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VOLUME YV. pbb hon. ait PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. LONDON: 1905. (All rights reserved.) ne ‘COD MsE . G PWT 2 Oe Fa Oe 2 * (J se dlc | CATALOGUE NOT eel te I DD AG IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. BY Sir GEORGE F. HAMPSON, Barr. LONDON: PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. SOLD BY LONGMANS & Co., 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. ; B. QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY, W.; DULAU & Co., 37 SOHO SQUARE, W.; KEGAN PAUL & Co., 48 GERRARD STREET, W ; AND AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), CROMWELL ROAD, 5.W 1905. PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. PREFACE. Tur subject of Vol. V. of the ‘Catalogue of Moths’ is the classification of the Hadenine, the second of the fifteen subfamilies of the Noctuidae, 946 species belonging to 78 genera being described in it. The subfamily is characterised by its trifid neuration of the hind wing combined with the hairy clothing of the eyes, and forms an extremely natural and well-marked group of species. Sir George Hampson has again to thank all those who have helped him with the earlier Volumes of the Catalogue, for the loan of specimens, and assistance with the present Volume, and, in addition, Dr. Wm. Barnes, of Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A., for the eift of a very large number of species of N. American Noctuidae, new to the British Museum Collection, and Dr. A. G. Mayer, of the Brooklyn Institute, has again sent drawings, made by Mr. H. B. Judy, of types in the Neumeegen Collection. Plate XCVI. will appear with Vol. VI. of the Catalogue. E. RAY LANKESTER, Director. British Museum (Natural History), February 24th, 1905. diate re if ; ree Vo es aly boy eee es wae | 8 (he he es, i epi i > ee rg , PaaS Mares , Wy. bys F f e f Diaae ad tea a ee i maw ele sid a We (a 4 , Ap 1, Hal ae. Peay te “ora Magill ; ma mi 4 re “ tpl 7)! fi De Tome AL a d - : at ee ¥ i ave) c.” SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Fam. NOCTUIDAL Subfam. HapENINZ Thyrestra, Hmpsn. 1197: hyalophora, Hmopsn. CMM WAL oe ce vials 2 wd de oe i 1128. graminosa, Wik. ..... Wrichestra, Hmpsn. ...5.... 1129. nigropuncta (Druce) 1180. arbuticolens (Butl.) 1151. anthophila (Butl.) .. Ai Barathra, Hiibn. 1133. curialis (Smith) 1154. brassice ( Zinn.) Trichorhiza, Hmpsn. 1135. peterseni ( Christ.) Discestra, Zmpsn. 1140. 1141. 1142. 1143. 1144. 1145. 1146. 1147. 1148. 1149. 1150. 115]. definiens ( W7k.) Scotogramma, Smith 1152. armata (Staud.) lucina (Druce) niveopicta ( But.) terranea ( Buti.) media ( W7k.) yaciina (Sith) bifascia, Hmpsn. .. albicosta, Hmpsn. 1154, nana (Hiifn.) Gace, di 0) @ 6 1132. conticurata (Wik) |... ey 1136. florida (Smith)...... 1137. chartaria (Grote).... 1138. eremistis (Piing.).,... 1139. arenaria, Hmpsn..... Craterestra, Hmpsn......... eee eee sere Se Oyo hoplites (Stand.) .... subterminata, Hmpsn. semifusea, Hmpsn. .. subvelata (Wik.).... 1158. dianthi ( Tausch.).... | Page 1155. isoloma (Piing.) ...... 27 1156. submedianata, Hmpsn. . 27 1157. ptilodonta, (Grote) .... 28 IW5Ss trutoli Cott). =a. o 28 1159. impolita (Morr.)...... 30 1160, hadeniformis (Smith) .. 30 1161. stigmosa ( Christ.) 31 1162. agrotiformis (Hmpsn.) . 31 1163. soda (Rmbr.) ........ 32 1164. defessa (Grote) ........ 33 1165. repentina (Morr.) at5) 1166. orida (Smith) ........ 33 1167. implexa (Hiibn.) ...... 34 1168. peculiaris (Staud.) 3 1169. submarina (Grote) .... 35 1170. mendosica Hmpsn..... 35 Catephiudes, Hmpsn. ........ 36 1171. zuelana (Schaus)...... 3 Amartas Ochsim mii ice etsa 37 eeelie irisenas absent. 3 173. staudingeri, Awriv. .... 38 1174. richardsoni (Curt.) .... 39 1175. quadriluuata, Grote.... 40 1176. leucocycla, Staud. 40 Nfs ,EbaGtaSaeGlenes ie elale.s - 4] 1178. membrosa, Morr....... 41 UL79:; . myrtle (Pann). 5... - 42 1180. cordigera (Thunb.) .... 43 IONS, annem YEO Ss o5un0c 44 1182. impingens, Wik....... 44 1183. pha, Hmpsn......... 45 1183 a. Jaerta, Smith........ 602 1184. melanopa (Zhunb.) .... 45 Sh: mimoulas Grote. 2. - 46 1186. mausi, Pung....... 46, 602 | 1187. zemblica, Hmpsn....... 47 PasiestracHanpsras) Vitis. es «Xe 47 1188. montana (Leech) ...... 48 1189. subdita (Méschl.)...... 48 1189 a. albinuda (Smith) .... 602 vill SYSTEMATIC INDBX. Lasiestra (con.). Page Page 1190. phoca (Méschl.) ...... 48 | 1243. rubrifusa Hmpsn. .... 85 1191. promulsa (Morr) .... 49 1244, umbrosa (Smith)...... 85 1192. uniformis (Smith) .... 50 | 1245. plicata (Smith)........ 86 1193. dovrensis (Staud.) .... 650 | 1246. gnata (Grote) ........ 86 1194. elvesi, Hmpsn......... 51 1247. selama (Streck.) ...... 87 1195. deliciosa (Alph.) ...... 51 1248. tenebra, Hmpsn. ...... 87 1196, perplexa (Smith) ...... 52 1249, pusilla (Piing.)........ 88 1197. persa (Alph.)........0% 52 | 1250. serratilinea (Treit.).... 88 Lasionycta, Auriv. ....0..... 53 1251. spalax (Adph.)........ 89 1198. rainieri (Smith) ...... 54 | 1252. insolens (Grote) ...... 89 1199. inconcinna (Smith) .... 54 | 1253. peregrina (Tredt.) .... 92 1200. conjugata (Smith) .... 55 | 1254. contigua (Schiff) ...... 98 1201. bryoptera (Piing.) .... 55 1255. grandis (Boisd.) ..... 94 1202. lurida (Alph.) ........ 56 1256, w-latinum (Hiifn.) .... 95 1203. screelingia(Herr.-Schiff.) 56 1257. invalida (Smith) ...... 96 1204. subfuscula (Grote) .... 57 1258. thalassina (Rott. SiSeeeoG 1205. sedilis (Smith)........ 57 | 1259. subjuncta (Grote § Rob.) 97 1206. altaica (Bang-Haas) .. 58 1260. nevade (Grote) ...... 98 1207. arietis (Grote) ........ 58 | 1261. altaica (Led.) ......,. 99 1208. ochracea (Riley) ...... 59 | 1262. suasa (Schiff) ........ 99 MsGIRG OCA ths ik a swe sk 60 1263, aliena (Hiibn.)........ 100 1209, culta (Dfoore) ........ 60 1264, passa (Morr.) 4........ 101 1210. arschanica (Alph.) .... 61 1265, ptochica (Piing.)...... 102 1211. subarschanica (Stavd.) . 62 1266. vau-orbicularis (Smth). 102 1212. parvula ( Herr.-Schiff.) . 68 1207, consanguis (Guen.) .... 102 1213. cervina (Smith) ...... 63 | 1268, fuscirufa, Hmpsn. .... 103 1214. lustralis (Grote) ...... 64 1269. venata, Hmpsn. ...... 104 1215. neevia (Smith) ........ 65 1270. mortua (Stgr.) ........ 104 12l65a. bilinea (Wilem.) .... 6038 1271. persicarie (Zinn.) .... 105 1216. detracta (Wik.) ...... 65 | 1272. glaucopis, Hmpsn. .... 106 1217. neoterica (Smith) .... 66 12738. cristifera (Wik.) ...... 106 1218. discalis (Grote)........ 67 1274. mamestrina (Butl.) .... 107 1219. imbrifera (Guen.)...... 68 1275. ingravis (Smith) ...... 108 1220. nugatis (Smith) ...... 68 1276, nagaensis (Hmpsn.).... 108 1221. languida (Smith)...... 69 | 1277. ferrisparsa (Ampsn.) .. 109 1222. juncimacula (Smith) .. 69 | 1278. costigera (Moore) .... 109 1228. purpurissata (Grote) .. 70 | 1279. mongolica (Staud.).... 110 1224, crotchi (Grote) ........ 71 | 1280. advena (Schiff) ...... 110 1225. proxima (Hiibn.)...... 73 | | 1281. tincta (Brahm) 111 1226. griseata (Smith) ...... 74 | 1282.. latex (Gwen) ieee 11) 1227. orientalis (Alph.)...... ie 1283, rogenhoferi (Méschi.) .. 113 12265 oriza (Druce) ......... 75 1284. nebulosa (Hiifn.)...... 1l4 1229. rubens (Druce) ...... 76 | 1285, nimbosa (Guen.) ...... 115 1230. lepidula (Smith) ...... ad 1286. mystica (Smith) ...... 115 1281. distincta (Hiibn.)...... 77 | 1287. scotochlora, Kole. seen 116 1232. literata (Fisch.) ...... 78 | 1288.. goliath (Oderth.)...... 116 1233. luteago (Schiff) ...... 79 1289. adjuncta (Borsd.)...... 117 1234. canities, Hmpsn....... 80 1290. dilatata (Smith) ...... 118 1235. discolor (Smeth) ...... 80 1291. variolata (Smith) ...... 118 1236. determinata (Smith) .. 81 1292. glaciata (Grote) .....- 119 1257. columbia (Smith)...... 81 1293. pennitarsis (Wlk.) .... 119 1258. meditata (Grote) ...... 82 1294. preedita (Hiibn.) ...... 126 1239. leucogramma (Grote) .. 82 1295. prodeniformis (Smith).. 127 1240. mohosa (Dogn.) ...... 83 | 1296. furcula (Staud.) ...... 127 1241. orizabena (Schaus) .... 83 | 1297. eversmanni (Staud.) .. 128 1242. brachiola (Harv.)...... 84 | 1298. schneideri (Staud.) .... 129 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Page 1299. perdentata (Hmpsn.) .. 129 1300. tarnhami (Grote) ...... 15 Betis Parea CED YW sas sss os 131 1302. suavis (Staud.) ...... 13 1303. liquida (Grote)........ 132 1305 a. imitata (Mssn.)...... 605 GOALS TAdIx. (WG) eters ceo! 132 1305, atlantica (Grote) ...... 133 1306. vidua (Staud.) ...... 154 1307. splendens (Hiidn.) 154 1308. oleracea (Linn.) ...... 135 W509; pist (Linn.) w02.ss 136, 608 1310. tacoma (Streck.) ...... 1357 1311. satanella (Alph.) ...... 18 1312. quadrata (Smith)...... 138 IS13. -softa (Staud.) ........ 139 1314. sutrina (Grote) ...... 136 1815, dentina (Schiff.) ...... 140 1316. glauca (Kleem.) ...... 141 1317. gasiva (Schaus) ...... 142 1818. paranica (Schaus) 142 1319. cuneata (Grote) ...... 148 1820, anguina (Grote) ...... 144 1321. vicina (Grote) ........ 144 1322. pensilis (Grote) ...... 145 1323. segregata (Smith) .... 146 1524. enivetti (Zmpsn.) 146 1325. albomarginata (Druce) . 147 1825 a. albifluviata (Drwce) .. 603 1525 b. hieroglyphera (Mssn.) 604 1326. mista (Staud.) ........ 147 1327. mutilata (Smith) ...... 148 1328. beani (Grote) ........ 148 1829. legitima (Grote) ...... 149 1530. dodi (Smith).......... 150 1331. lilacina (Harv.) ...... 150 13382. illoba (Butl.) ........ 151 1333. dictyota (Lower) ...... 151 1534. calberlai (Stauwd.) 152 1385. gavisa (Schaus) ...... 153 1336. goodelli (Grote) ...... 158 1337. sadales (Druce) ...... 154 1338. chalcia, Hmpsn. ...... 154 1339. ectypa (Morr.)........ 155 1840. noverca (Grote) ...... 155 1341. bolteri (Smith)......,. 156 1342. mania (Streck.) ...... 156 1345. obscura (Smith) ...... 157 1344. moerens (Buitl.) ...... 157 1545. atrirena, Hmpsn....... 158 1346. assimilis (Morr.)...... 158 BAT! aya. (Dogn:) . 0.26. dies 159 1348. nervina (Dogn.) ...... 160 1548 a. canosticta (Druce) .. 605 1349. pannosa (Moore)...... 160 1350. dipterigidia (Hmpsn.).. 161 ix Page 1351. xanthocosma (Twrner) . 161 1852. mesoglauca (Hmpsn.).. 162 1355. speyeri (Feld.) .......- 162 1554, cuprescens, Hmpsn..... 163 1355, mesomelana (Himpsn.) . 163 1356. furvilinea (Hmpsn.) .. 164 1357. magellana (Mab.) .... 164 1358. lebruni (Mab.)........ 165 1359. densa (Smith) ........ 165 1360. stretchi (H. Edw.) .... 166 1361: palilits: (Hanv.) see o. 166 1362. longiclava (Smith) .... 167 1363. doira (Strecki\is. 2: 2.5% 167 1364. stenotis, Hmpsn....... 168 1365. cappa (Hitihn.)........ 168 1566. dysodea (Schiff.) ...... 169 1367. maderz (Baker) ...... 170 1368. serena (Schiff.)........ 170 1569. olivocincta (Gwen.).... 171 1370. marea(Schaus)........ 172 1371. subjecta (WIk.) ...... 173 1372. confusa (Leech) ...... 175 1878. psittacus (Herr.-Schiiff.) 174 1374. pictula (White) ...... 174 1375. spiculosa (Grote) . 175 1376. renigera (Steph.)...... 176 13075 stricta ( WK.) sso 7288 176 1578. ferrealis (Grote) ...... Wr 1379. lorea(Gren.)) 5255 oes 178 1880. olivacea (Morr.)...... 178 1581. vau-media (Smith) .... 180 1582. subpicta (Schaus) nalee 1385. poliastis (Hmpsn.) .... 181 1584. laudabilis (Guen.) seh 1585. marmica (Schaus) . 182 1885 a. leeta (Mssn.) ...;,.... 605 1386. quadrilineata (Grote) .. 183 1387. vittula (Grote) ........ 183 1388. incurva (Smith) ...... 184 1389. intentata (Smith)...... 184 1590. ciniva (Schaus)........ 185 1391. hodeva (Druce) ...... 185 1592. alboguttata (Grote).... 186 1393. erecta (Wik.) ........ 1&6 1394. datis (Druce) ........ 187 1594 a. lunolacta (Smith) .... 605 1395. rugosa (Morr.)........ 188 1396. marinitincta (Harv.) .. 188 1597. mediana (Moore)...... 189 1398. fasciata (Leech) ...... 189 1399. roseosuttusa (Smith) 189 1400. renisigna ( Wik.) ...... 190 1401. goniophora (Schaus) .. 191 #402.) rudisi\( Wk.) . .o.2 5 Seek 191 1403. esopis (Druce) ........ 192 1404. bohemanni (Sfaud.).... 192 x Polia (con.). Page 05. secedens (Wik.) ...... 193 1496, cucubali (Schiff!) ...... 194 1407. bicruris (Hiifn.) ...... 195 1408. carpophaga (Borkh.) .. 196 1409, lypra (Piing.) ........ 196 1410. magnotii (Boisd.)...... 197 1411. filigramma (Zsp.)_. 198 1412. tephroleuca (Boisd.) 199 1413. pumila (Staud.) ...... 199 1414. albimacula (Borkh.) 200 1415. conspersa (Schiff.) .... 201 1416. compta (Schiff.) ...... 202 1417. guenei (Staud.) ...... 203 Pachetra, Guens s........... 208 1418. leucophzea (Schiff) .... 208 | Odontestra, Hmpsn........... 205 1419, vittizera, Hmpsn. .... 205 1420. albivitta, Hmpsn. .... 206 1421. simillima (Moore) .... 206 1422. potanini (Alph.) ...... 207 1423. submarginalis (W7k.) .. 207 Hadena, Schrank ............ 208 1424. graminea (Schaus) .... 209 1425. procineta (Grote)...... 209 | 1426. graminivora (Wik.).... 210 | 1426 a. elwistis, Druce ...... 606 1426 b. cenistis, Druce ...... 607 1427, meridionalis, Hmpsn. .. SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 211 1428. dissecta ( W7k.) 25 one 1429. reticulata ( Vill.) ...... 212 1480. texturata (Alph.)...... 218 1431. uncifera (Mssn.) ...... 214 1431 a. calographa, Mssn..... 607 1432. bulgeri (Feld.)........ 215 1433. ruptilinea (W7k.) »» 216 Miiolera7tibn. oo... a ee 216 1454. popularis (Fabr.)...... 216 1435. americana (Smith) .... 217 1486. cespitis (Schiff.) ...... 218 Odontelia, Hmpsn. .......... 219 1437. margiana (Piing.) 219 hamea. Ping. ............ 220 1458. distincta (Christ.) .... 220 1439. fissilis (Christ.) ...... 221 Hypobarathra, Hmpsn. ...... 221 1440. icterias (Zv.) ........ 222 1441. repetita ( Buti.) 222 Onychestra, Hmpsn. ........ 223 1442, siccanorum (Stavd.) 223 Pronotestra, Hmpsn. ........ 224 1448. silenides (Staud.) .... 224 Aglossestra, Hmpsn. ........ 225 1444. deserticola, Hmpsn..... 225 Hipia, UGE w i ok sete 8s > 226 1445. picturata (Alph.)...... 227 1446. wregularis (Hiifn.) .... 228 Page . aberrans (£v.) ........- 229 . capsularis (Guen.) .... 229 . minorata (Smith)...... 230 . ectrapela (Smith)...... 230 1451. nisus (Germ.) ........ 281 1452. circumvadis (Smith) .. 251 1453. mendax (Staud.)...... 232 1454. renati (Oberth.) ...... 233 1455. silenes (Hiibn.)........ 233 1456. christophi (Moschl.) 234 Cardepia, Hmpsn............- 234 1457. irrisor (Ersch.)........ 280 1458. nova (Smith) ........ 235 Trichoclea, Grote... 2) 35. sewage 1459. U-scripta (Smith) .... 237 1460. artesta (Smith) ...... 237 1461. albicolon (Sepp) ...... 238 1462. atalantica, Hmpsn. .... 239 1465. cholica, Hmpsn. ...... 289 1464. fuscolutea (Smith) .... 289 1465. sociabilis (Gres.) .... 240 1466. decepta, Grote ........ 240 1467. demotica (Piing.) .... 241 1468. antica, Smith ........ 241 1469. postica, Smith ........ 242 1470. edvardsi (Smith) ...... 242 Hadula, Staud:. 2. oe ane ees 1471. tancrei (Gres.) ...... 243 1472. corghossi (Alph.)...... 244 1475. turpis (Staud.)........ 245 1474. optima (Alph.)........ 245 1475, preecipua (Staud.) .... 246 1476. longicornis (Gres.).... 246 1477. sabulorum (dlph.) .... 247 1478. insolita, Staud......... 248 1479. impia (Piing.) 7. essen 248 1480. unica (Leech) ........ 249 1481. incommoda (Staud.) .. 249 Nephelistis, Hmpsn..........- 250 1482. congenitalis, Hmpsn. .. 250 1483. clauda (Schaus) ...... 251 1484. furva (Schaus)........ 252 1485. differens (Druce)...... 252 1486. vellerea (Schaus)...... 253 1486 a. conservulodes, Druce . 608 Hydreeciodes, Hmpsn......... 253 1487. xanthina, Hmpsn. .... 254 1488. pexa (Schaus) ........ 254 1489. alala (Druce) ........ 255 1490. azteca (Schaus) ...... 256 1491. cauta (Schaus)........ 256 1492. leucopis, Hmpsn....... 257 1498. leucogramma, Hmpsn. . 257 Tiracola, Moore ... 0. eee 257 1494. plagiata (Wik.) ...... 258 Chabuata, Wik. .2. See 259 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xi Page Page 1495. notata (Streck.) ...... 259 1546. achatioides (Guen.).... 290 1496. signata (Wik.)........ 260 1547. vigasia (Schaus) ...... 291 Meteo; listula (Fa7v.). 2... 261 eyes GETS rye dais apace 291 1498. mutina (Schaus) ...... 261 548. crocosticta (Schaus).... 292 1498 a. chipeta (Barnes) .... 608 Hae fea (C7:2708) reece ee 293 1499, inconspicua (Grote).... 261 1550. mulina (Schaus) ...... 298 1500. carneago (Guen.)...... 262 Looir tersa, (ree). cies 6-00 « 294 1501. distincta (Moore)...... 263 1552. baruna (Schaus) ...... 294 1502. obscura (Moore) ...... 264 1553. mediorufa (Schaus).... 295 1503. punctosa (Wik.) ...... 264 | 1554. contempta (Schaus).... 295 1504. conigera (Schiff:)...... 265 1555. curtica (Smith)........ 296 1505. angulifera (Moore) .... 2€6 1556. acalus (Streck.) ...... 296 1506. velutina (Smith) ...... 267 1557. incincta (Morr.) ...... 297 1507. albicosta (Moore) .... 267 1558. perfusca, Hmpsn....... 297 1508. fraterna (Moore) ...... 268 1559. oviduca (Guen.) ...... 298 1509. inanis (Oberth.) ...... 268 1560. melanopis, Hmpsn..... 299 1510. rufipennis (Butl.)...... 268 15615 orobia) (ea7-02)) = eee oe 209 Welt ocioss (Dogm.) moesta (Wh) Soe. ee 324 1603. niveipuncta (Schaus) .. 325 1604. lindigi (Feld.)........ 325 1605. subolivacea, Hmpsn. .. 825 1606. melanosticta, Hmpsn. .. 326 1607. purpurigera Cie . 327 1608. nigripars (Schaus) . 527 1609. ditissima (Wik.) ...... 328 1610. janeira (Schaws) ...... 829 1611. punctula (Guen.) . . 329 1612. monilis (Guen,) ...... 330 1618. glaucistis, Ampsn. Seal 1614. azucara (Schaus)...... 30 1615. lobata, Hmpsn. ...... 332 1616. mesostrigata, Hmpsn. .. 333 1617. eynica (Guen.)........ B30 1618. curvirena (Guen.) .... 38 1619. intractata (Morr.) .... 335 1620. goniostigma (Schaus) .. 335 1621. albipuncta (Schaus).... 33 1622. dyschoroides (Sehaus).. 337 1623. rubripuncta (Schaus) .. 33 1624. confluens (Druce) 358 1625. infirma (Guen.) ...... 340 1626. violascens (Schaus).... 340 1G2iecopilla (Dogn:).....'..'. 341 1628. irrorata (Smith) ...... 341 1629. virgula (Grote) ...... 342 1630. pyropis, Hmpsn. ...... 842 1631. ignescens (Schaus) .... 843 1632. iole (19/102) oe 343 1638. vecors (Guen.)........ 344 1634. puerilis (Grote) ...... 344 | iGeblinubor (Guen.) Soy... 345 1636. leucopera (Schaus) .... 845 | 1637. marginalis (Schaus) 1638. contrahens (Wik.) .... 347 1639. conar (Streck.).... 348,610 | 1640. perbrunnea (Grote).... 348 | 1641. hyposcota, Hmpsn..... 349 1642. uniformis (Smith) .... 849 1645. communis (Dyar) . .850, 610 1644. furfurata ((rrote)...... 350 1645. oroba (Druce)........ Bd1 1646. thermistis, Druce...... 301 1647. poliotis, Hmpsn. ...... 352 1648. unicolora (Mssn.) .... 3802 1649. viuda (Dogn.) ........ 352 1650. tertulia (Dogn.) ...... 858 1651. adonea (Druce) ...... 353 Eriopygodes, Hmpsn. ........ 358 1652. imbecilla (Fadr.)...... bod 1658. impar (Staud.)........ 855 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Prge 1654. euclidias (Meyr.) ...... 355 Nephelodes, Guen,. .......... 356 1655. asiatica (Alph.) ...... 356 1656. infans (Adph.) ........ 357 1657. tertialis, Smith........ 357 1658. pectinata (Smith)...... 358 1659. emmodonia (Cram.) .. 858 Poliodesira, Hmpsn....... 359, 610 1660, flavidentula ee . 860 1661. violascens (Mssn.) .... 361 1662, viola, Druce.....4 0.05 361 Trichopolia; Grote “s2 see 361 1663. ursina (Smith) ........ 362 1664. dentatella, Grote ...... 362 1665. serrata, Smith .... 363,610 | Stretchia, A.) Hdw: +) ae 363 1666. muricina (Grofe)...... 363 1667, plusizformis, H, Edw... 364 1668. variabilis, Smith ...... 365 1669. inferior (Smith) ...... 365 1670: saxea (Leech) ....7.05 366 MiorrisonianG7ote= = ss eee 366 1671: plena( Wik.) Vi y..aee 367 1672; 1nsignis (Wik. \. ae 368 16735 mutans ( Wik.) ) ae 369 1674. paracausta (Meyr.) .... 870 1675. bromias (Meyr.) ...... 370 1676. agorastis (Weyr.)...... 371 1677. mucens (Ztibn.) . 7.2 371 1678. ‘sectilis.(Guen) "oe 372 16795 bisulean(Gmote\ne see 3738 1680: evicta (Grote) eases 374 1681. infidelis, Grote... 0... 2: 379 1682: vitiosa (Buti) eee 375 1683. infensa (Wk.)........ 375 1684. rubescens (Butl.)...... 576 1685. ustistriga (W/k.)...... 377 1686. lithias (Meyr.)........ 378 1687. homoscia (Jéfeyr.) .... 378 1688. stipata (Wik.)........ 379 1689. dotata (Wik.) ........ 380 1690. ochthistis (Meyr.) 380 1691. tartareea (Butl.) ...... 88l 1692. omoplaca (Meyr.) 382 1693. contusa (diibn.) ...... 382 1694. lignana ( Wik.) ...... 383 1695. morosa (Butl.)...... .. 384 1696. prionistis (Meyr.) 384 1697. temperata (W/k ) 385 1698. phricias (Meyr.) ...... 395 | Persectania, Hmpsn. .......- 386 1699. evingi (Westw.) ...... 386 1700. aulacias (Meyr BRA BGco'o 387 1701. steropastis (Meyr.) .... 388 1702. atristriga (Wk.) ae 388 , Xylomunia, Hmpsn . eee eso 1703. 1704. 1705. 1706. 1707. 1708. 1709. 1710. iva 1712. 1715. 1714. 1715. 1716. bal? 1718. ZT. 1720. 1721. 1722. 1723. 1724. 1725. 1726. 1727. 1728. 1729. 1730. 1731. 1732. 17388. Monima, Hiibn. 1734. 1735. 1756. 1737. 1738. 1739. 1740. 1741. 1742. 1748. 1744. 1745. 1746. 1747. 1748. 1749. 1750. 1751. 1752. 1758. 1754. 1755. SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Page behrensiana (Grote) .. 390 | erythrolita (Grote) .... 390 hiemalis (Grote) ...... 590 pallidior (Smith)...... 391 peritalis (Smith) ...... 392 cognata (Smith) ...... 392 mubprica,(EHaKy)) 2... - 393 simplex (Wik.) ...... 394 | indurata (Smith) ...... 395 curialis (Grote) ...... 395 candida (Smith) ...... 396 Golosa (Grotée)...2-.+.. 396 perlubens (Grote) .... 397 conspicillaris (Linn.) .. 398 pulchella (Smith)...... 399 Mellat (Bull)... 2. o0.-+ B99 alternans (Wik.)...... 400 patalis (Grote) ........ 400 norma (Saalm.) ...... 401 natalensis ( Buti.) . 401 v-album, Himpsn. . 402 )2ENen 0 0 cr 403 circumducta (Zed.).... 403 T-cincta (Schiff) ...... 404 | prima, Smith ........ 404 normalis (Gvote) ...... 405 | pulchella (Harv.) .. 406 terminata (Smith) . 406 pectinata (Smith) .... 407 prieses, Grote ........ 407 | transparens, Grote .... 408 ducinfieldi (Schaus).... 408 . ao eee 409 carnipennis (Butl.) .... 410 | OFIZE (USUI), 2. 2 = 6 410 MOTO A CLI) 2252. & 410 MOROSH CHD.) gino saints = = 412 fasciculata (Hmpsn.) .. 415 | gothica (Linn.) ...... 415 castaneipennis (Hmpsn.) 415 ferrosticta (Hmpsn.) .. 415 munda (Schiff.) ...... 416 lizetta (Buth), 2... . >: 416 populeti (Fabr.) ...... 417 miniosa (Schiff.) .....++ 418 ferrigera (Smuth)...... 418 stabilis (Schiff.) ...... 419 stenoptera (Staud.).... 420 rubrescens ( W/k.) . 420 eruda (OSCHIfa), pass =). 420 fansta, (Leech) en %:.- -s 421 flaviannula (Smith).... 422 annulimacula (Smith).. 422 addenda (Smith) ...... 422 carminata (Smith) .... 428 BOYS COU AMN) ses steers w'n 423 1756. xii Page LBL. OGIOSA(BUtl Wee ws. te, «ack 424 1758. nigrorenalis (Hmpsn.).. 425 1759. arthrolita (Harv.) . 425 1760. revicta (Morr.) ...... 426 1761. garmani (Grote) ...... 426 1762. incerta (Hiibn.) ...... 497 1763. opima (Hiibn.)........ 428 1764, paromoea, Hmpsn. .... 429 1765. pacifica (Harv.) ...... 429 1766. alurina (Smith) ...... 430 Wiis ENE ((E0IGiOn)) ool bas eee 430 1768. gracilis (Schiff) ...... 431 1769. cinnamomea (Moore) .. 432 Palponimia, Hmpsn.. .......- 432 1770. orthosioides (Butl.).... 482 Clavipalpula, Staud........... 433 1771. aurariz (Oberth.) .. 433 Perigonica, Smith... ... eee 434, 1772. fulminans, Smzth...... 454 A7KS. teria, yr. - sce. ARS 1774. angulata, Smith ...... 436 Sideridis Huot) Joa see ye er 436 1775. limbata (Butl.)' ...... 37 1776. lithargyria (£sp.) .2 457 1777. albipuncta (Schiff.) .... 43 1778. vitellina (Hiibn.)...... 440 Ke79: rosea, (Hagw.). 2.52 3.56 440 1780. evidens (Hiibn.) ...... 44] 1781. normani (Grote) ...... 44] 1782. congermana (Morr.) 442 1788. rubefacta (Mor7.) 449 1784. cxsia (Schiff.) .......- 443 1785. eximia (Staud.) ...... 444 Physetes, Mey 22. bac <3 444 1786. ceerulea (Guen.) ...... 445 1787. vindemialis (Guen.).... 445 1788. micrasta {Meyr.)...... 446 Ceramics, Guens oh: . vaels o's 446 LI 7ketS fy rUstitgs (O51 ae) rector ea 446 Borpiye ch e0 0h ae cies oye. 447 1790. paneratii (Cyr.) ...... 447 Ik onsbant (SaNip)\o cosh Oe Onc 448 1792. encausta ( Hiidn.)...... 449 Aspidifrontia, Hmpsn......... 450 1798. radiata, Hmpsn. ...... 450 1794, semipallida, Ampsn. .. 451 1795. glaucescens, Hmpsn. .. 451 1796. axylides, Hmpsn. .. 402 1797. rufescens, Hmpsn. .... 452 IMetopiora, Mayr... 2a.» =|. 452 1798. sanguinata (Lucas) .... 463 Diaphone, Heibn. ooo 522 ens: 453 1799. eumela (Stoll) ........ 453 Polytelodes, Hmpsn. ........ 454 1800. florifera (Wik.) ...... 455 Polytela, Gwen. 00 ci. s ome ne 456 xiv SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Polytela (con.). Hane Page 1801. orientalis (Hmpsn.).... 45€ 1846. leucosta (Lower) ...... 490 1802. gloriosee (Fabr.) ...... 457 1847. leucosphenia (Beth.- 1803. florigera, Guen. ...... 458 DEAT) gene, ss eta. 490 1804. chrysospila, Wik. .... 458 1848. lasiomera, Hmpsn. .... 491 Xanthopastis, Hiibn. ........ 458 1849. ptyonophora, Hmpsn... 491 1805. timais (Cram.)........ 459 1850. loreyi (Dup.) ........ 492 Adapheenura, Hmpsn. ........ 460 1851. dasuta, Hmpsn. . .... 498 1806. minuscula (Bull.) .... 460 1852. pyrrhias (Meyr.)....-.. 494 Panolis, GO... eens hanes 46] 1853. macrosaris (Mey? ? .... 494 1807. flammea (Schiff.)...... 461 1854. typhlodes (Meyr.) .... 495 ROBTADECE VE CUM. sin > suisse cea 462 1855. amblycasis (Meyr.).... 495 1808. graminis (Linn.)...... 462 1856. laniata (Hmpsn.)...... 496 1809. albiceps (Hmpsn.) .... 468 | 1857. inframicans (Hmpsn.).. 497 Scriptania, Hmpsn. ......-+-. 464 1858. pryeri (Leech) ... 2.2. oe 498 1810. syzygia, Hmpsn. ...... 464 1859. hamifera (WIUk.) ...... 498 1811. nordensejoldi (Stand.).. 465 | 1860. cryptargyrea (Beth.- 1812. michzelseni (Staud.) .. 465 Boker): J. 0s 02 eet 499 Domgania, Amps, .....'....5 466 | 1861. decisissima (Wik.) .... 499 1813. lithophilus (Butl.) .... 466 1862. nebulosa (Hipsn.) .... 500 1814. seripta (Mssn.)........ 467 1863. congrua (Hiibn.) .....- 501 1815. calligrapta (Butl.) .... 468 | 1864. usta (Hmpsn.) ........ 501 Graphania, Hmpsn........... 468 1865. infrargyrea (Saalm.) .. 502 1816. disjungens (Wik.) .... 469 1866. subsignata (Moore) .... 502 1817. atavistis, Hmpsn....... 470 | 1867. simplex (Leech) ...02% 5038 Tmetolophota, Hmpsn. ...... 470 1868. proxima (Leech) ...... 504 1818. propria (Wik.)........ 471 1869. l-album (Lznn.) ...-.. 504 1819. polygona, Druce ...... 47] 1870. albivenata (Swinh.).... 505 Conisanis, Hmpsn. .......... 472 1871. rufipennis (Hmpsn.) .. 506 eemalemert (yo)... 3. 472 1872. duplicata (Butl.) ...... 506 Dasygaster, Guen. .......... 473 1873. albicosta (Mvore) .... 507 1821. eugrapha, Turner .... 473 1874. polyrabda, Hmpsn. .... 507 1822. lieniplena (Wik.) .... 474 1875. micacea (Hmpsn.) .... 508 1823. acontosema hare .. 4fd 1876. circulus (Saalm.)...... 508 1824. nephelistis, Hmpsn..... 475 1877. flavostigma (Brem.).... 509 1825. hollandiw, Guen....... 476 | 1878. inornata (Leech) ...... 510 1826. epundoides, Guen. .... 477 1879. tangala (eld.)........ 510 1827. reversa (Moore) ...... 477 | 1880. goniosigma, Hmpsn. .. 515 CORP ON | RNC een 478 188]. dharma (Moore) ...... 516 1828. eboriosa (Guen.) ...... 479 1882. rufistrigosa (Moore) .. 516 1829. costalis, Wik. ........ 479 1883. salebrosa (Butl.) ...... 517 iesO.sobusta (Gren.) ... 22... 479 1884. ignita, Hmpsn......... 517 1831. pilipalpis (Grote)...... 480 1885. pyrastis, Hmpsn....... 518 1832. pseudargyria (Gwen.) .. 481 1886. formosana (Butl.) .... 518 1833. multilinea (Wik.) .... 482 1887. clarescens (Méschl.) .. 519 1834. commoides (Guen.) .... 482 1888. imperfecta (Smith) .... 519 1835. phragmitidicola (Guen. ‘. 483 1889. yelutina (E£v.) . vee 520 1836. roseola (Smith) ...... 484 1890; comma (Lams) ee 520 Heatedarenm (Grote) ...5.... 484 1891. insueta (Gwen.) ...... 521 1838. fasciata (Moore) ...... 485 1892. dia (Grote). eee 622 1889. nainica (Moore) ...... 486 1893. aise amma(Peth. se 522 1840, insularis (Lutl.) ...... 486 1894. bifasciata (Moore) .... 528 1841, prominens (Wik.) .... 487 1895. atrinota, Hee es 523 1842, diatrecta (Butl.j ...... 488 1896. soseilinen (WIE) pee 5238 VSAS AGEN.) 6. ew ee 488 1897. polemusa (Swinh.) .... 524 1844, abdominalis (W/k.).... 489 1898. secta (Herr.-Schdff.) .. 524 1845. adjuncta UAL esata Ses AR9 1899, albifasciata, ZZmpsn. .. §25 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xv Page | Page 1900. abdominalis (Moore) .. 525 | 1956. semiusta (Hmpsn.) .... 551 1901. lineatipes (Moore) .... 525 | 1957. modesta (Moore)...... 551 1902. anteroclara (Smith).... 526 | 1958. metapheea, Hmpsn..... 552 1903. oregona (Smith) ...... 526 | 1959. placida (Butl.)........ 552 1904. polysticha (Turner) .. 527 | 1960. hypopheea, Hmpsn..... 553 1905. rivorum (Guen.) ...... 527 | 1961. rubrisecta, Hmpsn..... 553 1906. sarcistis, Hmpsn....... 527 1962. brantsi (Snell/.) ...... 553 1907. calgariana (Smith) .... 528 | 1963, inconspicua (Her'r.- 1908. sarcophea, Hmpsn..... 528 | CROP): crags das. sp OOd. 1909. jaliscana (Schaus) .... 528 | 1964. mocoides (Dogn.)...... 554 1910. polystrota, Hmpsn..... 529 1965. falclandica (/utl.) .... 554 1911. microsticha, Hmpsn. .. 529 1966. remota (Staud.) ...... 555 1912. palliseca (Smith) ...... 529 | 1967. quadrannulata (Morr.) . 555 1913. humidicola (Guen.).... 5380 | Borolia, Moore .............. 556 1914. insulicola (Guen.) .... 531 1968. levini (Butl.) ........ 556 1915. compta (Moore) ...... 531 | 1969. interciliata (Honpsn.) .. 557 1916. megaproctis, Hmpsn. .. 5382 | 1970. apparata (Wilgrn.) .... 557 1917. juncicola (Guen.)...... 5382 | 1971. amens (Guen.)........ 558 1918. microgonia; Hmpsn. .. 533 1972. rhabdophora (JZmpsn.) . 558 1919. riparia (Ramb.) ...... 533 | 1973. leucogramma, Hmpsn. . 559 1920. deserticola (Bartel).... 534 1974. albivitta (Hmpsn.) .... 559 1921. insecuta (Wik.) ...... 534 1975. melianoides (Mései/.).. 562 1922. postica (Wilem.) ...... 535 1976. tacuna (Feld.) ........ 562 1923. sinuosa (Moore) ...... 535 1977. rubrescens. Hmpsn..... 563 1924. anderegai (Borsd.) .... 536 1978. operosa (Saalm.)...... 563 tage. lineata (Fv.)........... O36 1979. citrinotata, Hmpsn..... 563 1926. alboradiata, Hmpsn. .. 586 1980. melanostrota, Hmpsn. . 564 1927. phlebitis (Piing.) ...... 637 | I98l1. percussa (Biuil.) ...... 564 1928. jordana (Bartel) ...... 537 | 1982. cruegeri (Butl.) ...... 565 1929: sicula (Pretzt.) ....-..- 537 | 1983. stellata, Hmpsn. ...... 565 1930. alopecuri (Bozsd.) .... 538 | 1984. radiata (Brem.) ...... 566 1931. irregularis (W/k.) .... 588 | 1985. aspersa (Smell.)........ 566 1932. cinereicollis { Wik.).... 589 1986. linita (Guwen.) ........ 566 1933. punctosa (T7rett.)...... 559 1987. venalba (Moore) ...... 567 1934. putrescens (Geyer) .... 540 | 1988. torrentium (Guen.).... 567 1935. herrichi (Herr.-Schdaff.) 540 19895 tineta- (Ue)... 2s. 568 1936. phea (Hmpsn.) ...... 541 | 1990. ineana (Snell.) ........ 568 1937. leucosticha, Hmpsn. .. 541 1991. byssina (Swinh.) ...... 569 1988. latiuscula (Herr.-Schdff.) 542 | 1992. acrapex, Hmpsn....... 569 1939. tritonia, Hmpsn....... 542 1993. steniptera, Hmpsn..... 569 1940. atrimacula (Hmpsn.) .. 543 | 1994. sarcostriga, Hmpsn. .. 570 1941. albistigma (Moore).... 548 | 1995. nigrisparsa (Hmpsn.) .. 570 1942. putrida (Staud.) ...... 544 | 1996. extincta (Guen.) ...... 570 Wetezes (Ditp.) sess esas 544 1997. rhodoptera, Hmpsn. .. 571 1944. scirpi (Dup.y ........ 545 1998. flahilis((Grote)ee... 2: 571 O45: veiliatan( Wek.) 3. 25.0: 545 1999. leucostigma (Svell.).... 572 1946. fragilis (Butl.) ........ 546 | 2000. pheeochroa, Hmpsn. .. 572 1947. opaca (Staud.)........ 546 2001. fasciata, Moore ...... 572 1948. crenulata, Hmpsn. .... 546 2002. ferrilinea (Zeech)...... 573 1949. mesotrosta (Ping.) .... 547 2003. diopis, Hmpsn. ...... 573 1950. unipuncta (Haw.) .... 547 2004. persecta, Hmpsn....... 574 1951. corrugata (Himpesn.) .. 649 2005. melanopasta (Turner).. 574 1952. arcupunctata (Mssn.) .. 549 | 2006. micropis, Hmpsn....... 574 1958. denticula (Hmpsn.).... 549 2007. cupreata, Hmpsn. .... 575 1954. pastea, Hmpsn. ...... 550 2008. bilineata, Hmpsn .... 575 Hbos yu (Guen.) ...55:...% 550 2009. sesamiodes, Jmpsn. .. 075 Xvi SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Page Page UGA, ACUFIOT. cts ae vies sce © 576 | 2034. pregracilis (Grote) .... 588 2010. pectinata, Hmpsn. .... 576 | Zosteropoda, Grote .......... 588 2011. rubripennis (Grote § 2035. hirtipes, Grote........ 589 Rob.) Ne ae 577. | Leticania, Ochteye. sacs ae 590 2012. flammea (Curt.) ...... 578 2036. ceraunias (Meyr.) .... 590 2013. longipennis, Hmpsn. .. 578 2037. dione (Hudson) ...... 590 2014. vana (Swinh.) ........ 580 2038. toroneura, Meyr....... 591 2015. atrifera, Hmpsn. ...... 580 | 2089. unica, Wik. .......... 591 DOUG. CxaeL(WUK.) oi. 2,00. 580 | 2040. dunedinensis (Butl.) .. 591 2017. vittata (Hmpsn.) ...... 581 | 2041. semivittata, Wik....... 592 2018. sarca (Hmpsn.) ...... 581 2042. blenheimensis, Firdy. .. 592 BOLO, scotti (Butl.) ........ 582 | 2048. sulcana, Prdy......,.. 593 2020. curvilinea (Hmpsn.) .. 582 | 2044. littoralis, Curt. ...... 594 2021. uniformis (Moore) .... 588 2045. favicolor, Barrett...... 595 2022. albilinea (Jitidn.)...... 583 2046. rubripallens, Smith .... 595 2023. suffusa (Schaus) ...... 584 2047. fuliginosa ({aw.) .... 596 2024. limitata (Smzth) ...... 585 | 2048. oxygala (Grote) ...... 597 2025. stolata (Smith)........ 585 | 2049. albiradiosa, Hv. ...... 597 2026. patricia (Grote) ...... 585 | 2050. minorata, Smith ...... 597 2027. bicolorata (Gro/e) .... 586 | 2051. straminea, Treit....... 598 2028. bertha, Schaus........ 586 | 2052. pallens (Linn.)........ 598 2029. rosea (Méschl.) ...... 586 | 2053. impuncta, Guen. ...... 599 2030. niveicosta (Smith) .... 587 | 2054. obsoleta (Hiibn.)...... 599 2031. tenebra, Hmpsn. ...... 587 | 2055. pudorina (Schiff:)...... 600 2082. citronella (Smith) .... 588 | 2056. languida, Staud. ...... 601 2033. rubra, Hmpsn......... 588 | 2057. niveilinea (Schaus) .... 601 CATALOG UE OF LEPIDOPTERA PHALANA Family NOCTUIDZ. Subfamily HADENIN A. Proboscis usually well-developed, sometimes aborted; palpi usually short, upturned or porrect; frons often with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it, or with corneous processes of various forms; eyes hairy, sometimes overhung by long cilia ; antenne usually ciliated, often pectinated or serrate ; thorax clothed with hair and scales when there are usually crests on the pro- and metathorax or a ridge-like dorsal crest, or clothed with hair only ; tibiz: without spines, the fore tibia rarely with terminal spine ; the proximal joints of fore tarsi sometimes with curved claw-like spines ; abdomen usually with series of dorsal crests or one crest at base. Wings usually broad, the termen rounded or crenulate, rarely slightly angled at middle; fore wing with vein 1a weak, not anastomosing with 16, 1¢ absent; 2 from middle of cell; 3 and 5 from near lower angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, in Hrana with 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 from cell. Hind wing with veins la & 6 present, lec absent; 3, 4 from lower angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from or from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked; 8 arising free, then bent down and touching the cell, then again diverging. VOL. V. 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Fig. 1.—Larva of Polia pisi. 4. Larva smooth, the warts with 1 hair; all the prolegs present, the 12th somite with more or less developed dorsal hump. In the Harmodia-group of Polia the larvee all feed on Caryophyllacec, Silene, Lychnis, Dianthus, etc., mostly in the seed-pods, and the females have the ovipositor long and exserted for penetrating the tissues of the plants; in Leuwcania and allied genera the larve all feed on Graminec. Key to the Genera. A. Eyes small, reniform. a. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales... ANARTA, p. 37. 6. Thorax clothed with hair only .................206 Panouis, p. 461. B. Eyes large, rounded. a. Fore tibia with terminal claw. a‘. Frons with rounded prominence with corneous pe ates DelOws Tin sas. -ecae emer anu st. os): omelenssaceanes THARGELIA, p. 220. 6‘. Frons without prominence. a?. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ......... BaratTura, p. 11. 6?, Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist. segment Oniliveerten ecco: saccecancecetesrcenstenesdanssccsetcs Hypoparatura, p. 221. b. Fore tibia without terminal claw. a‘. Fore tarsus with long curved claw-like spines on outer side of Ist joint. a’, Fore tibia with spine on outer side near GRULEHSIOV fc occ s os sckiesct «lade ine stendaeeetacits ContsaniA, p. 472. b?, Fore tibia without spine. a’, Frons with truncate conical prominence with vertical ridge at middle and corneous Jolie: 10.30) SF Regen aneeepcohece Hecoseaceeconcece oc PronorestRa, p. 224. 6°, Frons with truncate conical prominence with corneous plate below it. a*, Proboscis aborted, minute............. Soo casi: AG ossmsTRA, p. 225. b*. Proboscis fully developed. a’, Frontal prominence occupying lower part O}E HITENTTS ed soctiageacnae pene BOnO Ciba sopBoEe eae Hpi, p. 226. b°. Frontal prominence reniform, in middle Of fronsMetevsan css cac2eoeseaesenesee eescee ss Carpepi, p. 234. c3, Frons with rounded prominence with cor- neous plate below it) .2....5,-cscescenscoreoeens TrIcHocLnA, p. 206. d?, Frons without prominence. a*, Eyes overhung by. long cilia ................ Lastanosia, p. 274. B2 NOCTUID&. b*. Eyes not overhung by cilia. a®, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales and with spreading crests ......... Manosia, p. 276. °. Thorax clothed with hair only and without (GROUB Dene Mewetice ss. oc socervea-vesehes secs= sacar Pnyserica, p. 444. b', Fore tarsus with short thick claws on Ist three joints; frons with rounded prominence with curved corneous plate below it from middle of frons and a plate below frons produced to [ESvievoll ai SH SBR ce cos apap ee popadeacenne: Goasacane OxycnustrRa, p. 223. cl, Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer side of Ist joint. a, Eyes overhung by long cilia. a®, Proboscis aborted, minute ...........e-eceeeee Tricnororsa, p. 361, b°. Proboscis fully developed. a*. Tegulx dorsally produced into a ridge. a, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests...... PoxropEstra, p. 359. b°, Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist segment only. a°, Palpi fringed with long hair in front .... Srrercata, p. 363. b°. Palpi fringed with short hair in front... Hypracrops, p. 253. b+. Tegule not produced into a ridge. a>, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a®, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a’, Thorax with ridge-shaped dorsal crest. Tuyrestra, p. 6. 67. Thorax with spreading crests ............ Tricuzstra, p. 8. 26. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like RCAICS, 4% cscis des c0kseaeeae bose acer Lasronycta, p. 53. e®. Thorax clothed with hair only ............ Lasinstra, p. 47. }°. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment QL Y ee rake wa a= ws cone tarmposaariarng tee seeees Scriprania, p. 464. ce’. Abdomen without dorsal crests ............ Srrieani, p. 466, i?, Eyes not overhung by long cilia. a®. Proboscis aborted, minute. a‘, Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. a’, Frons with disk-shaped prominence with central truncate prominence ............... Asprprrrontia, p. 450, 6°. Frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ................2.065 OponTELa, p. 219. e°. Frons without prominence. a®, Pro- and metathorax with spreading GLOBES 6) -slesnicvecescaesvcseeoteeeee see eee eee Trotera, p. 216. 6°, Pro- and metathorax without crests...... Brirnys, p. 447. 2*, Abdomen without dorsal crest. a. Frons with disk-shaped prominence with central truncate process ...........-..2.e2++ Merorrora, p. 452. 6°. Frons with prominence with lateral walls and roughened or convoluted centre...... Drarnone, p. 453. ce’. Frons with rounded roughened promi- nence with corneous plate below it. a°, Head and thorax clothed chiefly with RGMIES Fai Jos 5S avn cane svdecsncaces eee eee Potyreopss, p. 454. 6°. Head and thorax clothed with hair Gyall 254 sop Soacg eae RSOeceReer once SOS BaCCOOScoe PoryrTena, p. 456. d*. Frons without prominence ............. .-... MANTHOPASTIS, p. 458, b8. Proboscis fully developed. a‘, Frons with truncate conical prominence. a’. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a®, Frons with semilunar corneous promi- INONICOME Rete eeci's dscns sowsaun s2etecececeeeenee .. Dziscustra, p. 14. v’, Frons with circular prominence ...... ... CRATERESTRA, p. 17, HADENINZ. 6°. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment only. a. Thee clothed with hair and hair-like scales ; palpi with the 3rd joint short . 6°. Thorax clothed with hair only; palpi with the drd joint long and dilated at GxiRSMMy coo cpececsnenacpenccaoUeoouone HOOEBe 5*, Frons with rounded prominence excised below above the corneous plate ............ e*. Frons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it. a. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a°®, Head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a’. Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint long 7. Palpi oblique, the 3rd joint short ...... 6°. Head and thorax clothed with hair and [aatites WI Ots Call OSaemeciiacecetlectesess as intercede 6°, Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist segment only. a®. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a’. Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of 10125 6 Wee tasccca Re Enion pce D uct MEertE Cee CECHree Bey Palipy short woblique) ......-0+-seuseieew toed 48, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. a’, Tegule dorsally produced into a ridge. b7. Tegule not dorsally produced into a PIQUE! Wee ceen ese codoceetosedsncenas toe ssiscees d‘. Frons without prominence. a. Tegulz dorsally produced into a ridge. a°®, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ... b°. Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg- ment only. a’, Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest b7. Pro- and metathorax with spreading (GESIS cancotnas 2ndcnconenboorgecancéroccagnoooss c®, Abdomen without dorsal crest ............ b°. Tegulx not produced into a ridge. a°. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a’, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a®, Fore wing narrow; veins 7, 8, 9 HPI 216 | Se opbe aconepaceeaacPedeecections shCen 6°. Fore wing broad, triangular; vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form GHOPATCOLOY .ostcccetsasearansesmasdssedoes 5’, Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg- MGMT OWL senaese yes sas ata eee ssa ceneeecten 6°. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, sometimes with a few scales on upper edge of patagia. a’. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a®, Prothorax with triangular ridge-like (GxGSIf sac soscecasnancode cactncosconeOodOUE DOE bd’. Prothorax with spreading crest......... 6’. Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg- ment only. a>, Palpi with the 3rd joint long and POENOCLS Teaiceeseiseleaiceesiesivessserancossoe GRAPHANIA, p. 468. PALponiMa, p. 452. Tricnoruiza, p. 13. CATEPHIODES, p. 36. ScorogramMA, p. 25. Dasyaastmr, p. 473. Nepueuistis, p. 250. OpontssTRA, p. 205. Persecrani, p. 386. Hanuna, p. 243. Me tna, p. 576. Morrisonta, p. 336, Periararua, p. 403. Xytomants, p. 389. Monma, p. 409. Erana, p. 7. Pout, p. 60. Hapena, p. 208. Trracoua, p. 297. PAcuETRa, pe 203. Prorernanta, p. 290. oO 6 NOCTUID 2. b’. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. a®. Prothorax with dorsal ridge-like CONG (hr toca pkacmcone loos ES uORenHC eonincnos Cuasvata, p. 259. 6°. Prothorax with spreading crest. a, Thorax clothed chiefly with hair- UTS SOALEH inietvichuer omen asntch-esteenrete Hyssta, p. 278. 6°, Thorax clothed almost entirely WUD NA Uee nes. soeiletsasmacasaaeteseie Cirpnis, p. 478. 47, Abdomen without dorsal crests. a, Thorax clothed chiefly with hair-like scales; fore wing with the termen erect, TOUNCed Messick Wee tesa seerseseeee Erioryaa, p. 291. 6°. Thorax clothed almost entirely with hair; fore wing with the termen OblIGuoly OUTVEOM aeeaeseaces dosvee ewer de Borout, p. 55d. e°. Thorax clothed with hair only, a’. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a, Pro- and metathcrax with spreading GROSUS 5.820 0ths canara ako see ctor Nerunopes, p. 356. b°. Pro- and metathorax without crests... AparHanura, p. 460. 6’, Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg- ment only. a*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and dilated at extremity ..............-.00+0 CLAVIPALPULA, p. 493. b°. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. a®, Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest... Purtgonrca, p. 434. 6°, Prothorax with divided crest ........ . Tmproiopxora, p. 470. ce®, Prothorax with spreading crest ...... Siperiis, p. 436. d’. Thorax without distinct crests. a°, Fore wing with the apex produced ENG ACUtO ...esceecetsmacewee ee neeecetes Crramica, p. 446. a’°. Fore wing with the apex truncate. Curaprmryx, p. 462. ce’. Abdomen without dorsal crests. a*, Palpi with the 5rd joint long ......... ZosTHROPODA, p. 588. 6°. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. a, Fore wing with the apex not produced, the termen'rounded:.:!......0.-..200ne: Erropycopgs, p. 350. b°. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely CULVER «sis. .sscctecace decscetneceenteeee Leveanta, p. 590. Genus THYRESTRA, nov. Type, 7. hyalophora. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, fringed with hair in front, the 3rd joint porrect; frons smooth; eyes large, round, overhung by long cilia ; antennz of male almost simple; head and thorax clothed with rough scales, the prothorax with ridge-like dorsal crest, the metathorax with crest ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, paired lateral tufts of very long white hair pro- trusible from the lateral stigmata of male, Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex produced and the termen oblique; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only; male with a patch of hyaline membrane in, below, and beyond cell. 1127. Thyrestra hyalophora. Euplexia hyalophora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soe. xi. p. 442 (1897). do. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with rufous and dark THYRESTRA.—ERANA. 7; brown ; palpi blackish at sides; abdomen rufous, the crests and anal tuft green, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with black. Fore wing olive-green, the area just before the antemedial line and the medial area suffused with brown ; the subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line double, filed in with green, oblique from costa to vein 1, then incuryed ; claviform very indistinctly defined by black; orbicular and reni- form green, defined by white at sides, oblique oblong and almost forming a V-shaped mark; postmedial line double, filled in with green, strongly bent outwards below costa, straight to vein 4, then Fig. 2.—Thyrestra hyalophora, 3. }. oblique and bent outwards to inner margin, some violaceous beyond it except towards costa and inner margin, followed by some brown and slight black streaks on the veins and some pale points on costa; subterminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it suffused with brown ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown inter- sected with whitish. Hind wing brown, with a large hyaline patch in, below, and beyond lower part of cell; cilia pale, with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown ; a black spot at upper angle of cell, a sinuous postmedial line obsolete at middle, and some terminal lunules. Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hvp. 32 millim. Genus ERANA. Type. POM LbarKI OUD) (LOD, ) cs cds sleeaanseo 2 oasenvataqcnavennaceduas se graminosa. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned and fringed with hair; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male almost simple; head and thorax clothed with rough scales, pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiz fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on proximal segments and lateral fringes of hair, the claspers of male large. Fore wing narrow, the termen obliquely rounded; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, vein 5 slender ; the upper discocellular absent ; 6 from upper angle of cell; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell; male with a fringe of very long hair below basal half of costa on underside. Hind wing of male very broad, the costal area greatly expanded and lobed; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; the discocellulars and vein 5 almost obsolete; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 8 NOCTUID&, 1128. Erana graminosa. Erana graminosa, W1k. xi. 605 (1857). Erana vigens, Wik. xxxiii. 743 (1865). $. Head and thorax golden green; tegule with rather darker medial line ; tibia and tarsi with dark bands; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crests reddish. Fore wing golden sap-green sparsely irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black strive from costa and cell, the antemedial line by double black striz from costa and from submedian fold to inner margin ; claviform and orbicular absent; traces of a waved medial line; reniform pale greenish, slightly defined by black and with brown spot on its lower part; postmedial line double, bent out- wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly angled Fig. 3.—EHrana graminosa, G. 1} inwards in submedian fold and excurved again, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line diffused, pale, oblique from costa to vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in sub- median fold; a terminal series of pale and dark strie. Hind wing red suffused with fuscous brown, leaving the termen green from costa to vein 2; a terminal series of brown striz; the underside with the basal half pale, an indistinct curved postmedial line. @. Hind wing with less green on termen. Hab. New Zeatanp (J. J. Walker), 1 3, Otago (Hutton), 1 3, Dunedin (Purdie), 1 g, Wellington (Churton, Oxley), 2 3, type and type vigens. Exp. 34 millim. Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths and Butterflies, p. 28, pl. 3. f. 8. Bright green, darker in front; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral white lines ; eight series of shining black warts, each with several stout black bristles ; head yellowish brown, with some black dots. After the last moult it is pale green marbled with dark green, often with white lateral line and indistinct series of oblique green stripes ; often pinkish brown, with two or three rows of pale spots. Food- plant, Melicytus ramiflorus. 4-10. Genus TRICHESTRA, nov. Type, ZT. arbuticolens. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, cverhung by cilia; antenne ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and TRICHESTRA. 9 metathorax with spreading crests; tibie fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discovellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A, Fore wing with black spot in discal fold beyond subterminal MNDM rates sec cema can stiericlacisisceina s one Seo Se ses seeeeveeceacedasseness nigropuncta. B. Fore wing without black spot beyond subterminal line. a. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved from cell to DINMGIE TH EEIIE ocenca50c Goc705 BOBO ODE HO SOODUEEaFOC ac ona EgUCaCnenoe arbuticolens. 6. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique, waved RBEOH OMRON Umtree ceaccisentereaeeiccs tate. sa-10ac cess cede sceesssosees anthophila. 