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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  [98] 
  

  

  XVIII. 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  CUCULLIA 
  LDTIFICA 
  LOTH. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Check 
  List 
  of 
  tlte 
  JVoctuidce 
  of 
  America, 
  by 
  A. 
  R. 
  

   Grote, 
  I 
  had 
  described 
  (on 
  page 
  24), 
  the 
  above 
  species 
  from 
  a 
  

   male 
  specimen 
  received 
  by 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  von 
  Meske 
  from 
  a 
  cor- 
  

   respondent 
  in 
  Bastrop, 
  Texas, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  C. 
  Speyeri. 
  The 
  anterior 
  wings 
  are 
  

   narrower 
  and 
  less 
  curved 
  anteapically 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  species 
  ; 
  

   they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  paler 
  gray 
  shade. 
  The 
  subobsolete 
  reniform 
  and 
  

   orbicular 
  spots 
  are 
  marked 
  with 
  ochraceous-yellow 
  dashes 
  ; 
  a 
  

   streak 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  rests 
  on 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  at 
  

   its 
  base 
  and 
  another 
  within 
  the 
  inferior 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   transverse 
  line. 
  This 
  line 
  is 
  more 
  acutely 
  toothed 
  than 
  in 
  

   Speyeri. 
  The 
  oblique 
  black 
  streak 
  in 
  cell 
  I 
  b, 
  is 
  faintly 
  bor- 
  

   dered 
  above 
  with 
  ochraceous-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  small 
  teeth 
  of 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  tranverse 
  band, 
  which 
  are 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   median 
  fold 
  are 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  length, 
  while 
  in 
  Speyeri 
  the 
  

   one 
  below 
  the 
  fold 
  is 
  much 
  the 
  longer 
  ; 
  between 
  these 
  teeth 
  

   and 
  the 
  opposed 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  transverse 
  line 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  

   spot, 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  fold 
  and 
  reaching 
  nearly 
  half 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  

   nervure 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Terminal 
  margin 
  lined 
  distinctly 
  with 
  

   black, 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  nervules. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  lustrous 
  brown 
  

   border, 
  and 
  nervules 
  covered 
  with 
  brown 
  scales. 
  Cilia 
  white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  1.90 
  in. 
  Length 
  of 
  body 
  exclusive 
  of 
  anal 
  

   tuft, 
  .80 
  in. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Graef, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  per- 
  

   mitted 
  to 
  examine 
  three 
  females 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  received 
  from 
  

   Texas, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Speyeri. 
  While 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Speyeri, 
  as 
  above 
  indicated, 
  

   the 
  distinctive 
  features 
  of 
  narrower 
  and 
  less 
  apically 
  -rounded 
  

   primaries, 
  a 
  lighter 
  gray 
  shade, 
  ochraceous 
  markings, 
  et 
  cet., 
  

   are 
  fully 
  sustained 
  by 
  this 
  additional 
  material. 
  The 
  posterior 
  

   wings 
  of 
  this 
  sex 
  have 
  a 
  narrower 
  marginal 
  brown 
  border 
  than 
  

   in 
  Speyeri, 
  where 
  it 
  occupies, 
  opposite 
  the 
  cell, 
  nearly 
  one- 
  

   third 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  but 
  in 
  this, 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  -fourth. 
  The 
  wings 
  

   in 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  more 
  hyaline 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  Speyeri. 
  

  

  