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1. Arctonotus LUCIDUS. 



Mas. Aurato-fulva ; palpi fulvi; antenna testacece, ramis ferru- 

 gineis ; thoracis tegulce apud margines albidos obscuriores ; 

 alee anticce fasciis duabus obliquis connexis purpurascentibus ; 

 posticce rufce, marginibus auratis fasciaque ferruginea sub- 

 marginalia 



Male. Gilded tawny. Palpi brown. Antennae testaceous 

 with ferruginous branches. Lappets of the thorax with a darker 

 border, which has a whitish edge. Fore wings with two oblique 

 purplish bands, which are connected along the interior border. 

 Hind wings red, with gilded borders, and with a ferruginous sub- 

 marginal band. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. California. 



2 A 



