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iii centre; postmedial line black defined on each side by grey, 

 touching upper extremity of renifonn, then bent outwards, 

 incurved and minutely dentate below vein 4, some whitish points 

 beyond it on costa and an oblique grey shade from before apex to 

 the angle of postmedial line; subtenninal line whitish, defined on 

 inner side by minute dark streaks, minutely dentate ; a terminal 

 series of minute black lunules ; cilia fuscous with fine white 

 lines at base and middle. Hind wing white, the veins brownish ; 

 a discoidal point and curved postmedial series of points on tbe 

 veins ; a fine brown terminal line from apex to submedian fold ; 

 the underside with the costa irrorated with brown. 

 Hub. U.S.A., Arizona, 1 J . Exp. 28 millim. 



*8S3a. Oxycnemis acuna. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 9.) 



OxycnemU avium, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxix. p. 67 (1907). 



Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with brown ; 

 subbasal and antemedial lines absent ; claviform and orbicular 

 brownish white defined by black, very narrow and elongate, the 

 latter extending to beyond the former; renifonn grey defined by a 

 few black scales, especially at sides, and with brownish centre, an 

 oblique white shade from its upper extremity to near apex ; post- 

 medial line absent ; subterminal line pale, irregular, interrupted, 

 defined on inner side by blackish markings, more distinct towards 

 apex and tornus ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia mixed with 

 fuscous and with slight pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing 

 white tinged with brown; a faint discoidal point; a fine brown 

 terminal line ; cilia white ; the underside with the costal area 

 tinged with yellowish, a yellow-brown terminal line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas, San Antonio. Exp. lb millim. This 

 species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in 

 Coll. \V. Barnes. 



3834. Oxycnemis gracillinea. (Plate CXXVIII. fig. 10.) 



Oncocnemis gracillinea, Gfrote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 2ol (1881) ; Smith, Cat. 



Noct. N. Am. p. 162. 

 Oxycnemis yuma. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxxiii. p. loS (l'J07). 



Head and thorax white mixed with some black-brown ; abdomen 

 white tinged with brown except at base. Pore wing white 

 tinged with brown and irrorated with black-brown ; claviform 

 extremely narrow and elongate from close to base to postmedial 

 line, with brown streak in middle and white annulus defined by 

 black ; antemedial line hardly traceable, somewhat oblique below 

 the claviform ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and 

 white annuli defined by black, the former a very narrow and 

 elongate streak confluent with the latter, which is small; post- 

 medial line obsolete except from reniform to inner margin, where 

 it is very indistinct, below vein J bent inwards as a slight 



