168 NOCTDIDiE. 



*2286. Oncocnemis melalutea. (Plate C. fig. 6.) 



Oncocnemis melalutea, Smithy J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. -yii. p. 39 (1889); Dyar, 

 Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 126. 



2 , Head and thorax yellowish irrorated with grey and black ; 

 frons blackish ; tegulse with black line at base and white line just 

 before tips which are grey ; patagia marked with grey scales. 

 Fore wing yellowish irrorated with black and grey, especially on 

 basal and terminal areas ; subbasal line double, from costa to sub- 

 median fold ; antemedial line double, blackish, oblique, hardly 

 waved ; claviform small, defined by a few fuscous scales ; orbicular 

 round, pale defined by fuscous ; reniform pale slightly defined by 

 fuscous and with fuscous lunule in centre ; medial line represented 

 by a slight shade at costa ; postmedial line double, black-brown, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the 

 area beyond the outer line dark with a series of white points on the 

 veins ; subterminal line represented by a series of very irregularly- 

 placed white points; a terminal series of black striae ; cilia yellowish 

 intersected with fuscous. Hind wing glossy yellowish white, the 

 terminal area broadly black ; traces of a dark postmedial line ; cilia 

 Avhite ; the underside whitish with postmedial dark line and broad 

 terminal fuscous band. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Fort Hills near "Denver. Exp. 30 millim. 

 Tliis species is unknown to me ; figured from drawing from type in 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



*2287. Oncocnemis extremis. 



Oncocnemis extremis, Smith, Ent. Am. "vi. p. 30 (1890) ; id. Cat. Lep. N. 

 Am. p. 160. 



5 , Head and thorax pale grey irrorated with black, the head 

 tinged with cream- colour, the back of head and 1st joint of palpi 

 dark brown. Fore wing pale grey to just beyond postmedial line, 

 the terminal area fuscous black with a brown gloss ; subbasal line 

 single, black ; antemedial line strong, blacjk, evenly excurved ; stig- 

 mata absent; a broad diffused medial shade, approximated to the 

 postmedial line below the cell ; postmedial line single, black, bent 

 outwards below costa, then irregular, excurved to vein 4 and then 

 oblique ; subterminal line absent. Hind wing white, slightly 

 tinged with yellowish, the base suffused with black ; a broad 

 terminal black band narrowing to a point at tornus ; a slight post- 

 medial line, not reaching inner margin ; the underside whitish with 

 dark irroration, the markings indistinct. 



Hah. Canada, N.W. Br. Columbia. Exiy. 33 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me. 



