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NOCTUIDiE. 



middle of cell, where it is obtuseh' angled, then very oblique to 

 inner margin near base : the postmedial line whitish, slightly 

 exciirved from costa to vein 4, then slightly incurved, the area 

 beyond it rather darker to the nearly straight whitish subterminal 

 line. Hind wing Avhite ; the terminal area slightly tinged with 

 reddish, leaving a whitish patch on termen between veins 4 and 2. 

 Underside of fore wing tinged Avith red beyond the cell from below 

 costa to vein 3, a slight subterminal line. 



Fore tibia) with one claw and one spine on inner side and two 

 claws and one spine on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Salida, 1 S • Exp. 34 millim. 



lis. Schinia gracilenta. 



Schinia gracilenta, Hiibn. Zutr. i. p. 

 N. Am. p. 278. 



(Plate LVI. tig. 18.) 

 -, ff. 5, 6 (1827) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 



Head and thorax pale brown, the scales with pale tips ; abdomen 

 ochreous. Fore wing pale dull reddish brown irrorated with grey ; 

 the medial area often greyish; an ochreous-white antemedial line, 



Fig. 29. — Schima gracilenta, ^. \. 



excurved from costa to median nervure, then oblique ; a postmedial 

 line slightly excurved from costa to vein 3, then slightly incurved ; 

 an oblique subterminal line. Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal 

 area slightly tinged with brown. 



Fore tibias with one claw and two spines on inner side and four 

 claws on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., S. States, Texas, 1^,2$, Grote Coll. Exp. 34 

 millim. 



119. Schinia sexplagiata. (Plate LVI. fig. 15.) 



Schinia sexplagiata, Smith. Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc. xviii. p. 124(1891); 



id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 275. 

 Schinia pyraloides, Streck. Lep. Rliop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 9 (1899). 



S . Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; abdomen white. Fore 

 wing with the basal area red-brown, slightly irrorated with ochreous 

 to the curved white antemedial line ; the medial area brownish white 

 irrorated with fuscous ; reniform ill-defined, fuscous ; the postmedial 

 line white, strongly excurved from costa to vein 4, then strongly 



