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2254. Oncocnemis hayesi. (Plate XCIX. fig. 14.) 



Oncocnemis hayesi, Grote, Boll. Buif. Foe, Nat. Sci. i. p. 106, pi. iii. f. 13 

 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 158. 



S . Head and thorax rufous slightly mixed with brown ; tarsi 

 handed Avith black ; abdomen orange slightly irrorated with fuscous, 

 the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with 

 brown, the submedian fold redder, the terminal area browner, the 

 lines with black spots on costa ; subbasal line represented by black 

 striae from costa and cell ; antemedial line oblique, waved ; orbicular 

 and reniform with pale annuli, undefined, the former round ; a 

 diffused waved brown medial line ; postmedial line oblique from 

 costa to vein 6, then miniately dentate, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved ; subterminal line only defined by diffused fuscous on its 

 inner side, somewhat dentate, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 

 and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of black striae ; cilia 

 ochreous with a brown line through them. Hind wing orange, 

 slightly irrorated with brown; the terminal area broadly black 

 with waved inner edge ; cilia yellow with dark line near base and 

 whitish tips ; the underside with minute discoidal luuule. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia ; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 (S , California, 

 Nevada Co. Exp. 34 millim. 



*2255. Oncocnemis regina. (Plate XCIX, fig. 15.) 



Oncocnemis regina. Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 44 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat. 

 Lep. N. Am. p. 126. 



S . Head and thorax pale grey tinged with ochreous, the head 

 and base of tegulae slightly tinged with rufous, the thorax irrorated 

 with black ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale grey tinged 

 with ochreous and with slight dark irroration, the markings 

 indistinct ; subbasal line slight, single ; antemedial line single, 

 evenly curved ; claviform absent ; orbicular moderate with yellowish 

 annulus defined by brown, round ; reniform moderate, yellowish 

 with a grey shade in centre ; an indistinct diffused brown medial 

 band ; postmedial line single, blackish, bent outwards beloAV costa, 

 then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, yellowish defined by difiused fuscous on 

 inner side, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle ; cilia yellowish, with a series of brown lunules. Hind 

 wing pale yellow ; the terminal area black, broadly at costa, 

 narrowing to tornus ; cilia yellowish. Underside of both wings 

 yellow, with broad black terminal band and the cilia yellowish. 



Hah. Canada, Assiniboia, Regina {Fktcher). Exp. 28 millim. 

 This species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type 

 in Coll. J. B. Smith. 



