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at end of cell between two cusps ; a dark shade beyond outer 

 line, becoming very narrow centrally ; terminal dark spots, not 

 widened centrally. Hind wing pale fuscous. Expanse, 18 mm. 



Types, No. 34017, U. S. Nat. Mus., two males and two fe- 

 males ; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, July 16-17, 1920 

 (E. H. Blackmore) ; Mount Newton, August 1, 1920 (E. H. 

 Blackmore) ; Grayland, Washington, August 15, 1918 (H. K. 

 Plank). 



A large Pacific coast form of basalis Walker, without the 

 usual dark mark on the center of termen. 



Scoparia eommortalis, new species. 



Fore wing pale gray, irrorate with brown ; a narrow but 

 long, disturbed basal dash ; inner line pale, curved, followed by 

 brown scales, clavif orm indicated by a dot ; a small dash at 

 base of vein 4; outer line pale, distinct, slightly excurved on 

 central third, followed by a broad dark brown band, which 

 reaches termen except for a narrow, wavy, subterminal gray 

 space ; termen very narrowly pale ; fringe pale with checkered 

 interline, faintly doubled. Hind wing pale fuscous, with outer 

 pale line, the terminal area darker. Expanse, 18 mm. 



Types, three males. No. 24018, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Victoria, 

 British Columbia, Canada, July 15 and 17, 1920 (E. H. Black- 

 more). 



Nearest to rectilinea Zeller, but the outer line less rigid and 

 subterminal shade brown and contrasted. 



Scoparia extincta, new species. 



Fore wing without perceptible tufts of raised scales in the 

 cell ; uniformly brownish gray, shining ; two small black dots 

 at the end of the cell, and a third beyond, below the base of 

 vein 3 ; outer line pale, diffuse, strongly excurved above middle, 

 followed by a broad ill-defined darker shade, in which faint 

 traces of a pale subterminal line appear; black terminal dots 

 at the ends of the veins ; fringe pale. Hind wing sordid whit- 

 ish. Expanse, 21 mm. 



Type, male, paratypes five males. No. 24086, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.; Mexico City, Mexico, August, 1920 (R. Miiller). 



