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NOCTTJIDJE. 



cilia brownish, white at base ; the underside with the costal area 

 and termen irrorated with pale rufous. 



Hab. U.S.A., Colorado desert, co-type t cJ in Coll. J. B. Smith. 

 Exj). 3-1 millim. 



*2290. Oncocnemis simplicia. (Plate C. fig. 9.) 



0)icocne7nis simplicia, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 12 (1903). 



S . Head deep chestnut-brown ; thorax rufous mixed with 

 ochreous ; abdomen ochreous white. Eore wing greyish ochreous 

 irrorated with rufous ; subbasal line single, black, from costa to 

 submedian fold, in which it is connected with the antemedial line by 

 a slight black streak ; antemedial line single, strong, black, oblique ; 

 claviform absent ; orbicular with pale annulus, elongate 'elliptical ; 

 reniform narrow with pale annulus slightly dettned by dark scales, 

 its centre tinged with brown ; postmedial line with fuscous spot at 

 costa, then almost obsolete, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved, below vein 2 single, black, slightly 

 angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line represented by some 

 irregularly-placed pale scales ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing semihyaline white slightly tinged with yellowish, 

 the termen rather darker ; the underside yellowish white, the 

 costal area with some dark irroration, an interrupted postmedial 

 line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado desert. Exp. 32 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in Coll. J. B. 

 Smith. 



2291. Oncocnemis punctilinea, n. sp. (Plate C. fig. 10.) 



2 • Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale rufous and black ; 

 tegulee with diffused black line near base ; tarsi banded black and 

 white ; the claw on fore tibia small ; abdomen white tinged with 

 brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown and thickly 

 irrorated with black, the veins with slight dark streaks ; subbasal 

 line represented by faint dark marks at costa and cell ; antemedial 

 line somewhat diffused and rather punctiform, oblique from costa 

 to median nervure, slightly angled inwards in submediau fold, then 

 oblique to inner margin ; claviform absent ; orbicular and reniform 

 very small with faint undefined whitish annuli, the former round, 

 the latter with blackish centre; postmedial line bent outwards 

 below costa, then minutely waved and rather punctiform, excurved 

 to vein 4, then very obliquely incurved ; subtermioal line very 

 indistinct, diffused, whitish, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 

 and incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of small black lunules. 

 Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown, the terminal area 

 somewhat darker ; a slight dark terminal line ; cilia white ; the 

 underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown. 