1129. Trichestra nigropuncta. Celena nigropuncta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 479, pl. 95. f. 25 (1898). S. Head and thorax pale purplish red-brown irrorated with black ; sides of palpi and frons black ; antenne blackish; patagia olive-green on outer edge; legs banded with black; (abdomen wanting). Fore wing rufous; the basal area olive-green, the base itself suffused with black ; subbasal line ill-defined, double, black filled in with white, waved from costa to submedian fold; ante- medial line indistinct, double, waved; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform a rather irregular white bar defined by black; a black medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; postmedial line double, the two parts widely separated, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7, then incurved, and with a very prominent black lunule on its outer edge, then excurved, approximated to termen, somewhat dentate and defining the slight black terminal lunules ; cilia olive-green, mostly black at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia ochreous with a dark line through them ; the underside pale red-brown irrorated with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 3 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 26 millim. 1130. Trichestra arbuticolens. (Plate LX XVIII. fig. 23.) Celena arbuticolens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 121. @. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey with fuscous irroration. Fore wing red- brown with some dark irroration; the cell suffused with purple- brown; the veins with dark streaks and some white irroration ; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and median nervure with an oblique ochreous striga across the cell just beyond it; antemedial line double, bent inwards in cell, then 10 NOCTUID®. excurved ; claviform small, obscurely defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, the former round with ochreous annulus, the latter narrow with white annulus or sometimes obscured by fuscous suffusion ; traces of an oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, with black and white points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique and somewhat sinuous below vein 4+, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, with traces of dentate dark marks on its inner side, irregu- larly dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points and a series of pale rufous points at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia pale, with a fuscous line through them ; the underside pale, tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved post- medial line. Hab. Curt (Edmonds), 3 2 type. Hap. 26 millim. 1131. Trichestra anthophila. Celena anthophila, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 122. 2. Brownish grey; palpi blackish at sides; some black scales near tips of tegule and upper edge of patagia; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing irrorated and partly suffused with fuscous; a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an indistinct Fig. 4.—Trichestra anthophila, 2. 1. double waved antemedial line; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, very incompletely defined by black and open above and below ; postmedial line rather ill-defined, black, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line represented by a series of small white and black dentate marks, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous white with a dark line through them; the underside greyish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line. Hab, Cuir1 (Edmonds), 1 Q type. Hap, 24 millim. BARATHRA. 11 Genus BARATHRA. Type. OU eUUM OM MVeLZ=)| Pa 21S) (LB27))# cencacastechassessdeeciseesreeeecees brassice. Copimamestra, Grote, A. M.N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1883) ........ brassice, Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair, the 5rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round, not ciliated ; antennie G male minutely Cai ; tibiae fringed ae retha. the fore tibia with long curved claw on outer side; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the one on basal segment large. Fore wing with the termen crenulate ; veins 3, 5 from close to angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto- mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base, A. Fore wing with the subterminal line prominently defined by pm FROMMER SUE oss 8150 54 acess socat on vaccadescadce scabies sosic confiqurata. B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined by whitish on inner side. a. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct and ill-defined ... cwrialis. 6. Fore wing with the orbicular distinctly defined by black... brassice. 1132. Barathra configurata. Mamestra configurata, Wk. ix. 234 (1856) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p: 272, pl. 26. £. 20. Copimamestra occidenta, Grote, A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 1138. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi with whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests darker. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with fuscous, the inner area and the area just before subterminal line pale olive-brown; a small white-tipped dark fan of scales at base; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, nearly erect ; clavyiform rather small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, with brown centre and pale annulus, the latter with brownish centre and white- spotted annulus; postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa: subterminal line strong, white, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, some black striz before it on the olive band, especially between veins 3 and 1, the area beyond it with blackish streaks in the interspaces; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia blackish, with white line at base and intersected with white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area fuscous brown; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish, with brown line near base; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 1 9, Durango (Oslar), 1 3, 3 9, New Mexico; Mextco (Doubleday), 1 ¢ type, Mexico City (Hoege), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. Zvp. 40-44 millim. 12 NOCTUID®. 1133. Barathra curialis. (Plate XC. fig. 1.) Copimamestra curialis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, x. p. 470 (1887); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 113. @. Dark fuscous. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas tinged with reddish, also the discal fold in medial area; the ante- medial inner area with a faint greenish tinge; subbasal line double, indistinct, interrupted ; antemedial line erect, hardly trace- able; claviform defined by black; orbicular almost obsolete, very faintly defined; reniform moderate, white, with irregular dark central lunule and black outline; postmedial line single, black, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; postmedial area paler than ground-colour, with dark striation and irroration, darker towards costa; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; terminal area with pale irroration, a terminal series of small black Junules. Hind wing fuscous, darker towards termen; the under- side grey with darker irroration, a discoidal spot and postmedial line. Hab. Canana, Orilla (Bush), 1 9; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New Hampshire, Franconia. wp. 43 millim. | ee 1134. Barathra brassicez. Noctua brassice, Tinn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 516 (1758) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noet. f. 88; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 37, pl. 102. f. 5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 194; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Noctua albidilinea, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 191 (1809) ; Steph. Til. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 195. Mamestra andalusica, Staud. Cat. p. 90 (1871). Mamestra decolorata, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 34. Mamestra scotochroma, Rober, Iris, i. p. 340, pl. 12. f. 13 (1884). Mamestra straminea, Failla, Nat. Sic. x. p. 30, pl. 1. f. 5 (1890). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi black with whitish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, with the dorsal crests darker. Fig. 5.—Barathra brassice, g. 1. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with grey, a rufous tinge in discal and submedian folds and above inner margin before antemedial line; a small dark white-tipped fan of scales at base; the sub- basal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; the BARATHRA,—TRICHORHIZA. 18 antemedial line double, waved, nearly erect; claviform defined by black, short; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former round, the latter with white spots on its inner and outer sides, or wholly filled in with whitish; a waved medial shade angled outwards on median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, double towards costa, bent out- wards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points bevond it on costa; subterminal line white, dentate outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, the area beyond it rather darker; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing brown, paler towards base; a slight whitish mark on vein 2 near termen; cilia white, with brown line through them ; the underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and waved postmedial line. Ab. 1. scotochroma. Melanic. Ab. 2. andalusica. Paler, the fore wing yellowish grey and without rufous tinge.—S. Europe. Ab. 3. decolorata. Much paler, fore wing whitish grey.— W. Turkestan. Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; France, Leech Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Swirzertann, Frey Coll.; Sraty; Ivaty; Sicrry; Norway, Zeller Coll.; Russra; Armenta; Asia Minor, Bithynia, Pontus; Prrsta; W. Turkestan, Fergana, Issyk-kul; Siperia; Amurtand, Blagoveschensk, 6 ¢, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodate, 1 ¢, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 6 $,1 9, Tokio (Maries), 1 3,1 9; W. Cutna, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 ¢ , Wa-ssu-kou, 1 ¢, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 $; Kasumrr, Narkundah (McArthur), 2 3, Nubra (McArthur), 1 g, Scind Valley (Leech), 1 2, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 3; Punsaz, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 3, Thundiani (Verbury), 1 $, 2 9, Simla (Swinhoe), 1 S$, Dalhousie, 1 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 3, 1 9; Trser, Yatung (Hobson), 1 2. Hap. 40-52 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 210, pl. 160. f. 2. Brown to dull green, sometimes marked with blackish ; dorsal line dark; spiracular line yellowish; somite 11 dorsally humped ; head yellowish brown with dark markings. Food-plants: Brassica, Rumex, Chenopodium, ete. 6-9. Genus TRICHORHIZA, nov. Type, Z. petersent. ; Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front; frons with rounded prominence excised below, abeve the corneous plate ; antennz of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax with divided crest ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with ¢el] near base only. 14 NOCTUID. 1135. Trichorhiza peterseni. Rhizogramma peterseni, Christ. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 76, pl. iv. f. 3 (1887) ; Staud. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 183. 3. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; tegule brown at tips; abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by brown strie from costa and median neryure; a black streak with slight brown suffusion below it below the cell from base to the antemedial line, which is indistinct and angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform defined by a slight brown line above ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by brown, the former oblique elliptical; postmedial line unusually near termen, very minutely waved, double, slightly bent outwards below costa, Fig. 6.—Tirichorhiza peterseni, 8. }. oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7, retracted to postmedial line at vein 5, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, then retracted to postmedial line at sub- median fold, the area beyond it brown except at apex and inner margin; a lunulate terminal black line; cilia intersected with whitish, Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a postmedial series of points on the veins. Hab. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 ¢, Issyk-kul; W. Srperza, Altai, 1 6; E. Turxesran, Kuldja,1 ¢. Hp. 38 millim., Genus DISCESTRA, nov. Type, D. chartaria. : Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front; frons with semilunate corneous prominence with raised edges; a corneous plate below frons; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with divided crests; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3, 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto- mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cel]. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. DISCESTRA. 15 A. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish; the claviform large, filled in with brown. a. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with yellowish ............... florida. 6. Fore wing whitish, distinctly tinged with brown............... chartaria. B. Fore wing tinged with ochreous; the claviform small, not filled in with brown. a. Fore wing with the reniform defined by black below ......... eremistis. b. Fore wing with the reniform not defined by black below ... arenaria. *1136. Discestra florida. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 1.) Mamestra florida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 465 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, slightly irrorated with yellowish and fuscous scales. Fore wing white, slightly irrorated with yellowish and fuscous scales; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa to median nervure ; antemedial line double, black, angled outwards in submedian fold and excurved below vein 1; claviform moderate, filled in with black; orbicular a very small black annulus; reniform filled in with black, ill- defined ; median shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then less distinct ; postmedial line double, the inner dentate, the outer even, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; sub- terminal line white, defined by fuscous on inner side and with blackish patches before it at costa and discal fold, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of blackish lunules. Hind wing white, a punctiform postmedial line, diffused subterminal band, and terminal line fuscous. Hab. U.S.A., Florida, Biscayne Bay. Exp. 32 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. 1137. Discestra chartaria. Mamestra chartaria, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc, Nat. Sci. i. p. 188, pl. iv. f. 12 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. 3. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; tegule with black medial line ; patagia with black line near upper edge; tarsi Fig. 7.—Discestra chartaria, S. }. with black bands ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing white, more or less strongly irrorated and suffused with pale reddish brown and fuscous ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, waved, 16 NOCTUID®. oblique; claviform well developed, brown defined by black; or- bicular and reniform defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, incompletely defined, the latter with its lower part or almost entirely filled in with black ; a curved, waved, medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line white, defined by dark marks on inner side, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus, a dark patch beyond it in discal fold; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia chequered ochreous and fuscous. Hind wing white; the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; a terminal series of dark lunules; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial series of striae on the veins showing through to upperside. Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, California, 2 ¢ type. Exp. 38 millim. 1138. Discestra eremistis. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 24.) Mamestra eremistis, Ping. Soc. Ent. xix. p. 130 (1904). 3. Grey-white tinged with brown and mixed with fuscous ; patagia with a few black scales near upper edge; tarsi banded with black; ab@emen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish, tinged with reddish brown and slightly irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line with double black striz at costa, then indistinct, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; hardly a trace of a minute claviform; orbicular and reniform large, whitish, very ill-defined, the former round, the latter prominently defined by black below ; medial line represented by a dark striga from costa, then indistinct, oblique; postmedial line with double black striz at costa, bent outwards below costa, dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by minute dentate fuscous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins and terminal area; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line ; cilia white ; the underside white slightly irrorated with black, a discoidal lunule and some small lunules on termen. Ab. 1. Whiter and less tinged with brown.—Ih. Hab. W. Turkestan, Merv, type fT in Coll. Piingeler, Transcaspia, 1g; E. Turkestan, Ili. Harp. 32-38 millim. 1139. Discestra arenaria, n.sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 25.) Head whitish; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with pale ochreous brown; tarsi ringed with fuscous. Fore wing whiiish, tinged with pale ochreous brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved; claviform moderate, defined by black ; CRATERESTRA. 17/ orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous centres defined by black, the former round ; traces of a medial line; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, slightly defined by fuscous, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7, slightly dentate on veins 4,3, and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with brown; some dark terminal points; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot. Hab. Stxv, Karachi (Swinhoe), 2 3d, 1 9, type. Hap. 30-32 millim. Genus CRATERESTRA, nov. Type, C. lucina. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate, oblique; frons with truncate, conical, corneous prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded; antennz ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair, the pro- and meta- thorax with spreading crests; tibiz fringed with rather long hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground- colour. a. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area extending to inner side of the postmedial line and obscuring the reniform . ucina. b. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area not extending to inner side of the postmedial line. a. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the stigmata. a’, Fore wing with subterminal series of white points... niveopicta. _&, Fore wing without subterminal series of white POMtsMeey fess... sondbondoscodseupscbodnedotncéanconaccoscaces terranea. 1, Fore wing without whitish annuli to stigmata ......... media. B. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the ground-colour. a. Fore wing with the orbicular oblique ; veins 4, 3 defined by dentate whitish marks extending to near termen. a, Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish ........ ... hoplites. 6‘. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish ............... yacima. b. Fore wing with the orbicular round; veins 4, 3 not defined by dentate white marks. a\. Fore wing with the orbicular indistinct. a>. Fore wing with the costal area whitish. a®, Fore wing with the inner area whitish ............ bifascia, b°, Fore wing with the inner area not whitish ......... albicosta. b?. Fore wing with the costal area not whitish ......... subterminata. b'. Fore wing with the orbicular well-defined. a*. Fore wing without rufous streaks in discal and submedian folds. a>, Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas semifusca. FOIE TONAL, | Gaoheetooodbaoecden soctocseecospenusdosasens. 3, Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas COMEGOROTE © gccooceaseanqaciossenacsoancnoneeeecesdeconge’ subvelata. b?, Fore wing with rufous streaks in discal and sub- MISC A NOLO. 2 stee sata dee sans caeecsce:ccseveascencwasss definiens. Cc VOL. V. 18 NOCTUID®E. 1140. Craterestra lucina. Stibera lucina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 296, pl, 27. f.27 (1889). Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen red-brown, dorsally suffused with black. Fore wing pale grey-brown suffused in parts with purplish brown, the area between the antemedial and medial lines strongly suffused ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a double antemedial line angled outwards below costa, then strongly excurved ; claviform defined by black, very short and broad; orbicular and reniform with pale brownish centres and grey annuli, the former defined by black, rather pointed above and dilated below, the latter very indistinct; a waved medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below Fig. 8.— Craterestra lucina, g. }- costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by a series of slight dark marks, and with some fuscous suffusion beyond it; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the underside ochreous whitish irrorated with dark brown, the basal area suffused with fuscous except towards costa, a black discoidal lunule, a diffused fuscous subterminal band. Hab. Mexico, Tabasco, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 29, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 1° 3, type, Godman-Salvin Coli. wxp., g 36, 2 40 millim. 1141. Craterestra niveopicta. (Plate LXAXVIII. fig. 26.) Perigea niveopicta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 124, 9. Perigea florinda, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 125, ¢. Head and thorax purplish brown mixed with some black, some of the scales tipped with grey; tarsi black with whitish rings ; abdomen brown, whitish at base. Fore wing brown irrorated with black and grey, and with a purplish gloss ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1, but interrupted in cell; antemedial line double, irregularly waved, oblique ; claviform short and broad, defined by black; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter open above and below and with some blackish streaks from it to post- medial line ; traces of a waved mediai Jine ; postmedial line defined CRATERESTRA. 19 by grey on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of minute black streaks with white points on them; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area broadly suffused with brown, in female wholly suffused with brown; cilia white with a brown line at base; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, in female uniformly irrorated, a black discoidal lunule and minutely waved postmedial line. Hab. Curt (Edmonds), 13,22, type and type florinda. Exp. 32-36 millim. 1142. Craterestra terranea. (Plate LX XVIII. fig. 27.) Perigea terranea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 123. do. Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with black, some of the scales tipped with grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing reddish brown irrorated with black; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1, but interrupted at cell; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line; claviform short and broad, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter open above and below and with slight dark streaks from it to postmedial line; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line arising from double black striz on costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and defined by grey on outer side, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous and black dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish ; the veins and terminal areas suffused with brown with a yellowish gloss; cilia whitish, with a brown line at base; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial line on costal half. Hab. Cutt (Edmonds), 1 3 type. Hap, 34 millim. 1143. Craterestra media. (Plate LX XVIII. fig. 28.) Hadena media, W1k. xi. '756 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 199. Apamea latifasciata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 18381, p. 345, Apamea viriata, Swinh, P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 450. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black or fuscous brown ; tegule with medial black line; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing fuscous brown, the area below the cell before the antemedial line and the postmedial area except towards costa ochreous more or less tinged with brown; a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by ochreous on inner side, waved, strongly angled outwards above inner margin; claviform moderate, defined by black and with some 12 Ca 20 ; NOCTUIDE. blackish between it and postmedial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line dentate, indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by a series of slight dentate rufous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it dark except at apex; a terminal series of black points; cilia intersected with rufous. Hind wing white or ochreous white, the veins and terminal area more or less tinged with fuscous; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of slight dark streaks on the veins. Hab, Masnonatann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 3; Punsan, Kulu, Sultanpore (G. Young), 2 ¢, 2 9, Dharmsila (Hocking), 1 9, Jubbulpore, 2 9, Manpuri, 1 92, type latifasciata ; Bombay, Poona (Swinhoe), 1 2, type viriata; Canara (Ward), 1 type; Nirerris (Hampson), 4 $; Burma, Mandalay (Bingham), 1 9, Thayetmyo, (Watson), 12. xp. 34-36 millim. 1144. Craterestra hoplites. (Plate LX XVIII. fig. 29.) Mamestra hoplites, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160 (1901). Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and black ; frons with black bar; tegule and patagia edged with black, the former with medial black line; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing greyish, almost entirely suffused with pale red-brown ; subbasal line represented by oblique black strize from costa and cell, interrupting a black streak below base of cell ; an oblique black streak from inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double, very strongly angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1, and outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin ; claviform defined by black, very large, and extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above; the terminal halves of median nervure and vein 1 above and vein 3 on both sides defined by white streaks ; postmedial line double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold to the reniform, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; the veins of terminal area streaked with black ; subterminal line represented by some whitish streaks on each side of veins towards costa, dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and middle; cilia brown, intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal half fuscous brown with a pale mark above tornus; the underside brownish white, a discoidal point and waved postmedial line. Hab. Russia, Urals; W. Turxesran, Turcomania, Tekké,1 6, 19. xp. 34 millim. CRATERESTRA. 21 1145. Craterestra yacima. (Plate LX XVIII. fig. 30.) Mamestra yakima, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 464 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. 6. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown and black; antenne ringed with white; tegule with ill-defined black line near upper edge; patagia with black scales near upper edge ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen whitish mixed with reddish brown and black. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous ; an ill-defined black streak below base of cell; subbasal and antemedial lines represented by double black strie from costa ; claviform well-developed, defined by black; orbicular and reniform indistinctly detined by black, the former somewhat oblique elliptical,. the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous ; postmedial line very indistinct, with slight black streaks on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa and ineurved below vein 5, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish defined by obscure dentate dark marks on inner side and the area beyond it darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind wing pure white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 2; the underside with terminal series of black lunules. Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Utah, 1 ¢. ap. 34 millim. 1146. Craterestra bifascia. Acylia bifascia, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 91, pl. 161. f. 6 (1893) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 281. 3. Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on vertex of head and metathorax ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally fuscous except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, and slightly irrorated with brown ; a fuscous fascia extending from discal to submedian fold and from base to termen, towards which it expands to below apex; the veins whitish except on the dark area; a small black discoidal spot and white point at lower angle of cell; the antemedial line represented by a striga at inner margin; a minutely waved postmedial line excurved from costa to lower angle of cell, then oblique; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous brown tinged with fuscous; the underside paler, irrorated with brown on costal and terminal areas, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of black points. Hab, Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 3g, type. Hap. 32 millim. 1147. Craterestra albicosta. Axylia albicosta, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 70, pl. 144. f. 20 (1891). Leucania proleuca, Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 281 (1894). Head and thorax fuscous, sometimes with some ochreous on vertex of head and base of tegule; abdomen ochreous, ventrally 22 NOCTUID. tinged with fuseous. Fore wing suffused with fuscous ; the costal area ochreous whitish to middle of cell, narrowing towards apex; orbicular and reniform represented by small ill-defined black spots ; a white point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line represented by a series of black points excurved from costa to vein 4, then obliqne ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous except at base, the underside with discoidal point and indistinet curved postmedial line. Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 23,49, type; TRAvaNncorE, Pirmad (Fergusson), 1 3. Evp. 32-386 millim. 1148. Craterestra subterminata, n.sp. (Plate LXXVIIL fig. 31.) 2. Head and thorax brownish grey ; tegule with black medial line; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey tinged with reddish brown; the postmedial area except towards costa, the area below the cell from before middle, and the inner margin from base suffused with fuscous ; an ill-defined black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by a blackish mark below costa; antemedial line indistinct, dentate, oblique; claviform absent; orbicular very indistinct, rather elongate ; reni- form with brown and fuscous centre and greyish annulus, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line indistinct, double filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it ; sub- terminal line pale, diffused, angled outward at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of points; cilia whitish intersected with brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; the veins and termen brown; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot, indistinct sinuous postmedial line with dark stripe on the veins, and some terminal lunules. Hab. Sixxim (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hap. 34 millim. 1149. Craterestra semifusca, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 2.) @. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with pale grey-brown; abdomen pale grey-brown slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale grey-brown, the costal area to subterminal line and the cell to postmedial line suffused and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area fuscous except at apex; the veins irrorated with fuscous ; antemedial line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and cell and inwards on median nervure and vein | ; orbicular and reniform _ moderate, with fuscous centres and pale brown annuli defined by fuscous, the former rather elongate rounded ; postmedial line pro- duced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line slightly defined by rufous on inner side and by the fuscous suffusion beyond it except at apex, somewhat excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a dark CRATERESTRA. 23 terminal line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, and postmedial series of slight striz on the veins. Hab. Ucanpa, Ketoma, 5000 feet (Doggett), 1 2 type. Luxp. 32 millim. 1150. Craterestra subvelata. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 32.) Apames subvelata, W\k. Melliss’ St. Helena, Ins. p. 184 (1875). Head and thorax dark rufous brown mixed with some grey; tegulee with blackish medial line; fore coxe of male clothed with long ferruginous scales; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen greyish brown, the anal tuft more rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown tinged with greyish fuscous; a waved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1 with a point beyond it on costa; a waved ante- medial line; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round and with greyish annulus, in one specimen they are open and confluent above, some- times with pale patches, between, beyond, and below them; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent out- wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, waved, with fuscous dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing dark reddish brown, rather paler towards base; cilia pure white. Underside whitish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, the basal area suffused with ferruginous in male; fore wing with discoidal lunule; hind wing with discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab, St. Hetuna ( Wollaston), 2 $,19. Hep. 34-36 millim. 1151. Craterestra definiens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 1.) Heliothis definiens, W\k. xi. 689 (1857). Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey and some black scales ; tegule with medial blackish line; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing erey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the discal and submedian folds and inner margin with rufous streaks; the subbasal line repre- sented by double black striz from costa and cell; the antemedial line double at costa, then waved ; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, some- times filled in with whitish, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous; an indistinct, waved, medial shade; postmedial line dentate and produced to grey and black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line formed by a series of pale and rufous dentate marks, with slight dark dentate marks before them at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules, Hind wing pis NOCTUID&. pale ochreous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; cilia whitish. Underside whitish with some brown irroration ; both Wings with discoidal spot, curved punctiform postmedial line, and diffused fuscous subterminal band. Hab. Namaquatann, O’Okiep (Lightfoot), 1 g; Carz Cotony (Dr. Smith), 1 Q type, Deelfontein (Col. Sloggett), 1 9, Rosmead, 1g. vp. 36-38 millim. Genus SCOTOGRAMMA, nov. ‘ous Sceotogramma, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887) ...... submarina, Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons with rounded prominence with slight vertical ridge and corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolesecent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. A. Fore wing with vein 2 defined by a dentate pale mark on medial area. ; a. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate to termen on AelbsY (Oy eeccqqncosesnsaEnGodc6 cop aduQnOBOCNODEgGoCedoadeqoeaNERORCG armata. 6, Fore wing with the subterminal Jine not dentate at vein 6. a, Fore wing with the inner medial area pale above and below vein I .s...cboecedeaweseemantwensnosereseeceaseeeeeeeee dianthi. 6. Fore wing with the inner medial area concolorous ... nana. B. Fore wing with veins 4, 3, 2 defined by pale streaks......... isoloma. C. Fore wing with vein 2 not defined by a dentate whitish mark on medial area, or pale streaks. a. Fore wing with black streak below cell. a, Fore wing with the claviform obsolete .................+ submedianata. 6'. Fore wing with the claviform large, defined by black . ptilodonta. 6. Fore wing without black streak below cell. a‘, Fore wing with distinct 3-mark on subterminal line at veins 4, 3. a*, Fore wing broad, triangular. a*, Fore wing grey suffused in parts with brown or FUSCOUBS. ..scededelecchatee eee nee ee trifolii. 0°. Fore wing grey almost wholly suffused with 12) G70). Caen ROAR en Premier t ietoncostoccoocoddacseabobenaedac impolita. G2) Hore wing narrow, elongate, «.:.0s-+seseeeeseeeeeee eee hadeniformis. 6, Fore wing without distinct $-mark on subterminal line. a*, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 4. a®, Fore wing with the medial area whitish ............ stigmosa. °®, Fore wing with the medial area not whitish. a‘, Fore wing with whitish patch beyond the CIE 10) ¢ 11 RRB RRR R PEE PPB e ne Bohan cSoustiosisonstice agrotiformis. 4. Fore wing without whitish patch beyond the claviform. a’, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey- brown. c SCOTOGRAMMA. 25 a°, Tegule with dark medial line ............... sode@. 6°, Teguls without dark medial line............ defessa. &, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey. a®, Fore wing with the medial area fuscous ... repentina. 0°. Fore wing with the medial area con- CITRON S Gacoorqabcacosdoasataonehe scoteosensasodse orida. *c®, Fore wing with the ground-colour ferru- ginous, the stigmata defined by white ...... implexa. 6. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below vein 4. a’, Fore wing with the lines defined by white ......... peculiaris. 53. Fore wing with the lines not defined by white. a*. Fore wing ochreous whitish ...............s.0seee submarina. ci Hore,wine reddish brown! .........,.2-------«s0csss mendosica. *1152. Scotogramma armata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 2.) Sapa armata, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 15; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. 3. Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown; tegule with dark lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some black scales near upper edge; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen reddish brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey mostly suffused with brown, the medial and terminal areas with dark or reddish brown ; the veins dark defined by whitish streaks, on base of vein 2 forming a dentate mark; subbasal line represented by double oblique black strize from costa and cell ; a slight black streak above inner margin before the antemedial line which is double, angled outwards below costa, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 1, then angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform elongate and acute at extremity, defined by black and with pale streak at middle; orbicular and reniform narrow with white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; post- medial line double, filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved to vein 2; sub- terminal line white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards to termen at veins 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous brown, especially on the veins and terminal area; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, the veins streaked with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. W. Turxestan, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul; HE. Turxusran, Kuldja, in Coll. Piingeler. wp. 40 millim, 1153. Scotogramma dianthi. Noctua dianthi, Tausch. Mém. Mose. 1809, ii. p. 316, pl. 20. f. 2; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 587; Godt. Lép. Fr. v. pl. 65. f. 6; Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. Hadena dentigera, Ey. Bull. Mosc. 1837, p. 35. Hadena actinobola, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1837, p. 88, & 1856, ii. p. 32, pl. 3. f. 6. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown; tegulee 26 NOCTUIDA. with dark lines at middle and near tips; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous mostly suffused with brown and tinged with purple ; subbasal line represented by oblique double strive from costa and cell; the sub- costal and median nervures defined by ochreous streaks in cell; a leaden-coloured patch in submedian fold before the double ante- medial line which is angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1; claviform large, brown defined by black and with pale streak through it, a bidentate whitish patch above and beyond it; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, below vein 4 oblique and minutely waved, some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line pale, with prominent dentate black marks before it below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it suffused with brown except at apex; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area fuscous, with more or less whitish on termen above tornus; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. Hungary; §.E. Russia, Sarepta, 2 5,1 9, Zeller & Leech Colls.; ArmentaA; Asta Minor, Pontus; W. Turkestan, Turco- mania, Ferghana, Saisan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turxesran, Ili, Kuldja, 1 3g. Exp. 36 millim. 1154. Scotogramma nana. Phalena nana, Hifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 898 (1767). Noctua marmorosa, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 424 (1792); Frey, Beitr. i. pl. 4; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 193, pl. 18. f. 5; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 65; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Noctua odontites, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 71 (1829). Hadena microdon, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 96 (1852). Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; tegule with black medial line ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey mostly suffused with brown; a slight black streak in base of submedian fold ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved; claviform moderate, tinged with fuscous and defined by black, a bidentate pale mark beyond it below the cell; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and pale annuli defined by black, the former round or oblique elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate; postmedial line double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa. oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate to near termen on yeins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with grey. Hind wing pale suffused SCOTOGRAMMA. Oh with brown, the terminal area fuscous; an indistinct pale line near termen between veins 5 and 1; cilia ochreous white; the under- side grey irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Ab. microdon. Much darker. Hab. France, Pyrenees ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Austria, Styria, Leech Coll.; Huneary ; Swirzertanp, Leech Coll., Dombreson, Frey Coll.; Spary, Aragon; S.W. Russia; W. Turkestan, Sarawschan; E. Torkesran, Kashgar; Moneorta, Urga; Trser, Kuku-Nor. wp. 30-36 millim. Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 225. Dark bluish with two lateral yellow stripes. Food-plants, Hippo- ecrepis comosa and Coronilla minima. 7. *1155. Scotogramma isoloma. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 3.) Mamestra isoloma, Ping. Iris, 1903, p. 286, pl. vi. f. 2. 3. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous; tegule with dark lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some black scales near upper edge; abdomen grey-brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey-brown, suffused with reddish brown especially on medial and terminal areas, the costa darker; the veins with dark streaks; the subbasal line represented by two very oblique black strige below cell; an oblique black striga above inner margin before the antemedial line which is obsolete on costal area, then waved; the median nervure and veins 4, 3, 2 defined by whitish streaks from antemedial to subterminal line; claviform very elongate, brown defined by black and with pale streak in middle; orbicular and reniform small and very narrow, brown with greyish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter bar-shaped; postmedial line very indistinct, bent out- wards below costa, incurved to upper angle of cell, angled outwards at vein 5, and bent inwards to lower angle of cell, then erect, some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line prominent, whitish, strongly defined on inner side by dentate blackish marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3; a fine terminal line and line through the cilia. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia pale; the underside pale, suffused and irrorated with tuscous brown, especially on costal area and terminal half. Hab. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, type f in Coll. Piungeler. Exp. 40 millim. 1156. Scotogramma submedianata, n.sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 4.) Q@. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and with a few black scales; tegule with medial black line; metathoracic crest fuscous ; abdomen brownish white, the basal crest blackish. Fore 28 NOCTUID®. wing ochreous whitish irrorated with brown; a black streak below basal half of cell; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by brown, the former elongate elliptical; traces of a curved medial shade ; postmedial line very indistinct, produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line pale, defined by rich brown on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous, arising from apex and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, with fine brown terminal line except towards tornus ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown and with some dark terminal points. Hab. Br. E. Avrtca, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 2 type. Hap. 36 millim. 1157. Scotogramma ptilodonta. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 5.) Trichopolia ptilodonta, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 77 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 164. ¢. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous, tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous, thickly irrorated with brown and fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell: subbasal line represented by two black strize from costa; antemedial line represented by two black strie from costa, then very indistinct, oblique, waved ; clayiform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part; faint traces of a medial line with more distinct striga at costa; postmedial line indistinct, double, with prominent dark striz from costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black and white streaks on the veins, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, detined on inner side by some dark dentate marks most prominent at discal fold, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous ; a terminal series of black points; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pure white, with some black striae on termen; the underside with the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot, and postmedial series of short black streaks on the veins. Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Phenix, 1 ¢. Ep. 34 millim. 1158. Scotogramma trifolii. Noctua trifolii, Rott. Naturf. ix. p. 181 (1776); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p- 198; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119. Noctua chenopodii, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. p- 156 (1787); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 181; Hiubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 86; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 31, pl. 102. £3; Steph. Il. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 195. Noctua verna, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 117 a. ff. 5, 6 1786). SCOTOGRAMMA. 29 Noctua saucia, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 152. f. 5 (1786). Hadena treitschkii, Boisd. Ann. Soe. Linn. Paris, 1827, p. 111, pl. 6. f. 2 ; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 40, pl. 103. f. 1; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur., Noct. ff. 68, 69; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Noctua treitschkei, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 850 (1827). Noctua pugnax, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 726, 727 (1827). Noctua farkasii, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 74 (1835). Hadena intermissa, W1k. xi. 587 (1857). Apamea inquieta, Wk. xi. 730 (1857). Hadena albifusa, Wik. xii. 753 (1857). Apamea glaucovaria, Wik. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 255 (1860). Mamestra canescens, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 233 (1878); id. 2nd Yarkand Mission, p. 9, pl. 1. f. 15. Mamestra oregonica, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 230 (1881). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; tegule with medial black line, patagia edged by some black scales above ; tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen pale ochreous mixed with brown. Fore wing grey, suffused and irrorated with pale reddish brown; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to vein 1; a double, oblique, waved antemedial line ; claviform small to large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by Fig. 9.—Scotogramma trifolii, 3. }- blackish, the former rounded or oblique elliptical, the latter ex- tending to below cell and with its lower part suffused by fuscous ; an indistinet irregular medial line oblique from costa to vein 2; postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, ex- curved to vein 4, then incurved; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with fuscous ; subterminal line defined by rufous on inner side and usually with some small dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing whitish, the veins and inner area tinged with pale reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule and postmedial series of strize on the veins. Ab. 1. farcasi. Fore wing darker and more variegated. Ab. 2. oregonica. Greyer; fore wing more thickly irrorated with pale brown. Ab. 3. treitschei. Fore wing with the medial part of subterminal line defined by prominent dentate black marks on inner side. Ab. 4. albifusa. Fore wing tinged with rufous and with white 30 : NOCTUID ©. suffusion on costal area and beyond postmedial line, the subterminal line with prominent dentate black marks on inner side at middle. Hab, Canava (Norman), 2 3, Nova Scotia (Redman), 2 3,1 9, type albifusa, Calgary (Wolley Dod), 1 3; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly, 1 36, New York (Fuchs), 2 ¢,.2 9, Kansas, 2 9, Oregon 16,3 Q type oregonica, Arizona, Prescott (Kunze), 2 g,2 9, Phenix, 1 ¢, Pinal Mts., 2 ¢, Globe, 1 9; Cuz, 1 & type intermissa; Brrrarn, Leech Coll.; Francu; Grrmany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Spatn; Irary; Greece, 2 ¢; Atenrta (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 9; Scanpinavia; Russra, Livonia, 1 ¢; Syria, 19; W. Srperta, Altai, 1 6; W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, 3 ¢; Kasumir (Pilcher), 1 $, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 3; Punsan, Campbellpur (Yerbury), 1 3, Ferozpur (Nurse), 1 3 ; hab. ign. 1 9 type taquieta; Srxum ; Trser. Yatung (Hobson), 1 ¢; Soxorra, Hadibu Plains (W. R&. O. Grant), 1 $. Exp. 34-38 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 82; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 202, pl. 159. f. 2. Head luteous, darker reticulate. Body green or brown, finely blackish streaked; dorsal line fine, pale yellow, dark-edged ; sub- dorsal line broader, black-bordered above ; substigmatal line broad, yellowish on the edges, red filled, dark-edged above. Feet green ; spiracles white. Food-plants, Chenopodium and Atriplex, 7-9.