188 NOCTUIU^. 



black streaks above and below vein 5 and with slight black streak 

 beyond it below vein 2 ; a terminal series of slight black lunules ; 

 cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing greyish nearly uniformly 

 suffused with fuscous brown ; an indistinct discoidal lunule and 

 curved postmedial line ; cilia whitish with a dark line through 

 them : the underside grey-white irrorated with brown, a black 

 discoidal lunule and minutely waved postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Washington, 1 $ , Nevada, 1 c? , 2 $ type, Cali- 

 fornia, Lake Co. {Walsinyham), 5 cj' , 3 5 . Exp. 40-44 millim. 



2952. Trachea paviaj. (Plate CXII. fig. 26.) 



Twniocampa -pavicB, Behr, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het. p. 94 (1874) ; Smith, 



Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 142. 

 Hadena inconspicua, Smith, Cat. JS'oct. N. Am. p. 142 (1893), non desci*. 



5 . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with greyish and 

 fuscous ; tegula) with blackish line near tips ; patagia with black 

 line near upper edge ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen 

 greyish tinged with rufous and irrorated and suffused with fuscous. 

 Pore wing greyish tinged with rufous, irrorated and in parts suffused 

 with fuscous ; a sinuous black streak below baee of cell ; subbasal 

 line represented by a black striga from costa ; antemedial line double 

 tilled in with greyish, minutely waved from costa to median nervure, 

 then excurved and strongly retracted to inner margin towards which 

 it is defined by blackish on inner side ; claviform slightly defined by 

 black above and at extremity: orbicular and reniform slightly defined 

 by black, the former open above and below, the latter open and 

 narrowing above and extending to below angle of cell, a pale patch 

 beyond it : medial line absent ; postmedial line double filled in 

 with greyish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, 

 angled outwards at veins 6 and 4, then incurved, some pale points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with slight 

 black marks before and beyond it above and below vein 5, excurved 

 below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; 

 cilia with pale punctiform line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, 

 slightly paler at base ; cilia oohreous with a dark line through them ; 

 the underside pale irrorated with brown and slightly tinged with 

 purplish red, a black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



Hub. U.S.A., California (Behr), 1 $ . Exjy. 38 millim. 



2953. Trachea indirecta. (Plate CXII. fig. 27.) 



Hadena indirecta, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 28 (1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 143. 



Head and thorax purplish rufous mixed with some grey and 

 fuscous ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with black bar ; tegulaj with 

 black line near tips ; patagia with black scales near upper edge ; 

 tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen pale rufous, with the crests 

 tipped witli fuscous and the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore 

 wing pale rufous suffused with purplish red, especially on medial 



