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1884 fl. Cirplds atr'iioi'na, sp. n. 



9 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish 

 oehreous ; palpi with the second joint Ijlackish at sides ; 

 frons with black bar; tcj^nlie with Ijlack medial line and 

 fusr!ons lines near base and ti|)s ; abdomen grey suffused 

 with fuseons, the sides and ventral surface towards exti'(Mnity 

 oehreous sutruscd with red-brown. Fore wing red-brown 

 sparsely irrorated with blackish, the costa with black strias ; 

 a white point at base of cell, black subbasal point in cell 

 and brown j);itch below base of cell ; antemedial black points 

 on costa and veins and patch on inner margin ; orbicular 

 an oblique reddish-white bar connected with the very narrow 

 rcniform deliued by reddish white and a white streak on 

 extremity of median nervure; postmedial line represented by a 

 small black spot on costa, then by a curved series of points on 

 the veins ; three small black spots on costa towards apex ; a 

 red-brown patch on termen at discal fold and oblique blackish 

 patch on tornal area; cilia with series of black points near 

 base, blaeUish towards tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown 

 with a cupreous tinge; cilia white tinged with rufous and 

 with red-brown line through thcni from apex to vein 2 ; the 

 underside grey, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 

 suffused with rufous and striated with black, a black dis- 

 coidal spot, diffused postmedial line and scries of black 

 points and strite on termen. 



Hah. S. Nigeria^ llesha [Humphrey)^ 1 ? type. Exp. 

 3 A mm. 



2047 a. Leucania yuconensis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax wood-brown ; abdomen grey suffused 

 with fuscous brown except the anal tuft which is white 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing wood-brown slightly irrorated 

 with fuscous, the veins slightly streaked with whitish, the 

 interspaces of terminal area with faint dark streaks; a black 

 discoidal point and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2 ; a 

 terminal series of minute points. Hind wing fuscous black 

 witli some whitish at base; cilia white tinged with brown at 

 base; the underside irrorated with white, tlie costal area 

 whitish at base, the veins streaked with white, a terminal 

 series of black points from apex to vein 2. 



Hab. Cax.vua, Yukon, Dawson City (G. A. Day), 1 ^ ^ 

 1 ? tj'pe. Exp. 32 mm. 



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