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Graeperia mcdunnougiii sp. nov. 



1916, B. & McD., Cont. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. A., Ill, # 1, 16, alhitermen 

 ( partim. ) , Tarachidia. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and ground color of the primaries creamy- 

 olivaceous, the latter overlaid with a suffusion of sparse violaceous-white scales. 

 T. a. line scarcely discemable, excurved, marked only by a deepening of the 

 violaceous-white scaling, its course difficult to follow. Orbicular a minute black 

 speck. Reniform scarcely discernable, apparently marked costally and basally 

 by a few black scales. T. p. line scarcely discernable, rounded out on cell, 

 incurved to inner margin, marked by a deepening of the violaceous-white scal- 

 ing. S. t. line violaceous-white, lost in the radial region by a suffusion of the 

 same color which extends as a terminal filling to vein 1. A terminal row of 

 minute blackish dots present. Fringes : of the same color as the ground of 

 the primaries, interlined with darker. Secondaries : whitish, somewhat suffused 

 with pale fuscous principally along the outer margin. Fringes white, with a 

 trace of an interline. Beneath : primaries, somewhat suffused with fuscous on 

 a pale shiny ground ; the secondaries nearly pure white. Fringes : concolorous, 

 with traces of interlines. 



The present species has the frontal prominence of a Graeperia, 

 and not of a Tarachidia, whereas alhitermen has the front of a Tara- 

 chidia. 



Type localities and number and sexes of types: $ Holotype, Indio, Calif., 

 6 June 1921, (E. Piazza) ; 9 Allotype, (the "Type 9" of T. alhitermen), Palm 

 Springs, Riverside Co., Calif., April 16-23; 2 $ Z 9 Paratj'pes as follows: 1 $ 

 Indian Wells. Calif.. 7 May 1921; \ $ , S. Nevada, 16-23 March; 2 9, Indio, 

 Calif., 6 June 1921 and no date (E. Piazza), 19,5. Nevada, April. 



Types in: Barnes Collection, except 1 $ Paratype, Indian Wells, Calif., 

 in U. S. National Museum. 



Hemispragueia gen, nov. 



Type Hemispragueia ("Cerathosia") idella Barnes. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending scarcely to the f rons, 

 the 2nd joint broadly fringed with scales below, the 3rd short; frons with a 

 slightly rounded somewhat roughened prominence with a corneous plate below 

 it; eyes large, round; antennae simple, scarcely ciliated in both sexes; thorax 

 clothed entirely with scales and without crests ; tibia without spines or claws ; 

 abdomen without crests. Fore wing elongate with the apex rounded, the termen 

 evenly curved; veins 3 and 5 (Cu^ and M.J from near angle of cell, 6 (Mj) 

 from near upper angle, 7 (R,) very short stalked with 8 (R^) from apex of 

 aerole, 9 (R.) and 10 (R^) anastomosing with 7 (Rg) and 8 (R^) to form the 

 aerole, 11 (Rj) from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 (Cu^ and M^) 

 stalked from lower angle of cell, 5 (Mj) practically fully developed from well 



