ACItoriS I'.XSI'.iri'ISI KiM \. Mmr. (ImI.' \u(I..i) 

 riiis siiccics li;is IcMllicrx lirow n t'luc w iiiLis willi llii- (pi-Im'miI.i r npin. 

 N'-sllJipcil. Ic> III.- li.illi.l ('•(.sl.il iii.iri^iii. l'c>ll;i|- p.ilc uilli J hl.ick 

 line .■lliovc. Silut liclwini .md IicI'hit I he ^lil;■|ll.l (in cill M^ick \ lil.iciv 

 l);i.s;il curved dash. I.im-s .disolnlclv izciiiin.il c with ])idc iiuliidcd shachvs 

 which Jirc ii<)tic«';dih'. Tlioras lnown; hind \\iiii;-.s t'lisc.ius w ilh inlcrliiicd 

 fringes -whitisil oulwafdlx . I he s|iccirs l()()l\s lil^c the ('li|iida ai'ollp (d' 

 tlic {TCnus, lud tlic ahdniiirii is cv lindiical, iidI llallcncd, 



A sncciiiu-M was i-cliiinrd me l)\ .Mi'. .Mdrii.son as (he l>]>r id Ins 

 rjurrtislnjuKi, Host. I'roc. is; I. .Snhsc(|uciitly I am inforiiicd llial Ihc 

 specimen does not aiiTcc wilh Ihc one retained hy liiniselt' and Ih.d Mr. 

 Morrison eonsidcivs this l.isl s|iccinirn (whicii I li.'i\c liccn nn.'dih' In sec 

 sint'C sendiniT it In liiin al his i-i-i|nc,sl iiriMJiia ll\ ) as Ihc "'Irnc l>p<'"" <d 

 i.r.i('rfiiiti(iiiiii. 1 am nf Ihc (i|iiniiin Ih.il Ihc dcscrijd inns jiidilishcd h\ .Mr'. 

 Morrison in liic .irliclc lure ,|nnlcd, in Ihc ucmis .Xtii'nlis wci'c Inn in- 

 definite to l)e a(hnitlcd inin scicniilic lileratlire, and Ihal Ihc names Ihcrc 

 proposed sliouhi not I'c cnliticd In preeedenee. I ha\c, hn\\c\cr, I licd 

 to adopt tliem all to axoid i iril .1 1 im;- ([iiestions. In tins case I iiave a(loj)ted 

 the first determination nf tiic author of (\r.serHsli(/iiiii : if his second one 

 ohtains, the present is .in nndcsci-ilicd species and hcticc may lie known as 

 Miirrisnnisliiiiiiii. 



Tliis species is No. ['.iU'.i of .Mr. l-'.dward's cullcclion. 



Tyi'k Locality: California. 



Xt":Mni;K .vNi) Skxks or ']"vi'i;s: 



■^^ iT.s in: Ilcnry hahsard Collect ion (I (^ ) ; r>rnnklyn Institute Col- 

 lection (1 5 ). 



Si'Kci.MKXs ]%xA."Mixi:n: 1, com})iired with t\'pe in the Henry Kduard.s 

 Collection marked, "Ground color of ty])e redder, J. McI).", from Pull- 

 man, AVashiufrton ; .3, compared wilh ty|>c <-rrii)iliii a ( lirooklyn) from Calif.; 

 Central C^dif. ; TrucUee, Calif: I. cnmp.ircd with type creiinhild, marked 

 "Extract, M'. !>.", from New ^lexico; I, compared with the male ty])e of 

 biiiniiiiiKiUx. hy ])r. ^McDimnouuh in the 'i'e})per Collection, from Pull- 

 man, Washinjiton ; 1, Plumas Co., and 1, Siiasta Retreat, Calif.; 1, Hunt- 

 ers, Wasiiinsiton; 1, Pullman, Washington; 10, Stockton, Utah; 2, Vine- 

 yard, Utah;' I, Provo, I'tah; !• Deer Creek, Utah; 2, Truckee, Calif.; 1, 

 AX'ellinpton, 15. C, labeled roiifu.io, by Dr. Smith. Also one female marked, 

 "This is exact with so-called female type of binomindli.f from S. Calif, 

 in Coll. Tep]>er.", in Dr. McDuiinough's handwriting, from California, 

 liut tlie specimen is a normal female form of fonnalix: (See text). 



Gkxitai.ic Sluies: 1, California; 1, Pidlman, AVashirmton ; 1, AVelling- 

 ton, R. C. 



A. BINOMIXALIS Smith, sp. nov. 



i^rimaries red-brown; costa and collar inferiorly yellowish; collar 

 tipped with black; cell around the ordinary spots black. Transverse lines 

 geminate; t.a. line not crossing costal pale space, else di.stinct; t.p. line 

 punctiform, barely traceable; s.t. line pale, interrupted, powdery. Stig- 

 mata pale-ringed, orbicular invaded liy costal space; reniform slightly 

 cinereous; claviform faintly outlined in pale. Abdomen and secondaries 

 smoky fuscous. Side pieces of $ short and broad, superiority prolonged 

 into a cylinderical finger-like process; inferiorly into a short acute .spur. 

 The clasper consists of a single curved liook from the superior portion of 

 side i)iece. ]-'.xpands 1.5 inches (38 '""'. 



Habitat: California, AVashington Territory. 



This is the e.vt<erti.sfi(/nia of the Edit'arch collection, and like one 

 specimen so labeled in Mr. Tepper's collection. The typical exsertistigma, 

 is, as Mr. Morrison described it, much like aJternafa in color and ap- 

 pearance. 



Type Locality: California, AVashington Territory. 



XrMBER AXD Sexes of Tytes: 5 ^ . 



Ty-pes IX : Tepper Collection, $ "Type" = Lectotype, 2 "Type". 



Specimexs Examixed: See data under morris-onistigma, and text 

 discussion. 



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