NEW SPECIES, VARIETIES, &c. 
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Thecla Kali, n. sp. ^ expands 1 to 1J inches. Upper surface, bright shining yellow copperish ; primaries with very broad 
blackish costal margin extending from sexual stigma to exterior margin where it is broadest, occupying all the space between the second 
discoidal nervule and the costa. Exterior margins of all wings bordered with blackish, but very narrowly, especially on the seconda- 
ries; fringe all blackish, except between the second and third median nervules of secondaries, where it is white. 
Under surface shining silky grey or slaty, much the same dolour as on under side of Theda Alcestis, Edwds., and Theda Quercus, 
L,, but more glossy. Secondaries at and near base powdered with black and white atoms Exterior margin of all wings edged with 
a narrow blackish line, this is succeeded inwardly by a white line. On primaries is a submarginal row of fuscous spots edged out- 
wardly with white on disc; a white band edged with black on inner edge, this band is broken in three entirely separate parts; the last 
of these parts, between the last median and the submedian nervule, is nearly obsolete ; a narrow white discal ring edged outwardly with 
black and broken towards the costa. Secondaries have a submarginal row of black sagittate spots differing much in size, the sixth from 
apex is the largest, the seventh is much nearer the exterior margin, being only separated therefrom by the white marginal line, and is 
surmounted by a large red spot which latter is edged inwardly by a black crescent; between the eighth black spot from the apex and 
the exterior margin the space is filled with grey caused by pale blue and black scales; a black streak at margin above anal angle; 
interior to the row of submarginal spots on the disc is very irregular sinuous white line heavily edged inwardly with black ; in the cell 
are two white lines, and above these another, all edged outwardly with black. From Arizona] 
This most beautiful and conspicuous species bears on the upper side somewhat of a. resemblance to such exotic species as T. 
Apelles, Fabr., Zeritis Pierus, Cram., Thestor Callimachus, Ev., etc., its rich yellowish metallic ground colour contrasting strongly with 
the blackish margins. It comes in or near to the same group as T. Damon , Cram. ( Sinilacis , Bdh— Lee.), but is widely different from 
that species. On the three examples examined I can discover no traces of tails to the wings, though these frail appendages may have 
been broken off. 
Thecla Fotis, n. sp. Size and shape of T. Augustus, Kirby. Upper surface uniform dark grey. Under surface, primaries 
rather dark slaty grey, a submarginal row of almost obsolete dark points, a scarcely distinguishable irregular darker line across the 
disc; interior to this the wing is more or less scattered with pale atoms; fringe grey. Secondaries edged on exterior margin with a 
white line which is succeeded by a band composed of loose black scales, directly interior to which is a row of round white spots or dots, 
one in each nerval interspace, each of these is surmounted by a small crescent formed of black atoms; interior to these is a not very 
conspicuous sinuous pale grey or whitish line inwardly edged with black; the part of the wing interior to this line is darker than any 
other part of the under surface and is scattered loosely, especially towards the base, with whitish atoms; fringe grev. From Arizona. 
Augustus, Kirby, is its nearest ally, from which it widely differs in the slaty grey colour of both surfaces and the row of white 
submarginal spots on under surface of secondaries. 
Satyrus Ashtarotii, n. sp. 9 expands 2 inches. Upper surface of all wings very pale ochraceous, or yellowish white, dusted 
with pale brownish at basal parts ; across the disc of primaries is a very irregular rather pale brownish band Which becomes nearly 
obsolete towards interior margin, the brownish colour of this band extends outwardly along the second discoidal and the first median 
nervules until it joins the rather narrow exterior border of same colour; within the 'broad yellow band or space between this latter and 
the middle band are two large velvety black oval spots with small white centres, between these two is a quite small black spot; fringe 
pale brownish and white. Secondaries with a pale almost obsolete zigzag submarginal line which is all -that would indicate the inner 
edge of a. border, interior to which across the disc on costal half of wing a faint brownish half obsolete band, the outer edge of which in 
the cells is prolonged into very long teeth ; not far from exterior margin between first and second discoidal nervules 'is a small oval 
black spot; fringe white. 
Under surface almost the same in all respects as 9 S. FLippolyte, Esp., from the Ural regions, to which the present species is very 
closely allied. It belongs to the same group as S. Riclingsii, W. H. Edwds., but is a much larger, paler insect with the brown marks 
fainter, fewer and differing in detail ; it certainly assimilates nearer to the Russian species mentioned than to the Colorado one. De- 
scribed from a single 9 from Arizona not in very good condition. 
Aedophron Grandis, n. sp. Expands If inches. Head, thorax and primaries above same pale whitish citron yellow as in 
A. Phlehophora, Ld. ; abdomen and secondaries pure shining silky white. Underside, body and all wings same shining white; tarsi 
brownish. The wings are narrower and more elongated than in 'the Syrian species, but I do not think ours is generically different. 
Several examples from Arizona. 
Cdcullia Antipoda, n. sp. Expands If inches. Above ; head, collar and patagiie whitish grey, back of thorax brownish ; 
abdomen whitish dusted with brown atoms. Primaries same pale grey as the thorax more or less sprinkled with brown points which 
have a tendency to form lines in the interspaces; a dark brown marginal line interrupted at the veins; a large kidney shaped double 
ringed reniform, orbicular also conspicuous; a dark brown line runs outwards along inner margin from near base to three-fourths the 
length of the inner _ margin, thence it turns upwards towards the reniform, but with a great bend inwards ; between the latter and inner 
margin, from exterior margin one-fourth its length from inner angle, extends a short dark brown line which does not reach to the last 
described zigzag line; interior to the orbicular is a transverse zigzag line forming two great teeth, one of which connects with the 
orbicular, the other points towards but does not meet the great tooth formed by the sinus of the brown line between the inner margin 
and reniform. Secondaries w'hite, venation brown; brownish at exterior margin which is edged with a dark brown rather well defined 
line ; fringe white. Under surface ; body whitish grey ; primaries greyish, paler on costa, apical parts and exterior margin; exterior 
margin with a dark brown line broken by the veins. Secondaries whitish faintly dusted, but not thickly, with minute brown atoms- 
interrupted marginal line as on primaries; a minute brown discal point. 
To the old world student it will be much more to the point than all the above merely to state that this species is very close to 
C. Santonid, Flub., the most noticeable differences being that the Sareptan species is larger and there is a brownish shade in the region 
of the reniform and thence to costa; also the brown margin of upper side of secondaries is much broader as well as darker than in ours. 
Several examples from Arizona. 
Catocala (Faustina) var. Zillah, n. var., is distinguishable from the common form by the upper surface of primaries beino- 
suffused with rather scattered rust red atoms especially about the reniform and subreniform, and along the transverse posterior 
lines and thence to submarginal lines. Taken in several examples along with a number of the ordinary form of same species in Arizona. 
Catocala Perdita, Hy. Edwds. Two examples from Arizona differ from the type first described on p. 100 of this work in 
being a little laiger and in the upper surface ot primaries being less thickly covered with black atoms, showing more distinctly the 
white ground^ especially on the part of the median space interior to the reniform and the space between the transverse posterior and 
submarginal lines. r 
