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P. noverca Grt. (16 b). Forewing reddish-brown, strewn darker, with a blackish basal ray with indis¬ 
tinct transverse lines bordered with grey, the posterior line being double, behind it black and white dots on 
the veins; the maculae are encircled with black, the ring-macula is U-shaped, the reniform macula whitish, 
above open, with brown pupils, between both a dark median shade; the fine, light undulate line is dentate, 
interrupted, with fine black internerval rays before and behind it. Hindwing light reddish-brownish, towards 
the margin darker. Nebraska, Colorado, California, Arizona. 
P. tuana Sm. (16 c) has dull smoky brown forewings with a thick faded basal ray, with double trans¬ 
verse lines filled up with a somewhat lighter colour and a lighter subterminal area; all the three maculae are 
encircled with black, the coniform macula is short and broad, the ring-macula somewhat lighter, the reniform 
macula darker than the ground, distally bordered with white, which is the most prominent mark of the wing; 
before and behind the undulate line there are very small black sagittae. Hindwing smoky grey, towards the 
base lighter. Expanse of wings: 29 to 33 mm. Arizona. 
P. stretchi H. Edw. (16 d). Forewing light grey, strewn with dark brown and black, with rather 
indistinct transverse lines, the posterior line being dentate; the coniform macula is a small black spot, the upper- 
maculae are indistinctly encircled with black, between them an indistinct median shade; the undulate line 
is marked by a series of dark internerval spots. Hindwing whitish, strewn with brown, with a darker marginal 
band. From Colorado. 
P. francisca Sm. is allied to stretchi, of a more yellowish-grey colour, scantily strewn with black, with 
double, broken transverse stripes filled up with white, the maculae strewn with whitish and encircled with black 
and between them with a faded median shade; undulate line whitish, proximally prominently defined by the 
darker subterminal area, distally fadedly passing over into the white-strewn marginal area. Hindwing yellowish- 
grey with a broad blackish marginal band. Expanse of wings: 25 to 26 mm. California (San Francisco). 
P. mania StrecJc. (16 d). Forewing reddish-brown, strewn and dusted with a darker colour, with a 
darker discal and marginal area and white-strewn veins; the transverse lines are single, the posterior line dentate, 
with white dots on the veins behind it; the upper maculae are light reddish, encircled with black, the reniform 
macula pupilled darker, below dotted white and proximally produced on the median; before the light undulate 
line there are minute black sagittae. Hindwing brownish-grey with yellowish fringes. Colorado, Arizona. 
P. delecta B. <£-. McD. (16 d). Dull smoky brown, strewn with grey, indistinctly marked; transverse 
lines double, filled up with a lighter colour, the maculae are small, ochreous-yellowish and encircled with black, 
between them a dark median shade; behind the post median line white dots on the blackish veins; the indistinct 
undulate line is lighter yellowish. Hindwing smoky grey. California. 
P. megaera Sm. (16 d). Forewing cpiite light grey, tinted ochreous-yellowish, with rather indistinct 
markings; transverse lines single, dusted, the posterior line dentate, the ring-macula quite indistinct, the reni¬ 
form macula is a small darker spot, between both there is a dusted median shade; undulate line light, proxi- 
mally and distally bordered by a darker colour. Hindwing whitish with a broadly darkened margin. Colorado. 
P. densa Sm. (16 cl) is allied to megaera, smaller, with narrower wings, much darker, strewn with 
dark brown, the folds striped light, behind the distal transverse line with black streaks on the veins; the light, 
indistinct undulate line is proximally bordered with blackish-brown. Hindwing darker. Colorado, California. 
P. canities Hmps. (16 cl) is a small, quite insignificant, ochreous-brownish species strewn with white; 
the transverse lines are quite indistinct, behind the distal line there are whitish dots on the veins; the maculae 
are only marked by some yellowish and darker scales, the undulate line the same. Hinclwing whitish, dusted 
with brown, towards the margin darker. California. 
P. anguina Grt. (16 d) has bluish-grey forewings dusted with blackish-brown, particularly the discal 
area is darkened, before it a black basal ray; transverse stripes double, the posterior stripe dentate, with black 
streaks on the veins behind it; coniform macula large, encircled with black, the upper maculae likewise large, 
pupilled brown and with grey rings; the grey undulate line is marked brown and subanally crossed by a black 
ray. Hinclwing white, in the $ brownish-grey, on the veins and margin brownish. From Canada to Arizona. 
P. imbuna Sm. (16 e). Forewing dark ash-grey, above the bent black basal ray somewhat lighter, 
both the transverse stripes being double, with somewhat lighter grey fillings; the long, coniform macula 
is encircled with black, its apex extending to the postmedian line; both the upper maculae likewise large, the 
reniform macula with both its ends touching the posterior transverse line; undulate line irregularly broken, 
at the anal angle scaled white, proximally defined by dark spots. Hindwing whitish, in the $ smoky grey, 
at the margin blackened. Expanse of wings: 30 to 34 mm. Pennsylvania, Indiana. 
P. vicina Grt. (= teligera Morr.) (16 e) is allied to imbuna. Forewing whitish, dusted and strewn 
with blackish-brown, with a bent black basal ray and double transverse lines filled with a somewhat lighter- 
grey, the posterior line being mostly single, posteriorly extended to streaks on the veins, both lines connected 
by the narrow, pointed coniform macula which is above bordered with red-brown; the upper maculae with 
whitish rings; before the grey undulate line there are small black sagittae, at the anal angle a black and white 
noverca. 
tuana. 
stretchi. 
francisca. 
mania. 
delecta. 
megaera. 
densa. 
canities. 
anguina. 
imbuna. 
vicina. 
