COSMIA. 511 



2739. Cosmia pulchella. (Hate CVII. fig. 21.) 



Xanthia pulclicUa, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxii. p. 223 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. 

 ]V. Am. p. 177. 



c? . Head and thorax fiery red ; antennoe brown, whitish at 

 base ; fore tarsi with slight white rings ; abdomen fiery red tinged 

 with brown on dorsum. JFore wing fiery red suffused with purplish 

 fuscous and grey except at base and on terminal area ; subbasal 

 line represented by a brown striga from costa ; antemedial line 

 black-brown, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled 

 inwards on veiii 1 ; orbicular and reniform very narrow, the 

 former oblique, concave towards base, with greyish centre and 

 whitish annulus defined by black, the latter fiery red above, 

 with white U-shaped annulus to lower part, some blackish near 

 inner edge and in centre of lower part, slightly defined by black ; 

 a medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, with a blackish 

 shade, except on costal area, between it and postmedial line which 

 is obliciue from costa to vein G and incurved below vein 4 ; a 

 strong black subterminal line bounding the dark area, slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; cilia pale 

 rufous with a faint dark line through them. Hind wing brown 

 with a reddish tinge ; the termen and cilia fiery red. Underside 

 fiery red ; hind wing with dark discoidal lunule. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, 1 S • J^^p- 36 millim. 



2740. Cosmia approximata, n. sp. (Plate CVII. fig. 22.) 



Head and thorax rufous ; pectus clothed with whitish hair ; 

 abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing rufous 

 with very slight darker irroration, the veins brown ; subbasal line 

 rufous, slightly curved, from costa to submedian fold ; the ante- 

 medial line arising from costa just beyond it, very oblique, slightly 

 excurved below costa and above inner margin ; claviform large,, 

 faintly defined by rufous ; orbicular and reniform large defined by 

 rufous, the former oblique elliptical ; a rufous medial shade oblique 

 below the cell and joining the antemedial line at inner margin ; 

 postmedial line excurved below costa, then oblique, very slightly 

 incurved below vein 3 ; the postmedial area slightly suff'used with 

 brown ; subterminal line dentate, slightly angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved terminal line ; cilia 

 Avith a fine brown line through them. Hind wing pale yellow, the 

 inner area suffused with brown ; a faint slightly curved postmedial 

 line and traces of a diffused subterminal band ; the underside with 

 the costal area slightly tinged with rufous, a discoidal point and 

 slight sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Kashmir, Dugi Pass {Thompson), S cJ , 1 ? type, Jalauri 

 Pass {McArthur), 1 $ , I>ana {McArtlmr), 1 S , 1 $ • Exp- 3(> 

 millim. 



