52 REVISION OF GENUS CUCULLIA—SMITH. 
Cucullia solidaginis Behr. 
oiexcandtion snahnhioatl 
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1874, Behr., in Strek., Lep. Rhop. et Het., 94, Cucullia. 
‘‘Expands 13 to 2 inches. Head and tegule ashen, thorax between 
the latter dark gray with a brown dorsal line. Primaries gray, the me- 
dian space suffused with darker color, which in one example tends to 
the base; it comes nearer in the markings to lactuce Esp., butis entirely — 
distinct from that or any other species known of. Secondaries smoky.” 
“‘California.” 
This description I can not apply. I have no material in the genus 
from California, and what little information is given excludes or includes 
any of our species, just as it happens to be interpreted. Such charac- 
terizations as the above are positive stumbling blocks to knowledge 
and are inexcusable. They exhibit an absolute ignorance of the intent 
of a description and a deplorable want of consideration for those who 
may be compelled to try to apply it. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 
. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia convexipennis. 
. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia montane. 
. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia similaris. 
. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia asteroides. 
Harpe and clasper of Cucullia postera. 
. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia florea, 
. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia letifica. 
. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia speyeri. 
9. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia bistriga. 
10. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia intermedia. 
Ll. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia cinderella, 
12. Harpe and clasper of Cucullia serraticornis, 
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