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dorsal shades, most distinct posteriorly, being somewhat curved on joints 

 ii and 12. Subdorsal line obsolete, a trace distinguishable, pale. Sub- 

 stigmatal line pale, rather broad, but nearly entirely obscured, touching 

 the small spiracles which are white, black rimmed. Shields not cornified. 

 Tubercles minute, setae rather distinct, pale. Skin dorsal ly finely spinu- 

 lose-pilose. 



Placer Co., Cal. A. Koebele, No. 31. The moth is labelled 31 ?; other 

 specimens bear the number 247. 



16. Hadena apamiformis Guenee. 



Head 3.2 mm., dark reddish-brown, shining, the reticulations and bands 

 only a shade darker and not contrasted. Body rather pale brown ; cervical 

 shield large, semicircular, brown with pale central line and fainter sub- 

 dorsal one ; anal plate brown with central line. Dorsal line distinct, pale, 

 joining the pale ground in the incisures and a little blotchy, bordered with 

 a dark brown shade that is contracted at the incisures. Subdorsal line 

 almost as distinct as the dorsal, separated from the pale area above by 

 dashes of brown mottlings; lateral area filled in with dark mottlings. 

 Substigmatal line broad, sharp edged above, completely enclosing the 

 spiracles, continuous with the pale subventral area. Legs corneous brown ; 

 spiracles black ringed; tubercles in corneous areas; setoe minute. 



Food plant not stated. Dept. of Agriculture, No. 2491. 



17. Hadena cuculliformis Grote. 



Head 3.2 mm., shining reddish-brown, the markings almost entirely 

 obsolete. Cervical shield brown, blackish edged, a distinct central pale 

 line and traces of a subdorsal line. Dorsal region heavily blackish stri- 

 gose mottled; dorsal and subdorsal lines broad, pale, dotted and mottled 

 with blackish. Stigmatal line broad, touching tubercle iii, centered by 

 the spiracles, sharp edged, pale, but scarcely contrasted from the pale 

 subventral region. Feet pale, the leg shields corneous brown. Spiracles 

 black ringed; tubercles corneous; setae rather distinct, pale. 



Food plant Elymus condensatus, Santa Cruz Mts., Cal. A. Koebele, 

 No. 637. 



18. Hadena relecina Morrison. 



Head 3.5 mm., large, scarcely at all retracted below joint 2, greenish, 

 shaded with corneous brown, the mouth-parts darker. Body dull greenish, 

 mottled with purplish without any markings, at least in the inflated speci 

 men. Spiracles black, feet pale, tubercles and setae minute. 



" Food plants various." Placer Co., Cal. A. Koebele, No. 30. 



19. Hadena genetrix Grote. 



Head green without distinct marks; mouth brownish, ocelli black; 

 width 1.5 mm. Body green with the lines white, conspicuous, widened 

 almost into diamond shape in the middle of each segment. Dorsal line 

 rather broad, white, narrowed in the incisures and greenish tinted on the 

 segments, reaching the ends. Subdorsal line white, nearly broken in the 



