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cilia whitish and brown with a dark line through them. Hind 

 wing white irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area ; a 

 fine brown terminal line; cilia w^hite with a slight brown, lino 

 through them ; the underside with dark discoidal lunule and slight 

 postmcdial lino with minute streaks on the veins. 



llab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, 1 cJ . Exp, 34 millim, 



*2365. Bombycia onycliina. 



Epunda onychina, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 48 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Aiu. 

 p. 215. 



Similar in size and colour to B. viminalis. Fore wing rather 

 greyer with the markings similar ; the orbicular much larger and 

 at least equal in size to the reniform, somewhat quadrate and with 

 its centre slightly defined by black ; the reniform partly suffused 

 with rufous ; subterminal line represented - by three large dark 

 quadrate patches, on costa, at middle, and at tornus. 



Hub. U.S.A. Ea.^. 32 millim. This species is unknown to me ; 

 it may belong to the genus BracJiylomia. 



Larva. Grey marbled with rufous ; a dorsal series of small black 

 V-shaped marks between the joints; stigmatal line broad, white 

 with a reddish line through its middle ; head shining rufous. Pood- 

 plant, Chamecistics. 



Sect. II. Antennaj of male bipectiiiate with short branches, the apical part 

 serrate. 



236G. Bombycia viminalis. 



Nociua viminalis, Fabr. Gen. In. p. 284 (1777) ; Dup. Lcp. Fr. vi. p. 177, 

 pi. 84. f. 4 ; Staph. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilau^t. iii. p. 58 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 1(54. 



Nociua strida, Esp. Scliinett. iii. pi. 84. f. 5 (1787). 



Noctua saliceti, Borkh. Eur. Scbmett. iv. p. 630 (] 792). 



Koctna scripta, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 50 (1827). 



Bombycia ohscura, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164 (1871). 



Bombycia asiatica, Bang- Haas, ined. 



Head and thorax grey-white tinged with red-brown ; frons dark 

 brown below ; antennae brown except at base; tegulse with black 

 line near tips, which are brown ; patagia edged with blackish on 



Fig. 66. — Bombycia viminalis, (^ . \. 



outer side ; tarsi reddish brown ringed with white ; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with rufous, the dorsal crests dark. Fore wing 

 grey-white suffused in parts with red-brown ; the costal edge 

 rufous; a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal line 