— HG, 1: *1159. ? Scotogramma impolita. Mamestra impolita, Morr. Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 140 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, tegulz grey with black medial line. Fore wing whitish, almost wholly suffused except the stigmata and postmedial area by black and fuscous shades; the scaling rough ; the lines interrupted; subbasal line present ; antemedial line single, irregular, obsolete below the claviform, which is large, rounded, whitish defined by black ; orbi- cular and reniform large, whitish with grey centres and defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; medial shade blackish, suffused, irregular; postmedial line single, dentate, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; postmedial area whitish, especially below costa and before middle of subterminal line, which is whitish defined by black shades before and beyond it, interrupted, dentate on veins 4,3; some white points on costa towards apex and at base of cilia. Hind wing dark fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish, with discoidal point and post- medial line. Hab. Canava, Quebec, Exp. 36 millim. This species is un- known to me. *1160.52 Scotogramma hadeniformis. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 3.) Mamestra hadeniformis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 55, pl. v. f. 4 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 155. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale luteous grey irrorated with SCOTOGRAMMA. 31 black ; tegula with broad ill-defined luteous band; patagia with blackish scales near edges. Fore wing pale yellowish grey irrorated with black, a deeper ashen shade on inner margin and on terminal area ; subbasal line double, filled in with paler colour, angled on median nervure ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, excurved in interspaces ; claviform rather short and broad, indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with slight grey annuli in- distinctly defined by black, the reniform with rather darker centre ; a diffused medial shade ; postmedial line double at costa and inner margin, defined by whitish on outer side, crenulate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line white, angled outward at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area darker especially in female; cilia white with a dark line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and intercepted post- medial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado. Exp. 32 millim. This species is un- known to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. 1161. Scotogramma stigmosa. Mamestra stigmosa, Christ. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 70, pl. 3. f. 12 (1887) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. 36. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale brown ; tibiee and tarsi banded with black. Fore wing white irrorated with brown, the costa darker ; the subbasal line interrupted, waved from costa to submedian fold, the antemedial line rather ill-defined and irregular, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin, the claviform represented by some black scales on its outer edge; orbicular and reniform brown incompletely defined by black ; the former round, the latter rather constricted at middle; traces of a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; post- medial line somewhat dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, and incurved below vein 4, the area beyond it rather darker; the subterminal line represented by a series of small whitish marks, defined on inner side by a dark patch on costa and two slight dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small dark lunules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white; the veins irrorated with brown; a diffused brown subterminal band; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule. Hab. 8. Russta, Sarepta, 1 g; W. Turxestan, Turcomania, Ferghana, Issyk-kul; E. Torxestan, Kashgar. Hp. 32 millim. 1162. Scotogramma agrotiformis. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 6.) Hadena agrotiformis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iy. p. 508 (1896). gd. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with white; abdomen On NOCTUID®. brownish grey, the dorsal crests blackish tipped with white. Fore wing whitish suffused with fuscous and pale brown; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold, with a slight black streak beyond its extremity; antemedial line waved; claviform well- developed, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round with pale annulus, the latter large, filled in with fuscous; postmedial line dentate and produced to white points on the veins which are streaked with black beyond it, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, white, dentate, with slight dentate dark marks before it at middle; a terminal series of white points and small black lunules. Hind wing white ; the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab, Cryton, Putlam (J. Pole), 2 ¢ type. Hap. 30 millim. 1163. Scotogramma sodz. Hadena sode, Rubr. Ann. Sci. Obs. 1829, p. 250, pl. 6. f.7; Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 851; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 274, pl. 25. f. 4; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur., Noct. ff. 60, 66-7; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown; tegule with black lines at middle and tips; patagia edged with black above ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with brown or fuscous. Fore wing grey, slightly irrorated with fuscous and often tinged with rufous; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; claviform small or moderate, fuscous defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, with fuscous centre, the latter filled in with fuscous except above; a waved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to black and white streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by a fuscous patch at costa and dentate marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, some fuscous suffusion beyond it except at apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brownish intersected with fuscous. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous; the terminal area fuscous with a pale patch on termen at submedian fold; cilia whitish or ochreous; the under- side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, and some lunules on termen, Hab. 8. France, Leech & Zeller Colls.; Sparn; Itaty ; GREEcE ; Atcerta; ? AnwentA; ? W. Turkestan, Turcomania. Lp. 32- 36 millim. SCOTOGRAMMA. 33 1164. Scotogramma defessa. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 7.) Mamestra defessa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 88 (1880); Smith, Cat, Noct. N. Am. p. 122. @. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous with slight dark irroration; tarsi with dark bands. Fore wing very pale brownish ochreous with slight dark irroration; the subbasal line represented by double brown striz from costa and cell; the antemedial line rather indistinct except at costa, double, waved, oblique ; claviform small, defined by black, orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by black, the former round, open above and below, the latter with fuscous patch in lower part; an indistinct waved medial line angled on median nervure; pestmedial line double at costa, then indistinct, strongly dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of somewhat dentate dark marks angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and to tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white; the veins brownish ; the terminal area suffused with brown narrowing to a point at tornus; a terminal series of dark lunules; cilia white; the under- side with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with pale brown, a dark discoidal lunule, and postmedial series of strize on the veins. Hab. U.S.A., Calitornia, Santa Clara (Osten Sacken), 2 2 type. Exp. 30-40 millim. *1165. ? Scotogramma repentina. Mamestra repentina, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 118 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am p. 125, @. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey; tegule with black medial line ; patagia with black lines near edges. Fore wing pale grey, the medial area fuscous ; subdorsal line double, filled in with fuscous ; antemedial line double, erect, waved; claviform obsolete ; orbicular large, pale, round; reniform pale with a fuscous tinge, ill-defined ; medial line strongly dentate; postmedial line double, waved, incuryed below vein 4, with a dark shade beyond it indis- tinct except at costa ; subterminal line yellowish fuscous, defined on inner side by a dark shade, sinuous; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia white at tips. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ; the underside paler with the termen fuscous. Hab. U.S.A., New Jersey, W. Hoboken. vp. 33 millim. This species is unknown to me. *1166. Scotogramma orida. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 8.) Mamestra orida, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 12 (1903). Head and thorax white, thickly irrorated with black and dark brown; abdomen less thickly irrorated ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing white, thickly irrorated with fuscous black; the subbasal VOL. Vv. ? D 34 NOCTUIDAE. line represented by slight strive from costa and cell; traces of a waved antemedial line with two more prominent points at costa; claviform slightly defined by black ; orbieular and reniform with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by fuscous, the former small, round, the latter with fuscous patch in its lower part; post- medial line indistinct, dentate, with more prominent points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line white, with a fuscous patch beyond it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3; aterminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with fuscous ; a terminal fuscous-black band narrowing to tornus ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a diffused subterminal band. Hab. U.S.A., Utah, Stockton, co-type Td 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 34 millim. 1167. Scotogramma implexa. Noctua implexa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 414 (1827); Alph. Rom. Mém. v. p. 233, pl. xii. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. Apamea fallovi, Oberth. Et. Ent. i. p. 45, pl. 4. f. 2 (1876). Head and thorax ferruginous red-brown mixed with a few white scales; abdomen greyish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ferruginous red-brown irrorated with white scales, especially on the costal area and veins; an indistinct waved white subbasal line; antemedial line waved, white, somewhat oblique; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform moderate, brown prominently defined by white, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line fine, waved, white, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine waved white terminal line. Hind wing pale, suffused with reddish brown ; a curved whitish postmedial line and a slight waved whitish terminal line; the underside whitish irrorated with red-brown. Hab. Honeary; 8S. Russts; Ateerta, type f fallovt in Coll. Oberthiir; Armenia; Syria; Transcaucasia, Geok Tepe, 1 ¢g. Exp. 34 millim. 1168. Scotogramma peculiaris. Mamestra peculiaris, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 16; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. 6. Fore wing grey-white mixed with some blackish; frons with blackish bar above; tegule with black medial line and tips ; patagia edged with black; tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with yellow-brown. Fore wing whitish, suffused with yellow-brown and irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line double, filled in with white, waved and extending to vein 1; an oblique black striga above inner margin near base; the ante- SCOTOGRAMMA. oo medial line double, filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, then oblique and waved; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform moderate, with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter with some black in its lower part; an indistinct, curved, diffused medial line ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then obiique; some white points on costa towards apex; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, slight sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, 1 ¢. Evp. 38 millim. 1169. Scotogramma submarina. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 10.) Anarta submarina, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 4 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark brown ; tarsi with dark bands; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally tinged with brown ; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white thickly irrorated with brown; a dentate subbasal line from costa to sub- median fold; a waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein I, with two points at costa; a slight medial shade; reniform repre- sented by a slight dark lunule ; postmedial line highly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; faint traces of a subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; the terminal area suffused with brown; a slight discoidal point and postmedial series of striz on the veins. Hab. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, Arizona, Black Hills, 1 9. Exp. 32 millim. 1170. Scotogramma mendosica, n. sp. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 11.) @. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and a few flesh- coloured scales; tarsi with white rings; abdomen grey mixed with dark brown and ochreous. Fore wing brownish flesh-colour thickly irrorated with black ; the subbasal line represented by dark points below costa and cell; the antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect; claviform represented by a slight dark spot ; orbicular and reniform obsolete ; traces of a dark medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, strongly dentate, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; sub- terminal line represented by an indistinct series of pale points D2 36 NOCYUIDA. defined by slight dentate dark marks on inner side, slightky engled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of dark points ; a flesh-coloured line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous brown especially towards termen ; cilia pale, with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved post- medial line. Hab. Arerntina, Aconcagua (Fitzgerald), 1 Q type. Hap. 36 millim. Genus CATEPHIODES, nov. Type, C. zuelana. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint nearly reaching vertex of head and smoothly scaled in front, the 5rd oblique, long ; frons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded ; antennee of female ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair, the inner spurs very long; abdomen witli dorsal crests. Fore wing broad, triangular, the termen retracted towards tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8,4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only, 1171. Catephiodes zuelana. Hadena zuelana, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 143 (1898). Aidia trinidadensis, Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 123, pl. 5. f. 3. 2. Head ochreous more or less tinged with rufous ; thorax red- brown, with some black on extremity of patagia and metathorax ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen black-brown, dorsally irrorated with rufous, ventrally with grey; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing dark brown suffused with rufous, the terminal half more or less suffused with whitish and with some bluish white below costa and between veins 5 and 3; subbasal line represented by black Fig. 10.—Catephiodes zuelana, 2. 1. strie from costa and cell; antemedial line black, irregularly sinuous, inwardly oblique; orbicular and reniform small, detined by black, the former round, the latter indistinctly defined except on inner side ; a waved medial line or dark shade; postmedial line minutely and irregularly dentate, very strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, below vein 4 incurved to below angle of CATEPHIODES.—ANARTA, 357/ cell; subterminal line slight, white defined by black on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, bent inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 3 and defined by white on outer side ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, the costal and terminal areas broadly and the inner area narrowly black-brown; some white marks on lower half of termen and a striga above tornus; cilia intersected with white; the underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused with grey, a small dark discoidal spot and postmedial line with dark striz on the veins. Hab. Trrnipap, Arima, 2 @ type trinidadensis; VENEZUELA, 19, Aroa, type T? in Coll. Schaus. Hap. 28-34 millim. Genus ANARTA. Type. Anarta, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 90 (1816), non descr. ; Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (3) p. 200 (1826)................0e0-00+ seeaeeonemeasels myrtilli. Magellana, Staud. Hamburg. Magalhaens. iv. p. 77 (1899) ......... trisemd. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, short, fringed with hair; frons with slight rounded prominence with small corneous plate below it; eyes small, reniform, not ciliated; antenne of male typically minutely serrate and ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, pro- and metathorax with slight spreading crests ; tibie fringed with hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair, a dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. Sucr. I. (Magellana). Antennx of male strongly serrate and fasciculate ; fore wing very narrow. *1172. Anarta trisema. Anarta trisema, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix. p. 64 (1885); id. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, vi. p. 20, pl. 1. f. 9. 3. Head and thorax black mixed with grey and some dark red hairs ; abdomen black above, with some grey hair at base on ventral Fig. 11.—Anaria trisema, g. }. surface. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with black, blackish basal marks on costa and below cell; the medial area black irrorated with red, defined on inner side by the antemedial line, which is oblique from costa to cell, where it is angled inwards, then angled 38 NOCTUIDAE. outwards on vein | to near postmedial line and with a diffused black and red patch before it on inner area ; claviform an elongate white streak extending from near the antemedial to across the postmedial line; orbicular and reniform small, whitish, the Ist oblique oblong, the latter an oblique bar angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line outwardly oblique from costa to discal fold, where it is angled, then very oblique, a series of short red and black streaks beyond it with a longer black streak on costa and on veins 4, 3, and 2 extending to termen ; some dentate black and red marks on termen from below apex to middle; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing grey, suffused with black on inner and terminal areas. Hab. Tizrra DEL Furco, type tT d in Mus. Paris. Hap. 20 millim. Secr, IT. Antennz of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. A. Hind wing white. a. Fore wing with the subterminal line angled inwards in seal fF Old As. i sca cnc ceon ecemerc ane se scaeeects encom cee eam staudingeri. 6, Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled inwards in discal fold. a‘, Kore wing with prominent series of dentate black marks before subterminal line....................sses000 richardsont. b', Fore wing without series of dentate black marks before subtermimalulines esas. -secsec teense eee guadrilunata, B.Ed: wingayellowish’ < tesa je ceeeu.tccigse dessiente eee tece ee tae leucocycla. ©. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous. a, Fore wing with the stigmata not filled with blue-grey... e/acta. b. Fore wing with the stigmata filled with blue-grey ...... membrosa. 1173. Anarta staudingeri. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 12. Anarta staudingeri, Aurivy. Nord. Fjar. p. 176 (1891) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 219. Anarta meschleri, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 219 (1901). Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with white, and often with some olive- yellow in submedian fold and on inner margin; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold, some whitish on its outer edge: antemedial line oblique, waved, with some whitish on its inner side; claviform a small black mark; orbicular and reniform small, white defined by black, the former round; post- medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish or yellow, defined by a series of more or less conjoined black marks on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous; a dark discoidal lunule ; a more or less prominent waved postmedial line; a broad terminal band with diffused inner edge; cilia white. ANARTA, 39 Ab. 1. meschleri. Fore wing more distinctly marked with grey.— Labrador. Hab. Canava, Labrador, 2 ¢,1 9, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Nor- War, mountains, Lapland 3 g, 2 9, Zeller & Leech Colls. Lup. 28-30 millim. 1174. Anarta richardsoni. Hadena richardsoni, Curt. Ross’ Narr. 2nd Voy., Te Pata, opis Ae tbe (1834); Auriy. Bih, K. S. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1890, p. 18, aa 1s £12 & pl. 3. f.4 ; Staud. Cat. Pe pal. p. 218; Smith, Cat. Noct. N . Am. p. 293. Anarta algida, Lef. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. v. p. 395, pl. x. f. 5 (1836) ; Dup. Lép. Fr. iii. Suppl. pl. 49. f. 6; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 400. Anarta septentrionis, Wik. xi. 700 (1857). Anarta lanuginosa, Smith, Proce. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 492 (1900). Anarta dovrensis, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901). Anarta asiatica, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218 (1901). Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey-white ; tegule white at base and tips; patagia with white fascia; tarsi black with white bands. Fore wing black-brown slightly irrorated with white, and with some olive-y vellow in discal and submedian folds and on inner margin ; subbasal line black, waved from costa to submedian fold, strongly defined with white on outer side and with a black spot bey ond it below the cell; antemedial line black, waved, interrupted, defined by white on inner side; claviform moderate, black, with yellow spot on it and a white spot beyond it ; orbicular and reniform white with some yellow on them, defined by black and with some black at centre, the former small and rounded or large and quadrate, open above and below : the postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, defined by white on outer side and with white’ points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it more or less strongly suffused with grey; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks, strongest at middle and submedian fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered white and black-brown. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused with black: a black discoidal lunule ; a more or less visible waved postmedial line ; a broad terminal band with rather diffused inner edge; cilia white; the underside with the terminal band obsolescent. 40 NOCTUID. Ab. 1. dovrensis. Fore wing with slight grey markings; hind wing almost wholly suffused with fuscous.—Dovrefeld. Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing fuscous or grey-brown with slight grey markings, sometimes almost uniform in colour.—E. Siberia. Hab. Grivnett Lanp (Feilden), 1 3 ; Grerntann, 1 2, Zeller Coll.; Cawava, Hudson’s Bay, Repulse Bay (Zea), 1 3, shore of Arctic Ocean (Sir 7. Richardson), 1 3, 2 9, type septentrionas, Labrador, Zeller & Frey Colls.,5 ¢, 3 9; Ataska; ScaNnDINAvIA, Dovreficld, Lapland, 1 ¢; Novaya Zempra, Schubert Bay, 1 9, Grote Coll. xp, 34-38 millim. 1175. Anarta quadrilunata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 13.) Anarta quadrilunata, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. xvi. p. 244 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293. ©. Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with white, brown, and black hair: tarsi black ringed with white; anal tuft yellow. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with pale brown; subbasal line indistinct, dark, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled, then erect and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform and orbicular obsolete ; reniform represented by a dark lunule; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved; traces of a subterminal line, more prominent towards costa and angled outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of dark spots. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused with fuscous; a black discoidal lunule and broad terminal band with sinuous inner edge ; cilia white. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 2 type. vp. 34 millim. 1176. Anarta leucocycla. Anarta leucocycle, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1857, p. 296; Moschl. Wien. ent. Mon. 1860, p. 567, pl. 9. f. 6; Auriv. Bih. K.S. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1890, p.19, pl. 1. f. 11 & pl. 3. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 219 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 293. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing black-brown sparsely irrorated with white; an ill-defined waved white subbasal line from costa to vein ]; an ill-defined waved white antemedial line; orbicular and reniform small, defined by white, the former round; postmedial line white, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle ; a waved. white terminal line; cilia chequered brown and ochreous white. Hind wing yellowish irrorated with black-brown, the lower part of cell and inner area suffused with black-brown; a black discoidal ANARTA. 41 lunule; the terminal area broadly black-brown, narrowing to tornus ; cilia yellewish white, brown at base ; underside similar, traces of a curved postmedial line, the terminal band narrower and with waved inner edge. Hah. GReentand, 1 g,19. vp. 28 millim. *1177. Anarta etacta. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 4.) Anarta etacta, Smith, Proce. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii. p. 493 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. @. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish largely mixed with fuscous ; tegule whitish at base, then blackish and with grey tips; patagia with blackish line near margin. Fore wing grey mixed with fuscous and irrorated with moss-green; the lines white edged with black scales and with double black spots at costa; subbasal line bidentate ; antemedial line oblique, somewhat dentate and bent outwards above inner margin; claviform well developed, defined by pale moss-green ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former moderate, round, the latter large; postmedial line bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costs ; subterminal line somewhat dentate, only defined by the fuscous shade on its inner side and by the area beyond it being greenish; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous with terminal series of blackish lunules preceded by whitish ; the underside rather paler, with small discoidal spot. Hab. Atasxa, Kukak Bay. Evp. 36 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. *1178. Anarta membrosa. Anarta membrosa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N.Y. xi. p. 101 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 294. Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with grey; tegule erey, with a terminal black band. Fore wing dark grey, with the markings black; the lines defined by clear blue-grey ; the subbasal line strong, uneven, followed by a blue-grey tinge extending to apex; antemedial line distinct, strongly excurved in the inter- spaces; claviform represented by a diffused black patch extending to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform filled in with clear blue- grey and defined by black, a black medial shade passing between them; postmedial line fine, dentate, incurved below vein 4, dilated into a spot at submedian fold ; terminal area bluish grey with a blackish patch on costa with three blue-grey points on it; sub- terminal line pale defined by blackish shades most prominent towards costa, dentate on veins 4, 3; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing fuscous with indistinct discoidal point and 42 NOCTUID. curved postmedial line ; cilia black and white; the underside with discoidal spot and prominent waved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., New Hampshire, White Mts. vp. 33 millim. This species is unknown to me. Seor, IIT. (Anarta). Antenne of male ciliated. A. Hind wing bright yellow. a. Fore wing with the ground-colour deep red ............62.06+ myrtille. b. Fore wing with the ground-colour blackish. a‘. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with whitish ... cordigera. }', Fore wing with the reniform not filled in with white... mimuli. B. Hind wing yellowish, tinged with brown .............esse0-.-0.- impingens. OF Hindiwinfuniformybrowntenerese 0.2100 -2s- caesar oee nonce phea. D. Hind wing white, sometimes completely suffused with fus- cous on upperside. a. Fore wing broad, triangular. - a, fore wing without whitish annuli to the reniform ...... melanopa. b*. Fore wing with whitish annuli to the reniform ......... mimula. 6. Fore wing narrow, elongate. a. Fore wing pale olive-grey .........0.0.-.seccceoessoscsraesees MaUst. WIRSBONe swing) HUSCOUS) i. dcmesetonccssessilLieeserncsseeadacenmeite ... zemblica. 1179. Anarta myrtilli. Noctua myrtilli, Linn, Faun, Suec. p. 311 (1746); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 165. ff. 1-8; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 98; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p- 286. pl. 118. f. 1; Steph. Ill. Brit, Ent., Haust. iii. p.111; Curt. Brit. Knt. pl. 145; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218. Anarta acadiensis, Beth. Tr. Nov. Soc. Ins. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 84 (1869) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292. Anarta alpina, Raetzer, Mitth. Schweiz. ent. Ges. viii. p. 224 (1890). Head and thorax deep red, palpi black at tips, lower part of frons, base of tegule, middle and tips of patagia, and metathoracic crest white, the vertex of head, tips of tegule, and greater part of Fig. 13.—Anarta myrtilli, 8. 3 T° thorax ochreous ; tarsi black banded with white; abdomen black- brown with ochreous segmental lines, the dorsal crest and anal tuft red, the lateral hair ochreous, the ventral surface ochreous and red. Fore wing deep red, pale olive-brown in parts; the subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, filled in with white; the antemedial line double, oblique, waved, filled in with olive-brown and white, the claviform a minute spur on its outer side; the medial area with more or less white suffusion and promi- nent triangular spot on median nervure; orbicular and reniform ANARTA, 43 small, olive-brown defined by deep red, the former round; an indistinct medial line angled at median nervure ; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, angled outwards on vein 1, defined by olive-brown on outer side, the veins beyond it more or less streaked with white, some white points on costa; subterminal line prominent, white, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle and excurved to tornus; a fine dark terminal line; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing orange-yellow, the base, costal area, and a broad terminal band black-brown, a black fascia on vein 1; cilia yellowish white; the underside with the costal area red traversed by a black line at inner edge of terminal band, a small black discoidal lunule. Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and tore wing with the red almost entirely replaced by black.— Hyéres. Ab. 2. alpina. Fore wing obscure red-brown with the markings almost obsolete; hind wing with the orange reduced.—Germany, Switzerland, Spain. Hab. Canava, Nova Scotia; Brrrain, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll., Hyéres (Verbury); Grrmany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Swirzer- LAND ; Spain; Ivaty; Russia, Livonia. wp. 24-28 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 87; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 226, pl. 251. f. 1. Green, sometimes tinged with brown and with scattered pale yellowish or whitish marks, and dorsal, subddorsal, and spiracular series of whitish spots. Food-plant, Erica. 8-9. 1180. Anarta cordigera. Noctua cordigera, Thunb. Mus. Nat. Ac. Ups. Diss. p. 72, pl. vi. f. 4 (1788) * Esp. Schmett. pl. 189. f. 2; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pl. 118. f. 2; Hibn. Eur- Schmett., Noct. ff. 674-5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292. Noctua albirena, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 99 (1827). i Anarta luteola, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. iv. p. 493, pl. iii. ff. 5, 6 1865). a Eien. Hoffm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 128. Anarta suffusa, Tutt. Brit. Noct. iii. p. 180 (1892). ; Anarta carbonaria, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92 (1893); Alph. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 219, pl. 14. f. 10. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown slightly irrorated with grey. Fore wing black-brown, the basal and terminal areas suffused with blue-grey, the median area slightly irrorated with grey; a slightly-waved black subdorsal line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique slightly-waved antemedial line; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black; the former small, round, the latter large, filled in with white, and with a dark lunule on its upper part; an indistinct medial shade; post- medial line minutely dentate, bent outward below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a subterminal interrupted dentate black line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia black intersected with grey. Hind wing orange-yellow ; the base with diffused black streaks ; the costal area black; a broad terminal black band; cilia whitish. 44 NOCTUID.E. Underside of fore wing black-brown, with large curved yellowish discal patch, Ab. 1. wthiops. Fore wing almost entirely black except the reniform stigma. Ab. 2. carbonaria. Like ethiops, but the underside of fore wing yellow with the marginal areas dark.—S.E. Siberia. Hiab. Canava, Labrador; U.S.A., Colorado; Brrrary, Scotland, Leech Coll.; Franck; Germany, Zeller Coll.; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll.; Spary, Aragon; Norway, Zeller Coll.; Russra, Finland, Leech Coll., Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ; N.E, Sirperra; Amurtanpd. ap. 26-28 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.87; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 223, pl. 250. f. 3. Purplish brown mixed with black; dorsal line whitish; sub- dorsal line indistinct ; subspiracular line brownish ochreous marked with red. Food-plant, Vaccinium. 7-8. *1181. Anarta mimuli. Anarta mimuli, Behr. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1885, p.62; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Amer. p. 295, Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish. Fore wing blackish; the lines indistinct and slightly defined by whitish; the subterminal line expanding into a spot at tornus. Hind wing yellow, with prominent black terminal band. Hab, U.S.A., California. EHap.—? This speciesisunknowntome. Larva. Similar to that of A. myrtilli. Food-plants: Hunanus tolmici, Antirrhinum kingii, and Mimulus scrophularia. 1182. Anarta impingens. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 14.) Anarta impingens, Wik. xi. 700 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 294. Mamestra curta, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 96 (1875). Anarta nivaria, Grote, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 107 (1875). Orthosia perpura, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 66. g. Head and thorax lilacine grey irrorated with fuscous ; abdo- men reddish brown. Fore wing lilacine grey irrorated with brown ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line rather oblique, waved, strongly excurved at sub- median fold; clavyiform represented by a slight blackish mark ; orbicular and reniform very indistinctly defined, the former round, a strong diffused medial shade passing between them; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by a brown shade and an ill-defined series of small dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of dark lunules. Hind wing yellowish, suffused with reddish brown, and with a diffused terminal brown band broad at apex, narrowing to tornus; a dark discoidal lunule; cilia yellowish; the underside yellower, the discoidal lunule prominent, a terminal series of dark strie. ?. Mach darker. ANARTA, 45 Hab. Canava, 8. Br. Columbia (Lord Derby), 2 3 type; U.S.A., Colorado, 2 §, 1 9, type nivaria, Grote Coll. Ewp., 5 30, 2 3 millim. 1183. Anarta pha, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 15.) Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing dark brown suffused with grey and irrorated with white; subbasal line represented by black strize from costa and median nervure; a slight black streak in base of sub- median fold; traces of a waved antemedial line; claviform rather small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, whitish, incompletely defined by black, the former round; postmedial line indistinct, incomplete, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved; subterminal line represented by whitish points with obscure dentate black marks on their inner side. Hind wing pale brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia white, brown at base; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab. Arctic America, Victoria Land, Cambridge Bay (Collinson), 15,12 type. Hep. 34 millim. 1184. Anarta melanopa. Noctua melanopa, Thunb. Diss. Ent. ii. p. 42 (1791); Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 483-4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 292. Noctua alpicola, Quens. Acerbi’s Trav. N. Cape, ii. p. 253, pl. 1. ff. 5, 6 (1802). Noctua vidua, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 403 (1827). Noctua tristis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 446 (1827). Noctua rupestris, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 644-5 (1827). Pyralis rupestralis, Hiibn. Schmett. Eur., Pyr. f. 138 (1827). Anarta nigro-lunaia, Pack. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 40 (1867). Anarta wistrémi, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 81. Head and thorax black, clothed with grey and olive-yellow hair ; abdomen black, clothed with white hair, the dorsal crests olive- yellow. Fore wing grey, irrorated with dark brown and largely suffused with olive-yellow except on terminal area; a waved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line waved, nearly erect, angled inwards in cell; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round or rather irregular, the latter large; traces of a medial shade; post- medial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by a series of dentate dark marks on its inner side and a more prominent patch with pale points on it at costa; a terminal series of black striz ; cilia white intersected with brown. Hind wing white, the inner half suffused with fuscous; a large black-brown discoidal lunule and a broad terminal band with sinnous inner edge; cilia pure white. Underside of fore wing white, with black discoidal lunuie and excurved postmedial line; hind wing with the costal and inner 46 NOCTUID &. areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad terminal band. Ab. 1. vistroemi. Fore wing without grey irroration, the under- side with dark terminal band. Ab. 2. rupestralis. Hind wing entirely or almost entirely suffused with fuscous. Hah. Caxava, Labrador, Frey & Grote Colls., 4 ¢,4 9; U.S.A, New Hampshire, Mt, Washington (Dimmock), 1 ¢, Coloradé, 1 3, 1 9, Natt Cafion (Oslar), 3 6,19, 8. Park, New Mexico, Taos Peak, 2 ¢, Grote Coll.; Brrraiy, Shetland, Leech Coll., Rannock (Salvage) ; Swirzertand, Frey Coll.; Iraty, Alps; Norway, Bergen, Zeller Coll., Dovrefield, Lapland, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Sweprn. Exp. 26-30 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.87; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 219, pl. 250. f. 2. Xosy purple ; dorsal line ochreous-brown edged with dark grey and marked with reddish spots; subdorsal line yellowish, black- edged, with series of black marks above and below it; spiracular line pale yellow marked with red. Food-plant, Vaccinium. 6-7. *1185. Anarta mimula. Anarta mimula, Grote, Trans. Kans. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 48 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 295. ¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black. Fore wing blackish tinged with olive; the lines blackish, interrupted ; orbicular a minute annulus ; reniform with dark centre and yellowish-white annulus ; a white mark in submedian fold before the postmedial line; subterminal line with interrupted white marks; some white points on costa towards apex; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous with the cilia white, the discoidal spot and band of underside show- ing through: a terminal series of black points. Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico. ap. 25 millim. This species is unknown to me, 1186. Anarta mausi. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 16.) Anarta mausi, Ping. ined. Head and thorax pale olive-grey ; abdomen black clothed with white scales, dorsally tinged with olive. Fore wing pale olive-grey slightly irrorated with fuscous; an indistinct olive-brown subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a strong waved antemedial line ; reniform a small blackish lunule; an indistinct antemedial line angled inwards in submedian fold; a minutely dentate postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards again above inner margin; subterminal line diffused on inner side, interrupted below vein 7, somewhat dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a slightly darker waved olive terminal line; cilia white, with a dark line through them. Hind wing yellowish white; the inner area to middle of cell suffused ANARTA.—-LASIESTRA. AT with fuscous ; a black discoidal lunule; a sinuous subterminal band diffused to termen. Underside nearly pure white; fore wing with black streak in upper part of cell, large irregular discoidal spot, subterminal band angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, and waved terminal line from apex to above vein 4; hind wing with small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line obso- lescent except on costal half. Hab. E. Turxestan, Altyn Tag Mts, 29. Hep. 24 millim. Type T in Coll. Piingeler. 1187. Anarta zemblica, n. sp. (Plate LXXIX. fig 17.) ©. Head, thorax, and abdomen black with some grey hairs. Fore wing very narrow; fuscous brown with a greyish tinge and rather thinly scaled; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; traces of a waved antemedial line with a small black spot on it representing the claviform stigma; orbicular repre- sented by a black point, reniform by a small lunule ; faint traces of a postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line represented by faint traces of dark marks; a terminal series of black points; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia white; the underside with large white dark-irrorated patch extending on costa from near base to near apex and down to vein 2; a black discoidal lunule. Hab. Novaya Zempus, Schubert Bay, 1 9, Grote Coll. Hp. 28 millim. Genus LASIESTRA, nov. Type, L. phoca. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint clothed with long hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded, overhung by long cilia; head and thorax clothed with rough hair and without crests; tibiz fringed with rough hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shcrtly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Srcr. I, Antennz of male serrate and fasciculate. A. Fore wing with the termen and cilia chequered white and black. a. Hind wing with the termen white .............s.seseseeeeeeeees montana. 6. Hind wing with the termen fuscous ............04-+-+2-2s2000 subdita. B. Fore wing with the termen and cilia not chequered white and black. a. Hind wing with the cilia whitish................:sssssesesseeeeee phoca. b. Hind wing with the cilia yellowish. a. Fore wing with medial shade, the postmedial line GIGIINIENHE oaaandecnencosolosehedane sbenddocc] dene eve: BRenenoBSceeao: promulsa, b}. Fore wing without medial shade, the postmedial line TOY! GVETTEEDIS Bos SSacnt bade ECE RRO eo nGEGnCOR GEO? cancer CoMEeCepeEatnT uniformis. 48 NOCTUID&. 1188. Lasiestra montana. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 18.) Polia montana, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 95. 3. Head and thorax black mixed with grey and a few orange scales on thorax; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey with some black, especially on dorsum. Fore wing black irrorated with bluish grey, especially on basal area; the markings rather deeper black, slightly irrorated with orange scales; an indistinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; traces of a double, waved antemedial line ; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform ill-defined, white irrorated with black, the former rounded, the latter with its lower edge indented; traces of a dentate postmedial line bent outwards below costa and oblique below. vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; a subterminal series of black and white lunulate marks slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous, leaving the termen whiter; underside ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point and diffused postmedial band. Hab. W.Cutna, Ta-Chien-lu (Pratt), 1 ¢ type. Hwp.36 millim. *1189. Lasiestra subdita. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 19.) Dianthecia subdita, Moschl. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 363, pl. 9. f, 7 (1860) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. 3. Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with black; tegule with strong black medial line; patagia with black line near upper edge ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with black, the medial area slightly tinged with brown in, below, and beyond cell; subbasal line waved from costa to below cell; a straight black line below base of cell; antemedial line strong, black, much excurved below cell, then angled inwards on vein 1; hardly a trace of the clavi- form; orbicular and reniform very small, blue-white defined by black, the former round; medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved and parallel to postmedial line, which is strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; snbterminal line only defined by slight black marks before it towards costa and inner margin, and by the area beyond it being darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; the termen and cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing dark fuscous brown with a slight white streak on termen towards tornus ; cilia white with dark brown marks at base; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and curved post- medial line. Hab, Canava, Labrador, in Coll. Piingeler. vp. 36 millim. 1199. Lasiestra phoca. Dianthecia phoca, Moschl. Wien. ent. Mon. viii. p. 197, pl. 5. f. 15 (1864) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 120; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162. LASIESTRA. 49 Scotogramma luteola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 57, pl. 2. f. 10 (1894); Dyar, Cat, Lep. N. Am. p- 159. Head and thorax clothed with dull brown and grey hairs mixed ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen yellowish brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dull brown thickly irrorated with grey; an indistinct antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled; stigmata represented by very obscure grey marks with Fig. 14.—Lasiestra phoca, 3. }. darker marks between them; postmedial line somewhat dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, inwardly oblique to submedial fold near antemedial line, then excurved; faint traces of a sub- terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian fold; cilia grey with a brown line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge; the ‘cilia grey; the underside grey tinged with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line, Hab. Canana, Labrador, 1 3, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod),19, Laggan, 22. wp, 34 millim. 1191. Lasiestra promulsa. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 20.) Mamestra promulsa, Morr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. ¥. xi. p. 97 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. Scotogramma infuscata, Smith, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soe. vii. p. 42 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. . Head and thorax yellowish grey mixed with brown; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous thickly irrorated with brown. Fore wing brownish ochreous thickly irrorated with dark brown ; traces of a waved, dark subbasal line from costa to vein 1; an indistinct, waved, dark antemedial line; stigmata absent ; a very indistinct diffused medial shade; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub- terminal line only defined by the dark shade on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia chequered fuscous and ochreous. Hind wing ochreous irrorated with brown, and the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous, with Fane line at base; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 19. vp. 36 millim. VoL. V. E 50 NOCTUIDE. 1192. Lasiestra uniformis. