SPRAG1 i;ia. 



Genus SPRAGUEIA. 



'1 ■■ i 

 Spragiieia, Grote, Check-List Noct. p. 2~> (1875) g 



l'robosc-is fully developed : palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reach 

 niddle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons wil tsma r mded 

 prominence with slight o trneous plate below it ; eyes large, round -;eof 



male ciliated ; thorax clothe 1 almost entirely with scales, i he prut horax h ithout 

 , the metathorax with decumbent crest ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen 

 without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termeu evenly curved 

 and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (5 from upp< 

 '.i iV im 1" anastomosing with 8 to form a minute longitudinally elongate an 

 II from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle 

 of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with tbo cell to 

 middle. 



A. Fore wing with pale centre to reniform guttata. 



B. Fore wing without pale centre to reniform. 



a. Fore wing with the terminal area lea leu grey, irro- 

 rated with white funeralis. 



b. Fore wing with more or less orange-red or rufous on 

 terminal area. 



a 1 . Fore wing with the antemedial line confluent 



with the postmedial line at inner margin magnified. 



b x . Fore wing with the antemedial line not confluent 

 with the postmedial line at inner margin. 

 a-. Fore wing with the antemedial line verj 



strongly excurved ouagrus. 



b'. Fore wing with the antemedial line not strongly 

 excurved. 

 a 3 . Fore wing with the terminal area oranj 

 red. 



a 1 . Fore wing with pale costal fascia 



b l . Fore wing with pale pitch at middli 



costa with dark pomt on it 



b 3 . Fore wing with the terminal area sufluc 

 with rufous. 

 a*. Fore wing with blackish patch at base of 

 costa. 

 a b . Pore wing with the cilia yellow and 



rufous.... 



Ir\ Fore wing with the cilia black, whitu 



at tips towards apex 



6*. Fore wing without blackish patch at b 

 of costa. 

 a\ Fore wing with the medial i en 



grey 



b 1 . Fore wing with the medial a: 



6011. Spragueia guttata. (Plate CLXES fig. I.) 



Spragueia guttata, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p 

 N. Am. p. 305. 



$. Head and thorax blackish mixed with yello 

 the tegulffi, patagia, and metathorax bright rut'. 



