lUS 50CTCMt.r. 



•2286. Oncocnemis melalutea. ( Plato C. fig. 6.) 



Onrncnemi* niflalutfa. Smith, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. »ii. p. 39 (1889); Djnr, 

 Cat. I.ep. N. Aui. p. 1 '_'(*.. 



$ . Tloatl nnd thorax vtllowiMli irrorati-d with fjn v and black ; 

 froiis blackihh ; tcguliu with black line at ba.se and white line just 

 before tips whi(;h are grey; palagia marked with grey scales. 

 Fore wing yellowish irrorated with black and grey, esjtecially on 

 basal and terniinal area.s ; snbbasal line doulde, from costa to snb- 

 nu-diiin fold; antcmedial line double, blackish, oblique, hardly 

 waved ; claviform small, delined by a few fuscous scales ; orbicular 

 round, pale defined by fu.scous ; rcniform pale slightly defined by 

 fuscous and with fuscous lunule in centre ; medial line represented 

 by a slight shade at costa ; postmedial line double, black-brown, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the 

 area beyond the outer line dark with a series of white points on the 

 vein.s ; subtcrminal line represented by a series of very irregularly- 

 placed white points; a terminal series of black strije ; cilia yellowish 

 iiiter.-^ected with fuscous. Hind wing glossy yellowish white, the 

 terminal area broadly black ; traces of a dark postmedial line; cilia 

 white ; the underside whitish with postmedial dark line and broad 

 terminal fuscous band. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Fort Hills near Denver. K.rp. 30 millim. 

 This .species is unknown to mo ; tigui'ed from drawing from type in 

 U.S. ^'at. Mus. 



*2287. Oncocnemis extremis. 



Oncocnemis extremis, Smith, Ent. Am. vi. p. 30 (189t») ; id. Cat. Lep. N. 

 Am. p. 160. 



5 . Head and thorax pale grey irrorated with black, the head 

 tinged with cream-colour, the back of head and Ist joint of palpi 

 dark brown. Fore wing pale grey to just beyond postmedial line, 

 the terminal area fuscous black with a brown gloss ; subbasjJ line 

 single, l)lack ; antcmedial line strong, black, eveidy excurved ; stig- 

 mata absent; a broad difl'u.sed medial sliade, appro.ximaled to the 

 postmedial line below the cell ; postmedial line single, black, bent 

 outwards below costa, then irregular, excurved to vein 4 and then 

 olilique; subtcrminal line absent. Hind wing white, slightly 

 tinged with ycUowi.sh, the base sutlused with black; a broad 

 terminal black band narrowing to a point at tornus ; a slight post- 

 medial line, not reaching inner margin ; the underside whitish with 

 dark irroration, the markings indistinct. 



Hah. Canada, N.W. Br. Columbia. E.cp. 33 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me. 



