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median transverse band. Thorax with patagias scantily powdered with l)lackish 

 scales. Abdomen uniform, only a little paler than general ground. Primaries with 

 all the ordinary maculation present but, except for the ordinary spots, not contrasting 

 or prominently defined. Basal line geminate, blackish, with a sharp outward angle on 

 the subcostal. On the internal vein, just beyond the termination of the basal line, is 

 a black spot which extends obliquely upward toward the costal inception of the t. a. 

 line ; but is diffuse and becomes lost in the cell. T. a. line geminate, almost evenly 

 oblique outwardly. The component lines are slender, the outer blackish and marked 

 by a larger spot on costa, scarcely complete ; the inner is hardly defined except on 

 costa, and by the somewhat yellowish included space. T. p. line geminate, only a 

 little outcurved over the reniform and then almost evenly oblique to the inner margin. 

 The inner line is blackish, slender, crenulate ; the outer is composed of black, followed 

 by yellowish venular dots. The included space is yellowish. Median shade broad, 

 diffuse, smoky, outwardly oblique from costa between the ordinary spots, involving 

 the reniform inferiorly ; thence inward, parallel with and close to the t. p. line, to the 

 inner margin. S. t. line yellowish, very even except for a jog on vein 7, emphasized 

 by preceding, diffuse blackish spots. A series of small, black, terminal lunulas. 

 Fringes yellowish, with a smoky interline. Claviform wanting. Orbicular small, 

 concolorous, open above, outlined by a black V, which forms the most prominent fea- 

 ture in the maculation. Reniform upright, long, narrow, somewhat crescent-shaped, 

 incomplete above and below, the sides with a black margin, within which is a narrow 

 yellow line. Secondaries dull smoky fuscous, a little paler and more transparent at 

 base. Beneath, smoky with a yellowish tinge, powdery, with a common outer line 

 which is incomplete on the primaries, and a discal spot which is well marked only on 

 the secondaries. Expands 1. 40 inches =^ 35 mm. 



Habitat. — Corvallis, Oregon, June 21, 1900, Professor Washburn. 



A single male in good condition. The antennae are feebly ciliated 

 only. The legs are densely clothed with long, divergent scales ; but 

 there appear to be no true tuftings. The species belongs with noverca 

 and g(>ode//i in type of maculation ; but it is larger and more robust 

 than either. The thorax is quadrate, the vestiture rather loose, the 

 divided crest and the patagife are both well marked. At first sight 

 the species recalls an Hadena of the binotata series, but the eyes are 

 obviously hairy. The characteristic V-mark will serve to identify the 

 species readily. 

 Oncocntmis balteata, sp. nov. 



Head gray ; white with black scales intermixed : a blackish line across the front, 

 another between the antennse. Thorax rusty luteous, with white scales intermixed : 

 collar with alternating black and white lines, tipped with luleous. Primaries ru.sty 

 luteous at extreme base, darkening rapidly to a .smoky brown which extends to the 

 middle of the wing. This is followed I'V a broad whitish band, which outwardly 

 merges through luteous into a dark, smoky, terminal .space. The ordinary maculation 

 is more or less clearly marked in all these spaces. P.asal line geminate, marked across 

 the costal region only. T. a. line geminate, dark smoky, a little oblique and with 



