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differs from Brephos by the presence of ocelli. The 

 species look like diminutive Catocalcu. The hind 

 wings are brightly coloured, in most of the species 

 yellow. They are all Western, from California to 

 Nevada, and are active in the daytime. 



AnnapMla Superla, Hy. Edwards, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 



29. Grotella Sexseriata. 



This genus is related ioEuleucyptera and Pippona\ 

 the species look a little like Lithosians, from their 

 long, white, shiny wings. The type of the genus is 

 G. Septem])unctata, Harvey, figured in the Bulletin 

 of the Buff. Soc. N. Sci. ii. plate iii. fig. 1. G. 

 Sexseriata has the primaries crossed by two very 

 distinct black irregular lines, while the subterminal 

 line is represented by a series of black spots. Body- 

 parts yellowish white. Eront with a circular pro- 

 jection ; eyes naked ; fore tibise furnished with a 

 claw and a terminal spinule ; the tarsi are feebly 

 spinose. Collected by Mr. Doll in Arizona. 



Grotella Sexseriata, Grote, ' Papilio,' i. p. 155. 



30. Spragueia FuneraUs. 



The tiny and prettily marked Noctuidae foruiing 

 this genus differ structurally from the European 

 Erotyla Sulphur alls by the neuration of the secon- 

 daries — the European genus being 8-veined, the 

 American 7-veined. On the fore wings also (except 

 in Onagrus) veins 8 and 7 are not branched. The 

 clypeus is narrow and smooth in the species of 

 Spragueia, flat or but slightly bulging. In Erotyla 

 the surface is rough, the infra-clypeal plate is pro- 



