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t. a. and t. p. lines similar to capax; the s. t. in the male slightly more produced 

 on the veins; in the female nearly as in capax. Orbicular and reniform large, 

 surrounded by a thin black line, followed by a pale, whitish, line; with a few 

 gray scales bordering the pale Hne internally. Center of the orbicular and base 

 of the reniform with some dark scales, else the filling appearing pale. The 

 base of the reniform is broader than in capax, and the orbicular somewhat 

 diagonally eliptical, so that the two spots are nearly joined in the male and are 

 actually fused in the female. Black dashes and shadings present, as in capax. 



Secondaries : fuscous from outer margin to near middle, paler toward the 

 base. Ordinary line present, rather indistinct. 



Beneath: pale-cloudy, both wings with a common medial line. Primaries 

 with s. t. line and paler terminal space. Discal dots present but inconspicuous 

 on both wings. 



Palpi gray; vertex with black streak thru pale scaling. Collar pale gray 

 somewhat tinged with brown, crossed by a fine black streak near tip. Abdomen 

 fuscous, pale near thorax, darker caudad. Some pale brownish scaling near 

 genital region. 



The male genitalia appear similar to capax, but the valves appear smaller 

 and somewhat differently shaped. 



The pale color, with the black and white markings, gives to this insect 

 the habitus look of an Anytus, and we believe we have seen it elsewhere under 

 the name privata. The tibiae are unspined. This species is placed after capax. 



Size: 35-40 mm. 



Closely allied to capax, but easily told by its much paler color 

 and smaller size. The primaries, also, are more trigonate for the 

 size of the insect. 



Type locality and number and sexes of types: $ , Holotype, Digby, Nova 

 Scotia, ll-IX-1907, (J. Russell) ; $, Allotype, Neck Road, Digby, Nova Scotia, 

 labeled 3/8/1906 which we take to mean 3-VIII-1906, (J. Russell). 



Pleroma obliquata race smithi, nov. 



Similar to obliquata, Sm., in size and maculation. The ground color of 

 the primaries is, however, somewhat paler, and more evenly gray, the trans- 

 verse maculation and the black scaling on the veins appearing, therefore, more 

 contrasting. The secondaries entirely lack all brown tint, being blackish-gray. 

 The abdomen also is gray, instead of brown as in obliquata. Beneath: the 

 brown tints of obliquata are entirely replaced by blackish-gray. 



Type locality: Eureka, Utah; (Tom Spaulding). 



Number and sexes of types: $, Holotype, IV-2S; 11 $, Paratypes, IV- 

 21 (3), 22 (5), 24 (1), and 25 (2). 



