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wing white suffused with pale purplish fuscous ; a slight yellow 

 streak in submedian fold ; subbasal line double, black filled in with 

 white, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 black, prominently defined by white on inner side, irregularly 

 waved and angled inwards on vein 1 ; clavifbrm small, slightly 

 defined by black ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous 

 centres and white annuli incompletely defined by black ; post- 

 medial line black, prominently defined by white on outer side, 

 irregularly dentate, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards 

 in discal fold, incurved below vein 4, and confluent with lower 

 extremity of reniform ; subterminal line diffused, white, with series 

 of black points on yellowish marks on it, angled outwards at vein 7, 

 excurvedat middle and incurved in submedian fold; a terminal 

 series of black points ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind 

 wing white suffused with brown ; a sinuous postmedial line defined 

 by whitish on outer side ; cilia white, with brownish line through 

 them ; the underside white irrorated with pale brown, a dark 

 discoidal point and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Mendocino, 2 c? , type. Exi^. 36-40 

 millim. 



1208. Lasionycta ochracea. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 32.) 



Xylomiges ochracea, Riley, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 75 (1892) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Koct. N. Am. p. 234. 



5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with pale red-brown ; patagia 

 edged with brown ; tarsi with black rings ; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish sparsely irrorated with 

 black; the medial area suftused with brown except on costal 

 and inner areas, leaving the veins whitish ; subbasal line black, 

 minutely dentate, curved, from costa to submedian fold, where 

 there is some yellow beyond it ; antemedial line black, interrupted, 

 angled outwards below costa, excurved below cell and angled 

 inwards on vein 1 ; claviform large, with whitish annulus defined 

 by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with yellow and whitish 

 annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter extending to 

 well below cell and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; 

 postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side, bent 

 outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; the subterminal line only defined by dentate yellow 

 marks with black scales on them on inner side and the area beyond 

 it brownish, angled outwards on vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of black luuules ; cilia brown intersected with white, 

 and with a dark line through them. Hind wing whitish suffused 

 with brown ; a small discoidal spot ; postmedial line defined by 

 whitish on outer side and angled inwards in discal fold ; a brown 

 terminal line and line through the cilia ; the underside white 

 with black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line. 

 Hah. U.S.A., California {B^hr), 1 $ . Ea-ji. 34 millim. 



