482 KOCTUID^. 



p. Fore tibijE of male thickly tufted with hair ; hind tibiae moderately 

 tufted. 



1833. Cirphis multilinea. (Plate XCI. fig. 18.) 



Zeucania multilinea, Wlk. ix. 97 (1856) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. 187. 

 Leucania soli/a, Wlk. ix. 99 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. 



p. 262. 

 Heliophila lapidaria, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 419. 



Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; tegulae with three dark 

 lines ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins 

 white, clearly defined by red-brown streaks ; the interspaces with 

 fine red-brown streaks ; the median nervure with a red-brown 

 fascia below it ; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with 

 black : a black point below origin of vein 2 and another in lower 

 angle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 ; an oblique 

 pale shade from apex; a terminal series of black points. Hind 

 wing white, the veins and termen tinged with fuscous brown ; 

 a terminal series of black points ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with dark brown. 



Ab. 1. lapidaria. Hind wing with the veins and termen not 

 tinged with brown. 



Hah. Canada, Orilla {Bush), 1 $ type ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, 

 Euffalo, 1 c? , 1 2 , type lapidaria, New York ; Costa Eica ( Under- 

 wood), 1 c? , Guatemala {Cliaiinpion), 1 S ; Panama, Bugaba 

 {Champion), 1 S , Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera {Dolhy-Tyler), 



1 5 ; Grenada {H. H. Smith), 1 (5" ; Baebados {Frampton), 1 ^ , 



2 5 ; Hab. igkn., 1 (5 type solita ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 

 1 2 . Kvp. 38 millim. 



c^. Fore and hind tibiaj of male moderately tufted 

 with hair. 

 a^. Mid tibia of male wi(h the outer spur curved 

 and llattened, pointed at extremity. 



a'. Hind wing wliolly suffused with fuscous commoides. 



b^. Hind wing white, tljc termen tinged with 



fuscous phragmitidicola. 



1834. CirpMs commoides. (Plate XCI. fig. 19.) 



Leucania commoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 86 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 188. 



Head and thorax dull reddi.sh brown mixed with fuscous ; teguloe 

 with two dark lines ; patagia with a few black scales near upper 

 edge ; abdomen rufous in male, ochreous in female. Fore wing 

 ochreous suffused \Aith pale rufous, the costal and inner areas 

 slightly irrorated with Idack ; the veins whitish slightly defined by 

 brown streaks ; the interspaces with brown streaks ; the median 

 nervure more prominently Avhite, defined by black on each side ; a 

 black streak from inner margin near base to beyond middle ; the 