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 21.) Scotogramma uniformis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 58, pl. ii. f. 12 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. ‘Am. p. 159. Head and thorax dull brown mixed with greenish grey ; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dull brown tinged with greenish grey ; an indistinct waved antemedial line; stigmata very obscurely defined by brown and with rather darker marks between them ; postmedial line slightly waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved at vein 1; cilia rather paler, with a dark line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish, with a fuscous ‘line thr ough them; the underside grey thickly irro- rated with brown, a large discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. Canana, Alberta, Laggan; U.S.A., Colorado, 1 ¢. Hzp. 40 millim. Srcr. IT. Antenne of male ciliated. A. Fore wing with the ground-colour bluish or purplish grey. a. Fore wing without terminal series of small black spots ...... dovrensis, 6, Fore wing with terminal series of small black spots. a’. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey. a*. Fore wing not tinged with olive .............0.sessessssvee elvesi. 62s Hore wine tingedswitht olive). ccsscseeeusereeeeecdans-eseaeee deliciosa. }', Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey ......... perplexa, B. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-brown ...............:0sceseeeeee persa. 1193. Lasiestra dovrensis. Dianthecia dovrensis, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 182; id. Cat. Lep, pal. p. 161. Dianthecia altaica, Staud. Iris, v. p. 866 (1892). Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi blackish, ringed with white; abdomen brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing black-brown thickly irrorated with grey-white ; subbasal line Fig. 15.—Lasiestra dovrensis, Gg. 1. defined by white on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line irregularly waved, defined by white on inner side; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black, the former grey, round or produced to a point on outer side, the latter dark; postmedial line highly dentate, defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then obliqne ; subterminal line grey, defined by dentate LASIESTRA. 51 black marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing black- brown with traces of a whitish postmedial line; the cilia white at tips ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal shade. Ab. 1. altaica. Rather larger; fore wing with a very slight yellowish tinge, the black marks before subterminal line larger. Hab. Norway, Saltdalen, Dovretjeld (Staudinger), 1 3,1 92, (Hampson) 2 3, 1 2; W. Srperta, Altai, 1 ¢. Eup. 34-36 millim, Subsp. 1. centeana. Dianthecia kenteana, Staud. Iris, v. p. 866 (1892). Dianthecia mongolica, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 257 (1896), Hind wing white, with broad dark terminal band; underside of both wings with broad dark terminal band. Ab. 1. mongolica. Underside of both wings without terminal band. Hab. Moneorts, Uliassutai; S.E. Srperza, Kentei, 1 2. 1194. Lasiestra elvesi. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 22.) Hadena elwesi, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 200 (1894). Head and thorax violacous grey mixed with black; tegule and patagia edged with black; tarsi with white rings; abdomen fuscous brown slightly irrorated with grey. Fore wing violaceous grey, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with black ; subbasal line represented by double striz from costa and cell; antemedial line double, waved; claviform defined by black below and at extremity ; orbicular and reniform greyish indistinctly defined by black, the former rather quadrate, open above and below; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight streaks on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line excurved below costa and at middle and angled inwards in discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing dark fuscous brown, with very indistinct greyish subterminal line; the underside irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Srxuim Tiset, Yatung (Hobson), 1 2; Sieur, 10,000 ft. (Elwes), type ¢ in Coll. Elwes; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 5. Eup. 36 millim. 1195. Lasiestra deliciosa. Dianthecia deliciosa, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxvi. p. 446 (1892) ; id. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 18, pl. 3. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162. Head and thorax olive-grey mixed with some black; tegule whitish, edged with black; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen olive-grey. Fore wing olive-grey irrorated with fuscous, the markings blackish irrorated with yellowish scales; subbasal line E2 52 NOCTUIDAE. double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, waved: claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round or quadrate, open above and below; a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein +; subterminal line excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards in discal and sukmedian folds ; a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia whitish, with a dark line through them. Hind wing dark fuscous, with very indistinct greyish subterminal line; cilia white, with dark line through them; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Tiset, Kuku-noor, 1¢, Amdo; Kasamir, Barra Larcha (MacArthur), 1 3, 2 9, Kokser (MacArthur), 23,29. Kap. 36-38 millim. *1196, Lasiestra perplexa. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 23.) Scotogramma perplexa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 129. @. Head and thorax black, the hairs tipped with bluish grey ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous black ; subbasal line black, angled inwards on median nervure, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line waved, angled inwards on the veins; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black and with blackish centres, the former round; a distinct, slightly curved medial shade; post- medial line minutely dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line ill-defined, whitish, defined on inner side by a series of dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia chequered fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia white at tips; the underside brownish white irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab, Canava, British Columbia, in Coll. J. B. Smith; U.S.A., Colorado. Lwp. 36 millim. *1197. Lasiestra persa. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 24.) Mamestra persa, Alph. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 212 (1897); Staud. Cat. Lep. pel. p: 156. ¢. Head and thorax clothed with grey and reddish-brown hair ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, with the dorsal crests dark at tips. Fore wing grey tinged with olive- brown and irrorated with fuscous, the medial area slightly darker ; subbasal line represented by double strive from costa and cell; LASIESTRA.—LASIONYCTA. De antemedial line double, slightly waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; clayiform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform greyish defined by black, the former round; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line rather strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate dark marks, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, and angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of small dark lunules; cilia yellowish, with a dark line through them. Hind wing grey uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia whitish with a brown line near base; the underside pale brownish grey, with traces of a curved postmedial line. Hab. N. Persta, Demavend, in Coll. Piingeler. Hwvp. 36 millim. Genus LASIONYCTA. rare Lasionycta, Auriv. Ent. Tyd. xviii. p. 285 (1892) .......--...++ serelingia. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint clothed with long rough hair; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded, overbung by long cilia; antenne of male serrate and fasciculate; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with veins 5 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; § anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the cell filled in with black between the stigmata. a. Fore wing with the medial area darker than the ground- colour. a‘. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by a series of whitish lunules with dentate black marks [OSIROINE WAVELAN | og aacecnanonoCebecronoCBos ac osnosdoLe Spo cageC oe TEE rainiert. b', Fore wing with the subterminal line ill-defined, grey, with obscure dentate dark marks before it ............ inconcinna, b. Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the PMOUMG-COIOWE Gitecan-cacce:avaeecaccosrascneriastsdeaesoncce mec conjugata, B. Fore wing with the cell not filled in with black between the stigmata. a. Fore wing olive-yellow mixed with grey and black......... bryoptera. b. Fore wing brown suffused with olive-yellow ; hind wing SG LMON coe tccos s+ Spheeedoseene Zenoe no aeebe saccebaeocucebare are sae lurida. c. Fore wing fuscous irrorated with grey .........seeceeseees-eee screlingia. d. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey. a', Fore wing with the orbicular grey with brownish GENIE Ns: ose mre ge cach op wotiece). o< cdeepaveaeen nau casos eoat sane suhfuscula, b!. Fore wing with the orbicular whitish ..................++ sedilis. e. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish. a, Fore wing tinged with bluish .............0..sessceeseeees altaica. 51, Fore wing tinged with yellow in parts. a*. Fore wing with the claviform minute .............-.++- arietis. b?. Fore wing with the claviform well-developed......... ochracea. 54 NOCTUIDZ. *1198. Lasionycta rainieri. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 25.) Mamestra rainierii, Smith, Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus, xxii. p. 462 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. ¢. Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing blue-grey overlaying fuscous, the medial area darker ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black and with some grey beyond it ; orbicular and reniform grey, defined by black and with some black before and between them in cell, the former irregularly rounded, the latter rather small; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of grey lunules, defined on inner side by dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous; the underside grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Washington Terr., Mt. Rainier, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 42 millim. *1199. Lasionycta inconcinna. (Plate LXXX. fig. 1.) Scotogramma inconcinna, Smith, Pr, U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 469 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130. ©. Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; tegule with whitish tips; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown mixed with fuscous. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the medial area suffused with black ; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on the veins ; claviform moderate, grey defined by black, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black and with fuscous centres, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower part obscured by black, the cell before and between them filled in with blackish ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, rather strongly dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, grey, defined on inner side by obscure somewhat dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7, and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 ; traces of a terminal series of black lunules; cilia brown and grey. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown; cilia whitish at tips; underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. Canava, Alberta, Calgary, in Coll. Wolley-Dod; U.S.A., Colorado. wp. 40 millim, LASIONYCTA. Bis, *1200. Lasionycta conjugata. (Plate LX XIX. fig, 26.) Scotogramma conjugata, Smith, Journ, N.Y. Ent. Soe. vii. p. 41 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous; tegule with black medial band; patagia with black line near upper edge; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing bluish white mixed with fuscous ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line strong, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; claviform defined by black, elongate and extending to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the former elongate, acute at extremities and open above and below, the cell between them filled in with black conjoined to some black on costa; postmedial line black, dentate, with an inward curve from costa to vein 7, where it is angled outwards, strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line only defined by a dark patch before it on costa, and the area beyond it slightly darker on costal half, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; an indistinct terminal series of lunules. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Zwp. 49 millim. *1201. Lasionycta bryoptera. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 27.) Mamestra bryoptera, Ping. Iris, xii. p. 292, pl. 9. f. 6 (1900) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Head and thorax olive-yellow mixed with fuscous and grey; tarsi ringed black and yellow; abdomen ochreous grey mixed with fuscous, Fore wing olive-yellow irrorated with black, the veins streaked with grey ; subbasal line double, filled in with grey, waved from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly waved ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform moderate, with blackish centres and grey and yellow annuli defined by black at sides only, the former rather quadrate ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, slightly defined by blackish suffusion on inner side, somewhat dentate, angled out- wards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia yellow, with three black lines through them. Hind wing greyish, uniformly suffused with fuscous except the terminal area, which is yellowish; a dark terminal line; cilia yellow, with a dark line through them; the underside yellow thickly irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Trser, Kuku-noor, type ft in Coll. Piingeler. ELwp. 33 millim, 56 NOCTUID®. *1202. Lasionycta lurida. Dianthecia lurida, A\ph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 18, pl. 1. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162. ¢. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with black and some white; tarsi ringed with yellowish white ; abdomen reddish brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing brown suffused with greenish- yellow scales, especially towards base ; subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform broad, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure; a waved medial line, oblique below cell; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer side, strongly dentate, beut outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it ; the veins of terminal area with pale streaks ; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; « terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown, with whitish lines through them. Hind wing pale yellow; traces of a sinuous postmedial line and diffused subterminal band, the former more distinct on underside; a fine brown terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot. Hab. Trset, Kuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo. Exp. 36 millim. 1203. Lasionycta screlingia. Phlogophora skrelingia, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. vi. p. 57, Noct. f. 624 (1845); Auriv. Nord. Fjar. p. 181, f. 26; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p- 109. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen black-brown mixed with grey. Fore wing blackish irrorated with grey-white; subbasal line black, angled outwards on median nervure and ending in submedian fold; ante- Fig. 16.—Lasionycta screlingia, 3. }. medial line slightly defined by whitish on inner side, rather oblique, waved; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform rather small, with fuscous centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round ; traces of a medial line; postmedial line indistinct, slightly defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, bent LASIONYCTA, a outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 and touching lower edge of reniform, some white points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line represented by a series of whitish lunules defined by black marks before and beyond them, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black striz ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia greyish ; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Abril. alpicola, Bang Haas, ined, Fore wing with patch of orange scales beyond lower extremity of subbasal line; claviform large and extending to near postmedial line.— Altai. Hab. Swepen; Laprranp; W. Srperta, Altai, 1 9. vp. 36 millim. 1204. Lasionycta subfuscula. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 28.) Anarta subfuscula, Grote, Proce. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvi. p. 244 (1878); id. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. pl. 1. f.7; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 204. @. Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale violaceous grey thickly irrorated with black-brown; the sub- basal line represented by indistinct dark spots below costa and in and below cell; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform small, defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform moderate, defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with fuscous centre and grey annulus ; a diffused medial shade; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, strongly dentate, and with a series of dark points beyond it on the yeins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line formed by a series of strongly dentate brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale with a brown line through them; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved post- medial line. Hab. U.S.A., Montana, Oregon, Colorado, 1 2 type. Exp. 34 millim. 1205. Lasionycta sedilis. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 29.) Scotogramma sedilis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vii. p. 48 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. @. Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; antenne ringed with black; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with black ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform 58 NOCIUIDE. indistinctly defined by black, elongate, acute at extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, the former prominent, whitish defined by black, the latter defined by black on inner side, very indistinctly on outer, somewhat angled inwards on median nervyure ; medial shade pro- minent, black, diffused, occupying most of median area ; postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate and produced to black and grey streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line only defined by a series of dentate black marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it slightly whiter; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered black and whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown with a slight reddish tinge ; cilia white at tips; the underside whitish irrorated with dark brown, a discoidal spot and somewhat dentate sinuous postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Utah, Ogden (Snyder), 1 9, Colorado. Lup. 38 millim. 1206. Lasionycta altaica, n.sp. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 30.) Polia altaica, Bang Haas, ined. List, 47. ©. Head and thorax bluish white mixed with black; tegulae with medial black line; patagia and metathorax edged with black ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing bluish grey-white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line double, waved, black, from costa to vein 1; ante- medial line double, the inner line less distinct, waved, angled inwards on median neryure and vein 1; claviform short, defined by black; orbicular and reniform white defined by black and with fuscous centres, the former round, the latter constricted at middle; an indistinct waved medial line oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below cesta, excurved to. vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Hind wing fuscous; a whitish postmedial line from vein 2 to inner margin ; some white on termen towards tornus; cilia white, with a fuscous line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a slight dark streak in base of cell, discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces of a diffused subterminal band, Hab, W. Steerta, Altai, 1 9, type. Hap. 42 millim. 1207. Lasionycta arietis. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 31.) Mamestra arietis, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. v. p. 207 (1879); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. S. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous ; palpi and sides of frons blackish; tegule with slight blackish medial line ; prothoracic crest blackish at base ; patagia outlined by black ; tarsi with white rings; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore LASIONYCTA. 59 wing white suffused with pale purplish fuscous; a slight yellow streak in submedian fold; subbasal line double, black filled in with white, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, prominently defined by white on inner side, irregularly waved and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform small, slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform moderate, with fuscous centres and white annuli incompletely defined by black; post- medial line black, prominently defined by white on outer side, irregularly dentate, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards in discal fold, incurved below vein 4, and confluent with lower extremity of reniform; subterminal line diffused, white, with series of black points on yellowish marks on it, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved:at middle and incurved in submedian fold; a terminal series of black points; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white suffused with brown ; a sinuous postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; cilia white, with brownish line through them; the underside white irrorated with pale brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., California, Mendocino, 2 ¢, type. Hwp. 36-40 millim. 1208. Lasionycta ochracea. (Plate LX XIX. fig. 32.) Aylomiges ochracea, Riley, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xy. p. 75 (1892) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. ®. Head and thorax grey mixed with pale red-brown; patagia edged with brown; tarsi with black rings; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish sparsely irrorated with black; the medial area suffused with brown except on costal and inner areas, leaving the veins whitish; subbasal line black, minutely dentate, curved, from costa to submedian fold, where there is some yellow beyond it ; antemedial line black, interrupted, angled outwards below costa, excurved below cell and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform large, with whitish annulus defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, with yellow and whitish annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter extending to well below cell and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; the subterminal line only defined by dentate yellow marks with black scales on them on inner side and the area beyond it brownish, angled outwards on vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white, and with a dark line through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; a small discoidal spot; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side and angled inwards in discal fold; a brown terminal line and line through the cilia; the underside white with black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line. Hab. US.A,, California (Behr), 1 9. Hep. 34 millim. 60 NOCTUIDAE. Genus POLIA. Type. Polia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 73 (1816), non deser. ; Treit., Schmett. Eur. v..(2) p. 5 (1825).......0scccseuessarons cappa. Mamestra, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 76 (1816), non deser. ; Preit. Schmett. Hur. v, (2) p. 127 (1825)...........0.2..0.0.. pisi. Xanthia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (1816), non deser.... luteago. Polymizis, Wiibn. ‘Verz., pa205 (1827). .0.2.0sc0sceesr¥aoweeseees jiligramma. Harmodia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 207 (1827) .......0.caese-.oaseceeenes compta. Melanchra, Hiibn. Verz. p: 207 (1827)...:.:...c00secserceseeenes persicaria. mtnria, Eubn, Ver2. pp: 21S (LS27) , Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown. a’. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on AMAIA NOEMULE | fenvasvenicvsccecssscscaadee-+csseches nugatis. . Fore wing with the reniform not angled in- wards on median nervure ...............0.00.0008 languida. v7. Hind wing entirely tinged with brown. a, Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on MMECIaANUN CMMULO sce. .enccemecsesenssceeaon. ceca case Juneimacula. . Fore wing with the reniform not angled in- wards on median nervure ................0esee+e- purpurissata, plore nwinmaney— bro Wille wusinasceeceecracteesstee ere or ees crotchi. 1218. Polia discalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 7.) Mamestra discalis, Grote, U.S. Bull. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iii. p. 797 (1877) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114. Bluish white; head, thorax, and abdomen with black mixed ; tegule with blackish medial line; patagia tipped with blackish. Fore wing thickly irrorated with black; a double dentate subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; an antemedial line defined by white on inner side and angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1; élaviform small, defined by black or absent; orbicular and reni- form large, defined by blackish and with blackish suffusion between them, the former round or elliptical, the latter constricted at middle and extending to below cell; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 3; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish lunules with small dentate dark marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules, Hind wing white, slightly irrorated with fuscous especially towards termen ; the veins brownish; a fine dark terminal line; the under- side with postmedial series of points on the veins. Hab. Canana, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 1 2, Br. Columbia, Sicamon’s Junction (Miss Ricardo), 2 9; U.S.A., Colorado, Clear Creak Canon, 1 9 type, (Bruce) 1 9, Grand Junction (Oslar), 3 3, F2 68 NOCTUID®. 2 92, New Mexico, Albuquerque (Oslar), 1g, 2 2. Hap. 58 millim. Larva (Original).—Head shining brown with dark brown reticu- lations, the upper vertical band broad. Body cylindrical, uniform, dull brown, indefinitely shaded with blackish; a broad diffuse dorsal band, faintly widened into quadrate patches on the segments, containing a broken yellowish-white dorsal line; a narrow trans- verse dusky bar on joint 12. Blackish oblique stripes extend upward and backward from the spiracles, ill-defined. No shields. A general teeder, adapted for concealment on the ground.— HG ADs 1219. Polia imbrifera. (Plate LXXX. fig. 8.) Aplecta imbrifera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 76 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114. ° Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tegule with black medial line; patagia with whitish patches; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey, largely or almost entirely suffused with brown and irrorated with black: a double black subbasal line, interrupted at cell and connected with base by a slight streak above vein 1; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1; claviform short, broad, defined by black; orbicular and roniform large, with brownish centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former round; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then dentate; post- medial line double filled in with whitish, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to yein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; postmedial area whitish towards subterminal line, which is whitish defined on inner side by an. irregular series of dentate dark marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with dark bruwn especially on terminal area; the some- what dentate postmedial line defined by pale colour on outer side ; cilia pale ; the underside paler, with dark discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. Gree U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States, New York, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 23,1 9,type, Evans Centre, 2 3,29, Colorado. wp. 54 millim. *1220. Polia nugatis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 9.) Mamestra nugatis, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 240 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. ®. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown; tegule with medial black line; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, whitish at base, greyish at extremity. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous, some POLIA. 69 ochreous white in submedian fold from base to claviform and in diseal fold from reniform to near’subterminal line; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line indistinct, waved, strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin, and inwards on vein 1; claviform elongate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter emitting a long spur inwards on median nervure to below former; a diffused blackish fascia in and below lower end of cell from lower angle to subterminal line ; a whitish streak from claviform to subterminal line and slight streaks above veins 2 and 3; postmedial line only traceable at costa and towards inner margin, where it is dentate; subterminal line white, defined by fuscous brown marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, to termen at veins 4, 3, and inwards in discal and subterminal folds ; a terminal series of black lunules; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown; a fine dark terminal line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown. Hab. U.S.A., Nebraska, Montana, Colorado, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 46 millim. 1221. Polia languida. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 6.) Mamestra languida, Smith, Trans. Am, Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 54, pl. ii. £. 6 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 155. Head and thorax purple-grey with some blackish irroration ; frons with black band; tegule tipped with white; abdomen pale brownish grey. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with fuscous; a dark shade on costal area and in cell to postmedial line, becoming bright rufous beyond the cell; subbasal and antemedial lines repre- sented by blackish points on costa; claviform very small, slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, with rather pale centres defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line yellowish white, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks from below costa to vein 5 and towards inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and strongly dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black points; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish ; the under- side white irrorated with black. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 1 g,1 Q. Hap. 37 millim. 1222. Polia juncimacula. (Plate LXXX. fig. 10.) Mamestra juncimacula, Smith, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. v. p. 67 (1882) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 151. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tegule with medial black line; patagia with some black scales near upper edge; - 70 NOCTUIDA. abdomen ochreous mixed with red-brown. Fore wing purplish grey suffused and irrorated with dark brown, and with some rufous at base of costa and inner margin, in submedian fold, and in discal fold from middle of cell to near subterminal line; a slight black streak at base of vein 1 followed by others on subcostal and median nervures and in submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, grey, strongly angled outwards below costa and in submedian fold, inwards on subcostal and median nervures and vein 1; claviform small, slightly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former irregularly oblique elliptical, with dark point at centre, the latter a large narrow lunule, with brown line at centre and with its lower edge angled inwards on median nervure to the orbicular; postmedial line very indistinct, dentate, with darker points at the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined on inner side by rufous, with irregular rather dentate black marks, longest below veins 5 and 2, the line angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing white, with traces of diffused subterminal band or wholly suffused and irrorated with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 1 2, Durango (Oslar), 1 ¢. Exp. 54 millim, 1223. Polia purpurissata. Eurois purpurissata, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. iii. p. 82, pl. 1. f. 5 (1864) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114. Mamestra erydina, Dyar, Can. Ent. 1904, p. 32. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown; frons with two black bars ; tegule with black medial line; tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey tinged with red-brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with brown, and suffused with dark brown Fig. 20.—Polia purpurissata, S. 4. on costal area and in cell; an indistinct pale subbasal line inter- rupted at cell and ending at vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled, then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards POLIA. fit above inner margin ; traces of a small claviform defined by rufous; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former moderate, round, often with dark point in centre, the latter large, with its centre defined by fuscous and with some rufous beyond it; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line grey, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate dark reddish-brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing reddish brown, darker towards termen ; cilia white; the underside whitish irro- rated with brown, a dark discoidal point, punctiform postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. Canava, Rentrew Co., 6 ¢, 3 9, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley- Dod), 1 g, Br. Columbia, Kaslo; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States, Massachusetts, Buffalo, 1 6, New York (/ill),1 9, Utah. up. 44-58 milim. Larva (Original).—Head light brown, the usual darker reticu- lations ill-defined but large and confluent. Body cylindrical, uniform, dull brown, the markings faint and nearly obsolete. Cervical shield and anal plate darker, not chitinized. Dorsal and lateral darker geminate lines, and a broad pale substigmatal band with darker edges, are very faintly traceable. Spiracles black. A general feeder on low plants.—H. G. D. 1224. Polia crotchi. (Plate LXXX. fig. 11.) Mamestra crotchii, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iii. p. 29 (1880) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116. Mamestra fusculenta, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus, xiv. p. 213 (1891). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tegule with medial black line; patagia with some black scales above ; abdomen grey mixed with reddish brown, the dorsal crests large. Fore wing grey suffused with brown; a slight black streak below base of cell; a subbasal black streak above inner margin ; ante- medial line obsolete ; claviform defined by black, very elongate and pointed at extremity, its lower edge running back towards base and downcurved:; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, open towards base or outer side or both, the latter angled inwards on median nervure and dilated below the cell, sometimes connected with former; traces of a minutely dentate postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3, 1, defined by dentate black marks on inner side at middle and by the area beyond it being darker except at apex; the veins streaked with black towards termen ; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal two-thirds paler ; cilia white 72 NOCTUID&. mixed with brown; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule. Ab. 1. fusculenta: darker. Hab, U.S.A., Oregon (Crotch), 2 6, 1 9, type, Colorado, 1 ¢, Glenwood Springs (Oslar), 2 ¢, 2 9, California, Lap., dg 38, 2 42 millim. B. Prothorax with spreading crest. a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line touching the lower end of reniform. a*, Fore wing with the claviform large and elongate .... proxima. b°. Fore wing with the claviform short and broad ...... griseaid. b‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line separate from the MONA ORIN 2522 -. .s05ccas seas -caneeees «063 cack sk vec ageemetanioss orientalis. 6. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below SIO oo ons: wane toes oa gM AS sina nthe oo cena acer as oriza. 5. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 5, a*, Fore wing with the antemedial line straight in sub- median interspace, the reniform angled inwards on PDLCAIAN, DEXVUTS anno s war megs tan scnestornades- cesnseoa shoes rubens. 6°, Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved in sub- median interspace, the reniform not angled inwards Onymedian Meryurewess..seecs seo sesessceeee eter ate lepidula. e'. Fore wing with the postmedial line incuryed or oblique below vein 4. : a”, Fore wing with the antemedial line obliquely curved. distincta. 6°. Fore wing with the antemedial line waved. a, Fore wing with more or less distinct pale dentate patch beyond the claviform. a‘. Fore wing with distinct white patch on inner area beyond the postmedial line .................+ literata. 4, Fore wing without distinct white patch on inner area beyond the postmedial line...... .......... luteago. b°, Fore wing without pale dentate pateh beyond the claviform. a‘, Fore wing with the ground-colonr pale ochreous brown. a. Fore wing not suffused with fuscous, the markings indistiielipe-c...42. wees seceeoemen-esee canities. b°. Fore wing suffused with fuscous, the markings DISCle wa. se cneesspaecatee sees sraeeesacers sees ce anaaeee discolor. 6‘. Fore wing with the ground-colonr rufous or pale reddish brown. «®, Fore wing with the terminal area darker than the ground-colour. a°. Fore wing with the reniform concave on Inher ;side! <2. lcs -.0 seoeteeree ere ese secs es determinata. b®. Fore wing with the reniform convex on inner side, a’. Fore wing pale rufous ..........-+..-s0re columbia, 6, Fore wing rufous tinged with dark PLOW... son casscoreeansteammeeeemene ece-oet meditata. b°, Fore wing with the medial area paler than the ground-colour. a°, Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous... eucogramma. a°®, Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish DPOWMD 600: c0cceseosannnanene ei eieenteraer nese mohosa, POLIA,. ct, Fore wing with the ground-colour dark grey. a’, Fore wing tinged with purple. a°, Fore wing with white spot on reniform ... b°. Fore wing without white spot on reniform. a’, Fore wing without red suffusion in discal and submedian folds, reniform conyex OURUARCRISIOO fears o-nescscagaagac sense sere 6’. Fore wing with red suffusion in discal and submedian folds, reniform concave OUBUAHEINBIGE's25 heat ceases ecceoecesccnseases b°. Fore wing not tinged with purple. a®, Fore wing with the reniform angled in- wards on median nervure ..........-...0.6 b8. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median nervure. a’, Fore wing with the terminal area not paler than the ground-colour, a®. Fore wing without pale patch on inner area before subterminal line ......... b°. Fore wing with pale patch on inner area before subtermiral line ..... er 6”, Fore wing with the terminal area paler than the ground-colour...................+ d4, Fore wing with the ground-colour olive- | STRONY Lae 4 Goohanecace eaenne abana nen osae panne aarconennoT e+, Fore wing with the ground-colour pale grey or whitish. a. Fore wing with the orbicular minute, indis- UAKGIRY 2 odenSsreneeuanpnoooaolbcdassascnonosbesenedated &. Fore wing with the orbicular large. a°®, Fore wing with white points on lower ex- tremity of reniform. a’. Fore wing with hardly any ochreous tinge, and with distinct dentate fuscous marks before subterminal line............ 6", Fore wing with distinct ochreous tinge, the dentate marks before subterminal line indistinct; size larger ............... 6°. Fore wing without white poiuts on lower extremifiyaon remit ormiysspces sees eer enare ees 1225. Polia proxima. =I . —_ orisabena. brachiola. rubrifusa. wmbrosa. plicata, gnata. selama, tenebra. pusilla. serratilinea. spalax. insolens. Noctua proxima,-Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 409 (1827); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 264, pl. 89. f. 5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. Hadena cana, Ey. Bull. Mosc. Soe. 1841, i. p. 29, pl. 3. ff. 7,8; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 82. Hadena ochrostigma, Ev. Bull. Mose. Soe. 1842, iii. p. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 165, 166. Noctua extensa, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 231 (1844). 545; Herr.-Schaff. Head and thorax blue-grey mixed with black-brown; tegule with medial blackish line; patagia edged with black; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown or dorsally suffused with fuscous. with brown; a sinuous black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, filled in with blne-grey, waved from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line double, excurved in interspaces, bent inwards in cell and angled inwards on yein 1; clayiform defined Fore wing blue-grey irrorated vit NOCTUID®. by black, large and extending to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and whitish annuli defined by black, open above, the former oblique elliptical, the latter large; a waved medial shade ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, inwardly oblique below vein 6 and touching reniform and claviform, slightly angled outwards on vein 1, the veins beyond it streaked with black and with a series of white points on them ; subterminal line grey, slightly defined on each side by brown, with amore prominent patch with white points on it on inner side at costa, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and slightly waved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown in- tersected with white. Hind wing reddish brown, with fine dark terminal line ; cilia pale brown, white at tips ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and slightly waved postmedial line. Ab. 1. ochrostigma. Fore wing with slight fulvous spots beyond claviform and reniform. Ab. 2. evtensa. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with black. Ab. 3. cana. More uniform brownish grey, the markings less distinct. Ab. 4. uniformis. Fore wing obscure grey, almost uniform in colour.— Ulliassutai. Hab. Germany, Silesia, Bohemia, Saxony ; Swirzertanp, Valais, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Scanpryavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Russta, Finland, Leech Coll., Urals, Sarepta, Zeller Coll.; Armenta ; W. Turxesran, Issyk-kul, Tarbagatai; W. Srperra, Altai; KE, Turxestan, Ili; E. Srperia, Amurland. wp, 32-40 millim. *1226. Polia griseata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 7.) Mamestra griseata, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 467 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. Head and thorax purplish grey irrorated with fuscous; head with blackish tuft between antenne ; tegule with blackish medial line; patagia edged with black on outer side; abdomen brownish grey. ore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous; a brownish shade on medial area and on outer part of postmedial and terminal areas except at apex; subbasal line double, blackish, interrupted ; a slight black streak below base of cell; antemedial line greyish, not defined by black, excurved ; claviform defined by black, short, broad, acute; orbicular and reniform rather small, with grey aunuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical; postmedial lne double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved to lower edge of reniform; subterminal line white, defined by the dark shading on each side of it, angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold; a fine dark line at base of cilia, which are grey intersected with fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base; the cilia whitish ; the underside paler POLIA. 75 grey irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and curved post- medial band. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Hall Valley. Hwp., ¢ 30, 9 23 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. 1227. Polia orientalis. (Plate LX XX. fig. 12.) Dianthecia orientalis, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 71, pl. 2. f. 52 (1882) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. Dianthecia uniformis, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 256 (1896). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi blackish except at tips; tegule with two dark lines; patagia edged with black above; tarsi with white rings; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with brown ; a waved black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by black striz from costa and cell, defined by whitish on outer side; antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by grey on inner side; claviform moderste, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical, the area between and beyond them suffused with brown; traces of a curved medial line ; postmedial line dentate and produced to dark streaks interrupted by pale points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa and a pale oblique band arising from apex; subterminal line whitish, defined by slight somewhat dentate brown marks on inner side and some fuscous on outer, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules: cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia white, with a brown line through them; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. uniformis. Fore wing more uniform brownish grey.—- Mongolia. Hab. W. Turkestan, Tura, 1 5, 3 9, Ferghana, Issyk-kul; K. Turkestan, Ili; Moneorra, Uliassutai Mts., Urga,1 ¢. Hp. 34 millim. 1228. Polia oriza. Celena oriza, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 275, pl. 26. f. 28 (1889). 6. Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with white ; tegulee yellowish at base and tipped with white; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen rufous mixed with white. Fore wing whitish, mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the medial area darker red-brown; subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, angled outwards at median nervure and defined by white on outer side; the antemedial line double filled in with white, strongly angled outwards below costa, then very oblique and sinuous ; orbicular white with rufous tinge in centre, V-shaped, open above, Kp 16 NOCTUID.©. its lower extremity connected by a white fascia with the reniform, which is U-shaped, open above, with brown centre and white annulus ; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved, oblique and slightly sinuous below vein 6, joining the antemedial line above inner margin, some diffused white on its outer edge and some white points on costa ; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being Fig. 21.—Polia oriza, 3. 1. more purplish grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved a middle, joined by an oblique dark streak from termen below apex a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the costal aid terminal areas slightly tinged with red-brown, a rufous terminal line ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with rufous, a dark discoidal point and traces of a sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Coatepee (Brooks), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim, 1229. Polia rubens. Celena rubens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 274, pl. 26. f. 25 (1889). Head and thorax purplish red-brown mixed with a few white scales; tegule with black line near tips; patagia partly edged with black; abdomen dark purplish brown. Fore wing purple-brown suffused with grey; an olive-green streak in submedian fold to postmedial line; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with grey, wayed, from costa to submedian fold, where it is connected with base by a black streak ; antemedial line double filled in with grey, strongly angled outwards below costa, then obliquely waved and bent inwards to inner margin; claviform more or less elongate, strongly defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, with white annuli slightly defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with yellowish centre, narrow, strongly angled inwards on median nervure, slightly in female; postmedial line double filled in with grey, oblique from below costa to vein 5, then strongly incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa, the area beyond it greyish, shading to rufous before the grey subterminal line, which is prominent, angled inwards below costa and in submedian fold, outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points ; a fine grey line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the costal area tinged with brown, the inner and terminal areas POLTA. v iF also in female; a fine terminal brown line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line. Hab. Mexico city (Godman, Hoege), 1 3,1 92, Jalapa (Hoege), 1 ¢ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Eep., ¢ 28, 2 32 millim. 1230. Polia Jepidula. Mamestra lepidula, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 463 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. Celena perta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 275, pl. 26. f. 26 (1889). @. Head and thorax bright rufous, tegule and patagia edged with grey, the scales on vertex of head and thorax tipped with grey ; abdomen brown mixed with ochreous, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing ferruginous and bright chestnut; the costal area except at base, the medial area except beyond the reniform and between cell and submedian fold, and the terminal area darker brown; a nearly straight subbasal chestnut line from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on outer side; the antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform minute, defined by chestnut; orbicular grey, oblique oblong or elliptical ; reniform whitish, diffused above and with small dark brown spot on it at lower angle of cell; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and sinuous ; subterminal line whitish, excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it dark brown; cilia chequered reddish brown and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, the cilia yellowish white; the under- side white irrorated with rufous, a discoidal point and curved postmedial] line. Hab. U.S.A., Texas, California, Los Angeles; Mexico, Las Vigas (Hoege), 1 2 type perta, Godman-Salvin Coll. £wp. 30 millim. 