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P. lilacina Harv. (= illabefacta Morr.) (15 k) has purple grey forewings dusted with brown and strewn liiacina. 
with a darker colour, with double transverse lines filled up with grey, a rather large coniform macula encircled 
with black and large upper maculae in grey rings and pupilled dark, with an indistinct dark median line between 
them; the grey undulate line is proximally bordered with red-brown; hindwing light brown, at the margin 
darker. Canada to Colorado. •—- luski B. &■ McD. is browner, the maculae above open, the median line more luski. 
distinct, the veins in the discal area strewn with white; behind the purple grey subterminal area the yellow 
undulate line is distinctly visible. Described from Arizona. 
P. gavisa Schs. (16 a). Forewing dark brown, dusted with grey and purple red with a black basal gavisa. 
ray, double transverse lines filled up with grey, with short black streaks on the veins behind the distal line; 
the undulate line consists of small black and grey sagittae, proximally bordered with red-brown; the maculae 
are encircled with black, the reniform macula proximally concave with a white line at the distal edge. Hindwing 
brownish-black, towards the base lighter. From Mexico. 
P. tolimae Zerny (15 k). Forewdng copper-reddish brown strewn with a black lead-colour, at the iolimae. 
costal margin and in the marginal area dusted with black, with double transverse stripes filled up with a some¬ 
what lighter colour, large maculae surrounded with black, the ring-macula above open, towards the margin 
pointed, coloured like the ground, the reniform macula white, proximally with a black transverse streak; the 
coniform macula is also rather large, encircled with black; undulate line composed of very small ochreous- 
yellowish lunae, on the discal fold proximally bent with some small, rather long sagittae before it. -—- In deaibata dealbata. 
form,. 7iov. (16 a) the reniform macula is not white. Colombia (Mt. Tolima). 
P. opinabilis sp. nov. (16 a) is allied to tolimae. The ground-colour is a light yellowish-brown with ferru- opindbilis. 
ginous brown markings arranged like in tolimae , but the ring-macula is quite round, the discal area particularly 
at the proximal margin somewhat darkened with brown, and marked with a dark red-brown, broad median 
line; the undulate line like in tolimae, but without the sagittae above and below the discal fold; in the subter¬ 
minal area there are black double dots on the veins. Hindwing yellowish-brown with more reddish fringes 
and a darkened marginal area, discal spot and postmedian line. Bolivia (Cuesta de Cillutincara). 
P. goodelli Grt. (16 a) is dark brown on the forewing, dusted with red-brown and mixed with grey, goodelli. 
with a double anterior, grey filled transverse line, the posterior line being single and dentate, behind the latter 
with white dots on the veins; the maculae are rather small, encircled with black, the reniform macula is whitish, 
pupilled blackish-brown; the undulate line is grey, interrupted, proximally with small black sagittae. Hindwing 
blackish-brown. Canada, North-Eastern and Central States. 
P. acutermina Sm. is closely allied to goodelli (16 a), but smaller and darker, the marking hardly noti- acutermina. 
ceable, only the apical part of the forewing with much more distinct markings; at the end of the coniform macula 
often with a small black spot, the upper maculae partly marked by black scales. Expanse of wings: 30 to 32 1 i> cm. 
Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia); South Dakota. 
P. sadales Drc. (16 a). Forewing black, dusted with purple grey and scantily strewn with black and sadalcs. 
white, with double black undulate transverse lines; coniform macula small, encircled with black, like the upper 
maculae, the ring-macula round, the reniform macula indistinct with a white dot at the upper end; the undulate 
line consists of a row of small brownish spots with small black sagittae proximally before it. Hindwing white, 
towards the margin dusted with a brownish-grey. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Mexico (Guerrero). 
P. chalcia Hmps. (16 b) is just as large as sadales and somewhat similar to it. Forewing red-brown, chalcia. 
dusted darker and strewn with a silvery purple colour particularly on the veins, with indistinct dark transverse 
lines, the anterior line double, the posterior dentate; the maculae are small encircled with black, the reniform 
macula with a yellowish-white dot at the distal margin; the slightly dentate undulate line is light reddish, proxi¬ 
mally except the middle part bordered with a blackish brown. Hindwing dark reddish-brown with a white 
basal line of the fringes. Guatemala. 
P. ectypa Morr. (= bella Grt.) (16 b) has grey forewings dusted with blackish-brown, and with a ectypa 
violettish-brown tint before and behind the post median line, with double transverse lines, the posterior being 
dentate and filled up with white at the costal and proximal margins; coniform macula large, strewn and encircled 
with black, the upper maculae pupilled brownish and in white rings; before the yellowish-white undulate line 
there are small black sagittae. Hindwing brownish-grey with whitish fringes. United States (Delaware, New 
Jersey, West Virginia). 
P. bolteri Sm. (16 b). Ochreous-brown, dusted with dark brown, with indistinct transverse lines, bolteri. 
the anterior line being double, the posterior line distally bordered with ochreous-yellowish and with light 
dots on the veins behind it; the upper maculae are encircled with black, between them there is a faded median 
shade, the coniform macula is absent; the grey undulate line is on both sides bordered with blackish-brown. Hind¬ 
wing ochreous-brown. From New Mexico. 
P. obscura Sm. (16 c) has blackish-brown forewings submedianly tinted somewhat reddish, indistinct dbscura. 
single transverse lines, the posterior line dentate and distally bordered with brown; the maculae are encircled 
with black, the ring-macula U-shaped, the reniform macula grey, between them an indistinct undulate median 
line; the undulate line consists of a row of small black and grey sagittae. Hindwing light brownish-grey. Canada, 
United States (Wisconsin, Arizona). 
