NOTES ON COTTON MOTHS 3 



Male without fovea at base of costa . fomax Guen^e 

 Outer line of fore wing irregular, forming a sinus below the reniform. 

 Fore wing angled on outer margin. 



Patagia of male short, not exceeding the thorax. 



Fore tibiae conspicuously marked with white on outer side. 

 Bright red ; subterminal line with outward silvery gray 

 .spots ..... . ruhida Schaus 



Brown ; subterminal line blackish, broken, v«thout 



pale spots ..... barata Schaus 



Fore tibiae not marked with white . innocua Schaus 



Patagia of male long, reaching over basal segments of abdomen. 

 Patagia long but broad and shaggy with red terminal hairs. 



flammea Schaus 

 Patagia very long, pointed, concolorous . patagiata Schaus 

 Patagia less long, pointed. 



Larger species ; longer winged ; outer margin concave 

 above and below the angle; yellow-brown shaded 

 with fuscous .... cataggelus Dyar 



Smaller species ; broader winged ; outer margin nearly 

 straight above and below angle; luteous to gray- 

 brown, finely irrorate .... texana Riley 



Fore wing not conspicuously angled on outer margin. 



Male with swelling at base of costa conspicuous above, the fovea 

 below with long narrow scales. 

 Patagia of male short, not exceeding thorax; larger species. 



luridula Guenee 

 Patagia of male long, extending over basal segments of 

 abdomen; smaller species. 

 Dark umber brown, the lines picked out by patches of 



white scales ..... ericina Druce 



Reddish brown with ocher shades; lines dark with 



powdery bluish white edges . . cedema Guenee 

 Male with swelling at base of costa not conspicuous above. 



Apex of fore wing pointed ; ocherous to red-brown, lines 

 fragmentary, subangular; discal mark obsolete or a 

 white patch. 

 Fore wing below in both sexes shining blackish from 



base nearly to margin . . . exacta Hiibner 



Fore wing below in both sexes rosy throughout, not 



shining .... catathodois Dyar 



Apex of fore wing rounded; without pronounced red tint; 

 lines not broken; discal mark a large dark cloud or re- 

 placed by whitish .... doctorium Dyar 



Outer line of fore wing oblique, joining the inner on inner margin; color 



yellow .......... erosa Hiibner 



