ISO NOC'XUID^. 



with a slight purplish tinge and largely suffused with black ; a 

 broad diffused black fascia below the cell, some black suffusion 

 bej'ond the cell, postmedial line entire, subtermiual oblique fascia 

 and line prominent and diffused, the latter angled outwards at 

 vein 4 ; hind wing tinged with brown, the terminal area strongly 

 suffused with black. 



Hah. Cape Colony, Calvinia Distr. (Alston), 1 c? , Uitenhage 

 (Bainsfoiv), 1 c? , Grahamstown (i¥m G. White), 1 $. Exp.,S 38, 

 $ 44 millira. 



Genus HOMONCOCNEMIS, nov. 



Type, H. fortis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely uptvirned, fringed with long hair 

 in front ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; anteimiE of female almost 

 simple ; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without 

 crests ; fore tibi^ with curved claw on outer side ; abdomen with some rough 

 hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apes somewhat rounded, 

 the termen nearly evenly curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 

 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hing wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle 

 of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base 

 only. 



2310. Homoncocnemis fortis. 



Hoinoliadena fortis, G-rote, Can. Ent. sii. p. 257 (1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 



N.Am. p. "161. 

 Homohadena picina, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 257 (1880). 

 Agrotis varax, Behr. Papilio, iv. p. 21 (1884) (larva) ; Smith, Papiho, iv. 



p. 114. 



2 . Head and thorax dark brown with a golden gloss ; abdomen 

 pale golden brown. Pore wing dark brown with a purplish gloss ; 

 subbasal line represented by faint dark points below costa and cell ; 

 antemedial line represented by slight black points on the veins ; 

 stigmata absent ; postmedial line represented by a series of black 



Fig. 49. — Homovcocnemis fortis, J. \. 



points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 

 and angled outwards on vein 1 ; subterminal line absent ; a fine 

 pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and mai'ginal 

 areas suffused with golden brown ; cilia white, brown at base ; the 

 underside with postmedial series of short black streaks on the veins 

 showing through to upperside. 



Hah. U.S.A., Nevada, California, Havilah, 1 § type picina. 

 Exp. 46 millim. 