1231. Polia distincta. Achatia distincta, Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. i. pl. 194 (1827); Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. ii. p. 197, pl. ii. f. 72; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116. Dicopis vitis, French, Can. Ent. xi. p. 76 (1879). Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous; palpi black at sides; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line and dark tips; patagia edged above with black scales; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen whitish, dorsally irrorated with fuscous and tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with pale brown; subbasal line represented by double white striz from costa and cell; antemedial line double filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, then obliquely excurved, its inner part pale 78 NOCTUID®E. olive below the cell and also its outer part below vein 1; claviform short and broad, defined by black and with a black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform large, grey tinged with reddish brown and defined by black, the former rounded, open above and below, the latter extending to below cell, the cell before and between them and the area below it suffused with brown ; traces of a medial line angled outwards below costa and on median nervure and inwards to antemedial line above vein 1; postmedial line double filled in with white, somewhat dentate and produced to slight points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line irregularly dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with some small dentate black marks defined by olive and fuscous suffusion beyond it except at apex and tornus and by a patch before it between veins 3, 4; the veins towards termen streaked with black ; a terminal series of small triangular black marks; cilia chequered olive and white. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; the underside with dark discoidal point and curved punctiform postmedial line. Hab. Canana; U.S.A., E. States, 1 ¢, 1 9, Illinois, Central States, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 2 3, Colorado, Exp. 40 millim. Larva. Marten, Tr. Dept. Agr. Ill. 18, app. 136 (1880). Head green. Body green marked with greenish white; a faint dorsal line edged with dark green, subdorsal line distinct, stigmatal line faint.—H. G. D. *1232. Polia literata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 13.) Cucullia literata, Fisch. de Waldheim, Bull. Mosc. 1840, i. p. 86, pl. 3. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. @. Head and thorax grey and dark brown mixed; tegule with dark medial line; abdomen ochreous mixed with dark brown. Fore wing whitish, almost entirely suffused with ochreous brown, dark brown, and some grey, leaving patches of white below the cell beyond subbasal line, as a dentate mark beyond the claviform and on inner area beyond postmedial line; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, waved, oblique from costa to below cell, then angled inwards on vein 1; claviform defined by black, acute at extremity; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former white, rather quadrate, the latter with brown centre and white annulus; postmedial line black defined by white, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale defined by brown on inner side, excurved at vein 7, somewhat dentate on veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, towards which it is slightly defined by black, the area beyond it greyer; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia with a black line at base. Hind wing reddish POLIA. 79 brown irrorated with grey ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them; the underside grey thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. S. Russra, Sarepta, in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 46 millim. 1233. Polia luteago. Noctua luteago, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 86 (1777); Hibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 184; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iti. p. 246, pl. 23. ff. 3, 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. Noctua brunneago, Ksp. Schmett. iv. pl. 196. ff. 2, 3 (1796). Noctua argillacea, Hiibn. Sammi. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 590 (1827). Noctua olbiena, Geyer, Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 829, 830 (1834). Dianthecia barrettii, H. Doubl. Ent. Ann. 1864, p. 124, f. 3. Dianthecia andalusica, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1859, p. 214; Ramb. Cat. Lép. 8. And, pl. xi. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. Head and thorax yellow mixed with fulvous; abdomen fulvous yellow. Fore wing yellow, suffused in part with fulvous, especially on costal and medial areas; subbasal line pale, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, the inner line 1 1: indistinct ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by rufous, with more or less distinct pale dentate patch beyond it below the cell; orbicular and reniform well-developed, yellow defined by rufous and with slight brownish centres, the former rounded ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it rather darker except at apex ; a terminal series of small dark lunules; cilia chequered brown and ochreous. Hind wing yellow suffused with fuscous brown; the underside yellow irrorated with brown; a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. argillacea. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey; fore wing grey suffused with dark brown, especially on medial area ; the markings black; a black mark below base of cell bisected by the subbasal line; claviform connected with postmedial line by a dark streak ; orbicular, reniform, and a 80 NOCTUIDAE. patch on base of vein 2 grey: hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous white, Hab. Brirary, Ireland, Leech Coll.; Guernsey (Ff. 2. Lowe); France, Sand Coll.; Guruany, Zeller Coll.; Ausrria, Zeller & Leech Colls.; Srary, Andalusia, Castille; Corsica; Iraty ; AneERTA; Russta, Sarepta, Zeller Coll., Urals; Anmenta ; Asta Minor, Pontus ; Mersororamia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul; W. Sreeria, Altai. vp, 34-44 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 261, pl. 165. f. 2. Pale ochreous with a slight pinkish tinge ; dorsal line indistinct, fuscous ; bead reddish pink with blackish markings. Food-plants : roots of Silene maritima and inflata. 7-9. 1234. Polia canities, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig. 14.) dG. Head and thorax pale brownish white irrorated with dark brown; palpi banded with fuscous ; abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with dark brown. J ore wing pale ochreous brown sparsely irrorated with white ; traces of a double subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform faintly defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform almost obsolete, defined by a few yellow and dark scales, the former round ; postmedial line very indistinct, dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line formed by a series of very obscure yellowish and dark lunules, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; fine pale lines at base and through middle of cilia. Hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the underside with discoidal point, curved postmedial line, and terminal fuscous band. Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 g. Hap. 32 millim. 1235. Polia discolor. (Plate LX XX. fig. 15.) Scotogramma discolor, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vii. p. 42 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 159. 3. Head and thorax clothed with pale reddish brown and black scales and hairs; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen pale brown mixed with dark brown. Fore wing pale ochreous, almost entirely irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown; subbasal line repre- sented by an oblique series of three groups of black scales; ante- medial line black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; claviform very obscurely defined by black ; orbicular round, very indistinct, with pale annulus; reniform represented by an obscure X-shaped black mark; postmedial line irregularly dentate and formed by a series of black lunules, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; sub- terminal line represented by a series of somewhat dentate black POLIA; 81 marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown; the underside paler, irrorated with brown and black, a black discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $. vp. 30 millim. 1236. Polia determinata. (Plate LX XX. fig. 16.) Mamestra determinata, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 209 (1891); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. ¢. Head and thorax reddish brown and grey, the scales tipped with grey; abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing ochreous whitish, suffused and irrorated with rufous, most strongly on medial area; the median nervure, the costal area beyond antemedial line, and the terminal area dark brown irrorated with white; subbasal line obsolete; antemedial line single, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then slightly angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter concave towards base and with fuscous spot in its lower extremity; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line rather indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being darker, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused with reddish brown, paler towards base and inner margin ; cilia white, with a strong brown line through them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 ¢, foothills (Bruce), in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 34 millim. 1237. Polia columbia. (Plate LXXX. fig. 17.) Teniocampa columbia, Smith, Pr. U:S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 472 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 202. do. Head and thorax bright rufous, the hairs tipped with grey ; abdomen reddish ochreous, sometimes darker, with the anal tuft redder, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore wing bright rufous irrorated with grey; the lines rather indistinct, the veins with brownish streaks; traces of a subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then waved; orbicular and reniform moderate, greyish defined by rufous, the former round, the latter with some fuscous in lower part; a medial rufous shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; the postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold. incurved VOL. V. G 82 NOCTUID®. below vein 4; some grey points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line pale, detined by the area beyond it being greyer, excurved at vein 7 and middle, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds. Hind wing brownish ochreous, browner towards termen ; the cilia ochreous at base, then with brown line and whitish tips; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab, Canava, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 5 $, N.W. Br. Columbia. vp. 34 millim. 1238. Polia meditata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 18.) Dianthecia meditata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 104 (1878); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. Head and thorax dark red-brown more or less strongly irrorated with grey; abdomen grey-brown, the anual tuft of male paler. Fore wing red-brown, suffused with fuscous and slightly irrorated with grey; traces of a waved grey subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform small, defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with greyish annuli incompletely defined by brown, the former rather oblique elliptical; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some grey points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being somewhat darker and suffused with grey, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; the veins of terminal area dark; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark brown, sometimes yellowish towards base ; cilia with fine pale line at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal area sometimes tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 6; U.S.A., Eastern States to Vir- ginia and Mississippi, 1 ¢, 1 2, type, Kansas. Hp. 34 millim. Larva. Head brown, with broad curved black bands in front and black reticulations. Body sordid reddish brown, dorsal space broadly paler, enclosing dorsal rounded lozenge-shaped dark patches ; sides dark; lines obscurely indicated, the substigmatal broad, scarcely paler than ground-colour, Cervical shield shining black, luteous-dotted centrally and cut by distinct dorsal and more diffuse subdorsal orange lines. Feet black. Tubercles minute——H. G. D. 1239. Polia leucogramma. (Plate LXXX. fig. 19.) Dianthecia leucogramma, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 140 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. dg. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; abdomen reddish brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing reddish brown irrorated with black; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to POLIA. 83 submedian fold filled in with grey; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved and angled inwards in cell and on vein 1; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, defined by black and with some grey in centres, the former round ; a medial black shade darkening the cell between the stigmata ; post- medial line double filled in with whitish, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some small dentate dark marks between veins 5 and 1, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; some white suffusion on terminal area; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing brown, darker towards termen; cilia white, with brown line at base; the underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 ¢, Grote Coll. Hvp. 32 millim. *1240. Polia mohosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 20.) Hecatera mohosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xli. p. 412 (1897). 6. Head and thorax clothed with pale brown, black, and white scales; palpi blackish at sides; tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen grey-brown, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing whitish, largely suffused with rufous and in parts with fuscous ; the veins streaked with fuscous and white; a double, waved, black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a double, waved antemedial line angled outwards below costa and excurved above inner margin ; claviform black; orbicular with rufous centre and white annulus defined by black, rather small, rounded; reniform with white centre defined by brown and white annulus defined by black, angled inwards on median nervure; the postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, strongly bent out- wards below costa and inwards below vein 4, then defined by whitish on outer side; some white points on costa towards apex ; the subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it grey irrorated with fuscous; a ter- minal series of small black lunules, Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on terminal half; the cilia whitish; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab. Ecuapor, Loja, type 7d in Coll. Dognin. Lap. 20 millim, *1241. Polia orizabena. (Plate LXXX. fig. 21.) Hadena orizabena, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1898): Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568. ¢. Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with purplish «2 84 NOCTUIDA, fuscous ; tarsi with pale pinkish rings; abdomen purplish pink, brown towards extremity, the basal erest dark. Fore wing black- brown suffused with puplish pink and with a grey gloss; an in- distinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; autemedial line double filled in with paler colour, angled outwards below costa, oblique to submedian told, then recurved to inner margin; the medial area rather darker; the claviform very ob- securely defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, the former greyish, the latter rather concave towards base, with pinkish an- nulus and prominent white spot on its outer edge; the postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with pinkish, bent outwards below costa, and incurved below vein 4 to near antemedial line, some pale points beyond it on costa; the subterminal line represented by whitish points on black streaks extending to termen, the terminal area rather darker; some pinkish points at base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, the area below the cell whiter; a terminal series of dark strie; the underside with the costal area tinged with pink, a black discoidal spot and waved postmedial lide. Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, type T ¢ in Coll. Schaus. Hap. 30 millim. 1242. Polia brachiola. (Plate LXXX. fig. 22. Mamestra brachiolum, Hary, Can, Ent. viii. p. 6 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct. N: Am. agp. 123. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey; tegule with slight black medial line. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with black-brown and with a slight purplish tinge; a waved subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold, defined by grey on outer side; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, angled imwards in cell and filled in with grey; claviform very small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, incom- pletely above, the former small or moderate, rounded ; an indistinct waved medial line, angled outwards to lower angle of cell; post- medial line double, dentate, filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; the postmedial area grey except at costa; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, and bent outwards to tornus, with some black marks on inner side from vein 5 to inner margin, slightly defined by black on outer side; a terminal series of black points; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base in male; cilia white, with a brown line through them; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line, Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 ¢,1 9, type, Arizona. Hp. 34 millim. POLIA. oO or 1243. Polia rubrifusa, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig. 23.) ¢. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with some black, the scales tipped with white; tarsi ringed with white: abdomen brown mixed with grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing dark grey thickly irrorated and suffused with black and with a slight purplish tinge; the inner and postmedial areas tinged with vinous red, the discal and submedian folds on medial area suffused with deep red; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, waved; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform small, reddish with slight white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter concave on inner side and with some fuscous in its lower part ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa on a fuscous patch extending to subterminal line, which is pale reddish defined on inner side by minute dentate brown marks and by some fuscous on outer, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine terminal black line; cilia dark brown. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal half dark brown; the cilia brown at base, whitish at tips; the under- side white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Beulah, 1 ¢. wp. 34 millim. *1244, Polia umbrosa. (Plate LXXX. fig. 24.) Scotogramma umbrosa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 470 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 139. @. Head and thorax blackish mixed with grey; frons with black bar; tegulz with ill-defined dark medial line; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore wing grey mostly suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown, the medial area rather darker; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, waved and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform moderate, indistinctly defined by black and with some pale reddish brown beyond its extremity; orbicular and reniform with indistinct greyish annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure and with a faint reddish tinge before and beyond it; traces of a waved medial line ; post- medial line defined by greyish on outer side, minutely dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, hardly defined on inner side, 86 NOCLUID.E. minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; cilia whitish mixed with brown and with a brown line through them. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins and terminal area; cilia white with a dark line through them; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona, in U.S. Nat. Mus. Exp. 34 millim. 1245. Polia plicata. (Plate LXXX. fig. 25.) Mamestra plicata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 248 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 155. Mamestra negussa, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxii. p. 219 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark brown. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous brown; the cell and area just beyond and below it tinged with rufous ; the veins with some- what darker streaks ; an indistinct subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, angled outwards in cell and extending to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey; claviform small, grey indistinctly defined by brown, or rather larger and better defined ; orbicular and reniform grey defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; traces of an oblique waved medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; some pale points on costa towards apex; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing grey-brown with fine dark terminal line; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. Canapa, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod),1¢,19; U.S.A., Colorado in U.S. Nat. Mus. wp. 40 millim. *1246. Polia gnata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 8.) Mamestra gnata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 116. 3. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tegule with black medial line; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing dark grey suffused with yellowish brown; the lines double ; subbasal line indistinct; antemedial line minutely waved, oblique from costa to median nervure ; claviform defined by black, small; orbi- cular and reniform well developed, with pale annuli defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical; a slight medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the POLIA. 87 area beyond it greyer, with a prominent pale patch on inner area before subterminal line, which is pale defined by the area beyond it being darker, incurved at discal and submedian folds. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with brown; the under- side with dark irroration. Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Arizona. Erp. 32 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. *1247. Polia selama. Mamestra selama, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 7 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. g. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous tinged with grey. Fore wing fuscous irrorated with grey and with a silky texture; the markings black defined by grey; no black streak below base of cell; claviform absent; terminal area grey; an indistinct black terminal line; cilia fuseous. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ; cilia whitish, with a dark line through them. Hab. U.S.A., Texas. Exp. 28 millim. This species is unknown to me. 1248. Polia tenebra, n. sp. (Plate LXXX. fig. 26.) 3. Head and thorax brown mixed with white and black scales ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with grey and slightly tinged in parts with dull olive; subbasal line double, waved, interrupted at middle, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line irregularly waved, oblique, defined by grey on inner side; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, with white annulus, the latter indistinct, irregular; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a series of small dentate black marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia whitish and fuscous with a black line at base. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal area darkest, a slight discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some terminal lunules; cilia whitish with a dark line near base ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown. Hab. Kasumir, Deosai Plains (Leech), 1 g type. Hep. 36 millim. 88 NOCTUIDA. *1249, Polia pusilla. (Plate LXXX. fig. 28.) Thargelia pusilla, Ping. Tris, xiii. p. 118, pl. iv. f. 10 (1900); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 254, add. 3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with pale olive-brown and black ; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey- white suffused with olive-brown and irrorated with fuscous ; the subbasal line represented by an obscure striga from costa and two from cell; antemedial line very oblique and rather irregular from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and cuawende to the postmedial line above inner margin, defined by whitish on inner side ; claviform an ill-defined whitish Saale: ; orbicular a small ill- defined whitish mark with dark point at centre ; reniform whitish, ill-defined except on inner side, where its centre and cireumference are defined by black; postmedial line double filled in with white, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line formed by a series of whitish and dark dentate marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing whitish, uniformly suffused with fuscous ; cilia white with a brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. Trawscasp1a, Askhabad, in Coll. Piingeler. Hp. 36 millim. 1250. Polia serratilinea. Mamestra serratilinea, Treit. Schmett. Hur. vy. 2, p. 38 (1825); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 480, pl. 99. £.6; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 395; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. Mamestra polyodon, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 365 (1827), nec Clerck. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown mixed with grey ; tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing grey irrorated and suffused with ochreous brown; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line defined by grey on inner side ; claviform defined by brown and often filled in with brown ; orbicular and reniform large, rather indistinctly defined by brown, the former irregularly rounded, the latter with two white points on outer side at lower extremity and one on inner; a curved waved medial line approximated below the cell to the postmedial line, which is strongly dentate and produced to grey points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; a dentate whitish subterminal line defined by somewhat dentate brown marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; a series of whitish points at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area; cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas slightly \ POLIA. 89 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved post- medial line. . Hab. Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Swrrzertanp, Leech Coll.; Avsrrra, Zeller Coll.; Huneary, Frey Coll.; Armunta; W. Srperta, Altai, Leech Coll. Hap. 46-56 millim. Larva, Grey with a dark head. On low-growing plants in spring. 1251. Polia spalax. Mamestra spalax, Alph. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 168; id. Rom. Mém. v. p. 144, pl. 6. f. 5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with yellowish or dark brown ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing grey, more or less tinged with ochreous and thickly irrorated with fuscous brown ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by fuscous; orbicular and reniform large, defined by fuscous, the former irregularly rounded, with slight whitish annulus, the latter irregular with whitish points on edges, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to a double series of points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish dentate marks slightly defined by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of fuscous lunules; cilia with ochreous line at base, then a fuscous line, the tips whitish and fuscous. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown with a slight reddish tinge ; the cilia with ochreous and fuscous lines at base and white tips; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins. Hab. Russta, Urals; Prrsta, Mesopotamia; W. Turkestan, 2 9, Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul, Ala Tau; W. Srperra, Altai; E. Turxesran, Ih. xp, 34-36 millim. 1252. Polia insolens. Dianthecia insolens, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 65 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 115. Teniocampa earina, Morr. Proe. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 158 (1874). Head and thorax clothed with whitish and pale brown hair ; abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish or luteous, suffused and irrorated with dark brown or nearly uniform pale dull brown; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique, waved, angled out- wards below costa; claviform very indistinctly defined by brown; orbicular and reniform large, defined by whitish or ochreous, the former round; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurvyed to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line almost evenly 90 NOCTUID.®. curved, defined on inner side by a series of dentate fuscous marks and by the area beyond it being rather darker; a terminal series of small dark lunules ; cilia whitish, with a dark line through them, Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., California, 3 2 type, San Francisco (Stretch), 3 6, 19. Eap., 6 40-44, 9 46-52 millim. Srecr. V. Antenne of male ciliated. A. Prothorax with divided crest. a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate on veins 4, 3, and forming a distinct 2-mark. a*, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines conjoined by a black streak in submedian fold. a’, Fore wing with pale dentate mark beyond the clayiform, a‘, Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous Puleiitit=). aoe cago ade ener ScOaCUCL EEDodao sag aca ORoo ROR peregrina. b*. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish Ae Popo sQeCNa Sobor Jd GoNdondSS0Nc0-cbo0 1sCSn duseds contigua. b°. Fore wing without pale dentate mark beyond the clayiform. a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial area dis- tinctly paler than the medial area. a. Fore wing with the basal streak broad... grandis. 6°. Fore wing with the basal streak narrow. w-latinum. b+, Fore wing with the postmedial area hardly paler than the medial area, a’, Fore wing not tinged with purplish red. invalida. b°. Fore wing tinged with purplish red. a°, Fore wing ‘with the subterminal line White fale tates eae eR eens thalassina. b°, Fore wing with the subterminal line QLCY: © anosewcuasesecessssleeanonesmaemeseees subjuncta. b?, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not conjoined by a black streak in submedian fold. a°, Fore wing with the areas at base of costa, beyond the reniform, and the postmedial area bright mutous pass scesseeeeeseepreaecreer er nevade. 6%. Fore wing more uniform brown. a‘. Fore wing with whitish annuli to stigmata. altaica. 6*, Fore wing without whitish annuli to stig- mata. a’, Fore wing with the subterminal line AWAIT ee sanad add oacdclossonaccesounStasoasdesce suasa, QICY so. eeeeeeereeceeceeeeeseeesaesensereeceeeees aliena. > Hore WwillpsOCGhRCOUSIPTON) feccessineesesseapaec seer consanguis, var. b', Fore wing without distinct 2-mark on subterminal line. a, Fore wing with the terminal area not darker tian phe Pe LOUNG-COlOWr | ty =2- na seeoussneaes ce: passa. 6°, Fore wing with the terminal area darker than Eheypround-cOlouml). .z.¢cc- nc usecase eee arn tas ptochica. —-- POLIA. 6. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous or greyish ochreous. a’, Fore wing with the orbicular V-shaped ......... ee Fore wing with the orbicular rounded ......... bt, Fore wing with the ground-colour red-brown. a”. Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins ... b?. Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins ...... e!. Fore wing with the ground-colour blackish. a*, Fore wing without ochreous points on subter- man aleliWep se eeeeeee. sos aaics to cbt caves teateeeds ctceee b?, Fore wing with ochreous points on subterminal UIC ae oe cote in eRe aici eto e vnie'ns svice seeincletaiereledisecles d@', Fore wing with the ground- colour dark purplish grey more or less completely suffused with fuscous, a”, Fore wing with pale postmedial patch in sub- as oe interspace. . Fore wing with the annulus of reniform and the subterminal line flesh-colour ..... ....-.+-. 68, Fore wing with the annulus of reniform and the subterminal line white ............... 6*. Fore wing with the whole postmedial area pur- plish grey. a®. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous. a‘. Fore wing with the inner area concolorous. a°. Fore wing with the reniform large, AWG G tl cee saGseuag bron arecceRorc os acconAseene b°. Fore wing with the reniform smaller, nN, Seton eapoaboan eebSocobstspaccacneaneesscoer 6+, Fore wing with ochreous-brown fascia on Teva TENA Beoonenebnaeraseqcoeopooonoreodesacs 43, Fore wing with grey streak below costa ...... c3, Fore wing with the costal area pinkish Gehmeousieesse: see re sae open see See wes eee e. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale purplish grey more or less suffused with red-brown. a. Fore wing without distinct dark mark on sub- Pemrnitiall Colds. ett. eatas ak ote ate b?, Fore wing with angulate dark mark on sub- terminal line in submedian fold formed of two SVGWS “Gshocsoddsobosnbencesusscasubndooanccesecmensoscuae c?, Fore wing with lunulate dark mark on sub- terminal line in submedian fold .................. f}. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish grey. a’, Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax not varie- gated with white. a®, Fore wing with prominent oblique dark medial shade on costal half. a*, Forewing with the subterminal line angled inwards in discal fold, and with prominent black streaks between it and termen ...... b+, Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled inwards in discal fold, and with- out black streaks between it and termen... }*. Fore wing with the medial shade waved, indistinct. a‘, soe wing tinged and irrorated with brown. . Fore wing with the upper subterminal black spot in submedian interspace GIOIA GRID seocasmarcconodacaocapececeoRADoDoonoG 91 vau-orbicularis. consanguis. Fuscirufa. venata, mortua. persicarieé. glaucopis. cristifera. mamestrina. ingravis. nagaensis. ferrispara. costigera. mongolica. advena. tincta,. latex; rogenhofert, nebulosa. co bo NOCTUID.. b°. Fore wing with the upper subterminal black spot in submedian interspace short, 2imhosa. b‘. Fore wing thickly irrorated with fuscous... mystica. 6°. Fore wing with the dorsum of thorax variegated with white. a®, Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform broken up into small spots, a‘, Fore wing with white annulus to reniform on inner side; subterminal line not strongly defined: by black,?: .. 20: jstnsbases. vacettewcin® scotochlora. b*, Fore wing with the white annulus to reni- form obscured by a black lunule on inner side ; subterminal line very strongly defined: by blag wisest ee eces. sens cures cee goliath. 6°, Fore wing with the white annulus of reniform entire. a‘, Fore wing without white spot beyond the celaviform. a°. Fore wing with the orbicular moderate, Within browsmcenimersar.ce-asecsereeeeee cca adjuneta. }°. Fore wing with the orbicular small, withewhitecemtirer. co -casence-tess ees see dilatata. b*. Fore wing with white spot beyond the claviform. a°. Fore wing without brown centre to orbicullains. 4: S5.8.0c.2 a hoonoe cls eeenedeosese variolata. b°. Fore wing with brown centre to orbicular. g/aciata. 1253. Polia peregrina. Hadena peregrina, Treitsch. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, p. 830 (1825); Frr. Beitr. Eur. Schmett. pl. 70. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Noctua blenna, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 706 (1827). Noctua trimenda, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 789-791 (1827). Noctua contribulis, Bois. Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 357, pl. 122. f. 1 (1827). Hadena salsole, Rmbr. Aun. Soc. Obs. 1829, p. 258, pl. 6. f. 1. Head and thorax ochreous-white mixed with pale rufous; tegulz with medial black line; tarsiringed with white ; abdomen ochreons tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous-white suffused with pale reddish brown; a slight black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by double black striz filled in with whitish from costa and cell, intersecting the black streak ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, waved, angled outwards in submedian fold and inwards on vein 1; claviform large, incompletely defined by black, a whitish patch beyond it on base of vein 2 often defined by black below; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, dentate, the veins beyond it slightly streaked with black, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous, with dentate black marks on its inner side at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, and excurved to tornus, the area beyond it tinged with fuscous except POLIA,. 93 at apex; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous-white, the veins and terminal area more or less tinged with fuscous; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial series of points on the veins. Hab. Brivatn, I. of Wight; 8. France (Zeller), Frey & Leech Colls.; N. Iraty; Datmatra; Turkey; S. Russia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll.; Armenta; Asta Mryor, Pontus, Bithynia. rp. 36-40 millim. Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 180. Yellow, with numerous small brown annuli most prominent on dorsal area, some of them forming the dorsal and subdorsal lines ; lateral and stigmatal lines yellow, the former edged by brown strice above; head reddish brown with yellowish points. Food-plants: Chenopodium, Salsola, and Mesembryanthemum. 1254. Polia contigua. Noctua contigua, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2543 (1788); Vill. Linn. Ent. iv. p. 468 (1789); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 85, 609; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 289, pl. 91. f. 2; Frey, Beitr. i. pl. 16; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 184; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Noctua arig, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 160. f. 8 (1786). Noctua spartit, Brahm, Ins. ii. p. 323 (1791). Mamestra subcontigua, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1852, i. p. 155; 1856, ii. pl. 2. f. 1, ii. p. 19. Head and thorax purplish-red mixed with grey and black ; frons with black bar, tegule with black medial line; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the anal tuft sometimes ochreous. Fore wing grey mixed with brown and fuscous, the medial area tinged with rufous, an olive shade beyond the reniform, the postmedial area greyer; a sinuous black streak below base of cell; a whitish patch at base of costa with the waved subbasal line on it, from costa to submedian fold; a double, waved antemedial line filled in with grey and strongly excurved below the cell; claviform defined by black and with black streak from it to post- medial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round or oblique elliptical, white and with whitish patch below it, the latter with brown centre and greyish annulus often more or less angled inwards on median nervure ; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, minutely dentate and with slight black streaks beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, where there are small dentate black marks on its inner side, the area beyond it brown except at apex; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with pinkish white. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous brown, especially on the veins and terminal 94 NOCTUIDA. area; a fine terminal dark line; the cilia white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. subcontigua. Darker.—Urals, Ipask. Hab. Brirary, Scotland, England, Leech Coll. ; France, Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; N. Sparx; N. Ivatry; Russta, Urals; Armenta; Srperia, Ussuri; Japan (Pryer), 1: Exp. 40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 170, pl. 156. f. 1. Dull yellowish green, suffused with orange-ochreous and mottled with reddish brown, above forming dorsal series of V-shaped marks; spiracular line reddish brown. Food-plants: Oak, Birch, Solidago, ete. 8-9. 1255. Polia grandis. (Plate LX XX. fig. 30.) Hadena grandis, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. p. 120 (1840) ; Guen. Noet. ii. p- 105, pl. 8. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118. Aylophasia libera, W1k. ix. 179 (1856). Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ; frons with blackish bar ; tegulz with black medial line; tarsi with pale reddish rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tips, the anal tuft with a fulvous tinge. Fore wing purplish grey largely suffused with bright rufous and dark brown; a sinuous black line below base of cell ; traces of a pale curved subbasal line from costa ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved ; claviform short and broad, defined by black and with black streak from below it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former round or elliptical, the latter extending to below cell; an indistinct irregularly waved medial line, oblique from costa to below cell where it is angled ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it lilacine grey; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some rufous, with straight imner edge from below costa, some small dentate black marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate nearly to termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with black ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with a yellowish tinge: the cilia whitish with a brown line through them; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with reddish brown, a dark discoidal spot, slightly waved postmedial line, and diffused subter- minal band. Hab. Greentanp; Canapa; U.S.A., N.E. and Middle States, Maine, New York, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 23,19, type libera, Evans Centre (Grote), 1 6, 1 9, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado. Exp. 48 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head shining red-brown, the reticulations and bands darker, but narrow and broken. Body grey-brown, peppered with black on a whitish and reddish ground, all the markings POLTA. 95 obsolete. The substigmatal band shows faintly, broad, pale, its edges whitish ; subventral region and feet pale, without the dark dots. Tubercles blackish. Cervical shield darkened, not chitinized. A general feeder, hiding on the ground.—H. G, D. 1256. Polia w-latinum. Noctua w-latinum, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 492 (1767); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 136. f. 2. Noctua geniste, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 355 (1792); Scriba, Beitr. iii. p. 241, pl. 15. ff. 13, 14 (1793) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 611, 612; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 285, pl. 91. f. 1; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p-. 183; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Phalena dives, Donov. Brit. Ins. x. p. 71, pl. 852 (1801). Noctua rectilinea, Hew. Lep. Brit. p. 189 (1809). Head and thorax grey mixed with purplish brown; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark tips, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white with slight brown irroration; a sinuous black streak below base of cell with some rufous below it; subbasal line represented by two dark strie from costa; the antemedial line double, waved, strongly excurved below cell; the medial area suffused with bright rufous from costa to submedian fold; the claviform broad, defined by black and with black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and renifourm large, greyish defined by black, the former round, the latter with some brown in its lower part; an indistinct irregular medial line oblique from costa to vein 2; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight black streaks interrupted by white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurvyed below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, slightly defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3, where there are two small dentate black marks on its inner side, the area beyond it brown except at apex, with black streaks in the inter- spaces ending in terminal lunules; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially towards termen ; the cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown and the apex tinged with purplish, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial and subterminal more or less prominent lines. Hab. Brrraty, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Spary; Irary; Scanpinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Zeller Coll.; ARwENntA; Persia ; W. Srwerta, Altai; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai, Issyk-kul; E. Tur- KestaN, Ili; E. Srperta. Hap. 44-46 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 190, pl. 158. f. 2. Dull brown, sometimes greenish or purple-tinged, dorsal and sub- 96 NOCTUID 2%. dorsal lines dark-edged, indistinct : a dorsal series of darker diamond- and wedge-shaped marks; head marked with black. Food-plants: Genista, Polygonum, Stellaria, ete. 7-9. 1257. Polia invalida. (Plate LXXX. fig. 31.) Mamestra invalida, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 225 (1900); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 119. 2. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black ; tegule with medial black line; patagia with black line near upper edge: tarsi black with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with black. Fore wing grey- white, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with fuscous; a rather ill-defined black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line very indis- tinct, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform very large and broad, defined by black and with black streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform large, with white annuli defined by black, the former round; a diffused medial line ; postmedial line indistinctly double, somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa and a whitish patch in submedian interspace ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by long dentate black marks and on outer by black streaks in the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous intersected with white. Hind wing white nearly evenly suffused with brown, the cilia white ; the underside white irrorated with reddish brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Portland, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 9 , California, Placer Co., Sierra Nevada. Lap. 42 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head pale luteous, the reticulations and vertical bands broad, dull brown, concolorous. Body rich red-brown, heavily reticulated on a lighter ground. Dorsal, subdorsal, and broad sub- stigmatal lines pale, whitish, darker-edged, not cut by the heavy oblique subdorsal shades of blackish brown. Of these, the pair on joint 12 are not confluent, being cut by the dorsal line and their square posterior termination is narrow. Cervical shield and anal plate darkened, not chitinized, cut by the pale subdorsal line, but only narrowly so by the dorsal line. A general feeder.—H. G. D. 1258. Polia thalassina. Joctua thalassina, Rott. Naturf. ix. p. 119 (1775); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 292, pl. 91. f.3; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 182; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Noctua humeralis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190 (1809). Noctua gemina, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 483 (nee 482). Noctua achates, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 610 (1827). Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey; palpi blackish at sides; frons with black bar; tegule with medial black line; abdomen yellowish mixed with brown, the dorsal crests with dark POLIA. 97 tips, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ochreous grey largely suffused with rufous; a sinuous black streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa; a double irregularly-waved antemedial line filled in with grey; claviform prominent, defined by black and with a blackish streak from it to postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former rounded ; an indistinct waved rufous medial line; postmedial line indistinct on costal half, minutely dentate and produced to short black streaks with grey points on them on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner side by dentate black marks except towards costa and with some black points on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown; a dark terminal line; the cilia yellow; the under- side greyish, the costal area irrorated with rufous, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. achates. Fore wing more uniform rufous. Hab. Britatn,Scotland, England, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll. ; Geruany, Zeller & Frey Colls. ; Spary, Catalonia; Irany ; Danwatra ; Scanprnavia, Lapland, Leech Coll.; Frytanp, Leech Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St..Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals; ARMeEntaA ; W. Siperia, Altai; W. Turxestan, Issyk-kul; E. Turxesran, Ili; K. Siserra, Kentei, Amurland, Ussuri. xp. 40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.84; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 173, pl. 156. f. 2. Pale pinkish brown freckled with dark brown; a double dorsal series of oblique dark marks; dorsal line indistinct ; spiracular line pale, edged above by white or black, or wholly black. Food-plants: Birch, Lonicera, Polygonum, etc. 7-8. 1259. Polia subjuncta. (Plate LX XX. fig. 32.) Hadena subjuncta, Grote & Rob. Trans, Am. Ent. Soe. ii. p. 198, pl. 3. £.’71 (1868) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown; palpi blackish at sides; frons with black band; tegulze with black medial line; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests dark at tips. Fore wing grey-brown with a slight purplish tinge; a sinuous black _ streak below base of cell with some rufous suffusion above it ; ante- medial line black, oblique, waved ; claviform large, defined by black and with some rufous suffusion below it; orbicular and reniform large, grey, the former round, defined by black except above, the latter defined on inner side and below, its lower part suffused with fuscous, the area beyond it suffused with rufous to apex ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4 and indistinct, then black, dentate and incurved ; subterminal line pale, with some dentate black marks before it at middle, the one above vein 3 elon- gate, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen ox veins 4, 3, VOL, V. H 98 NOCTUID.E. the area beyond it rather darker with black streaks in the inter- spaces. