i^MMs MS li;i\ iiii;' n rDiiiiil iu-l>i(i!L-ir. TIk pinl <■ in 1 I.inipson. Ndl. I\'., 

 I.cp. I'li.'il l>. M.. shows Mil insect siiiiilMr in sizi . sliMpr Mnd iiimciiIm- 

 t ion li> ilvdiint. ImiI Iim\ inu' llir cfcsl of nnl cjiii lis. 'I'liis wms sup 

 p(is((ll\- inM(lc from tin Ivpr oi nicl iiiaii s in llic N,-ilional Muscuni. 

 I ) II a 11 cd WHS llicn iimlcscrilicd. I.ikdy mI IIimI liim- I here was n 

 mixed scries and Ihc arlisl aided luniself wilh .inollier specimen 

 Ix'sides the l_v|)e of iiirlfiid ns. 



('(irisxniKi appeal's to Ite :\ lii;hler and rechler l(n"m. possililx' ol 

 rmarqiiKitti . Its mMcnlalion is mnr( dislincl than either ciiia rc/iuti In 

 or 'niclciidn.s. Ilarxiy's [ypc is a niah . 'Idn re arc six specimens 

 corres}i()ndinii to it in the Earnes CoHection. all females, so un- 

 fortunately, no u'lnitalic slide could he made, nor could tlic male 

 antennae be studied for miinitc ditil'ercnci'S. Hciicc. it is held sej)a- 

 rate awaitiui;' ukm-c maU rial. 



L.IMPHA KXSKUT I STIGMA form CLPIDISSIMA, Grt. 



1875. Cirt, C;m. Knt., \11, Idl. .lijrolls. 



1878. Grt.. Can. Knf., X, 234, Aijrotis. 



1878. Grt.. ]5u]l. Geol. Surv., IV. 173. Jiirolh. 



1883. Grt., Proc. .\in. I'iiil. .Soc, p. "144, 1.5.5, A<iroils. 



1890. S;n., l^ull. U. S. X. M., XXXVIII, 24, tr'njovd. orhis. and hicluht 



in error, (Rhj/iichaf/rotisj. 



1891. Grt.. Can. Knt, XXIII, 1-50. (no .cenus). 



1S93. Sm., iiull. r. .S. X. M.. XI. IV. 56, Rhyiicluujrotis. 



1895. Grt., Abh. Xat. ^'er., Bremen, XIV, 18, Ayrotix (Lanrpra). 



1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. 13. M., IV, 639, ]A. LXXVII, f. 15, Triphaeria. 



190H. Sni , Can. Knt.. XI>. 287, (hfiriie.-u in error in part ?), Rh iinclnuirotis. 



.\GlUrriS CLPIDISSIMA, Grote (.see ante i)p. 214 and 27) 



Mendocino. .Time, ]\Ir. Behrens, Xo. 4 (red label), also Xo. 164. The 

 California specimen.s are light red colored, with j)o\vdery geminate lines, 

 and variable in appearance; one is a pale fawn, nnicoloroiis, without marks 

 on primaries save indications of the stigmata and the dotted t.p. line. 

 Again, three specimens have the orbicular .somewhat V-shaped, open above. 

 The t.p. line is more regular than in ciipida; it is accompanied by black 

 dots. The subterminal line is nearer the margin than in either aUernata 

 or cupula, but it is u)ore like aUernata than it is cupida in its being irregu- 

 lar, accompanied with powdery black scales; it is preceded on costa by a 

 blackish shade as in cupida. The present species I have formerly consid- 

 ered as niferuata from the markings, and, on Mr. Morrison's authority as 

 cupida from the color, but the reniform I now see is more kidney shaped 

 than in either the Kastern alternata or cupida. I sent a .specimen to Mr. 

 Morrison to show the variability of what I supposed was his e.vnerfisticfma, 

 and he informed me that the .specimen was cupida. Afterwards he returned 

 me my specimen of exsertistigma, recorded above, which I then saw was 

 an entirely tlifferent species. I have subsequently adopted the view that 

 the California specimens were cupida, and that I was in error in consider- 

 ing them to be alternata. I now reject both determinations, and consider 

 that the Californian species is allied to both alternata and cupida and is a 

 new species from the data given above. The habitus of cupidissima and 

 size (39 '""^) is rather that of aJtermda. The hind wings are a little paler 



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