174 NOCTTJIDiE. 



suffused with reddish brown; cilia white with brown line near base; 

 the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated and 

 suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial 

 line. 



Fore tibia with large claw on inner side and small claw on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Grlenwood Springs, Nevada, 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 32 millim, 



2299. Oncocnemis major. (Plate C. fig. 18.) 



Oncocnemis major, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 33 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. 



Am. p. 162. 

 Oncocnemis aqualis, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 33 (1881). 

 Oncocnemis curvicollis, G-rote, Can. Eat. xv. p. 10 (1883). 



5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; tegulae with black 

 line near base and brown tips ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen 

 whitish irrorated with brown. Pore wing pale grey thickly irro- 

 rated with brown ; subbasal line represented by an oblique striga 

 from costa, the antemedial line by an oblique striga from costa and 

 points on the veins and in submedian fold ; a slight dark streak 

 below base of cell to the claviform, which is whitish defined by 

 brown, elongate and acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform 

 faintly defined by brown, the former elongate and nearly confluent 

 in discal fold with the latter; a slight brown medial shade; 

 postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then 

 represented by a series of minute streaks on the veins ; the veins 

 of terminal area streaked with black, interrupted by slight white 

 points representing the subterminal line ; cilia whitish and brown. 

 Hind wing whitish, the costal, inner, and terminal areas broadly 

 suffused with brown ; the veins brown ; cilia white with a brown 

 line near base ; the underside whiter, the costal and terminal areas 

 irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and postmedial series 

 of minute streaks on the veins. 



Ab. 1. aqualis. Kather whiter. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ type, Salidah, California, 1 $ type 

 aqualis, Arizona. Exp. 38-42 millim. 



*2300. Oncocnemis ciliata. (Plate C. fig. 19.) 



Oncocnemis ciliata, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat, Mus. xxii. p. 478 (1900) ; Dyar, 

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



$ . Head and thorax grey- white irrorated with fuscous and black 

 scales ; tegulae with a fuscous line ; abdomen ochreous white. 

 Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the costal half of 

 medial area darkest, the veins with slight dark streaks, the lines 

 absent ; a black streak defined on each side by white below base of 

 cell, confluent with the narrow elongate claviform ; orbicular with 

 fuscous centre and white annulus, narrow, elongate, acute towards 

 base ; reniform a small narrow lunule with white annulus and dark 

 centre irrorated with grey; the terminal area with a series of black 