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown, nearly uniformly suffused in female ; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them ; the under- side white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line. Hab, Canava; U.S.A., N., E., & Middle States, 2 ¢, New York, Albany (Dr. Bailey), 2 9, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 2 ¢, 2 2, New Mexico. vp. 40-44 millim. Larva. Head brown, faintly reticulate, the sutures pale. Body greenish, finely marked in brown, forming faint oblique dark sub- dorsal shades and a short transverse bar on joint 12. Lines obsolete except the substigmatal, which is broad, yellow-edged above, red- filled and diffuse below. Feet pale ; spiracles white.—H. G. D. 1260. Polia nevade. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 1.) Mamestra nevade, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 84 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118. Mamestra canadensis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 464 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 118. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tegule with black medial line. Fore wing dark brown with a purplish tinge, some whitish irroration on costa and inner margin; the base of costal area ochreous-white down to the sinuous black streak below base of cell; some rufous suffusion in submedian fold and in discal fold from middle of cell to subterminal line; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved, defined by whitish on inner side; clayi- form small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform whitish, the former moderate, oblique elliptical, defined by black except above, the latter defined by black on inner side, extending to below cell, its lower part suffused with fuscous ; postmedial fine almost obsolete, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, with small dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules, Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia whitish with a dark line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot. Hab. Canava, New Brunswick, Ottawa, 1 ¢, Calgary ( Wolley- Dod), 1 6; U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 40 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head reddish luteous, reticulations narrow, not prominent, the vertical bands distinct. Body dark brown, reddish- tinted, mottled; subdorsal oblique shades join the broad dark dorsal band, which is widened into an ill-defined open lattice. The pair on joint 12 are confluent, truncate behind. Dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish, broken, the latter reddish-edged below. Substigmatal band broad, white, partly red-filled. Cervical shield and anal plate darkened, not chitinized, the former trilineate in pale. A general feeder.—H. G. D. POLTA. 99 1261. Polia altaica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 2. Hadena altaica, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1853, pl. 2. f. 6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; tegule with slight dark medial line ; tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey, more or less strongly suffused and irrorated with brown; a slight blackish streak below base of cell; subbasal line defined by whitish on outer side, curved from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, filled in with grey; claviform well-developed, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black, the former round, with brownish centre, the latter with grey lunule on brown centre; an indistinct curved medial shade ; postmedial line double filled in with grey, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then ineurved, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line white defined by fuscous marks on inner side at discal and sub- median folds, dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and nearly to termen on veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the terminal area darker with a pale patch on termen near tornus ; a dark terminal line; cilia white; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark diseoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. W. Stpurta, Altai, 1 ¢,1 9; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul; E. Turxestan, Ili; Moneorta; S.E. Srperta, Kentei. Exp. 46 millim. 1262. Polia suasa. Noctua suasa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 83 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 426; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pl. 101. f. 7. Noctua dissimilis, Knoch, Beitr. i. pl. 4. ff. 1-4 (1781); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Noctua w-latinum, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 136. f. 3 (1786), nec Hiifn. Noctua leucographa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 150. f. 3 (1786). Noctua dens-canis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 190 (1809). Noctua permixta, Geyer, Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 803 (1837). Mamestra aliena, Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 823, pl. 30. f. 1, (1836). Mamestra confluens, Ev. Faun. Volg.-Ur. p. 245 (1844). Hadena pavida, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 101 (1852), nee Boisd. Mamestra extincta, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 425 (1892). 3S. Head and thorax brownish grey with a purplish tinge ; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line; palpi blackish ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous or greyish at base, dark brown towards extremity. Fore wing ochreous or grey- brown; a black streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line indis- tinct, double filled in with grey, excurved in interspaces and angled inwards on the veins; claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former rounded or quadrate, open above ; postmedial line double, the quter indieingts H 2 100 NOCTUIDR. dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the veins beyond it with slight black streaks and pale points; subterminal line white or yellowish, indistinet towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, some dentate dark marks before it at middle and the area beyond it dark except at apex; a terminal series of blackish lunules; cilia intersected by pale colour. Hind wing ochreous suffused with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area; the underside with the costal area darker, a dark discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line. @. Darker and more uniformly coloured. Ab. 1. confluens. Fore wing dark and nearly uniform in eolour. Ab. 2. extincta. Dark; fore wing with yellow marks. Hab. Brirarn, Scotland, England, Leech Coll.; Francn, Frey Coll.; Germany, Zeller Coll.; Austria, Frey Coll.; N. Ivaty; Scanpinavia, Lapland, Leech Coll. ; Russia, Livonia, Sarepta, Zeller Coll.; Turkey; E. Srprrta, Amurland, Ussuri. vp. 40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 84; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 177, pl. 157. f. 1. Green or brown dotted with white and freckled with dark grey ; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker, variable; spiracular line ochreous yellow edged above with brown or black, below with light reddish. Food-plants : Rumex, Chenopodium, Plantago, etc. 7-8. 1263. Polia aliena. Noctua aliena, Hibn. Eur, Schmett., Noct. f.441 (1827); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Mamestra amurensis, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 421 (1892). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish; frons with dark bar; tegule with black medial line; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly suffused with rufous; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, wayed, more strongly excurved in submedian interspace, the outer line blackish; claviform slightly defined by black, with a pale patch beyond it before the indistinct waved medial line; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and greyish annuli, the former round, defined by black, the latter defined on inner side only ; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards beiow costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3; the terminal area rather darker; the veins towards termen streaked with black ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; a fine grey line at base of cilia, which are intersected with grey. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown; the inner area paler; the cilia ochreous with a fuscous line through them; the underside grey irrorated with brown, and the terminal area suffused with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab, Francz, Sand Coll.; Brterum; Grrmany, Zeller Coll. ; POLIA. 101 Austria, Frey Coll.; Swrrzertanp; N. Itaty; Russra, St. Peters- burg; Armenta; W. Srserra, Altai; W. Turxestan, Issyk-kul; E. Turkestan, [li; E. Srserra, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 S$. Exp. 46 millim. Ab. 1. amurensis. Much darker.—E. Siberia, Japan. Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 227. Brownish grey, marbled, the ventral surface greenish yellow, dorsal and subdorsal lines pale. Food-plants: Trifolium montanum, Cytisus nigricans, Anthyllis vulneraria, etc. 7-9. *1264. Polia passa. Mamestra passa, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 139 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. @. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with reddish and irrorated with fuscous; tegule with black medial line; abdomen greyish. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell; the lines indistinct; subbasal line traceable; antemedial line double, curved, waved ; claviform iarge, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, pale, incompletely defined by black, the former somewhat oblique ellip- tical, open above, the latter ill-defined below, the area beyond it tinged with reddish ; postmedial line almost obsolete on costal half, incurved below vein 4, the area beyond it strongly irrorated with white ; subterminal line white, very even, defined on inner side by fuscous, especially towards inner margin. Hind wing fuscous; the unaderside dull fuscous with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., California. Eup. 34 millim. This species. is unknown to me. 1265. Polia ptochica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 3.) Mamestra ptochica, Ping. Iris, xii. p. 104 (1899) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. $. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with fuscous ; palpi with the second joint fuscous at sides; tarsi with blackish bands. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line repre- sented by a black striga from costa and two prominent oblique black strice from cell met by a streak in submedian fold; antemedial line waved; claviform brownish defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, grey defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the cell before and between them and the area beyond the reniform brownish ; traces of an oblique medial line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, and angled inwards in submedian fold; a lunulate terminal black line. Hind wing white 102 NOCTUIDE, suffused with brown especially on terminal area; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot. Hab. W. Turkestan, Transcaspia, 3 ¢ ; E. Turkestan, Kungess, 1 ¢, Ili, type f in Coll. Piingeler. wp. 32 millim. *1266. Polia vau-orbicularis. Mamestra vau-orbicularis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soe, x. p. 42 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. 3. Greyish ochreous-brown with fuscous and black suffusion and irroration ; head with the vertex rather darker; tegule with a broad medial band; abdomen rather paler. Fore wing with the lines indistinct ; subbasal line double, angled outwards on subcostal nervure, an oblique striga just beyond it from cell to vein 1; ante- medial line double, oblique, nearly even, the outer part with a more prominent spot at costa; claviform absent; orbicular small, open above and defined by a prominent black V-shaped mark ; reniform with yellowish annulus defined by black but open above and below, narrow; medial shade broad, diffused, angled at lower angle of cell; postmedial line double, with a series of yellowish points beyond it on the veins, minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa and obligue below vein 4; subterminal line yellowish, defined on inner side by a series of black spots, angled outwards at vein 7, then even; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia yellowish with a fuscous line through them. Hind wing fuscous, rather paler at base ; the underside yellowish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A.. Oregon, Corvallis. vp. 35 millim. This species is unknown to me. 1267. Polia consanguis. Hadena consanguis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 97 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 199; Staud. Cat. Bote pal. p 158. Apamea undrcilia, Wk. ix. 251 (1856). Hadena languida, W1k. xy. 1728 (1858). Mamestra zachii, Butsch. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 406. Hecatara impura, Snell. Midden-Sumatra, Lep. P = pl. 50. f. 5 (1880). Hadena stolida, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 509, pl. 4 Apamea cana, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 79, a 165. £.8 (1891). Mamestra abbas, Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 40, pl. 1. f. 8. Head and tegule grey mixed with rufous; thorax purplish red- brown largely mixed with black; tegule with medial black line; tarsi banded with black; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing pale ochreous brown thickly irrorated with rufous, the cell and area below and beyond it suffused with fuscous on medial area; the subbasal line represented by black striz from costa and cell; the antemedial line double, irregularly waved; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, with fuscous centres and pale brownish annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter POLIA. 103 slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, lunulate, bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4, and angled outwards on vein 1, some pale Fig. 23.—Polia consanguis, 3. }. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black, angled outwards at veins 7 and 4; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline whitish, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia whitish; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, a curved postmedial series of short dark streaks on the veins, the area beyond it suffused with brown. Ab. 1. languida. Fore wing browner, uniformly irrorated with black. Ab. 2. undicilia. Fore wing brown irrorated with black, the medial area suffused with black. Hab. Coneo (Curror), 1 2 type combinata; Eayrr; Soxorra, Homhil, 1 9, Adho Dimellus, 1 ¢ (Grant); Br. E. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 2, Naitolia (Betton), 1 go, Mwani (Betton), 1 3 ; Maswonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g ; Narat (Gueinzius), 1 3g type languida, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 3, Durban (Leigh), 1 9 ; Carz Cotony, Transkei (Miss Ff. Barrett), 1 g¢ ; Mavnirrus, Cuepipe (Tullock), 1 ¢ ; Syria; Japan, Yoko- hama (Pryer, Manley), 5 3S, 3 9, type stolida; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1g; Punsas, Sultanpur (G. Young), 3 o, 1 Q, Simla (Harford), 4 5,2 9, Dharmsdia (Hocking), 8 3, 5 2 ; Sixuim (Dudgeon), 2 3 ; Niterrts (Hampson), 2 3 type cana; Cryton (Templeton, Green), 2 ¢ type undicilia ; Sumatra ; QuEENSLAND, Brisbane (Turner), 2 ¢, 1 9; N.S. Wares, Sydney (Raynor), 2 g,1 2. Hep. 30-40 millim. 1268. Polia fuscirufa, n. sp. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 4.) Head and thorax purplish red-brown slightly mixed with grey and sometimes with some black ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey- brown. Fore wing dull or bright red-brown, striated with fuscous and irrorated with black ; an indistinct double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line; claviform sometimes slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform ccefined by black, the former round, the latter with slight pale annulus ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below 104 NOOLTUIDE. costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points on costa beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, pale, the area beyond it somewhat darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and exeurved at middle; a terminal series of minute black lunules; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half pale ; the cilia ochreous white, with dark line near base ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Br. E.Arrica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 3g, Kikuyn (Craw- shay), 1 2, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 2 type, Quaso (Betton), 1 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 9 ; MasHonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 2. Exp, 36-38 millim. 1269. Polia venata, n. sp. (Plate LX XXL. fig. 5.) ©. Head and thorax bright purplish red mixed with black ; tarsi with ochreous rings; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface and anal tuft mixed with ochreous and rufous. Fore wing bright purplish red mixed with some ochreous and irrorated with black ; veins streaked with white; subbasal line defined by ochreous on outer side, oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by ochreous on inner side, oblique, and angled outwards below costa and above inner margin ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform ochreous defined by black with some brown irroration in centre, the former round, the latter with blackish centre and white annulus to !ewer part; an obscure waved medial line angled at lower angie ot cell; postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal lines formed of ochreous lunules with diffused black marks before them, angied outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, a terminai series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous with ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces of basal half ochreous white; cilia ochreous with a fuscous line through them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous and thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Lari (Betton), 1 2 type. Exp. 42 millim. 1270. Polia mortua. Mamestra mortua, Stgr. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1E88, p. 249; id. Rom. Mém. vi. p- 426, pl. 8. f. 1; id, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Mamestra afra, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 326. Mamestra nigerrima, Warv. P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 302; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. . 202. p Hadena kala, Swinh, Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 17 (1900). Head and thorax black-brown; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous; the dorsal crests black; the anal tuft of male ochreous. Fore wing black-brown suffused with purplish grey and irrorated POLIA. 105 with a few black scales; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique blackish streak above inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double, waved, and angled outwards above inner margin; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter with ochreous spot on its outer edge at middle and two white points at lower extremity ; a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line double towards costa, strongly dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it at costa ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, with some obscure dentate dark marks before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish, suffused with brown, darker on inner area and terminal half; a pale line at base of cilia; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas suffused and irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. Amurtand, Ussuri, 1 g, 1 9; W. Cura, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 3g, Washan (Pratt), 1 ¢ , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 23, Kwei- chou, 1 ¢; Punsaz, Simla, 1 9, Murree (Harford), 1 9, Thandidni (Yerbury),4 3, 2 9, type ngerrima; Tiser, Yatung (Hobson), 1 6,29 ; Srxumm. Lap. 46 millim. 1271. Polia persicaria. Noctua persicarie, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 319 (1761); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 129. ff. 1,2; Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 64; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pl. 102. f.4; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 196; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Noctua acciptrina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 129. f. 4 (1788). Mamestra unicolor, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p.91 (1871). Head and thorax black slightly mixed with brown; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous mixed with grey, the dorsal crests blackish except the basal one which is rufous. Fore wing black slightly irrorated with brown; the lines double filled in with brownish; the subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, with black point at centre, the latter filled in with white and with some rufous at centre ; an indistinct waved, curved medial line ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line represented by a series of dentate black marks with small ochreous spots on them, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia with a series of white points at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half fuscous ; an indistinct pale subterminal line towards tornus. Underside with the costal and terminal areas of both wings tinged with rufous, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line with fuscous band beyoud it. 106 NOCTUID®. Ab. 1. acciptrina. Fore wing with the reniform not filled in with white. Hab. Brrraty, Leech Coll. ; Francr, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll.; N. vary; Daumattra ; Turkey, Leech Coll.; Armenta; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Ili; E. Srpprra, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 1 ¢, Tokio (Fenton), 1 35,1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 9 ; W. Cura, Kwei-chow, 1 ¢, Wa-shan (Prati), 1 g , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 3, Ni-tou, 1 ¢, Wa-ssu-kow, 1 9, Omei-shan, 2 9, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 9. Exp. 40-54 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 214, pl. 160. f. 3. Green to brown; dorsal line whitish, traversing a double series of oblique dark marks, darkest on somites 4 and 5; spiracular line whitish, sometimes edged above with oblique dark marks; 11th somite dorsally humped. Food-plants: Rumew, Pteris, Chrysan- themum, ete. 8-9. 1272. Polia glaucopis, n. sp. (Plate LX XXL. fig. 6.) ©. Head and thorax black-brown; tegule with slight black medial line; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown, the dorsal crests large and dark. Fore wing purplish grey, suffused and thickly irrorated with black ; a double black subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, slightly waved, and with prominent rufous patch before it on inner area; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and defined by black, the former round with greyish annulus, the latter with yellowish annulus ; an indistinct slightly waved medial line; post- medial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it purplish grey with whitish patch on inner area; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by rufous, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and tornus ; a sinuous black terminal line. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fuscous ; cilia yellowish white; the underside whitish tinged with brown, a slight discoidal spot and waved postmedial line. Hab. Canava, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 2 9, type. Huxp. 40-44 millim. 1273. Polia cristifera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 7.) Acronycta cristifera, Wik. xv. 1654 (1858); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 121. Mamestra lubens, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. v. p. 113 (1875). Mamestra rufula, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 62. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests large and dark. Fore wing purplish grey, more or less strongly suffused with black and irrorated with white especially on costal area; a waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, defined by whitish on POLIA. 107 outer side; antemedial line double filled in with grey, oblique, waved ; claviform well-developed, defined by black; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former round ; a curved, irregularly waved, medial line; post- medial line strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with a grey patch before it in submedian interspace and some pale points on costa; subterminal line represented by aseries of small white lunules with dentate black marks on their inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with fuscous; cilia yellowish white; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and minutely waved postmedial line. Ab. 1. lubens. Fore wing with some rufous on inner area before antemedial line; reniform with white annulus; the post- medial area greyer ; the subterminal line continuous and defined by rufous on inner side. Hab. Caxnava, Hudson’s Bay, St. Martin’s Falls (Barnston), 1 3 type; U.S.A., Maine, New York (Bailey), 1 ¢,2 9, type lubens, Washington, 1 9, Oregon, Colorado, Hep. 46-50 millim. 1274. Polia mamestrina. Epunda mamestrina, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 59, pl. 128. f. 5 (1889) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204. 3. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey ; antenne and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore wing dark grey with a purplish tinge, some pale grey at base; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1, where it has some yellow scales on it; antemedial line double, irregularly waved ; claviform short, broad, defined by black and a few yellow scales; orbicular and reniform large, irregular, defined by black, the former rounded, with fuscous centre and grey annulus, the latter filled in with grey-white except on inner side; an irregularly dentate medial line; postmedial line dentate and produced to streaks on the veins, indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of black and white dentate marks and a prominent curved white mark in submedian fold and produced to termen as streaks in the inter- spaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia black, with fine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them; the under- side white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line with darker streaks at the veins. Hab. Punsas, Dharmsila (Hocking), 2 3, type. Hep. 52 millim. 108 NOCTULD@. 1275. Polia ingravis. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 8.) BCR. ingravis, Smith, Ent. News Philad. vi. p. 337, pl. xv. f. 10 95). Head and thorax black-brown mixed with bluish grey; tegule with medial black line ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown, the dorsal crests with black tips, the ventral surface often tinged with rufous. Fore wing fuscous suffused and irrorated with purplish grey; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform well-developed, greyish defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former rounded or elliptical; an indistinct diffused medial line ; postmedial line some- what dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it purplish grey, the costa brownish with some pale points on it; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by some dentate black marks at middle, angled cutwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it darker except at apex; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered pale and black. Hind wing fuscous brown, the terminal area blackish, the cilia pinkish, white at tips; the underside pinkish white thickly irrorated with dark scales, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line, Hab. Canana, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod),6 3,2 9, Br. Columbia, Fraser R. (St. John), 1 9. Hap. 38 millim. *1276. Polia nagaensis. (Plate LX XXI. fig. 9.) Hadena nagaensis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894). @. Head and thorax dark purplish grey ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen dull brown. Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown tinged in parts with fuscous; the costal area tinged with red from ante- medial line to near apex; the inner margin with pale ochreous- brown fascia from near base to tornus; subbasal line double, black filled in with grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold, where there is some black suffusion on each side of it; antemedial line double filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then incurved and obsolete below vein 1; claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform dark grey, with slight ochreous annuli defined by black, the former rather pear-shaped, the latter large and strongly angled inwards on median neryure, the cell before and between them and the area beyond the reniform suffused with black ; postmedial line double at costa, below which itis bent outwards, then indistinct, strongly dentate and oblique below vein 2; subterminal line ochreous, with some ill-defined dentate black marks before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing brown with a reddish tinge; cilia white at tips; the underside greyish suffused POLIA. 109 with brown, a slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial ‘line. Hab. Assam, Naga Hills, 6000 feet (Doherty), typet+ Q in Coll. Elwes. Hap. 40 millim. 1277. Polia ferrisparsa.. (Plate LXX XI. fig. 10.) Hadena ferrisparsa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201 (1894). Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; tegulze with blackish medial line; patagia edged with black scales above; tarsi black, ringed with grey; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crests mixed with black. Fore wing brownish grey, irrorated with black and suffused in parts with fuscous; a pale grey fascia on subcostal nervure from base to postmedial line, the median nervure and base of veins arising from it streaked with grey ; subbasal line represented by black strix from costa and cell, defined by grey on outer side and with slight black streaks below it towards inner margin; antemedial line double filled in with grey, the outer line strong, the inner indistinct, waved ; claviform with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and ochreous-white annuli defined by black, the former small, rounded, the latter narrow, the cell between them and the area beyond the reniform suffused with black; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line dentate and produced to white and black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line ochreous white, even, prominent, defined on inner side by irregular, diffused, dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards base ; the cilia whitish, with fuscous line at base; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and diffused postmedial band. Hab. Punsax, Kulu Sultanpur (G. Young), 1¢ , Simla (Harford), 23,29, type, (Nurse) 1 9, Dalhousie (Harford),2Q. Exp. 42 millim. 1278. Polia costigera. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 11.) Agrotis costigera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p: 200. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi blackish at sides ; tegule with medial black line; patagia edged with some black scales ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with black; the costal area pinkish ochreous to the postmedial line; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and two from cell; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, obsolescent on costal area except for a dark point ; claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform moderate, 110 NOCTUID.®. with grey centres and ochreous annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter almost V-shaped; an indistinct waved medial shade except on costal area; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, incuryed at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous, defined on inner side by brown patches on each side of veins 5 and 2 and usually rufous marks above veins 6 and 8, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia with black line through them and intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal half suffused with brown; cilia ochreous; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab, Ponsa, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 9, Simla (Reid), 1 Q type, Dharmsala (Hocking), 23,69 ; Assam, Khisis. Exp. 38-42 millim. 1279. Polia mongolica. Mamestra adjuncta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 249; id. Rom. Mém. vi. p- 423, pl. 6. f. 8; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155 (nec Boisd.). Mamestra mongolica, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 253 (1896) (adjuncta.) Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey; abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish grey, leaving the cell and area beyond and below it redder; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, bent inwards to inner margin; claviform minute, defined by brown, or obsolete ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish, the former round, the latter constricted at middle; an obscure medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it; sub- terminal line grey, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side and with the area beyond it rather darker, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold. Hind wing yellowish brown, the terminal area rather darker ; cilia white at tips ; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated with brown, a diffused dark subterminal band. Ab. 1. mongolica. Rather greyer, with the lower part of reniform defined by whitish on outer side. Hab. W. Turxestan, Issyk-kul; E. Turxsstan, Ili: Moneorra, Uliassutai, Urga, 1 ¢; Trsret, Amdo; Amurtann, Ussuri, 2¢,39, Kentei, 1 ¢; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 4 ¢; Corns ; Cais, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 Q, Chang-yang, 1d. Hxp. 46-56 millim. 1280. Polia advena. Noctua advena, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 77 (1776) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 178. ff. 4,5; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.81; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 392, pl. 96. f.4; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 28; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. POLTA. ULL Noctua nitens, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 188 (1809) ; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. lil. p. 28. Noctua unicolor, Tutt, Brit. Noct. iii. p. 71 (1892). Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; tegule with black medial line ; patagia with some dark scales near upper edge; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing red- brown, more or less completely suffused with purplish grey, leaving some red in and beyond end of cell; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform minute or well-developed, defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform large, greyish defined by black, the former round, the latter more or less angled inwards on median nervure and with some whitish on lower part of annulus; medial line indistinct, waved, angled outwards to lower angle of cell; postmedial line double, dentate, and produced to grey and black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, strongly defined by dark brown on inner side, sometimes forming dentate marks especially in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, and strongly angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale ochreous brown towards base, the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; cilia whitish; the under- side pale, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and diffused subterminal band. Ab. 1. wnicolor. Uniform reddish. Hab. Britatny, Leech Coll ; France, Sand Coll.; Grrawany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; N. Ivaty; Russra, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals; Anmenra ; W. Turxestay, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul; E. TurKestan, Thi; Srperra; Amurtanp. Lxp. 46-64 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 156, pl. 154. f. 1. Pale brown; sides darker, freckled with grey ; dorsal line pale, brown-edged; spiracles bright red-brown, black-edged. Food- plants: Sonchus, Achillea, Polygonum, etc. 8-4. 1281. Polia tincta. Nectua tincta, Brahm, Ins. Kal. ii. p. 593 (1791) ; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 389, pl. 96. f. 3; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 29; Staud. Cat. Lep. al. p. 155. ocean cepaeiioen Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 131. f. 5 (1788). Noctua argentina, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 186 (1809). Noctua hepatica, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 77 (1827). Mamestra obscurata, Staud. Iris, x. p. 3385 (1897). Head and thorax white mixed with brown, thorax with some rufous on dorsum ; frons with black bar; tegule with black line at tips; patagia edged with black; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing silvery grey suffused with purplish brown especially on medial area; the lines double, filled in with whitish; the subbasal line waved from costa to 112 NOCTUID.E. vein 1; antemedial line waved; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former grey, rather quadrate, the latter with brown centre and grey annulus ; a diffused, slightly waved medial line; postmedial line dentate and produced to a double series of points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and ineurved below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by dark marks below costa at middle and inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing almost uniformly suffused with reddish brown, leaving slight white spots on termen at vein 2 and submedian fold; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line and diffused postmedial band. Ab. 1. obscurata. Smaller and darker.—Amurland. Hab. Brivain, Leech Coll.; Francz, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Austria, Frey Coll.; N. Iraty; Rossa, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Urals; W. Siperia, Altai; Moneorra, Urga; E. Siserta, Kentei, Amurland. Exp. 48-52 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 85 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 160, pl. 154. f. 2. Pale reddish brown, finely freckled with black and white; dorsal line slender, whitish, black-edged; head brown. Food-plants: Birch, Vaccinium, grasses, etc. 9-5. 1282. Polia latex. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 12.) Aplecta latex, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 78 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. joy dleale Apamea demissa, W1k. xi. 728 (1857). Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and black; frons with black band; tegule with black medial line; dorsal crest blackish ; tarsi with blackish rings; abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the dorsal crests small and dark. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown and black, the veins streaked in places with black ; an indistinct waved subbasal line, bent inwards above vein 1, a patch of black suffusion beyond it from costa to median nervure; a double, waved, oblique antemedial line, the inner line indistinct ; claviform well-developed, rather indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, rather incompletely defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical, and approximated to the latter, which has its centre defined by brown and is tinged with blood-red on inner side and suffused by a brown shade on inner side of postmedial line, running obliquely from middle of costa to postmedial line at vein 2; an indistinct, oblique, wayed medial line from cell to inner margin; postmedial lne rather indistinctly double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being rather darker, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, outwards at vein 7, and excurved at ~ POLTA, 113 middle, and with black streaks beyond it above veins 1, 5, and 6: a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, a waved blackish terminal line; the under- side white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and indistinct wayed postmedial line. Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 3, Orilla (Bush), 1 3 type demissa: U.S.A., N. & E. States, Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 ¢, New York (Doubleday), 1 3 type, Evan’s Centre (Grote), 1 3,2 9. Eup. 42-50 millim. Larva. Head pale brown, the usual reticulations and_ vertical bands, besides a large blotch on the face of each lobe, dark brown. Body dead-leaf brown, dotted with darker ; joint 2 darkly shaded ; intersegmental dorsal dots, slight spots above the subbasal line, which become heavy on joints 12 and 13, of the same dark colour. Subdorsal line obscure, showing a yellowish speck below tubercle ii. A narrow dark brown suprastigmatal line; a narrow dorsal bar on joint 12. Feet coloured like the body.—H.G. D. *1283. Polia rogenhoferi. (Plate LXXXTI. fig. 13.) Mamestra rcgenhoferi, Moschl. Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 269 (1870); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. 6. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and black ; tegule with black medial line; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous and grey, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing grey-white, slightly tinged with fuscous and thickly irrorated with black, the scaling rough; subbasal line represented by double black striz filled in with white from costa and median nervure; ante- medial line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, bent inwards in cell, then waved; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, whitish defined by black, the former round, the latter with white point on its inner side at lower angle of cell; medial shade strong, oblique from costa to median nervure, then indistinct, waved ; postmedial line strongly dentate and produced to black streaks with white points on them on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of black and white dentate marks, those above and below vein 5 stronger, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, connected by diffused fuscous with the terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish irrorated with fuscous brown; a diffused irregular subterminal band and terminal series of black strize ; the underside with black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside. Hab. Canava, Labrador, W. Manitoba, inColl.J.B.Smith. vp. 46 millim. ; VOL. Y. I 114 NOCTUIDE. 128+. Polia nebulosa. Noctua nebulosa, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 418 (1767); Frr. Beitr. pl. 52; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Noctua bimaculosa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 182. ff. 1, 2 (1788) ; Steph. Til. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 28. Noctua thapsi, Brahm, Ins. ii. p. 185 (1791). Noctua grandis, Donoy. Brit. Ins. x. pl. 34. f. 1 (1801). Noctua plebeia, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 78 (1827) Aplecta askolda, Oberth. Et. Ent. vy. Dae (1890). Aplecta robsoni, Collins, Ent. Ree. ii. p. 264 (1891). Mamestra lama, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896). Mamestra asiatica, Staud. Iris, x. p. 384 (1897). Head and thorax white mixed with brown; palpi with blackish patch at sides; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with blackish ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-brown, the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing whitish, irrorated and more or less tinged with brown; subbasal line double, waved, strongly angled inwards in cell, from costa to vein 1, above which there is a slight black streak before it; antemedial line double, irregularly waved, oblique; claviform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform very large, defined by black, the former rather quadrate, the latter with its inner side rather irregular and its centre defined by brown ; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line double, dentate, and produced to dark points on the veins, bent out- wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a series of dentate dark marks, the one in submedian fold prominent, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on terminal area, usually leaving some whitish on termen between veins 6 and 1; a dark terminal line; cilia white; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Ab. 1. robsoni. Fore wing uniform glossy black. Ab. 2. asiatica. Fore wing dull grey, size somewhat smaller.— C. Asia. Ab. 3. ascolda. Rather browner, a large form.—E. Siberia, Japan. Hab. Briraty, Leech Coll.; Francr, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; N. Ivaty ; Turxny ; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; W. Turkestan, Tarbagatai Mts., Issyk-kul, Ala Tau; W. Srperra, Altai; E. Turkestan, li; Moneoria, Uliassutai Mts. ; Trper, Amdo; E. Srserta, Kentei, Ussuri; Japan, Yokohama (Manley), 2 3,1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 3 g,1 Q ; Corks, Kornitoff (Fletcher), 1 9. Hap. 54-60 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 165, pl. 155. f. 1. Light brown, darker at sides ; dorsal line pale, traversing a series of dark diamond-shaped marks; supraspiracular line indistinct, darg. Food-plants: Birch, willow, elm, ete. 9-5. POLTA. AAS 1285. Polia nimbosa. | (Plate LXXXI. fig. 14.) Aplecta nimbosa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 77 (1852); Smith., Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 114 Head and thorax white mixed with some brown and black; palpi black towards tips; frons with black bar; tegule with black line near tips; patagia edged with black on outer side; tarsi black above towards extremity ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with brown or fuscous. Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous and black ; an ill-defined wayed subbasal line angled inwards in cell and ending at vein 1, the costal area and cell from it to subterminal line tinged with fuscous ; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, oblique, waved, angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbieular and reniform large, defined by black, their centres obscurely defined by fuscous, the former round; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, strongly dentate, double at costa, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, defined by an irregularly dentate black line on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black lunules, Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, leaving the area beyond the sinuous post- medial line paler; a dark terminal line; cilia white; the underside white, with dark discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial, line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia; U.S.A., N., E., and Middle States, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 5 3,1 9,type, Colorado. Hap. 58-62 millim. 1286. Polia mystica. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 15.) Mamestra mystica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. ix. p. 242 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. 36. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with black ; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black on outer side; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey-white, thickly irrorated with black ; a rather indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an irregularly waved antemedial line bent inwards in cell; claviform indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, grey defined by black, the former elliptical, somewhat oblique, the latter strongly constricted at middle; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line whitish, defined by dentate blackish marks on inner side at costa, discal and submedian folds, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of prominent black lunules. Hind wing grey, irrorated and suffused with fuscous : a postmedial fuscous band and the terminal area darker; the cilia white, with a fuscous postmedial line through them ; the underside whiter, with fuscous postmedial line and subterminal series of diffused patches. 1? ~ 116 NOCTUIDE. Hab. Canapva, Manitoba, Winnipeg (Cartwright), 1 ¢, 1 9, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 1 3. , Exp. 50 millim. 1287. Polia scotochlora. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 16.) Polia scotochlora, Koll. Hiigel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 482 (1848); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205. Polia stevensii, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 88 (1852). Head and thorax clothed with black and white scales; antennz and tarsi black, ringed with white; abdomen brownish grey and fuscous. Fore wing grey-white, irrorated with black and tinged with olive-fuscous, especially on medial and terminal areas; sub- basal line double, waved, interrupted, from costa to vein 1; ante- medial line double, waved, bent inwards in cell; claviform defined by black, its extremity usually indented; orbicular and reniform white defined by black and with some fuscous at centre, both large and with irregular edges, the former somewhat quadrate; a dentate medial line angled outwards on median nervure; postmedial line double filled in with white, dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line white, dentate, defined by dentate black marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to near termen on veins 4, 3, the area beyond it dark; a terminal series of small quadrate black spots defined by white; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing pale, suffused with fuscous brown leaving a white patch on termen above tornus; cilia white, with a dark line through them; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Kasumir; Punsas, Murree (Harford), 1 5, 2 2, Simla, 19, Dalhousie, 1 9, Thundiani ( Yerbury), 13,29; Stxune Treer, Yatong (Bingham), 192. Exp. 50-56 millim. 