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cilia whitish and hrown with a dark line through them. Hind 

 wing white irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area ; a 

 fine hrown terminal line ; cilia white with a slight brown lino 

 through them ; the underside with dark discoidal lunule and slight 

 postmedial line with minute streaks on the veins. 



Hab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, 1 J . Exp. 34 millim. 



*2365. Bombycia onycMna. 



Epunda onychina, Gueu. Noct. ii. p. 48 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 215. 



Similar in size and colour to B. viminalis. Fore wing rather 

 grej-er with the markings similar ; the orbicular much larger and 

 at least equal in size to the reniform, somewhat quadrate and with 

 its centre slightly defined by black ; the reniform partly suffused 

 with rufous ; subterminal line represented by three large dark 

 quadrate patches, on costa, at middle, and at tornus. 



Hab. U.S.A. Exp. 32 millim. This species is unknown to me ; 

 it may belong to the genus Brachylomia. 



Larva. Grey marbled with rufous ; a dorsal series of small black 

 V-shaped marks between the joints; stigmatal line broad, white 

 with a reddish line through its middle ; head shining rufous. Food- 

 plant, Chamecislus. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectiuate with short branches, the apical part 

 serrate. 



2366. Bombycia viminalis. 



Noctua viminalis, Fabr. Gen. In. p. 284 (1777) ; Dup. Lep. Fr. V\. p. 177, 

 pi. 84. f. 4 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 58 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 164. 



I^octna stricta, Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 84. f. 5 (1787). 



Noctua saliccti, Borkh. Enr. Schmett. iv. p. 630 (1792). 



NoctiM scripta, Hiibn. Enr. Schmett., Noct. f. 60 (1827). 



Bombycia obscura, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164 (1S71). 



Bombycia asiatica, Bang-Haas, ined. 



Head and thorax grey-white tinged with red-broAvn ; frons dark 

 brown below ; antennae brown except at base ; tegulse with black 

 line near tips, which are brown ; patagia edged with blackish on 



Fig. f)6.-^Bombycicc viminalis, (^ . \. 



outer side ; tarsi reddish brown ringed with white ; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with rufous, the dorsal crests dark. Fore wing 

 grey-white suffused in parts with red-brown ; the costal edge 

 rufous ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line 



