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place this species close to £. dorsisujnatana Clemens, which it rather 

 rescnihles in size, shape, and general robust appearance, superficially 

 niucli like a moderate s'v/ah\ noctuid. 



EUCOSMA RUSTICANA, new species. 



Head, palpi, and thorax, shades of brown; face, inner and upper 

 sides of palpi, light fawn brown; lower and outer edges of palpi and 

 ends of scales on top of head, dark smoky brown; thorax and patagia 

 light fasvn, overlaid, especially anteriorly, with darker brow^n. Fore- 

 wing the same shades of brown as above, the costal half dark smoky 

 or blackish brown, the dorsal half and outer margin light fawn brown, 

 The shades art> not sharply divided and differ more or less in different 

 specimens. The costa is darkest, and is mai'ked l)y nine or ten black 

 dots; between those on outer half are geminated streaks of a lighter 

 shade. Below the costa the dark shades are in irregular horizontal 

 lines from base to beyond end of cell, the dark color is rather concen- 

 trated at end of cell, and at the upper end is a small ovate pale line 

 inclosing a black dot. The ocellic space is large, pale fawn, with one 

 horizontal dark streak on its upper side in the" male and two streaks 

 in the female. Before this spot, running obliquely inward toward 

 dorsal margin, is a line of dark scales. The dark shades almost 

 entirel}^ overlay the light shades on th(> doi'sal half of the female from 

 base to ocellic spot. Apex marked with a small rectangular pale fawn 

 dot, with black dots ])efore and below it. Cilia pale fawn, with three 

 or four darker dots on upper hidf. llindwing very dark smok}^ brown; 

 cilia pale fawn, with a slightly darker line at its base. Under sides of 

 both wings nmch like the upper sides, but the shades are more diffuse. 

 Al)donien dark l)rown, anal tuft light l)rown. Legs pale brown, first 

 and second pairs and tarsi of third, annulated with dark l)lackish 

 brown. The male costal fold is rather narrow and not ([uite half the 

 length of the wing. 



Six specimens: Tryon, North Carolina, Fiske. ^lay 13 and 22. 

 August 1; Kerrville, Texas, Doctor Barnes; Algonquin, Illinois. 

 June tf. Doctor Nason. 



CotyjMS. — Cat. No. S24-t, V . S. Nat. Mus., and in \\\y collection. 



EUCOSMA FISKEANA, new species. 



Head, thoi'ax. and })alpi cinereous ))rown, palpi with })lack tip of 

 third segment visible, although scales of second joint project beyond 

 it below, scales of palpi shaded with dark brown at tips and an oblique 

 streak of same close to base on outer side. 



Forewing ashy gray with dark brown fascia and spots. Basal area 

 dark brown, overlaid with gray above dorsuuj, and strigulated with 

 darker transverse lines, covers inner fourth of costa, angles outward 

 to middle of wing, thence obliquely inward to dorsum, between latter 

 and middle slightly ind'^nted. Beyond is an irregular oblique fascia 



