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  On 
  some 
  Species 
  of 
  Nisoniades. 
  173 
  

  

  brown 
  basally 
  and 
  medially, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  pale 
  

   brown 
  spots 
  before 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  between 
  veins 
  1 
  b 
  and 
  4. 
  

   Fringes 
  as 
  above. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  1.38 
  inch. 
  Length 
  of 
  body, 
  .58 
  inch. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  Described 
  from 
  1 
  6 
  in 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Edwards. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  among 
  all 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   known 
  at 
  present, 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  fringes 
  of 
  the 
  secondaries 
  less 
  

   sharply 
  defined 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  than 
  in 
  N. 
  tristis, 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  

   size, 
  less 
  pointed 
  primaries 
  and 
  a 
  less 
  projected 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   of 
  the 
  secondaries 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  Nisoniades 
  funeralis 
  Scudd.-Burg. 
  

  

  Wings 
  black, 
  approaching 
  Pholisora 
  Catullus 
  in 
  shade 
  ; 
  

   in 
  the 
  £ 
  , 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  primaries 
  

   which 
  cluster 
  in 
  a 
  crescentiform 
  subterminal 
  line; 
  an 
  umber- 
  

   brown 
  spot 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  discal 
  cross-vein 
  and 
  another 
  mid- 
  

   way 
  on 
  the 
  submedian 
  fold 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  9 
  , 
  some 
  white 
  scales 
  

   occur 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  the 
  two 
  umber- 
  

   brown 
  spots 
  more 
  conspicuous 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  £ 
  , 
  and, 
  in 
  addi- 
  

   tion, 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  shade 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  

   scales 
  of 
  the 
  subterminal 
  line 
  : 
  in 
  each 
  sex 
  four 
  small 
  (the 
  two 
  

   inner 
  ones 
  linear) 
  anteapical 
  white 
  spots, 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  

   in 
  cell 
  3 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  9 
  , 
  a 
  discal 
  spot 
  in 
  addition. 
  Cilia 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  some 
  basilar 
  white 
  scales, 
  more 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  9 
  . 
  

   Secondaries 
  of 
  £ 
  , 
  prolonged 
  at 
  inner 
  angle, 
  nearly 
  unicol- 
  

   orous 
  ; 
  of 
  the 
  9 
  , 
  showing 
  indistinctly 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  umber- 
  

   brown 
  spots 
  before 
  the 
  margin. 
  Cilia 
  snow-white, 
  in 
  the 
  £ 
  

   with 
  black 
  basal 
  scales 
  at 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  apical 
  and 
  inner 
  angles, 
  

   intermediately 
  contrasting 
  sharply 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  9 
  , 
  the 
  cilia 
  longer, 
  with 
  some 
  anteapical 
  

   black 
  basal 
  scales, 
  but 
  none 
  before 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  where 
  the 
  

   white 
  scales 
  run 
  over 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  space 
  

   and 
  then 
  become 
  dusky. 
  

  

  Head, 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  above, 
  black 
  ; 
  terminal 
  joint 
  of 
  

   palpi 
  moderately 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  squarely-cut 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   antennal 
  hook 
  red. 
  

  

  Beneath, 
  wings 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  £ 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  discal 
  spot 
  

   indicated, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  obscure 
  rows 
  of 
  paler 
  brown 
  spots 
  

   before 
  the 
  margin 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  9 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  muc*h 
  more 
  con- 
  

   spicuous, 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  paler 
  shade 
  — 
  the 
  outer 
  row 
  of 
  each 
  wing 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  whitish 
  intranervular 
  lines 
  cutting 
  the 
  pale 
  

  

  