1288. Polia goliath. Dichona goliath, Oberth. Et. Ent. vy. p. 68, pl. 6. f. 7 (1880); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Head and thorax white; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides ; frons with black bar; vertex of head with black marks; tegul with black medial line; patagia edged with black; pro-, meso-, and metathorax with black marks; tibize and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white, dorsally suffused with fuscous, forming more or Jess distinct segmental bands, the dorsal crests tipped with black, the anal segment edged with black before the anal tuft. Fore wing white, variegated with pale olive irrorated with black; a black striga from near base of costa and black streak above base of inner margin; subbasai line double, from costa to vein 1, the two parts widely separated, especially in cell, where the inner is angled in- wards and the outer outwards; antemedial line double, oblique, angled outwards below costa, then irregularly waved and angled inwards on yein 1; claviform with blackish centre and whitish POLIA.. LZ annulus more or less completely defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former with small black spot at centre and incompletely defined above, the latter with large black lunule on inner side and white annulus broken up into small spots below by the veins ; a medial black shade on costal area and in cell, then an oblique dentate line; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line whitish, irregularly waved, defined on inner side by a prominent irregularly dentate black line forming dentate marks below costa and at middle and a double spot in submedian inter- space; a terminal series of small black spots and a fine waved line ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, more or less tinged with fuscous; slight black streaks on veins 4, 3, 2 beyond middle; a diffused terminal band leaving some white on termen towards tornus; a black terminal line, the cilia white; the under- side with the basal half of costal area suffused with fuscous, a large discoidal lunule and slightly waved postmedial line somewhat angled at vein 6, Hab. EF. Srerrta, Ussuri; Jaraw (Pryer), 1 ¢; Corna, Gensan (Ito), 1 g ; W. Cutna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 ¢, 2 9, Omei-shan, 29. Hep. 60-70 millim. 1289. Polia adjuncta. (Plate LXXXI. fig. 17.) Chariptera adjuncta, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 243 (1841), non deser. Guen. Noct. i. p. 199 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with pale brown; palpi blackish; frons with black band; tegule with black medial line ; patagia and vertex of thorax with white patches; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen brown tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crests large and dark. Fore wing olive-grey, the basal, medial, and terminal areas suffused with black; a waved black subbasal line on a white patch and curved inwards above vein 1; a double, oblique, waved antemedial line partly filled in with white; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbieular and reniform white, with oliye-brown centres and rather irregular black outlines, the former somewhat quadrate; a curved dentate medial line; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards. below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line dentate, white defined by black on inner side, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, outwards at vein 7, and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules with white before them; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing yellowish white, more or less strongly suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area, a dark lunulate terminal line ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Canava; U.S.A., N., E., and Middle States, 2¢,39, type 118 NOCTUID 2. Hilinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, 1 ¢ (Snow). Exp. 40-44 millim. Larva. Head luteous, reticulate and banded with brown. Body robust, joint 12 enlarged; soft olivaceous green, dorsal and sub- dorsal lines pale, obscure; dark green oblique patches on joints 5, 6, and 12, on the latter broadening below over subdorsal region. Oblique lines indicated on the other segments. Faint reversed dark shades subventrally, forming a band on thorax, edged above by the elsewhere obsolete white substigmatal line. Cervical shield dark, with three white lines.—H. G. D. *1290. Polia dilatata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 9.) Mamestra dilatata, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 464 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am, p. 156. 2. Head yellowish, with grey tuft between antenne; tegule white, with broad black medial line and fuscous tips ; patagia white, mixed with black and olive scales and edged with black ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing white, mixed with fuscous, yellowish, olive, and black scales; the costal half of basal area white, the inner half grey ; subbasal line double, black, interrupted in cell, its outer side below the cell forming an oblique mark defining the white area; antemedial line double, black filled in with white, oblique towards costa and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform small, with white centre defined by black; orbicular small, round, with white centre defined by black; reniform well developed, with grey centre and white annulus defined by black; medial shade only traceable at costa and inner margin; postmedial line double, black filled in with white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line white, interrupted, irregular, defined on inner side by a fuscous patch at costa and somewhat dentate marks at middle, and by some fuscous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia white, with series of black lunules at base and olive lunules at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler at base; cilia white, with fuscous line through them on costal half; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad _post- medial line. - Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico. zp. 30 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. *1291. Polia variolata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 10.) Mamestra variolata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 467 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. 6. Head and thorax yellowish tinged with olive, the patagia and thorax with white blotches, the tegule with black medial line ; ebdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey, tinged with ochreous and olive-brown; costal half of basal area with the basal half white, the outer black, the white area traversed by the dark POLIA. 119 double subbasal line; antemedial line double filled in with white, irregularly waved; claviform indistinctly defined, with a white patch beyond it at base of vein 2; orbicular large, white, irregular ; reniform narrow, with ochreous centre and white annulus defined by black ; medial shade represented by two black lunules on inner area; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a dark patch at costa and some spots at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous; the underside with darker irroration, a discoidal lunule and broad postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Washington. wp. 30 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. *1292. Polia glaciata. (Plate LXXXVI. fig. 11.) Mamestra glaciata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 170 (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 122. 3. Head and thorax fuscous brown mottled with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey, suffused with fuscous and olive-brown and irrorated with white; the lines distinct, double tilled in with white; subbasal line represented by double strie from costa and median nervure; antemedial line rather oblique, waved, angled outwards on vein 1; claviform defined by black and followed by a white spot; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former somewhat elliptical ; a distinct waved medial line; postmedial line minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1; subterminal line white, defined on each side by blackish, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, with dark ter- minal line; the underside pale irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and broad postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona. Exp. 30 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing irom type in Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. B. Prothorax with spreading crest. a. Abdomen of female with the extremity blunt, the ovipositor not exserted. a‘. Fore legs of male with thick tufts of long hair, the tarsal joints fringed with long scales. 1293. Polia pennitarsis. Hadena pennitarsis, Wik. xv. 1726 (1858). $. Head and thorax clothed with red-brown, sap-green, and black 120 NOCTUID. scales; pectus rufous; legs blackish, the tarsi with white rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing dark reddish brown, suffused in parts with sap- green; the base green; subbasal line double filled in with green, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with green, incurved in cell and angled outwards above inner margin; claviform short and broad, dark brown defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and green annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter constricted at middle and expanding below; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, slightly bent Fig. 24.—Polia pennitarsis, S$. } T° outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some green points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line green, defined by dark brown suffusion on inner side and narrowly edged by black on outer, minutely and irregularly waved, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points ; cilia green and brown. Hind wing with the basal half brownish white, the terminal half dark reddish brown ; cilia ochreous white, with a fuscous line through them; the underside with the basal area pale irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area red-brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Braztt, Rio Janeiro, 1 ¢. Exp. 36 millim. Type t ¢ in Mus. Oxon. b'. Legs of male normal. a®. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate on veins 4, 3 and forming a distinct 2-mark. a, Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. a‘. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a>, Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled outwards above inner margin ........-.0......e00. predita. b°, Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly angled outwards above inner margin ............ prodeniformis. POLIA, b+. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved between veins 5 and 2. a®, Fore wing with the orbicular small, narrow, Ghliqueyelltp tical oo ey aasencesevseeae cane ses wicieoes- o®. Fore wing with the orbicular well-developed. a’, Fore wing with the orbicular rounded ......... bo’. Fore wing with the orbicular obliqne elliptical. b. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique waved below vein 5. a°. Fore wing with the postmedial area tinged with purplish. a’. Fore wing with the antemedial line very strongly angled outwards above inner margin. bo". Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled outwards above inner margin. a’. Fore wing with white annulus to orbicular. a®, Fore wing strongly tinged with purplish BOC te one see asst soos a ccleiceemecuie fovea odsbiaem cs eteie i’. Fore wing not tinged with purplish red...... 48, Fore wing with the orbicular pinkish ......... 26. Fore wing with the postmedial area whitish 5°, Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. a‘, Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a, Fore wing dark purplish grey-brown............... 6°. Fore wing pale purplish grey-brown ............... ©, Fore wing grey largely suffused with dark brown. G7 RWOLG, WINE PUTPlISH OTCY -. 1 cosn.os-0 cc neeneencese «es b*. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a®, Fore wing purplish red. a®, Fore wing without dentate white mark on sub- terminal line above tornus .....................++ b®. Fore wing with dentate white mark on subter- minal me abovertornus’ 2. ...2e.-s.6-----2=s< sce b°. Fore wing purplish grey with some red suffusion. ©, Fore wing fuscous brown. a®, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform pro- minently defined by black, the postmedial line dentate below vein 4.40220. o... doses ns- se tesesese et 46, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform ill- defined, the postmedial line strongly incurved and not dentate below vein 4 ..................... d*®, Fore wing ochreous grey tinged with rufous...... b?. Fore wing with the subterminal line not forming a distinct 2-mark. a>, Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney-shaped. a4, Abdomen without pink lateral stripes. a’. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey. a®. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines connected by a more or less prominent black streak in submedian fold. a’, Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. a*. Fore wing strongly irrorated with brown 6°. Fore wing not strongly irrorated with brown. 6", Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. a*. Head and tegule not white. a°, Fore wing with the claviform defined by black. 12a Surcula. eversmannt. schneideri. perdentata. Jarnhami. Jurca. suavis. liquida. radix. atlantica. vidua. splendens. oleracea. pisi. tacoma. satanella. quadrata. softa. sutrina. dentina. bo bo NOCTUID.#. a‘, Fore wing without black streak in sub- median fold from subterminal line to termen. a'', Fore wing without black streak in sub- median fold between postmedial and subterminal lines. a'*, Fore wing with dentate black marks before subterminal line................06++. »*, Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line....................- b. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold between postmedial and subterminal lines’, 3 snc get vesae cep teeererateeteer eaie acenere }'°. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold from subterminal line to termen. a", Hind wing of male wholly tinged with POW ee ck neces crams ns +: gee 6". Hind wing of male white, the terminal area suffused with brown. a’, Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line..................... vb, Fore wing with dentate black marks before subterminal line. al’, Fore wing moderately broad; reniform extending well below cell ............... }18. Fore wing narrow; reniform extending sliohtilyshelowscelllae-.sueseseeesessesecene 6°. Fore wing with the claviform forming part Ob the; DiAChstnea he ceo chit ce iste nc tenan teat once 0. Head and tegulm white ..............-.sssssse0-- b°. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not connected by a black streak in submedian fold. a”, Fore wing with lunulate white mark beyond BIS lA VAL ORIG Ernie ence cnk chime sent ee eee bo”. Fore wing without lunulate white mark beyond the claviform. a*. Fore wing with pale dentate mark on base of VOU OP ofc cores eto sete cece asec oii aac eee eee U8. Fore wing without pale dentate mark on base of vein 2. a®, Fore wing with some yellowish in submedian fold at base and beyond claviform ......... 6°. Fore wing without yellowish in submedian fold. a'°, Fore wing with the claviform small, acute at extremity. a", Fore wing wholly suffused with red- DOWNY Be eehecrecete eet ad ee cneesa sereton eee 6". Fore wing with the costal area, cell, and terminal area suffused with red-brown. a\*, Fore wing with the orbicular large ...... 6, Fore wing with the orbicular small...... }\°. Forewing with theclaviform large, rounded at extremity. a, Fore wing without prominent white annuli to stigmata. a’, Fore wing with the claviform not filled nsw ith, blackish’ 2c. casas seeeete st tees = 6”, Fore wing with the claviform filled in With! DIACKISH wat -mseesmedececopeter ss somes glauca. gasiva. paranica. cuneata. angquind. vicina. pensilis. seqregata. cnivetti. albomarginata. mista. mutilata. bean. legitima. dodi. lilacina. illoba. POLTA. 123 6". Fore wing with prominent white annuli COMSMIP TMA ba contr ces mereereenecemacesorerccc ss dictyota. }°. Fore wing with the ground-colour dull brown to black or reddish brown. a’. Hind wing more or less completely tinged with brown. a’, Fore wing with the medial area concolorous or slightly darker. a’, Fore wing with the inner postmedial area concolorous. a®, Fore wing without pale patch on sub- terminal line in submedian fold. a’°, Fore wing with the stigmata not filled in with black. a, Fore wing with the claviform present. a, Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median nervure.............-. calbertat. 6, Fore wing with the reniform concave WONG) LOZIE) Geo eaoqononepeousontoopoocaccsonc gavisd. cl’, Fore wing with the reniform convex towards base. a3, Fore wing with the subterminal line greyish, indistinct. a, Hind wing not reddish brown. a. Fore wing dull grey-brown ......... goodelli. 6, Fore wing black-brown .............+. sadales. }\4, Hind wing reddish brown............-.. chalcia. }}3, Fore wing with the subterminal line prominent, white ................-.+0++ .. ectypa. b'. Fore wing with the claviform absent. a‘*, Fore wing dull brown. a’, Fore wing with tbe reniform pale, without white points on its lower edge. a+, Fore wing with dentate black marks before subterminal line ............... noverca. b14, Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line......... bolieri. 613, Fore wing with the reniform fuscous with pale points on its outer edge ... mania. 6!*. Fore wing black-brown. a3, Fore wing with the subterminal line white, interrupted ............2..0------- obscura. 6, Fore wing with the subterminal line ochreous, concolorous.............025-.05+ mMerens. bi°, Fore wing with the stigmata filled in with INEXOKS. Bodondcoonnbostinc ued nocapanodnoupcdaoooorons atrirena, L°. Fore wing with pale patch on subterminal line in submedian fold. a’, Fore wing with the patch on subterminal IED VGA“ GoupeedoecoebeseontodocbocacscbaadesGe . assimilis. b°, Fore wing with the patch on subterminal line ochreous. a", Fore wing with white points on outer edge of reniform .............0.c0eeeeeeree ees aya. b'. Fore wing with white lunule on outer edge of reniform ............-+-06-005 +00 ceeee METUING. 8. Fore wing with more or less distinct pale patch on inner postmedial area. a®. Fore wing with the orbicular round. a, Fore wing with grey annuli to the Bite Mabaso mscccacaetneser cies SpE ACOOBOLE aoe vee =pannosa. 124 NOCTUIDE. }°, Fore wing without grey annuli to the stigmata .. Meas sissies’: seve de et]¢ saa “Shaccon seep b°, Fore wing with the orbicular ‘represented by a slight ochreous streak ......... sonoostinochaced }7, Fore wing with the medial area whitish ...... b®. Hind wing pure white, the terminal area more or less tinged with fuscous i in female. a’. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with white... Sia eeRaenE7I0007" bc0F oti acapanbeaseecede se é", Fore wing with the reniform not filled in with white. a’. Fore wing with the subterminal line incurved at discal fold. a. Kore wing not striated with fuscous ...... 5D 69, Fore wing striated with fuscous ............... i8, Fore wing with the subterminal line not INCU VEC fab GIBCANO) Gini. ...5. 000... sceilassier ns Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous brown. a®, Fore wing with dentate black marks before subterminal line. w’, Fore wing with dark marks on terminal area beyond subterminal line.-...:........5.-22-7..+.+- é". Fore wing with the terminal area pale, without dark marks beyond subterminal line ......... b°. Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line. a’. Fore wing with slight pale streaks in discal ANG SUOMeCIAN LOLISS «2A ecakadacsasmacectan sas ire b7. Fore wing without pale streaks in discal and submedian folds ......... neeasenaaae ere d’. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish. a6, Hind wing whitish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous. a’. Fore wing not suffused with green. a, Fore wing with diffused medial shade......... b°. Fore wing with the medial area from costa to median nervure darker than ground- COlOUI Ei .c. saeeatencer-ciests sceennsseeaneeane eeBeeeRE c*. Fore wing with the whole medial area darker than ground-eolour. a’, Fore wing with the ground-colour almost pure white. a'°. Fore wing without medial line. a’. Fore wing with prominent white streak above vein 5, arising from reniform ...... 1 Fore wing without prominent white streak above vein 5 arising from reni- LOL eh ree dalsoiae vaste lee scene eeneclBees aaides }'°, Fore wing with waved medial line ......... b°. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey- white. a, Fore wing with yellow markings on reni- form and subterminal line .................. 6. Fore wing without yellow markings on reniform and subterminal line. a, Fore wing with the claviform elongate... }\', Fore wing with the claviform short ...... iy _ Fore wing largely suffused with green. . Fore wing with the medial area not darker than the ground-colour. dipterygidia. xanthocosma. mesoglaucd. speyert. Cuprescens. mesomelana. Survilinea. magellana. lebruni. densa. stretchi. palilis. longiclava. doira. stenotis. cappa. dysodea, madere. serena. POLIA. 125 a®, Fore wing with the stigmata not defined by LIEN Cc) ase Nee oe IS ST a AA A a a olivocincta, }°®. Fore wing with the stigmata defined by DLAC kee. ar cone acetone ee smeceenreciins marea, 03. Fore wing with the medial area darker than {He ALOUMG=COlOUR me cesaaeeenacte seater sssereaa: subjecta. 68. Hind wing wholly fuscous...................066 wees. confusa. &. Fore wing with the ground-colour green ......... psitéacus, b*, Abdomen with pink lateral stripes .................. pictula, b®, Fore wing with the reniform small, narrow, and usually more or less angled inwards on median neryure, rarely absent or represented by a black lunule. a‘. Hind wing not bright yellow. a®. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved or oblique from vein 5 to inner wargin. a’, Fore wing with the extremity of median neryure streaked with white ..................... spiculosa. 3°, Fore wing with the extremity of median nervure not streaked with white. a’, Hind wing of male white, the terminal area ERA SeOl TITY TUCOWS) spsconpusnbogosoosoncacecoseDe renigera. b7, Hind wing of male wholly tinged with fuscous. a’, Fore wing reddish brown, the postmedial area pale rufous, a9, Fore wing with prominent white annulus to reniform. a'°, Fore wing pale rufous to fuscous brown... stricta. 61°, Fore wing bright brown .................06.. JSerrealis. b°. Fore wing without white annulus to reni- PILLS een eine ociccsane tosebchise weetacce secaete lorea. b8. Fore wing grey more or less suffused with fuscous black, especially on medial area. a9. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines separate at inner margin; stigmata wlll GlenGlla) ara eg accadeponaocvoadeononopecnecodd6es olivacea. 9, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines almost touching at inner margin; stigmata almost obsolete ...............--.++ vau-media. c®, Fore wing fuscous brown with some ochreous on postmedial area ...../...---seseeeeree-eeeeee suopicta. 25, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved or oblique from vein 4 to inner margin. a6, Hind wing white, the termen more or less tinged with fuscous, especially in female. a’. Fore wing with the ground-colour white tinged with green or ochreous. a’. Fore wing with the reniform represented by = oevel< Iivin nll)» Soceseonedoncueostansocacseconaseoae poliastis. 28, Kore wing with the reniform WOO see ce ceecie laudabilis. 7. Fore wing with the ground-colour white not tinged with green or ochreous ...............--. marmica. ec. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey- white. a®*. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines approximated on inner margin. a®. Fore wing with the antemedial line very ODL GUC N26) 5. Fn enssemeececetenscencanrceecneouens quadrilineata. i°, Fore wing with the antemedial line nearly ELEC Iesem es eae eee tactclec onsale slerieisesieniisiier'e alee vittula. 126 NOCTUIDE. b8, Fore wing with the ante-and postmedial lines not approximated on inner margin, Fore wing not suffused with black, a, _ Fore wing with the lines double. . Fore wing tinged with olive and with black streak above tornus ........s+0+-0+++- incurua. , Fore wing not tinged with olive and without black streak above tornus ...... intentata. }1°, Fore wing with the lines single ............ ciniva. b°. Fore wing suffused with black on medial BT OR: een cn aSestjenate See ORE Es Gs wat senas’ase hodeva. ©, Fore wing almost wholly suffused with black) .j.teks sceueuscnetoeeewene casei bce svueses.e alboguttata, d", Fore wing with the ground-colour reddish brOWM IIe WIGMIOTSY: tes.ecs.cs-cescscereecee eben erecta. e’. Fore wing with the ground colour fuscous grey with yellow streaks in discal and submedian POLOS perenne tee e reetcene . Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with HUSC OMS satememers ee see cierto cease cansbadsexaued settee ems simillima. b°. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous ...... potanint. 6’. Fore wing with the subterminal line broader, PSI STS Fee acinar oe a submarginalis. 1419. Odontestra vittigera. Mamestra vittigera, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 266 (1902). 3. Head and thorax purplish fuscous mixed with grey and red; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface dark brown. Fore wing purplish fuscous, the medial area more or less tinged with purplish pink; subbasal line represented by pink strizx from costa and cell, with diffused black on each side of them; ante- medial line double, filled in by brown, curved; claviform large, Fig. 28.— Odontestra vittigera, 3. [ltl . filled in with black ; orbicular usually obsolete, sometimes a small round ochreous spot; reniform large, ochreous white defined by black and with rufous centre, some blackish suffusion before and beyond it ; an ochreous-white fascia on medial part of inner margin; postmedial line double, filled in with ochreous, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line ochreous, defined by dentate black marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; an apical ochreous patch; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected 206 NOCTUID. with ochreous. Hind wing pure white, the costal area tinged with fuscous ; the underside with discoidal point and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. 2. Hind wing dark fuscous; cilia fuscous at base from apex to vein 2, Hab, Masnonaranp, Salisbury (Dobbie), 1 9; Zurutanp, Lower Tugela (Reynolds), 4 $; Navat, Victoria District (Gooch), 13 type, Northdene, 1 2, Durban (Leigh), 1 9. Hvp. 30-34 millim. 1420. Odontestra albivitta, n. sp. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 6.) 3. Head and thorax purplish fuscous, the hairs tipped with grey, the patagia with rufous patches; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen ochreous, ventrally fuscous. Fore wing purplish fuscous, subbasal line represented by black striae on reddish marks from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, slightly defined by ochreous on inner side, angled outwards in cell, then incurved ; claviform large, filled in with black, a whitish fascia above it, above and below median nervure and vein 2 to near subterminal line ; orbicular a small ochreous-white spot or obsolete; reniform with rufous centre and ochreous annulus, slightly angled inwards on median nervure, black patches before and beyond it; postmedial line slightly defined by rufous on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of ochreous spots with dentate black marks before them, angled outwards at vein 7, the area beyond it reddish; cilia pale rufous, with two brown lines through them. Hind wing ochreous white, with diffused fuscous subterminal band; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hab. Br. HE. Arrica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 ¢, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 g type. Eawp. 32 millim. 1421. Odontestra simillima. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 7.) sa he alae Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 344; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 401. Head and thorax purplish fuscous mixed with black; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brownish ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing purplish fuscous mixed with some red-brown ; an ochreous-white fascia on inner margin from near base to tornus, with some red-brown above it on medial area ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, obsolete below vein 1; claviform large, defined by and suffused with black ; vein 2 defined by a dentate white streak to postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former somewhat elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median nervure, with whitish annulus and rufous patch on outer side; postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, ODGNTESTRA. 207 obsolete below vein 1; subterminal line white, slightly waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold, defined on inner side by dentate biack marks; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal areas tinged with fuscous.~ Hab. Ponsas, Simla (Reed, Swinhkoe, Harford), 1 3,2 Q type; Stxuim. Hep. 36 millim. 1422. Odontestra potanini. Mamestra potanini, Alph. Iris, viii. p- 192 (1895); id. Rom. Mém. ix. p- 187, pl. ix. f. 10 (1897). Head and thorax irrorated with grey; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black above; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing purple-grey ; the costal area suffused with purplish red except towards base; the inner margin with ochreous-white fascia from near base to tornus ; subbasal line represented by double striz from costa and a black patch below the cell crossed by an oblique ochreous striga ; antemedial line double, dentate towards costa, usually filled in with ochreous in submedian interspace, obsolete below vein 1; claviform very large, filled in with black; vein 2 defined by an ochreous-white fascia below or on both sides to just beyond postmedial line; orbicular and reniform with ochreous annuli defined by black, the former very small, round, or oblique elliptical, the latter with ochreous centre and bent inwards on median nervure; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, obsolete below vein 1, some pale points beyond it on costa often present ; subterminal line ochreous white, defined on inner side by prominent dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold, some red-brown suffusion beyond it, the apex usually ochreous ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia grey, with black lines through them. Hind wing fuscous; the cilia pale, with a brown line near base; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. W. Cuina, Wa-ssu-kow, 2 ¢, 1 9, Chow-pin-sa, 1 do, Omei-shan, 1 9; Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 ¢,1 2, Dalhousie, 1 3, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 1 9. Hp. 44 millim. 1423. Odontestra submarginalis. Heliophobus submarginalis, W\k. Char. Undeser. Het. p. 32 (1869). Neuria incisa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 8344; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 201. Neuria auripicta, Butl. Tl. Het. B. M. vii. p. 53, pl. 127. f. 3 (1889). Head and thorax grey mixed with brownish ochreous and black ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey tinged with fuscous. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and suffused with black, some yellow scaling in base of cell and on medial area below the cell; an 208 NOCTUID®. ochreous-white fascia on inner margin from near base to tornus ; subbasal line double filled in with white, angled inwards in cell, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa and inwards on subcostal nervure and on vein 1; claviform large, filled in with black; vein 2 defined below by a white fascia to just beyond postmedial line ; orbicular and reniform with ochreeus-white annuli defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical, the latter dilated below ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous white shading into yellow on outer side, defined on inner side by prominent dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold ; an apical ochreous patch ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with fine pale line at base. Hind wing suffused with fuscous ; cilia whitish at tips; the underside pale suffused with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. Punsas, Kulu, 1 3, Dharmsila (Hocking), 9 3,59, type and types wecisa and auripicta. Exp. 42-46 millim. Genus HADENA. Type. Hadena, Schrank, Faun. Boica, ii. (2) p. 158 (1802) ............ reticulata. Neuria, Guen. Noct. i. p. 166 (1852), nee Guen. 1841, non COSCH new. re eter ereceiales ane Seemann ctisaiistuiennacectelectssteose temas reticulata. Dany d, WAK Mim 0 LU SID) Saatosss so accscseceecesccsceasectstoacces graminivora. Eupsephopactes, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 1387 (Ges) eansinde cadnadeccasenaaodss -coss0s0c aduanEpadse ‘cosaabcch one adcacoc procineta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antenns of male ciliated ; thorax quadrately clothed with hair and scales, prothorax typically with divided crest; pectus clothed with long hair; tibiz fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment, clothed with woolly hair at base and with lateral fringes of hair towards extremity. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex produced and the termen obliquely curved, the cilia crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. Sect. I. Thorax with divided ridge-like crest. A. Fore wing with white fascia below median neryure and vein 4. a, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines confluent on vein 1. CAEN Cawin ge pure cw OtOi sas -nestmea scree isto secls ores sclsceir oper graminea. 6}. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area brown............ procincta. }, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not con- fluent on vein 1. a. Fore wing with short white streak above extremity of claviform ; orbicular very oblique, narrow ............ graminivora. 4}, Fore wing without short white streak above extremity of claviform ; orbicular oblique, quadrate............... meridionalis, HADENA. 209 B. Fore wing with the veins narrowly streaked with white. a. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved from below costa-to vein 4. then oblique .............0.... dissecta. 6. Fore wing with the postmedial line moderately excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved. a‘. Fore wing with the veins defined by pale streaks on PIP RAT CA etre 52S oi.u:n via . ccd whose das dbewsie Sehotoe dnc reticulata. b'. Fore wing with the veins not defined by pale streaks SMG O SRM GIANT ALON Gras 4.2.2.2 cece onnaendoacccnessaveeny texturata. C. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with white, the LERIUIMI AeA TOR WIN ILISIN Messeeeces sce: ood eace.ccsccceseEounqudtece unciferda. 1424, Hadena graminea. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 8.) Dargida graminea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, p. 231 (1894). ¢. Head and thorax pinkish white; palpi rufous; frons with rufous bar above ; tegule with three rufous lines; patagia edged with rufous and black above; pectus rufous; abdomen ochreous white, the dorsal crest rufous, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface suffused with rufous. Fore wing yellowish white largely suffused with purplish pink, and with patches of red-brown between the markings except on costal and inner areas; subbasal line re- presented by an oblique striga from costa slightly defined by black, and a very oblique striga from cell to vein 1 strongly defined by black ; antemedial line indistinct on costal area, angled inwards on medial nervure, then white, very oblique to middle of vein 1 where it meets the postmedial line, a white streak below median nervure and vein 4 from it to subterminal line ; orbicular and reniform very narrow, with rufous centres and white annuli defined by black, the former very oblique, open above and below, the latter inwardly oblique, pointed above and open below; postmedial line white, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique to join the antemedial line at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; an oblique white band from apex, at vein 5 joining the postmedial line; a fine sinuous white subterminal line angled out- wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; termen white, with a fine pink terminal line ; cilia whitish, with a strong brown line through them. Hind wing yellowish white. Hab. Brazin, Castro Parana, 1 dg, typef ¢ in Coll. Schaus, Exp. 34 millim. 1425, Hadena procincta. (Plate LXXXTIYV. fig. 9.) Eupsephopactes procinctus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 138, pl. iv. f. 6 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 170. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale purplish red-brown ; frons with blackish bars; tegule with black and white lines; patagia whitish edged by black and purplish brown ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal and lateral tufts with a rufous tinge. Fore wing brown, the marginal areas greyish purple, the inner margin fawn ; the veins dark defined by NOL,. V. P 210 NOCTUID®. grey-purple; the median nervure with creamy-white fascia forking between veins 3, 4; the subbasal line represented by a very oblique whitish striga from costa, defined on each side by black and by an inwardly oblique striga from median nervure with some black on each side of it; the antemedial line double, black filled in with creamy white, angled outwards below costa, then strongly inwards on median nervure and very strongly outwards to postmedial line on vein 1, its inner side defined below the cell by purplish grey, at median nervure angled back below the subbasal striga; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very narrow and oblique, with pale brown centres defined by dark brown and creamy-white annuli defined by black, the former confluent with the antemedial line above and open above and below; postmedial line creamy white, partially defined on inner side by black, angled inwards below costa, then very oblique to vein 4, where it is joined by a creamy-white fascia with slight dark line on it from apex, then very oblique to vein | near middle, then angled outwards to inner margin, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line re- presented by a series of creamy-white lunules with strong dentate black marks before them and some black on their outer edges; a fine black terminal line; cilia pale brown, with two black lines through them. Hind wing whitish, the veins brown ; the marginal areas broadly brown ; cilia whitish, with brown line near base; the underside with black discoidal point. Hab. Canava, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 9, Vancouver I.,1 6; U.8.A., Oregon, Portland, Colorado, California (Behr, Walsingham), S36 1 Ges Cosra Rica, Irazu (Rovers), 1 36, Candalaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. wp. 48-54 millim. Larva. Head rounded, pale brown, reticulate with dark brown, vertical lines obsolete. Body thickly shaded in brown, leaving little pale strigze only. Dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and substigmatal lines broad, straight, pale. Dorsal space dark, the dorsal line reddish strigose, an elongate, black segmentary shade edging sub- dorsal line above. Subdorsal line yellowish white, strigose ; lateral line fainter; substigmatal line broadly red-filled. Spiracles white, in patches of dark shading. Shields concolorous, weakly chitinized, the anal plate pale, but cut by the subdorsal line. Feet pale.— eG... 1426. Hadena graminivora. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 10.) Dargida grammivora, Wk. ix. 202 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 270. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with ochreous and red- brown; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black; abdomen brownish ochreous, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing black, the marginal areas suffused with purplish grey, the inner margin ochreous brown, the veins black defined by purplish grey, the median nervure streaked with ochreous white torking between veins 4 and 3; the subbasal line ochreous white, HADENA. alt defined on each side by black, angled at cell and ending at sub- median fold; the antemedial line double, black filled in with ochreous white, angled outwards below costa, inwards on median nervure, strongly outwards just below vein 1 and retracted above inner margin; claviform defined by black and with an oblique ochreous striga above its extremity; orbicular and reniform very oblique, narrow, brown with ochreous annuli defined by black, the former open above and confluent with the antemedial line, the latter open above and below ; postmedial line double, black filled in with ochreous, slightly bent outwards ‘below costa, then oblique to vein 4, where it is joined by an oblique ochreous band from apex, then very oblique to inner margin, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of ochreous points on dentate black marks ; cilia brownish with two black lines through them, an ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous. Hind wing white; the veins brown; the costal and inner areas suffused with brown; the terminal area broadly brown with rather diffused inner edge; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, the former tinged with reddish, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Milpas (Forrer), 2 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Venezuena, 4 g,3 2,type. Hep. 46 millim. 1427. Hadena meridionalis, n. sp. (Plate LX XXIV. fig. 11.) @. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with white; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black above; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing black-brown, the marginal areas suffused with purplish grey, the inner margin brownish ochreous ; the median nervure streaked with white extending along vein 4 to termen ; subbasal line white defined on each side by black, angled at cell and ending at vein 1; the antemedial line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, inwards on median nervure, then strongly outwards just below vein 1 and retracted above inner margin; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and whitish annuli detined by black, the former oblique quadrate, open above and below, the latter oblique elliptical ; the postmedial line double. black filled in with white, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4 where it is joined by an oblique white band from apex, then oblique to inner margin; subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous lunules on dentate black marks ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing white; the veins brown; the costal and inner areas suffused with brown; a broad terminal brown band with diffused inner edge ; the underside with black discoidal point. Hab. Brazix, Rio Janeiro, 1 2 type. Hyp. 42 millim. 212 NOCTUID. 1428. Hadena dissecta. Heliophobus dissectus, W1k. xxxii. 656 (1865); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 22, pl. 146. f. 7; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 200. Mamestra crucifer, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 30 (1874). Head and thorax red-brown irrorated with black ; tegule with black medial line defined by whitish above and with whitish tips ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing golden brown suffused and irrorated with black, the veins streaked with ochreous; subbasal line black, defined by ochreous on outer side, excurved from costa to base at vein 1, an oblique ochreous striga beyond it across the cell; antemedial line black on a narrow ochreous band, angled outwards below costa, then incurved to above inner margin, where it is angled; claviform obscurely defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with ochreous annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter oblique oblong ; postmedial line black on a narrow ochreous band, bent out- wards below costa, then oblique to vein 6, where it is joined by an obliaue ochreous band from apex, then very oblique to above inner marg:n, where it is angled inwards; subterminal line ochreous, interrupted at the veins, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with ochreous line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal area whitish, especially in male; cilia ochreous with a brown line through them; the underside paler, the costal and ter- minal areas irrorated with brown, the former tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal point and waved postmedial line. Hab. Javan, Nikko (Leech), 1 3; W.Cutna, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 9; Srxum (Lidderdale, Moller), 1 3,3 Q,type; (CrxLon, Loe Puiuiprwes. Hap. 50-52 millim. 1429. Hadena reticulata. Noctua reticulata, Vill. Linn. Ent. ii. p. 254 (1789); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Noctua calcatrippa, View. Schmett. p. 71 (1790). Noctua saponarie, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 198. ff. 3, 4 (1790); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 272, pl. 90. f. 2; Steph. Tl. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 188. Noctua marginosa, Haw. ‘Lep. Brit. p. 195 (1803). Noctua typica, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 58 (1827). Mamestra unicolor, Alph. Rom. Mém. v. p. 147 (1889). Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and black; tarsi blackish with pale bands; abdomen ochreous thickly irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing dark brown, suffused with violaceous before the antemedial line, beyond the claviform and on postmedial area; the veins streaked with white except on postmedial area, where they are black; the subbasal line represented by double oblique black striz filled in with white from costa and cell, a very oblique white striga across the cell just beyond it; the antemedial line double, black filled in with white, angled outwards below costa and above inner margin, incurved between those points; HADENA. 213 claviform large, defined by black and with pale streak at centre ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter narrow and with white lunule at centre; a fine black medial line oblique from costa to vein 2, then dentate ; postmedial line double, black filled in with white, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled inwards above inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous white, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, with a Fig. 29.—Hadena reticulata, G. }. series of dentate black marks on its inner side; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with fine pale line at base and inter- sected with white. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, the veins and terminal area brown; cilia ochreous white with a fine brown line at base ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. unicolor. Fore wing without violaceous tinge. Hab. Briraty, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Swirzertanp; iraty, North and Central; Ausrria; Houneary; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Anmenta; W. SIBERIA, Altai, 1¢,19; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turxestan, Thian Shin; Moneorsa, Uliassutai, Urga; Kasur, Nubra (McArthur), 1 2, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 g. Hap. 40- 44 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 158, pl. 153. f. 2. Pale greenish ochreous or pinkish ochreous with darker irroration ; dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and spiracular lines faintly paler; head pale brownish. Food-plants: Silene, Rumew, Primula, ete. 8-4. 1430. Hadena texturata. Mamestra texturata, Alph. Hor. Soc, Ent. Ross. xxvi. p. 446 (1892) ; id. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 14, pl. 3. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with some grey ; tegul and patagia edged with grey, dorsal crests tipped with grey; tarst black with pale rings; abdomen brown mixed with greyish. Fore wing deep purplish red-brown slightly suffused with fuscous, the veins white to just beyond postmedial line; subbasal line double, 214 NOCTUID.&. black filled in with white and ending at vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with white, angled outwards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin; clayiform large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and pure white annuli detined by black, the former irregularly oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at middle and with its lower edge excised ; an indistinct medial line angled on median nervure ; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and slightly sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by diffused dentate black marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia brown with blackish line at base. Hind wing brown, pale at base ; cilia white at tips; the underside pale irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. Tiset, Kuku-noor, Amdo, 1 ¢,19. wp, 42 millim. 1431. Hadena uncifera. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 12.) Prodenia uncifera, Mssn. Stiibel’s Reise, p. 140, pl. vi. f. 11 (1890). Head and thorax mixed grey, ochreous, rufous, and black; tarsi blackish with ochreous rings; abdomen fuscous, suffused with purplish red especially towards extremity. Fore wing dark purplish grey largely suffused with fuscous, the terminal area pale reddish-grey, the medial area suffused with red-brown except towards costa and inner margin; a double, waved, black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, black filled in with grey, angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein 1, then excurved and retracted to inner margin; claviform broad, black defined by a prominent dentate yellowish-white mark ; orbicular and reniform rufous with yellowish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter angled inwards on median nervure; some rufous and grey streaks on the veins beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line double, black filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved and lunulate to vein 4, then oblique, some yellowish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line formed of yellowish points, defined on inner side by dentate black marks and slightly defined on outer side by black before the pale terminal area, somewhat excurved from below costa to below vein 3 and bent outwards to tornus; a series of blackish points just before termen; cilia grey with a brown line at base. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas suffused with brown; cilia white with a brown line through them ; the underside with the marginal areas irrorated with fuscous and the costal area suffused with brown, a short black streak in cell and black discoidal spot, a sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Cotomsts, 1 9, Chiles; Ecuapor, Pichincha, Mojanda. Exp, 40 millim. HADENA. PAS Secr. II. Thorax with spreading crest. A. Fore wing with the basal area blackish ...........-...6.eseer seers bulgeri. B. Fore wing with the basal area not blackish .................224. ruptilinea. 1432. Hadena bulgeri. Mamestra bulgeri, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 110. f. 18 (1874). Head and thorax purplish fuscous, slightly mixed with brown and grey; tegule with slight dark medial line; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen white more or*less tinged with brownish ochreous, the anal tuft brown. Fore wing brown and ochreous, the basal and postmedial areas almost entirely suffused with leaden fuscous, the veins of medial area streaked with ochreous; subbasal line indistinct, waved from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform small, fuscous defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former elliptical, nearly erect, the latter with the discocellulars whitish and more or less angled inwards on median nervure, the cell before and between the stigmata and the area \ 2 \ Fig. 30.