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tlu> nntonicdial !iiio, wlii. li is very strongly aiii^lcd outwards in tlio 

 int.'rsi.ncfH and inwards on Iho veins; orl)ifular represented liy a 

 slight dark streak on its lower edge, a cnrved streak helow end of 

 etdl rcpresmtinp the lower edjie of rcniform and slight traces of its 

 upper edge; i)ostniedi;il line almost obsolete (except from vein 2 to 

 inner margin, angled inwards and more or less bidentate in siib- 

 nie.lian interspace, the lower tooth being long and acute, usually 

 vith slight dilhised white patch before it, then angled outwards on 

 vein 1 ; a slight, black streak above medial part of vein 4 ; a slight 

 brown shade from ternien below apex with faint white streaks on it, 

 a short black streak al)ove terminal part of vein 3 and an oblique 

 streak below vein 2 connected with a streak in submedian fold 

 beyond the postmedial line. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 ternien tinged with brown, especially in female ; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hah. Canatia, Alberta, Calgary {WolJei/-Dod), 1 $; U.S.A., 

 v.. Stntcs to rennsylvania and West to Montana, ^Massachusetts, 

 liuflalo, 1 $ , N. York, 3 J , Illinois, 1 cJ , Montana, Miles City, 1 c? . 

 lit'lt. -16-50 millim. 



2122. Cucullia laetifica. (riate XCYII. fig. 13.) 



Ctinillia hettfica, Lintn. Grote's Check List Noct. p. 24 (1875); Siiiilh, 



Cat. Noft. N. Am. p. 2Ti. 

 CucuUia cita, Grote, I'apilio, iii. p. 75 (1883). 

 Cucullia fturtnianni, French, Can. Ent. xx. j). G9 (ISSS). 



Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous ; frons with 

 blacki.^h bar; tegulic with black line near base, two slight medial 

 lines and dark tips ; dorsum of thorax dark brown ; tibia} streaked 

 with black ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the dorsal crests 

 dark. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the 

 veins with fine black streaks ; subbasal line represented by a slight 

 oblique striga from costa ; a line black streak in submedian fold to 

 the antemedial line, which is very highly angled outwards in the 

 interspaces and inwards on the veins, an oblique black striga before 

 it above inner margin ; a curved black streak below end of cell 

 representing tlic lower edge of rcniform ; postmedial line almost 

 obsolete cxcc[)t from vein 2 to inner margin, angled inwards in sub- 

 median interspace, the sinus being single and more or less rounded 

 at o.vtremily and with a diffused whitish mark before it, then angled 

 otitwards on veiji 1 ; a black streak above middle of vein 4 ; a 

 slight dark shade from termen below aj)ex with traces of white 

 streaks on it ; u black streak above extremity of vein ;i and an 

 oblique streak lielow vein 2 CDnnected with a slight streak in sub- 

 median fold beyond po.stinedial line. Hind wing white, the veins 

 and lormcn tinged with brown, especially in female. 



//'»'». U.S.A., Texas, Arizona, Nogales {Osh(r),2 (S ,2 $ , Trcscott 

 (l\nii:e),\ 9. /•-'.(•/). 4 1 Ki millim. 



/.'irvii. Head black and yellow-green in vertical stripes, a narrow 

 black line edging dypous. Body slightly enlarged at joint 12, 



