174 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 



A few copies of these papers havo been accompanied by two photo 

 graphic plates containing figures of all the species noticed in this 

 paper, viz. : Plate I, poster a, asteris, asteroides, Speyeri and inter- 

 media, in each sex ; Plate II, lueifuga & , absynthii $ , chamomillce 

 $ $ , umbratica $ ? , convexipennis $ ? , scrophularice $ and 

 lichnitides $ . 



In consideration of the far greater accuracy ensured in the repre- 

 sentation of the above species by the aid of photography than it is 

 possible to attain by any other method, it is to be regretted that the 

 expense of the production of such plates prevents their presentation 

 in the entire issue of this Report. 



Cucullia serraticornis nov. sp. 



Antennae biserrated ; the serratures, which are less conspicuous at 

 the base and tip, as seen from above, consist apparently of a row on 

 each side beneath of conical projections, bearing rows of curved 

 whitish cilia on their lateral margins beneath, which increase in length 

 from the base to the apex. Palpi nearly horizontal, gray with brown 

 scales, third joint short and rounded. Front gray with some black 

 scales. Collar yellowish-brown below the prominent black transverse 

 line; above gray with the usual paler line bordered with darker 

 scales, and still darker ones on the upper margin of the collar. 

 Tegulse concolorous with the wings. Thorax fuscous; an abdominal 

 series of similar colored tufts on the first four segments. Abdomen 

 gray, paler basally. 



Primaries straight costally or slightly concave from the folding 

 over of the marginal nervure, gently curving to the apex, which is 

 obtuse; outer margin entire, sloping moderately to the inner margin, 

 which is long and nearly straight. Color pale ash-gray, darker on 

 the inner margin. Anterior median line blackish, teeth acute, pre- 

 ceded by a white shade, beyond which some blackish lines almost 

 geminate it. Posterior median line obsolete, except in cell 1 5, 

 where it is bidentate ; the teeth preceded by an elongate-oval, brown 

 bordered white spot on the submedian fold, extending to the anterior 

 median line ; followed by a white angulated line (the " tooth " of the 

 internal angle), from the concavity of which a black streak (the usual 

 interspaceal streak of the internal angle) runs obliquely to the first 

 median nervule (vein 2). Costal margin over the place of the orbi- 

 cular, with a diffuse brown shade and two oblique brown streaks at 

 the inception of the posterior median . Basilar line black, fine ; a slen- 



