20 S KOCTTJIDJE. 



345. Euxoa brevipennis. (Plate LXI. fig. 23.) 



Jqrotis brevipennis, Smith, v. V.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 455 ("ISST); id. Cat. 

 ■ Noet. N. Am. p. 89. 



c? . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with rufous, the scales 

 tipped with white ; tegulae with medial black line ; abdomen grey- 

 brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing greyish suffused with 

 brown and with fuscous in cell and on terminal area ; an indistinct 

 pale subcostal fascia extending to beyond middle and a streak on 

 median nervure ; the autemodial line indistinct, double, obsolete 

 except in submedian interspace where it is angled inwards below 

 median nervure, then excurved and with the distinct black-edged 

 claviform on its outer edge; the orbicular and reuiform pale-ringed, 

 defined by a black line, the former oblique, oblong, open above, the 

 latter well developed, constricted at middle ; some pale points on 

 terminal half of costa ; postmcdial line entirely obsolete ; the snb- 

 terminal line pale, developed into an obscure pale patch at apex and 

 strongly dentate on veins 4, 3 ; a waved black terminal line ; cilia 

 brown, with a pale line at base. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 a terminal line brownish ; the underside with discoidal spot, the 

 costal area irrorated with brown. 



hab. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 cJ, Nevada, California. Exp. 

 40 millim. 



346. Ettxoa Isetificans. (Plate LXI. fig. 24.) 



Carneades Icetificans, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 4S, pi. v. f. 3 

 (1894). 



c? . Head and thorax dark brown and fuscous mixed with grey ; 

 tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey, dorsally tinged with fuscous. 

 Fore wing dull brown; the costal area ochreous to the postmcdial 

 line, the inner area ochreous ; the subbasal line repretiented by 

 ochreous stria^ from costa and median nervure, the latter with black 

 point on its inner side and some black beyond it before the ante- 

 medial line, which is obsolete exce})t from cell to vein 1 and angled 

 outwards in submedian fold ; claviform moderate, prominently 

 defined by black, with an ochreous fascia from it to subterminal 

 line ; orbicular and reuiform with brownish centres and ochreous 

 annuli defined by black, the former oblique, elliptical; the terminal 

 area suffused with fuscous ; the subteimiual line indistinct, ochreous, 

 angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and somewhat dentate at 

 middle, defined on inner side by some dentate black marks at 

 middle ; a fine terminal black line ; cilia ochreous at base, greyish 

 at tips with a dark line through them. Hind wing pure white, 

 with fine terminal brownish line ; the underside with the costal 

 area slightly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and some 

 postmedial points on veins of costal area. 



Bah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 J. if.ip. 

 36 millim. 



