CUCULLIA. 53 



yellow-green with more or less distinct shaded red dorsal and sub- 

 stigmatal bands. iSurface marked irregularly with black forming a 

 series of broken dorsal rings, broad subdorsal band, erect lines on 

 the sides and irregular subventral marks. Feet ringed with black. 

 Food-plants : low Compositae. — H. G. D. 



2123. Cucullia buddhae. (Plate XCVII. fig. 14.) 



Lithomia Imddhce, Wlk. xv. 1731 (1858). 



CucuUia ■phocylklcs, Driice, Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 488 (nee i. p. "iOS); 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; tegiiUe with 

 slight medial dark line. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and 

 irrorated with fuscous ; the veins with tine dark streaks ; antemedial 

 line double and irregular towards costa, then single, very strongly 

 angled outwards in suhmedian fold and above inner margin and 

 inwards on vein 1 ; two slight dark streaks below middle of costa. ; 

 ronitorm represented by a slight curved mark on its lower edge ; the 

 I)ostmedial line represented by an oblique striga from costa^ 

 obsolete to vein 2, then indistinct, strongly angled inwards in sub- 

 median fold and outwards on vein 1 ; snbterminal lino represented 

 by a series of slight dentate dark marks, oblique below vein 4, with 

 an oblique mark beyond it on vein 2 and round spot before it below 

 vein 2 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white 

 tinged with brown, especially on the veins and termirtaJ area ; cilia 

 brown, white at tips. 



Hah. CosTA lUc.v, Candelaria Mts. {Underwood), 1 c? , Grodman- 

 Salviu Coll. ; VENBZtfELA., type in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 4U-4L) 

 millim. 



2124. Cucullia phocylides. 



CiKitllia phocijlides, Druce, Biul. Centr.-Am., llet. i. p. 293, pi. 23. f. 3 

 (188'J). 



5 . Head and thorax pale red-brown ; tegular grey except at tips, 

 with black medial line ; abdomea grey suffused with reddish brown. 

 Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown especially on medial area.; 

 subbasal line represented by a slight oblii|ue striga frouL costa ;. a 

 fine black streak in submediaa fold to the aatemedial line, which is 

 indistinct, irregular towards costa, then very strongly angled out- 

 wards in the interspaces and inwards on the veins; postmedial line 

 represented by an obli(iue black striga ivom. costa, obsolete to vein 

 2, then strongly angled inwards ia subraedian fold and outwards on 

 vein 1 ; a black streak above vein 4 to near termen ; a series of 

 short rufous streaks in interspaces of terminal area, a more elongated, 

 streak above vein 7, and a subterminal spot in suhmedian interspace ; 

 a black streak on inner margin towards tornus ; some black strite 

 on termen. Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially ontho- 

 veins and terminal area ; the underside with the costal aad 

 terminal areas irrorated with brown. 



llah. Mexico, (jluerrero (//. //. Siiilih),! $ type, Godmaa-Salvin 

 Coll. E,vp. 52 millim. 



