"'I'Ih- C.ilil'Di'lii.i ,s]ii-riiiicii.s .ire liiilil led colm-cd, \',illi | iiivsdcry ^ctiii - 

 nato lines, .iiid \ariiilil«- in apiic.ir.uicc; (nic is jialc lawn, uiiicolorDUS, willi- 

 oul marks on primaries save indications of tlie sli^mala .-ind tlie dotted l.]). 

 Inu'. Again, three sjieeimens lia\e tlie oriaeular somewliat N'-sliajx-d, o|)en 

 al>ove. Tlu- t.)). lin<- is more regular llian in cuiiidn: il is aceompanii'd 

 l)y l)lael\ dots. Ilir snlilerniinal line is nearer lo tlie margin llian in either 

 liUvrnotd i>r i-rj/nla. Irnl il is nmrc like nil t run I n llian it is riijiiiln in ils 

 being irreunlai', arcdinpanird willi |hi\\(1ci-\ lilarU scales; it is |)i-ecc(lcd 

 on eosta by a lilacUisli shade, as in ciijiiiln. The prcsciil species I I'nrnierly 

 considered as tilhriKihi Iroiii Hie inaikings, and on M i-. Morrisorrs au- 

 thority as riipidti from the cnloi-, Inil I he reniform I now see is more 

 kidney-shaped than in either I lie easlcrn (ilhriinln or fitiiida. I sent a 

 speeimen to Mr. Morrison to sliow tlie varialiilily of what I su])- 

 iiosed was his i.rscrl i!<li<fni(i. and he informed me that the speci- 

 men was cujtnld. .\ftcrwards lu- returned me my speeimen of ax- 

 scrlixtiipnii. wliicli I llien saw was an entirely dill'erent species. 



I have suiisi-(pienlly adopted Hie view that the California specimens were 

 cuiiidd, and that I was in error in considering them to be (titeriuitn. I now 

 reject both determinations, and consider that the California s])ecies is allied 

 to both (ilteniiilii and i-upidii, and is a new species from the data given 

 above. 'I'he haliilns of rujtiilissi)tiH and size (39""") is rather that of nlter- 

 jiitht. Tlie liiiiil wings are a little ]»aler at i)ase in rupUlixshnd, and the 

 luniilc iiiore olnioiis. ./. fiifiidn does not as yet appear to occur in Cali- 

 fornia." 



The aliove is Mr. Grote's origuial description; afterward, in Can. Ent., 

 X, "i^o. he refers to the species as of a "pale reddish clay color," and in 

 the I5ull. Siirv., T\', 173, says: "Nearest to rupida; similarly sized, but 

 paler, with I lie orbicular incomjilete superiorly. \'aries by the ])rimaries 

 becoming cia\ colored without markings. Collar imlined." 



Mr. Grote has confounded two distinct s])ecies in his characterizations — 

 one with open oriiicular, and one with the oriiicnlar closed. A long series 

 of specimens in Mr. Xeumoegen's collection are all of one species and are 

 regarded as tyjiical, the more as Mr. Grote's references of orbis- and 

 hctuld to this s])ecies is most consistent with this type. 



The s])ecies is common in the Western States, and I have seen long 

 suites, in none of which the orbicular showed any tendency to become in- 

 complete. They vary in color from very pale luteous to a very distinct 

 red-brown, the terminal space usually a little paler, but the color very even 

 as a whole. Sides of palpi black. Transverse lines and ordinary spots 

 much as in aJiernata, but generally indi.stinct and difficult to make out. 

 Ordinary spots usually slightly and often considerably darker and narrowly 

 annulate witli a paler shade. Secondaries and under side as in nlternata. 

 In size it ranges lielow the expanse given by Mr. Grote (39'^'"), my largest 

 specimen being 35 "^"", ranging down to 30""" (1.20-1.40 inches). The wing- 

 form is generally more trigonate than in the other species, the primaries 

 .short and broad. The genital structure is like placida. 



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