296 NOCTUID^. 



Hah. Mexico, Orizaba, type t 6 in Coll. Scliaus ; Guatemala, 

 Totonicapara, 10,000' {Champion), 1 5 ; Costa Rica, Candalaria Mts. 

 {Underwood), 1 J , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 36-40 millim. 



1555. Eriopyga curtica. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 21.) 



Tesniocampa curtica, Smith, Am. Eut. tI. p. 122 (1890) ; id. Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 203. 



Head and thorax reddish ochreous to red-brown, some of the 

 hairs with pale tips ; palpi blackish at sides ; abdomen reddish 

 brown dorsall}' tinged with fuscous. Eore wing reddish ochreous 

 or red-brown, irrorated Avith white and black scales, the lines indis- 

 tinct or almost obsolete ; subbasal line nearly straight, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line strongly excurved at costa and 

 inner margin and slightly below the cell; orbicular and reniform 

 with very indistinct whitish annuli, the former oblique elliptical, 

 the latter constricted at middle and with its lower part filled in 

 with fuscous ; a more or less distinct medial line oblique from costa 

 to median nervure ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a series of black points beyond 

 it on the veins and some ochreous points on costa ; subterminal 

 line whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, forming a series of 

 small indistinct dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 

 and excurved at middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the mar- 

 ginal areas more ochreous, the veins and apical area tinged with 

 fuscous ; the underside irrorated with large brown scales, especially 

 towards costa, a small discoidal lunule and postmedial series of 

 strise on the veins. 



Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 cJ , California, Sierra Nevada, 1 $ . 

 Exp. 34-38 millim. 



1556. Eriopyga acalus. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 28.) 



Orihodes akalus, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. 2, p. 6 (1S99) ; Djar, 

 Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 165. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown largely mixed 

 with grey ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing dull reddish brown 

 thicklv irrorated with grey ; an indistinct slightly curved subbasal 

 line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct, irregularly waved, 

 oblique antemedial line defined by grey on inner side ; claviform 

 minute, very indistinctly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform 

 indistinctly defined by brown, the former round ; a slight medial 

 shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line in- 

 distinct, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, 

 some pale points beyond it on costa and an indistinct series of dark 

 points on the veins ; subterminal line grey defined by brown on 

 inner side, forming slight dentate dark marks at middle, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine grey line at 

 base of cilia. Hind wing pale uniformly suft'used with brown; 



