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PLATE IX 



Fig. I. EuxoA XASTA B. & McD.. Kerrville. Texas. Type 9 . 



2. Prochloridea modesta B. & McD., Ft. VVingate, N. M. Type 9 . 



3. Rhizagrotis salina Barnes, Huachuca Mts., Ariz. Type $ . 



4. Morrisonia albidior B. & McD., Redington, Ariz. Type 9 . 



5. Prothrinax ocellata B. & McD., Tucson, Ariz. $, agrees with Type. 



6. Mamestra palmillo Barnes, So. .'KHz. Type $ . 



The pale reddish-brown color has shown dark in the photograph, giving 

 a rather erroneous impression. 



-. Mamestra elsinora Barnes, Redington, Ariz. 9, agrees with type. 



Tricholiia erebus Sm. is evidently a synonym. 

 8. Cerma oaklandiae B. & McD., Oakland, Calif. Sept. i8th. Type $ . 

 g. Cerma nana B. & McD., San Diego, Calif. Type $ . 



Another of those specimens in which the red-brown ground color ap- 

 pears much too dark. 



10. Cerma canoa Barnes, Redington, Ariz. Type S . 

 Placed b}' Hampson in genus Xaiuaiirjana Stand. 



11. Cerma sarepta Barnes, Wilgus, Cochise Co., Ariz. Type 9- 



All the light markings are pale greenish ; the dark markings brown. 



12. Cerma cuerva Barnes, Victoria, B. C. Type 9 . 



Markings in greenish-white on an olive-brown ground, sprinkled in 

 median area with purplish scales. 



13. Cerma albipuncta B. & McD. San Diego, Calif. Type S- 



14. Cerma flavidior B. & McD. Esmeralda Co., Nev. Type S ■ 



The contrast between the orange-yellow basal and terminal areas and 

 the purplish median area do not appear in the photograph ; this has a much too 

 dark and uniform appearance. 



15. Caradrina tacna Barnes, Kerrville, Texas. Type 9 . 

 Placed by Hampson in genus Ogdoconta. 



16. EuxoA pimensis B. & McD., Babaquivera Mts., Ariz. Type S. 



17. Chabu.\ta (Tricholita) baranca Barnes. Kerrville, Texas. Type S. 

 The ground color of this and the three following show much too dark. 



18. Chabuata (Tricholita) chipeta Barnes, Glenwood Spgs., Colo. Co- 



type 9. 

 Ground color dark gray, tinged slightly with brown. 



19. Lophoceramica artega Barnes, Palmerlee, .\riz. $. 



In the type specimen the reniform is edged outwardly and inferiorly with 

 white dots, but this is a variable quantity. The maculation is more blurred in 

 the reproduction than in the original. 



20. Lophoceramica artega Barnes, Santa Catalina Mts., Ariz. 9. Agrees 



with Type, 

 syn. Mamestra paUicauda Sm. 



21. PoLiA (Mamestra) tristis B. & McD., Palmerlee, Ariz. Type 5. 



22. PoLiA (Mamestra) purpurea B. & McD. Palmerlee, Ariz. Type $. 



