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patagia dark brown ; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with red- 

 brown, the crests dark. Fore wiug purplish grey slightly irrorated 

 with brown ; subbasal line represented by an oblique striga from 

 costa : a fine black streak in submedian fold to the antemedial line 

 which is indistinctly double and very strongly angled outwards in 

 the interspaces and inwards on the veins ; orbicular and reniform 

 very small aud indistinctly defined by dark scales ; postmedial line 

 somewhat dentate, bent outwards beloAV costa and oblique below 

 vein 4, with a distinct dentate dark mark on a whitish streak in 

 submedian fold ; a black streak above vein 4 to near termen where 



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Cucullia serraticornis, (^ . 



it is met by an oblique series of short streaks from termen below 

 apex ; short streaks above extremities of veins 3 and 2, and an 

 oblique subterminal streak below vein 2 to a slight streak in sub- 

 median fold beyond the postmedial line ; cilia intersected with 

 fuscous. Hind wing white, the veins, costal and inner areas, and 

 termen tinged with red-brown ; the underside with the costal area 

 irrorated with brown, a black streak on median nervure and small 

 discoidal lunule. 



§ . Fore wing suffused with brown ; hind wing nearly uniformly 

 suffused with reddish brown. 



Hab. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito (BeJirens), 3^,1$. Exjy., 

 S 46, $ 50 millim. 



2071. Cuculiia hrucei. (Plate XCVI. fig. 22.) 

 Raiicora hmoei, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. loG (1903). 



5 . Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with red-brown ; 

 tegulse with black line near base, two slight medial lines and brown 

 tips ; patagia slightly edged with brown above ; abdomen red- 

 brown mixed with grey. Fore wing purplish grey, suffused and 

 irrorated with dark brown ; a prominent black streak in submedian 

 fold to the antemedial line which is very indistinct, strongly angled 

 outwards in the interspaces and inwards on the veins ; faint traces 

 of minute orbicular and reniform stigmata ; postmedial line obsolete 

 except below vein 2 where it is oblique and sinuous ; a prominent 

 black streak above basal half of vein 4 with slight streaks between 

 it and termen below apex, slight streaks above extremities of veins 

 3, 2 and a prominent oblique streak below vein 2, dilated in sub- 

 median fold. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused and irrorated 



