242 NOCTUIDiE. 



white irrorated with brown and fuscous ; the subbasal line repre- 

 sented by black strite from costa and cell ; the antemedial line with 

 a black spot beyond it on costa, very oblique from costa to submedian 

 fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform very small, defined 

 by fuscous ; orbicular moderate, round, slightly defined by fuscous ; 

 reniform with fuscous centre and grey annulus slightly defined by 

 fuscous ; the postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, 

 crenulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 whitish, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle, with fuscous marks on inner side at costa and vein 5 ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 terminal area tinged with brown, the cilia white ; the underside 

 with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dis- 

 coidal point and curved subterminal series. 



Fore tarsi with curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st joint. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Los Angeles (Coquillet), 1 $, New 

 Mexico, Albuquerque {Oslar), 1 ^ , Las Vegas (Oslar), 1 c? , 2 5 . 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



1469. Trichoclea postica. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 30.) 



Trichocica posfica, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 115 (1891); id. 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 209. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white slightly irrorated 

 with fuscous ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing white irrorated 

 with brown and fuscous ; the subbasal line represented by blackish 

 striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line with black point beyond 

 it on costa, interrupted, waved, angled inwards on vein 1, nearly 

 erect .; claviform minute, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform 

 incompletely defined by black, the former round, the latter with 

 some fuscous at centre ; postmedial line crenulate and produced 

 to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by 

 fuscous on inner side and by dark marks at costa and vein 5, dentate, 

 angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and incurved at sub- 

 median fold ; a terminal series of dark striae. Hind wing white, 

 the veins and terminal area suff'used with fuscous ; cilia white ; the 

 underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, 

 a discoidal lunule and subterminal series of points on the veins. 



Fore tarsi with three curved claw-like spines on outer side of 1st 

 joint and one on 2nd. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver (Oslar), 1 J , 3 $ . Krp. 36 

 millim. 



1470. Trichoclea edvardsi. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 31.) 



Trichoclea edwardsii, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 478 (1887) ; id. Cat. 

 Kcct. N. Am. p. 209. 



c? . Head and thorax brownish grey ; tarsi banded with black. 

 Fore wing pale brownish grey ; subbasal line only defined by some 

 .diifused black scales on each side of it below the cell ; antemedial 



