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1145. Craterestra yacima. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 30.) 



Mamestra yakima. Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 464 (1900) ; Dyar, 

 Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. 



S . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown and 

 black ; antennae ringed with white ; tegulae with ill-defined black 

 line near upper edge ; patagia with black scales near upper edge ; 

 tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish mixed with reddish 

 brown and black. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous ; an ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal 

 and anteraedial lines represented hy double black striae from 

 costa ; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular 

 and reuiform indistinctly defined by black, the former somewhat 

 oblique elliptical,, the latter with its lower part filled in with 

 fuscous ; postmedial line very indistinct, with slight black streaks 

 on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa and incurved 

 below vein 5, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal 

 line very indistinct, whitish defined by obscure dentate dark marks 

 on inner side and the area beyond it darker, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black 

 lunules ; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind wing pure 

 white, the terminal area suff'used with luscous from apex to vein 2 ; 

 the underside with terminal series of black lunules. 



Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Utah, 1 d" . Exp. 34 millim. 



1146. Craterestra bifascia. 



Axi/lia bifascia, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 91, pi. 161. f. 6 (1893) ; id. 

 Moths lud. ii. p. :i81. 



c? . Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on 

 vertex of head and metathorax ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally 

 fuscous except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous tinged with 

 rufous, and slightly irrorated with brown ; a fuscous fascia extending 

 from discal to submedian fold and from base to termen, towards 

 which it expands to below apex ; the veins whitish except on the 

 dark area; a small black discoidal spot and white point at lower 

 angle of cell ; the antemedial line represented by a striga at inner 

 margin ; a minutely waved postmedial line excurved from costa to 

 lower angle of cell, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing ochreous brown tinged with fuscous ; the underside 

 paler, irrorated with brown on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal 

 lunule, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of black points. 

 Hab. Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green), 3 c? , type. Exp. 32 millim. 



1147. Craterestra albicosta. 



Axylia albicosta, Huipsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 70, pi. 144. f. 20 (1891). 

 Leiicania -proleiica, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 'liil (1894). 



Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on 

 vertex of head and base of tcgula) ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally 



