval, oblique, outlined by black scales. 

 Keniform large, broad, upright, kidney-shaped, extending beloAv the 

 cell, outlined by black and annulate by pale scales, invaded by a yel- 

 low shade at the middle of the outer margin, else a trifle darker 

 than the ground, a leaden shade becoming marked interiorly. Clavi- 

 form small or moderate, incompletely outlined, never prominent. Sec- 

 ondaries, smoky white in the male; darker, with a yellow shade in 

 the female; darkening outwardly, veins and a narrow discal lunule also 

 darker. Fringe whitish, with a yellow line at base and a smoky inter- 

 line. Beneath, ranging from dirty white to smoky gray, powdery, 

 discal spot and outer dusky line more or less obvious or complete on 

 all wings. 



Expanse, 36 mm. = 1.44 inches. 



Eahitat. — Pullman, Washington, July (Piper); Colorado (Bruce). 



Two males and two females, remarkably similar in size and not much 

 different in other respects. There is a little variation in the shade of 

 brown and a little in the shade of the ornamental lines, but otherwise 

 nothing. The species is perhaps near to Insulsa^ but lacks the strong 

 contrasts and prominent claviform. It has the reniform of tessellata 

 and becomes confusing by the presence of a fairly obvious median 

 shade, combining thus the ciiaracters of two series. 



Type.— G-At. No. 4796, U.S.N.M. 



42. CARNEADES ATROFUSCA, new species. 



Ground color mouse gray, varying to brown, always even. Head 

 and thorax concoh)rous, vestiture an admixture of flattened hair and 

 scales, the tuftings evident on well-preserved specimens. Collar with 

 a rusty transverse shading, which is sometimes relieved by black scales, 

 forming an apparent black line. Where this shade reaches the base of 



