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odes^ and at the same time advancing the statement that these or- 

 gans are always absent in the Pkale7iites, which is not the case. 

 In fact the absence or presence of ocelli cannot be considered of 

 family value in the Lepidoptera. And when we compare Dr. 

 Clemens's writings on the Phycidae, we can see how easy it is to 

 neglect to observe structural characters in the moths. 



M. Guenee will always survive in the memory of American En- 

 tomologists so long as they find Catocala Parta on the willows, or, 

 at dusk, take Plusia TJiyatiroides hovering over flowers. The im- 

 partial historiographer will, I think, always recognize the fact that 

 the works of M. Guenee have done much to encourage the gen- 

 eral taste for Entomology, as well as to advance our knowledge 

 of their special subject, and this must be sufificient to keep his 

 name and fame bright among us. Dr. Packard, in naming the 

 genus Gueneria, says that American lepidopterists are under 

 lasting obligations to M. Guenee, in which statement I heartily 

 concur. 



NEW NOCTUIDS, WITH A LIST OF THE SPECIES OF 



ONCOCNEMIS. 



By A. R. Grote. 



Oncocnemis Major n. sp. 



Eyes naked ; fore tibiae with a claw ; middle and hind tibiae 

 unarmed ; abdomen untufted. Dark gray, closely resembling 

 Chaiidlcri, but larger, without the basal black dash, more uniformly 

 dusky gray. Median lines indicated on costa, else lost. Median 

 shade vague, broad, diffuse. Veins incompletely marked with 

 dusky. A terminal series of black interspaceal dashes, neatly 

 and evenly interrupted by the subterminal line, which is else 

 obsolete. The hind legs are blackish fuscous, pale at base, with 

 white interlined fringes. Two specimens, Colorado, Mr. Neu- 

 moegen. 



Oncocnemis Aqualis n. sp. 



$. Eyes naked; fore tibiae with a claw. Related to Chand- 

 leri, but stouter. Forewings bluish-white gray over blackish. All 

 the lines obliterate. Subterminal line wanting. The gray con- 

 colorous stigmata with difficulty perceived ; all three present. 

 Veins obsoletely marked. A distinct series of black interspaceal 

 terminal lines or streaks. Hind wings smoky, the veins soiled, 

 slightly iridescent, fringes whitish, interlined. Collar light gray, 

 dusky behind, narrowly lined in front ; head blackish. Beneath 

 paler, discal spots present : hind wings whitish, irrorate, with a 

 dotted exterior line feebly marked. Expanse 38 mm. Hab. 

 California. 



This Californian form differs by the black interspaceal dashes 



