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Male Genitalia. Clasper broad at base with narrow, rounded apex 
and no corona or pollex; sacculus strongly developed and bulging over 
costa at base; harpe strong, excurved, with a very heavily chitinized, 
curved basal attachment. Clavus absent. Juxta a weak plate. Uncus 
broadened centrally, somewhat diamond-shaped. Aedoeagus armed apic- 
ally with a finely dentate band of chitin. 
Figure 48. Male genitalia of Cryptocala acadiensis Beth. 
Includes the sole species acadiensis Beth. ( gilvipennis Grt.). The 
writer has alreadv commented on the synonymy in Can. Ent. LVII, 308, 
1925. 
Eueretagrotis Sm. 
1890, Bull. 38, U. S. N. M. 9 (type, sigmoides Gn.). 
Eyes naked. Palpi upturned, the third joint long and somewhat por- 
rect; second joint broadly and evenly fringed below with hair; third joint 
smooth-scaled. Front smooth. Male antennse ciliate. Mid and hind 
tibiae spined; fore tibia unspined, longer than first tarsal joint, with fringe 
of hair on outer side. Tarsi with three rows of spines. Thoracic vestiture 
of mixed scales and hair with well-developed divided tufts on pro- and 
metathorax. 
Male Genitalia. Clasper pointed apically with no corona or pollex; 
harpe long and narrow, excurved, and projecting far beyond costa; sacculus 
generally rather weak ; a slight trace of the editum. Clavus absent. Juxta 
with a more or less developed median ridge. Uncus thin. Aedoeagus 
finely spiculate at apex. 
The genus stands as indicated by Smith and includes sigmoides Gn., 
pei'attenta Grt., attenta Grt., and inattenta Sm. 
