ACIUrnS (' aim: ISSIM A, Il.nvcy (1). s.) 



^. Allied to foniiiills. lli.ul. IIkm.i-,. Idic wiiiiis ,mh1 Imdy liciic.i I li 

 slililU'd of il r<-d(lish purple over liisioils. Neins i,i;irlsed Willi l.l.ickisli. 

 LilU'S ol)S()lclc, gomillide. ni;irk<-d li\ .'in ineliided p.der linl. SI i.L'-ni.d a 

 olisolfto. Colliir witii Ji got lil;iek enid r.isl in;^- li.ind. lleiicdli llie w iii^'-s 

 lire bliiokisli, irroriitr; hind wings p.iler willi line .ind dise.d ni.iik. Cali- 

 fornia, l-'.xpfinsr ;H """. I.. I". llar\(y. 



Tyi'K LofAirrv: C'alitoinia. 



NrMiii;i< \Nn Si.xr.s oi 'lA pi;s: 1 ^. 



'I'vi'r.s in: l>iitish Museum. 



Si'Ki'niKNS 1'",x.\mim:i): 1 9 sjiecinu-n from .Middle, Calif., marked 

 "('tiri.isiiiiii, llarv. Type deeper in color, es])eeially terminally, faint yel- 

 lowish s.t. line.", in handwriting of Hr. MeDunnough. Five other f<'iiia]es 

 from: 1 'I'niekee, 1 San Clahriel Mis., l.os .Vngt'les Co., 2.')(l fl , I San 

 niego Co., 1 Calif. Co. and 1 Calif. (All from California.) 



LIMPRA EXSEIWISrTGM.l form INELEGANS, Sm. 



IS'in. Sni., Trans. I'.nt. Soe. A iier., Wll. 43, .1 i/ml is. 



INOO. Sm., Hull. r. S. N. M., XXXNIII, 27, Rln/»chn(/r<>l l.'f 



l.soa. Sm., null. r. S. \ M., XLIV, 54, Rhi/nchnf/rolif. 



ISP.T. Grt., .\l)h. Nat. Ver., lirenien, XIV, 18, Aqrntis ( Ijduipra ). 



1!io:i. llamp.. Cat. Lep. Thai. B. M., IV, (i41, pl."I>XX^'^, f. IH, (more 



like eomhination drawing with duanca); Trljilinciia. 

 1!)I»S. Sni., Can. l''.nt.," XL, 228, HJii/iirhiufroti.t. 



AGIUVriS IXKLKGAXS sp. nov. 



General color (hill blackish brown. Head and palpi concolorou.s; col- 

 lar with a reddish suflusion, more marked at the tip and extending to 

 base of co.sta of primaries; thorax with ba.se of patagiae and the tips of 

 the .small anterior and posterior tufts, also more reddish and slightly con- 

 trasting. Primaries with a slight reddi.sh shading liasally along costa, else 

 quite uniform, save that the median space is a trifle darker than the rest 

 of the wing, l^asal line geminate, lilack, distinct. T.a. line geminate, l)lack- 

 ish, distinct, outwardly olilique and (juite even; a small outward curve only 

 in the inters]iaces. T.p. line marked by a geminate black spot on the costa, 

 thence indicated only liy the .slight contrast between median and subtermi- 

 nal space: outwardly well curved over the reniform, and somewhat in- 

 curved below. S.t. line ])roniinent, a narrow, slightly irregidar line of yel- 

 lowish white scales scarcely interrupted save toward costa and inner margin. 

 Claviform faintly marked. Ordinary spots moderate in size, normal in 

 form, concolorous, outlined by a narrow line of pale scales surrounding 

 each. Secondaries and abdomen smoky fuscous. Beneath fuscous, powdery, 

 with a reddish shading, more marked on secondaries; an outer, interrupted, 

 transverse line and a discal spot on secondaries only. Expands 1.25 

 inches -31 """. 



Habitat: Sierra X'^evada, Cal. (McGlashan). 



In structural characters this .species is nearest to mirabiUs in the 

 cupida group ; front smooth, palpi short, scarcely forming a snout as in 

 cupida, fore tarsi not spinose; thorax with a small anterior and posterior 

 divided crest, abdomen depressed. It is an intermediate form between the 

 cupida, exsertistigma and stellaris groups, with the wing form of the 

 former, the tufting of the second, and the maculation of the third. Its 

 best place is probably next to mirabilis. 



A single female in good condition is before me. 



Type Locality: Sierra X'^evada, Calif. (McGlashan). 



X'UMBER AXD SeXES OF Ty'PES: I $. 



Types ix: X'ational Museum. 



Specijiexs Examiked: 1-5 middle, 1 Plumas Co., 3 Truckee; 1, com- 

 pared with type, by Dr. William Barne.s, Middle; 1, compared with type, 

 by Dr. MeDunnough, marked "Type less red, J. McD.", Camp Baldy; (all) 

 California. 



Gexitalic Slides : 1, Middle, Calif. 



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