BEA.CHYCOSMIA. — COSJIIA. 497 



thorax with slight triangular crest ; tibite fringed with long hair ; abdomen 

 without crests, elongate in female. Fore wing triangular, the costa nearly 

 straight, the apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 

 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (> from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 "with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of diseocellulars ; 0,7 

 shortly stalked ; S anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



2720. Brachycosmia digitalis. 



Anchocelis digitalis, Grote, 13ull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 584: 

 (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. -lib. 



c? . Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomen ochreous tinged 

 with rufous and with dorsal brownish segmental bands. Fore wing 

 bright rufous tinged with greyish except on medial area ; a slight 

 pale subbasal line from costa to subraedian fold ; antemedial line 

 whitish, oblique, straight ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reni- 

 form very small with slight rufous annuli, the former round and 



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Fig. 168. — Urachycosmia digitalis, (^ . \-. 



touching the antemedial line, the latter narrow, constricted at 

 middle; postmedial line whitish, slightly bent inwards to costa, 

 then oblique, straight ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, minutely 

 waved ; a slight dark terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown 

 tinged with rufous ; cilia pale rufous ; the underside rufous suf- 

 fused with brown except on medial costal area, a small discoidal 

 spot and curved postmedial line. 



5 . Pore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines strong, pure 

 white. 



Hab. U.S.A., Maine, New Hampshire, New York {Hagen), 1 S , 

 1 $ , Illinois. Exp. 26 millira. 



Genus COSMIA. „ 



Type. 

 Cosmia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 84 (ISIO), non descr. ; Treit. 



Sehmett.Eur. v. (2) p. 379 (1825) falvago. 



Ochria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 233 (1827) aurago. 



Cirrhia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 234 (1827) ciirago. 



Citria, Hubn. Verz. p. 231 fidvago. 



Mellinia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 234 palleugu. 



Xanthia, Hiibn. Tent, ined fidvago. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed 

 with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; 

 antenna3 of male minutely serrate and fasciculate or ciliated ; head and thorax 

 clothed with liair only, the prothorax with ridge-like crest; abdomen with some 

 rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair but without crests. Fore wing 



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