—Hadena bulgert, 3. }. beyond the reniform darker ; a waved medial line; postmedial line double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to yein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by a series of rather large brown and black dentate marks, angled outwards on vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia with fine ochreous lines at base and middle. Hind wing pure white, with brown terminal line from apex to vein 2, in female the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hab. Br. BE. Areica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 g ; Nava, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 3 3, 2 2 ; Care Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 7 6, 192. Hp. 32-40 millim., 1433. Hadena ruptilinea. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 13.) Dianthecia ruptilinea, W\k. xi. 507 (1857). Head and thorax grey, reddish brown, and black mixed ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing pale red- brown irrorated with black; the veins streaked with white; the costal and inner areas suffused with white; subbasal line black 216 NOCTUIDZ. from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, bent outwards at median nervure, then waved and with a blackish spot before it above vein 1; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with blackish centres and white annuli, both rather triangular, the latter with dark shade from it to postmedial line, which is defined by pale brown on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line white, defined by a fuscous patch before it at costa and the area beyond it fuscous, arising from apex and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules defined by white; cilia purplish grey, with black line through them and intersected by white. Hind wing white with a slight ochreous tinge ; a terminal series of black striz, in female the terminal area tinged with brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with black, a black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hab. Natat, Durban (Gueinzius, Leigh), 2 3,19 type. Hep. 36-38 millim. Genus THOLERA. Type. Tholera; eiabn: Verz. po 2A (VBA)... .cccscpveecicossecacctapesvancs cespitis. Neuronia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 215 (1837), nec Leach, Neur. 1815 ... popularis. Chareas, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 108 (1829) ............ cespitis. Epineuronia, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155 (1901)................0006 popularis. Proboscis weak, non-functional; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with loug hair, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth, not prominent ; eyes not ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibie fringed with rather long hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair at base and with dorsal crests on Ist segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of disco- cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. Secr. I. (Neuwronia). Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to apex. A. Fore wing with the ground-colour brown ............4..ceeeeeee popularis. B. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey................+.0+8 americana. 1434. Tholera popularis. Bombyx popularis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 577 (1775); Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p- 279; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii, p. 189; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p- 155. Noctua graminis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 59. Bombyx lolii, Esp, Schmett. iii. pl. 48. ff. 1-5 (1785); Dup. Lép. Fr. yi. pl. 90. f. 5. Epineuronia hilaris, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155 (1901). Head and thorax clothed with red-brown and white scales and hair; patagia with some black scales at edges; abdomen ochreous white tinged with red-brown and fuscous. Fore wing brownish grey slightly irrorated with black, the veins streaked with white ; the subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and cell; the antemedial line double, excurved below costa and strongly THOLERA. 217 angled outwards above inner margin; claviform large, defined by black and with white streak in centre; orbicular and reniform with red-brown centre and ochreous annuli defined by black, the former rather small round, the latter, angled inwards on median nervure and with white discocellular line ; postmedial line double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, i Te then incurved; subterminal line represented by a series of pale lunules with dentate black marks on their inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine waved terminal black line; cilia ochreous, with brown line through them and brown at tips. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. : Ab. 1. hilaris. Paler ; hind wing of male almost entirely white. —S.E. Russia, Armenia, Asia Minor. Hab. Brrraix, Leech Coll.; France, Leech Coll.; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; N. and C. Irary ; Norway, Zeller Coll.; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ; Anwenra ; Asta Mryor, Pontus; Srperta. Hap, 38-50 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 76; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 135, pl. 152. f. 1. Bronze-brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and subspiracular lines pale ochreous edged with blackish; head brownish marked with black. Food-plant: Grasses. 4-6. 1435. Tholera americana. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 14.) Neuronia americana, Smith, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 59, pl. iii. f. 3 (1894). _¢&. Head and thorax white mixed with ochreous brown ; tegule pale at base and tips; patagia with blackish line near upper edge ; tarsi with white rings; abdomen ochreous white. ore wing ochreous suffused with grey and irrorated with black; the veins prominently streaked with white except on terminal area, where they are blackish defined by white; subbasal line indistinet, represented by double, oblique dark strie from costa and median nervure filled in with whitish ; antemedial line indistinct, excurved in interspaces and angled inwards in cell; claviform elongate, 218 NOCLUIDE. defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform large, rather indistinctly defined by blackish, the former round with darkish centre; post- medial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, excuryed to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line white, with series of dentate fuscous marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a dark terminal line; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuseous ; cilia pure white; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab, Canava, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 1 6; U.S.A. Montana, Boulder, Wyoming, Yellowstone Park. xp. 34 millim. Szcr. IT. (Tholera), Antenne of male with very short branches, the apex serrate. - 1436. Tholera cespitis. Noctua cespitis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 82 (1776); Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 428; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 26, pl. 102. f. 1; Steph. Lil. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 109; Schultz, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1901, p. 1 (ab. 2); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. Noctua hordei, Schrank, Faun. Boica, ii. 1, p. 851 (1802). Agrotis autumnalis, Curt. Brit. Ent. p. 165 (1825). Chareas confinis, Steph. 1]. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 109 (1827). Apamea chloris, Mill. Ann. Soe. Linn. Lyon, 1883, p. 172, pl. 4. ff. 1, 2. Neuronia ferruginea, Hofm. Soc. Ent. ii. p. 121 (1887). Neuronia decolor, Sohn, Soc. Ent. xi. p. 115 (1896). Head and thorax black-brown with some red-brown scales ; abdomen brown with a greyish tinge. Fore wing reddish brown A . ite Ki 3 Fig. 32.— Tholera cespitis, 8. 4}. suffused with black and irrorated with a few ochreous scales ; subbasal line waved, black, defined by pale rufous on outer side, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, defined by pale rufous on inner side, slightly angled outwards below costa and cell and above inner margin; claviform rather small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and ochreous annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line black, defined by pale rufous on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous THOLERA.—ODONTELIA, 219 white, waved, and dentate at veins 7, 4, 3, defined on inner side by a series of dentate ‘black marks; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with ochreous line at base. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with brown, more strongly in female; the underside with the costa irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. ferruginea. Much paler.—Tyrol, Carinthia. Ab. 2. Right hind wing with the colour and markings of fore wing except on costal area. Hab. Brrraty, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; SwrrzERLANnD, Frey Coll.; N. and C. Iraty; Austria, Huneaky, Leech Coll., Dalmatia ; Scanpryavia ; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; W. Srperta, Altai. Hwvp. 38-40 milim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 81; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 139, pl. 152. f. 2. Bronzy olive-brown ; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines whitish with dark edges; lateral line hardly paler, with dark edges ; head brownish. Food-plant: Grasses. 4-6. Genus ODONTELIA, nov. Type, O. margiana. Proboscis absent in male, rather slender in female ; palpi oblique, fringed with long hair in front ; frons with rounded prominence, with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male bipectinate, with rather long stiff branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair and without distinct crests ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing rather long and narrow; veins 3 and 5 from the angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from JO anastomosing with8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only, 1437. Odontelia margiana. Thargelia margiana, Ping. Iris, xiv. p. 182, pl. ii. f. 14 (1904). 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white, slightly tinged with ochreous in places and 3 Fig. 33.—Odontelia margiana, 3. }. thickly irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by very ill- defined double striz from costa and cell; hardly a trace of the antemedial line; claviform elongate, defined by black; orbicular 220 NOCTUID®. and reniform whitish defined by black, the former very narrow and elongate, the latter with some fuscous in upper part, angled inwards on median nervure and its lower extremity produced ; postmedial line represented by a striga from costa; traces of a dentate subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins of terminal area with dark streaks; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half streaked with fuscous; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Q. Fore wing more ochreous, more or less developed black streaks before and beyond the claviform; the antemedial line sometimes more developed on inner area and strongly angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular confluent or nearly confluent with reniform, which is bidentate at lower extremity ; subterminal line more distinct, dentate, with some black streaks beyond it in the interspaces. Hab. W. Turkestan, Merv, type t in Coll. Pungéler, Tedschen oasis (Hauser), 2 9. Exp. 48 millim. Genus THARGELIA. Type Charjea Pung: Uris) xi. p; LOL CLSOO)S fees... .seesentee donates distineta, Proboscis aborted, small; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with hair below; frons with rounded prominence ; with triangular corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales; the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; fore tibize with small claw at extremity ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below angle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the stigmata large and prominently defined... distincta. B. Fore wing with the stigmata small and rather indistinctly OHNE Ik cl Tes otis eee ee eee Ee Jissilis. 1438. Thargelia distincta. Scotochrosta distincta, Christ. Rom. Mém. i. p. 124, pl. 8. f. 3 (1884) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. 3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and black; palpi blackish at sides except at base; tegule with black medial line; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crest and anal tuft with some black. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by double oblique black strie from costa; an irregular black streak below base of cell to the claviform which is elongate and defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, the latter open above, its lower part produced to two points on outer side and one on inner ; THARGELIA.—HYPOBARATHRA. 22K postmedial line very’ highly and irregularly dentate, interrupted by the reniform ; subterminal line represented by a series of dentate black and white marks: angled outwards at veins 7, 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white, the veins brownish, the terminal area Fig. 34.—Thargelia distincta, d. } T° irrorated with brown, a brown terminal line; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hab. W. Turxestan, Turcomania; KE. Turxestan, Kungess, 1g. Exp. 46 millim. 1439. Thargelia fissilis. Scotochrosta fissilis, Christ. Rom, Mém. i. p. 125 (1884); Alph. Rom. Ménm. ix. p. 217, pl. 8. f. 9; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. 3. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi with dark rings. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line absent; antemedial line only traceable near inner margin ; claviform small defined by black, on inner side produced as a narrow streak to vein 1 near base; orbicular and reniform small, indistinetly defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, the latter with its lower part produced to points on veins 4, 3; postmedial line represented by double striz on costa, then by short streaks on the veins and a striga on inner margin, ex- curved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; the veins of terminal area streaked with black, the postmedial line being represented by indistinct dentate whitish marks defining the veins. Hind wing white ; a discoidal spot and terminal series of strive ; the underside with postmedial series of short dark streaks on the veins. Hab. W. Turxestan, Transcaspia, 5 ¢, Turcomania; KE. Turx- EstaN, Kungess, 1 ¢. Hap. 38 millim. Genus HYPOBARATHRA, nov. Type, A. icterzas. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in front; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; fore tibiae with long curved claw on inner side; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle 222 NOCTUID®. of cell; 6 rom upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow...............sseseeeseee icterias. B. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous or rufous ......... repetit a, 1440, Hypobarathra icterias. Aylina icterias, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1843, iii. p. 548; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 626; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 174. 3. Head and thorax fulvous with a few dark scales; legs tinged with fuscous ; abdomen fulvous yellow irrorated with dark scales below. Fore wing yellow, suffused with fulvous and irrorated with a few dark scales; the costal edge dark; subbasal line very indistinct; antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform defined by fulvous and black; orbicular and reniform defined by fuscous, the former yellow, the latter white with fuscous centre; a fuscous medial line angled at lower angle of cell; postmedial line Fig. 35.—Hypobarathra icterias, 3. 1. obsolescent, represented by short dark streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; some yellow points on costa towards apex; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being suffused with fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of smal] blackish lunules; cilia with black points at tips. Hind wing yellow, the veins beyond middle with some dark scales; the terminal area below apex slightly darker ; the underside with slight discoidal point and curved postmedial line. 2. Fore wing paler, with the markings less distinct. Hab. Russta, Urals; AMurnanp, 1 g,1 9, Ussuri. Hap. 38-42 millim. 1441. Hypobarathra repetita. Aylophasia repetita, Butl. Tl. Het. B. M. vii. p. 52, pl. 127. ff. 1, 2 (1899) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 202. Head and thorax rufous tinged with fuscous ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen rufous with a yellowish tinge. Fore wing greyish, b more or less completely suffused with rufous and irrorated and HYPOBARATHRA.—ONYCHESTRA. 993 striated with brown; the veins slightly streaked with blackish ; subbasal line indistinct, slightly defined by greyish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein | ; claviform very indistinctly defined; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and grey annuli defined by rufous, the former rounded ; postmedial line dentate and produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate rufous marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3, the area beyond it suffused with rather darker rufous except at apex; a terminal series of slight points. Hind wing fuscous with a rufous tinge, the basal area slightly paler; the underside whitish irrorated with rufous and brown, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct post- medial line with short dark streaks at the veins. Ab. 1. Brighter and more uniform ferruginous. Yatung. Hab. Ponsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 ¢, 3 2, type; Sika Trset, Chumbi Valley, Yatung (Hobson), 2 Q. Exp. 42-50 millim. Genus ONYCHESTRA, nov. Type, O. stecanorum. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, the Ist and 2nd joints fringed with hair below ; frons with rounded prominence, with curved corneous process below it from middle of frons, a corneous plate below the frons laterally produced into wings; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair and scales and with ill-defined crests on pro- and metathorax ; fore legs with the tarsal joints very short and broad, the spines on the first three joints developed into short thick claws, the ungues very large; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing rather narrow ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 9 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 1442. Onychestra siccanorum. Mamestra siccanorum, Staud. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 114; Mill. Icones, pl. 152. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. od. Head and thorax ochreous brown mixed with white; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing white, largely suffused and irrorated with ochreous brown; an indistinct whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold with some fuscous on each side of it; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, filled in with whitish, slightly angled outwards below costa, oblique to vein L where it is angled inwards, then outwards above inner margin ; claviform minute or short and broad, defined by black, a whitish patch beyond it ; orbicular and reniform with small brown centres and broad white annuli slightly defined by black, the former rather quadrate or oblique elliptical, the latter slightly angled inwards on 224 NOCTUIDE. median nervure ; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line double filled in with white, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurvéd; veins 3, 4, 6,7 with Fig. 96.—Onychestra siccanorum, o. }. dark streaks usually defined by white but not indenting the white subterminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at submedian fold, with a series of small dentate dark marks before it at middle; a terminal series of small dark lvnules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white with an ochreous tinge, the veins towards termen with slight dark streaks, a fine terminal line; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. 8. Russta, Sarepta (Christoph), 3 g; W. Turxestan, Issyk-kul, 2 ¢. wp. 30 millim. Genus PRONOTESTRA, noy. Type, P. silenides, Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, fringed with hair; frons with truncate conical prominence with vertical ridge at middle and corneous plate below it, produced to a point in front; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male serrate and fascicnlated ; thorax clothed with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; fore tarsi with the joints shortened and with curved claw- like spines on outer side; abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 fromangle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of disco- cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 1443. Pronotestra silenides. Mamestra silenides, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 278, pl. ix. f. 14 (1894); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. 3. Head ochreous, the frons with blackish bar above ; thorax grey-white mixed with rufous, the patagia with some black scales above; tarsi black with ochreous rings ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing red-brown, the area before the antemedial line, the inner medial area, and the terminal area suffused with blue-white; a slight blackish streak in base of submedian fold; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line double, slightly angled inwards below costa and strongly on vein 1; claviform defined by black, pointed PRONOTESTRA.—AGLOSSESTRA. 225 at extremity and reaching postmedial line; orbicular and reniform large, blue-white defined by black, the former round; a medial line oblique from costa to iower angle of cell, then incurved and waved; postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, white, defined on inner side by a brown patch at costa and dentate black marks between veins 5 and 2, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a waved black terminal line with short Fig. 37.—Pronotestra silenides, G. }. black streaks before it at middle and longer streak above vein 3; cilia with a waved black line through them. Hind wing grey, uniformly suffused with fuscous; the cilia pale, with a dark line through them; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. Paler; fore wing less suffused with red-brown. Hab. Sparx, Andalusia; Aterers, 1 ¢; Tunis, 1 9; Syrm, Jerusalem, in Coll. Piingeler. xp. 34 millim. Genus AGLOSSESTRA, nov. Type, A. deserticola. Proboscis aborted, small; palpi obliquely porrect and fringed with hair; frons with truncate conical prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male bipectinate, with moderate branches; head and thorax clothed with scales and hair, the crests slight; fore tarsi with the joints short, with lateral series of curved claws longer at extremity of joints; abdomen with dorsal crest at base. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below angle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 1444. Aglossestra deserticola, n. sp. g. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white; tarsi with dark bands; abdomen white slightly irrorated with red-brown. Fore wing white, mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; subbasal line defined by white on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique, waved, defined by white on inner side; claviform slightly defined by red-brown; orbicular and reniform white defined by red-brown, the former small, round, VOR. Ve Q 226 NOCTUID®. the latter rather quadrate and with dark patch on its lower part ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, dentate and pro- duced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line white, diffused, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and dentate on veins 4, 3, angled inwards and forming a white patch in submedian S fs Fig. 38.—Aglossestra deserticola, $. }. fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia rufous intersected with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with rufous ; the underside with discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside. Hab. Eeyret, Suez (J. J. Walker), 1 3 type. vp. 36 millim. Genus EPIA. - Type. pia, Hubns Werz.p. 214 (S27) ci. nacnd sesso .sosecneocesseeuenese irregularis. Proboscis fully developed; palpi short, upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front; frons with truncate conical prominence on lower part with corneous plate below it ; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; fore tibia with long curved claw-like spines on outer side of proximal joints ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing rather short and broad, the apex rounded; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 5, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards below costa to near subterminal line, then obliquely curved ...... picturata. B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent outwards below costa to near postmedial line. a. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved below vein 2. @, Fore wing largely suffused with rufous .................. wregularis, bt. Fore wing with hardly any rufous tinge. a’, Fore wing with the basal area whitish ............... aberrans. b?. Fore wing with the basal area not whitish. a. Fore wing with black streaks on terminal area below veins 9, 4, 3. a*, Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate on veins 4, 3, and forming a distinct S-mark, and with prominent dentate black marks before it. capsularis. b*, Fore wing with the subterminal line slightly angled at veins 4, 3, and with slight dentate plack marks before tb... cs c. Fore wing with the orbicular round, the reniform SEIT elena LaUOP ens Seceei a teer sete ees ncioe eos cacadies outeanenan de mendax. b?. Fore wing with the orbicular elongate, the reniform largenconstricteduat middle... 22..-0.0:-saceccessecosee renati. b'. Fore wing whitish tinged with reddish brown ......... silenes. c1, Fore wing whitish tinged with grey-brown ............... christophi. *1445, Epia picturata. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 15.) Dianthecia picturata, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 73, pl. 3. f. 53 (1882); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 161. 36. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; tegule with black line near upper edge; patagia with black line near edges; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey with a violaceous tinge and largely suffused with brown except on marginal areas; subbasal line represented by a black streak excurved from costa to base and a similar one from median nervure to base defined by white below, and with a black streak below it curved outwards to antemedial line, which is defined by white on inner side, angled outwards below costa, then strongly inwards in cell, then outwards to submedian fold, then recurved to vein 1 near base; claviform moderate, defined by black, a somewhat bidentate white patch beyond it on base of vein 23; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and whitish anunuli defined by black, the former very oblique elliptical, open above and below, the latter much curved; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa to close to subterminal line, then obliquely curved, the inner line minutely waved, the outer sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, defined by brown on inner side and slightly on outer except towards costa, obliquely curved; a fine black terminal line; cilia brown, with whitish lines through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown and the terminal area suffused with fuscous; a curved postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish, with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line and diffused subterminal band. Hab. W. Turkestan, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul in Coll. Piingeler ; E, Turkestan, Ii. Lap. 34 millim. Q2 228 NOCTUID. 1446. Epia irregularis. Noctua irregularis, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 394 (1767); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164. : Noctua echii, Bork, Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 166 (1792); Hibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 90; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 308, pl. 92. f. 2. Noctua breccigformis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 198. f. 5 (1790). Noctua syngenesie, Scriba, Beitr. iii. pl. 13. f. 5 (1793). Head and thorax white and bright rufous mixed; tegule with rufous medial line; patagia with dark line near upper edge; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white mostly suffused with rufous, the veins slightly streaked with white; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial line double, waved, oblique, the outer line more prominent; claviform defined by rufous; orbicular and reniform white, defined by rufous and with slight brownish centres, the former round or somewhat elliptical ; a waved medial line; postmedial line double, the inner line more prominent, Fig. 39.—Epia irregularis, Gg. 3 1. somewhat dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, irregular, defined by slight dentate dark marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; cilia chequered rufous and white. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area darker; cilia white; the underside white mostly suffused with pale brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial and sub- terminal bands. _ Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller Coll.; SwirzerLanp, Frey Coll.; Avsrria; Hungary, D’Emmick Coll. ; Traty; Datmaria; 8S. Russta ; Asta Minor, Pontus; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turxesran, li. Hap. 34-36 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 78; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 226, pl. 161. f. 3. Pale brownish, with darker brown dorsal and lateral stripes, the former composed of V-shaped marks most prominent on abdominal somites ; subdorsal line indistinct, whitish, narrowly edged with brown. Food-plants: Silene otites and Gypsophila paniculata. 8. ot EPTAs 229 1447. Epia aberrans. Dianthecia aberrans, Kv. Bull. Mose. 1856, iti. p. 104; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164. p Dianthecia admiranda, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 77, pl. 7. f. 11 (1880). Epia claripennis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 134. Head and thorax white, tinged with reddish brown on palpi, frons, and tegule; pectus and legs tinged with fuscous, the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white, the area from just before the antemedial line to just beyond the postmedial tinged with red-brown and more or less suffused with black; subbasal line represented by black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and white annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower part suffused with black; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line double, the outer indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined by pale reddish brown on each side and with two or three small dentate black marks on inner side at middle, slightly excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal series of slight lunules. Hind wing white, more or less tinged with fuscous brown, especially on terminal area; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. E. Stperta, Ussuri, Amurland, 1 g; Japan (Pryer),1 2, Nikko (Pryer), 1 3 type claripennis. Exp. 34 millim. 1448. Epia capsularis. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 16.) Dianthecia capsularis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 22, pl. 8. f. 3 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 117. Raphia propulsa, W1k. xi. 529 (1857). Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; frons above and vertex of head with black bars; tegule with black medial line ; patagia edged by black and white scales above; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen pale ochreous, more or less tinged with brown. Fore wing lilacine grey suffused and irrorated with pale brown ; a double, waved, black subbasal line bent inwards to base above vein 1; a double sinuous antemedial line; claviform small or moderate, acute at extremity, defined by black and often filled with black; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former round, with white annulus incompletely defined above and below, the latter with its centre defined by brown and some white on inner side: of annulus; an indistinct irregular medial line in- curved below cell; postmedial line double, the inner strong, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and wayed below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; post- medial area suffused with white, bent outwards below costa to apex ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate 230 NOOTUIDR. to termen at veins 4, 3, and bent outwards to tornus, with black streaks from before it to termen in interspaces between veins 2 and 5; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ; a dark terminal line; cilia white at tips; the under- side white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Canava; U.S.A., E. States, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Racine (JMeske), 1 $, Virginia, Florida, St. John’s Bluff (Doubleday), 23,192, type and type propulsa, New Mexico. Exp. 34 millim. *1449. Epia minorata. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 17.) Mamestra minorata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 467 Ce te id. Cat. Noot. N. Am. p. 122. @. Head and thorax mixed with red and dark brown scales; frons with blackish bar; tegule with slight dark line; patagia with blackish line near upper edge; abdomen ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale and dark brown; subbasal line double filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform represented by an ill-defined blackish patch with pale patch beyond it; orbicular and reniform moderate, brown with strong white annuli slightly defined by brown; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4 and dentate on vein 1, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate on veins 4, 3, with slight dentate black marks before it at middle, and black streaks from it to termen above veins 3, 4,5; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, California, in U.S. Nat. Mus. zp. 32 millim. *1450. Epia ectrapela. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 18.) Mamestra ectrapela, Smith, Ent. News Philad, ix. p. 249 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. ¢. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with brown; tegule and patagia whitish, the former with diffused blackish medial line, the latter edged with blackish ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen reddish ochreous. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated and suffused with brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell intersected by the subbasal line, which is defined by whitish on outer side; antemedial line strong, black defined by pale colour on inner side, evev]y curved from costa to vein 1 where it is angled inwards on vein 1, then outwards above inner margin; claviform q EPIA. 231 elongate, defined and almost filled in with black, a whitish patch above it on base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former whitish with small brown centre, rounded, the latter with brown centre and slight white annulus ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and strongly dentate at veins 4,4; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ; the terminal area brown; cilia white with a brown line through them; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, the terminal area suffused with brown. Hab, Canava, Br. Columbia, Agnes Lake, in U.S. Nat. Mus.; U.S.A., Colorado, Gasfield Co. vp. 34 millim. 1451. Epia nisus. Noctua nisus, Germ. Faun. Ins. Eur. xxii. pl. 18 (1812); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163. Dianthecia sancia, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1859, p. 213. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and red-brown ; tibiz and tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown. Fore wing grey, mostly suffused and irrorated with reddish brown; the subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, the former oblique elliptical, open above; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; some white points on costa towards apex; subterminal line defined by brown on inner side and by some dentate black marks at middle, the line dentate, angled outwards at veins 7,4,3; the apex suffused with white; a terminal series of minute dentate black marks. Hind wing brown, the interspaces whitish towards base ; cilia white with a brown line through them; the underside white thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. sancta. Darker, the fore wing greyer, orbicular and reni- form with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round. Hab. Spain, Andalusia, 1 ¢, Castille; Srcrry. Hwp. 38 millim. *1452. Epia circumvadis. (Plate LX XXIV. fig. 19.) Mamestra cireumvadis, Smith, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 42 (1902); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 156. gd. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown; frons with black bar; tegule with ill-defined black line; two black spots behind tegule ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen pale reddish brown dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crest 232 NOCTUIDAE. at base white. Fore wing white, suffused in parts with fuscous brown ; three obliquely placed black spots at base and an oblique streak above base of inner margin; antemedial line double, the inner line less distinct, oblique, waved: claviform large, filled in with blackish and indistinctly defined by black, a dentate white mark beyond it ov base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform white defined by black and with slight fuscous centres, the former round ; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double, the outer indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, more strongly below vein 2, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line diffused, white, defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks below costa and at middle and with a slight black mark beyond it in discal fold, excurved at vein 7 and middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing pale suffused with fuscous brown especially on terminal area; cilia white and fuscous; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a black streak in cell, discoidal lunule and curved post- medial line. Hab. Canava, Alberta, Calgary, in Coll. Wolley-Dod. wp. 36 millim. 1453. Epia mendax. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 20.) Hadena mendax, Staud, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 3883 (1878) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish; tegule with black medial line and black tips, patagia edged with black; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen whitish suffused with pale reddish brown. Fore wing rufous slightly suffused and irrorated with black; a double, waved subbasal line ending on the black streak in base of sub- median fold; antemedial line double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin; claviform rather small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform small, with prominent white annuli defined by black, the former round; an indistinct irregular medial line ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer. side, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by somewhat dentate white marks defined on inner side by small dentate black marks, stronger at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia brown intersected with ochreous. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, especially in female ; the veins and terminal area brown ; cilia ochreous at base, with brown medial line and white tips; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Hab. Asta Minor, Pontus,1¢,19, Bithynia, Taurus. Zap. 54 millim. EPIA. 233 *1454. Epia renati. Mamestra renati, Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 187. Mamestra magdalene, Oberth. Et. Ent. xx. p. 68, pl. 9. f. 157 (1896) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. 9. Head and thorax clothed with red-brown, grey, and fuscous scales; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line, patagia with black line near upper edge; tegule and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wing red-brown with a greyish tinge and slight fuscous suffusien in parts ; subbasal line defined by white on outer side, angled outwards on subcostal and median nervures and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line double at costa, then single and defined by white on inner side, acutely angled inwards on the veins and outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin; claviform minute, indistinctly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former small, elongate elliptical, the latter large, constricted at middle and prominently marked with white at lower extremity ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins, strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line represented by a series of small white lunules with dentate black marks before them, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with white and with black line through them. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown, a terminal series of blackish strie ; cilia whitish ; the underside white, the veins streaked with brown, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dis- coidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Francn, Pyrenees, Vernet typet Q in Coll. Oberthur. Exp. 40 millim. 1455. Epia silenes. Noctua silences, Wiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 653 (1827) ; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 219, pl. 69. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164. Dianthecia sejuncta, Herr.-Schiff. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 249, f. 891 (1843). Head and thorax clothed with white and reddish-brown hair ; tegule with dark medial line ; patagia with dark edges ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown, Fore wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown, the inner ante- medial and postmedial areas white with a slight violaceous tinge ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante- medial line double, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with brown centres and white annuli defined by black, the former rather oblique elliptical ; an indistinct waved medial line excurved from costa to median nervure ; post- medial line double, slightly waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, defined 234 NOCTUIDZ®. on inner side by dentate black marks below costa and at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing pale suffused with brown, the veins and terminal area brown; a white mark on termen below vein 2; cilia white, with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, an indistinct sinuous postmedial line. Hab. S. France; Sparn; Sicrty; Huneary, Leech Ooll.; Greece; Armpnta ; Syria, Mardin. Lap. 34 millim. 1456. Epia christophi. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 21.) Dianthecia christophi, Méschl. Wien. ent. Mon. 1862, p. 285; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163. Dianthecia corrupta, Herz. Iris, xi. p. 256 (1898). Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; palpi fuscous at sides ; frons and vertex of head with fuscous bars ; tegule with a black medial line; patagia edged with black; abdomen white slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing white, slightly tinged and irrorated with brown; subbasal line black, defined by white on outer side, waved from costa to submedian fold and bisecting a black streak below base of cell; antemedial line double, waved ; claviform moderate, strongly defined by black ; orbicular and reni- form with slight brown centres and prominent white annuli defined by black, the former round ; a waved medial line; postmedial line double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; some white points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line white, with dentate black marks before it at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at veins 4, 3; the apex suffused with white; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown ; the veins, a sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub- terminal band brown; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia fuscous, whitish at tips; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, the postmedial line and subterminal band more prominent. Ab. 1. corrupta. Darker, especially the hind wings. Hab. Russia, Sarepta, 1 9; Srperra, Altai; W. Turxestan, Uliassutai, 1 ¢, 19, Pamirs; Moneonia, Urga; Trssr, Amdo; Amuntanp, Ussuri. exp. 34 millim. Larva. Yellowish white, with white dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral stripes. Genus CARDEPIA, nov. Type, C. irrisor. Proboscis fully developed; palpi oblique; frons with truncate reniform prominence, excised below ; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; fore tarsi with curved claw-like spines on outer side of Ist joint ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 CARDEPTA, 235 oh to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with cell near ase only. A. Head, thorax, and fore wing not tinged with rufous...,.,...... irrisor. B. Head, thorax, and fore wing tinged with rufous.................. nova. 1457. Cardepia irrisor. Mamestra irrisor, Ersch. Fedtsch. Reis. p. 42, pl. 4. f. 53 (1874); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p, 158. ° Mamestra albipicta, Christ. Rom. Mém. i. p. 119, pl. 8. f. 1 (1884). Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown; antenne ringed with black; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing grey- white, often slightly tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with pale brown and fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and cell; antemedial line double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular small, round, whitish defined by black; reniform large, with whitish annulus defined by black, its lower part filled in with fuscous ; a faint medial shade ; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, defined by small fuscous dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white slightly tinged with fuscous, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous, leaving a white patch on termen near tornus; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Ab. 1. deserticola, Bang-Haas, ined. Fore wing rather more ochreous; hind wing white, the veins and medial part of terminal area slightly tinged with fuscous.—Syria. The claws on fore tarsi small, larger towards extremity of joints. Hab. 8.E. Russta; Syria, Jordan, 1 3, 1 9; Krrenistan ; W. Turkestan, Tekké, 3 6,12, Turcomania, Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk-kul ; HE. Turnnstan, Kuldja, 1 g, 1 9. up. 30-34 millim. 1458. Cardepia nova. Trichoclea nova, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 198. Head and thorax rufous mixed with white; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown; tarsi with fuscous bands. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with rufous and in part suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double strie from costa and cell; antemedial line double, distinct at costa, then indistinct, oblique, waved ; claviform minute, fuscous defined by black; orbi- cular and reniform with pale annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous ; a medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle ef cell, then dentate ; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards below costa, 236 ' - NocTUID”. then dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by slight dentate dark marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ; Fig. 40.—Cardepia nova, 3. }. cilia whitish with two brown lines through them. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hah, U.S.A., Colorado, Grand Junction (Oslar), 3 ¢, 19, New Mexico, Arizona, Tucson (Kemp), 1 Q cotype, Prescott (Awnzé), 29. Eep. 38 millim. Genus TRICHOCLEA. aise Tmenoctea, Grote, Papilio, 11. pB0\(1883) 5/7 .smcae. fenones-ppeeeeees decepta. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with hair, the 3rd short, porréct ; frons with small rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round, not ciliated; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with slight spreading crests; tibize fringed with hair on outer side; fore tarsi with the 1st or first two joints with long curved claw-like spines on outer side; abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist segment. Fore wing with the termen slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of eell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. A. Fore wing with the antemedial line absent ....................- U-scripta. B. Fore wing with the antemedial line present. a. Fore wing with the ground-colour ferruginous red......... artesta. b. Fore wing with the ground-colour fuscous brown to olive- brown. a’, Fore wing with more or less prominent whitish points pnlower part Of TenIfOrMe) (occ. causes saues-+sueinsecneerere albicolon. b', Fore wing without whitish points on lower part of reniform. Gee OVe Win TASCOUS DrOWM |, csc sss.ccaseraneece-cceceeetnee atalantica. GA MBOLCR WINE OlLVO-DrOWM -mark in subterminal line ............... longicornis, 1475. Hadula pracipua. ome precipud, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 816 (1895); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. 3. Head and thorax brown; metathoracic crest vinous red ; abdomen reddish brown, the anal tuft redder. Fore wing grey- brown with a vinous-red tinge ; a slight black streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by oblique black strive from costa and cell ; a prominent oblique black streak above inner margin before the antemedial] line, which is indistinct and strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin; claviform Fig, 43.—Hadula precipua, g. }. large, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former rather elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line rather irregularly dentate, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some ochreous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous white, with dentate dark marks before it on each side of discal and submedian folds and dark streaks in the interspaces beyond it, dentate to termen on veins 7, 4, 3. Hind wing fuscous brown, with fine ochreous line at base of cilia; the underside with the inner area paler, an indistinct oblique postmedial line. Hab. Tiset, Kuku-noor, 1 ¢, Amdo. wp. 48 millim. *1476. Hadula longicornis. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 1.) Mamestra longicornis, Gres, Berl, ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 306; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 155. 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with pale reddish HADULA, 247 brown ; tarsi brown with pale rings. Fore wing grey, tinged in parts with ochreous and irrorated with dark brown, the medial area slightly darker ; subbasal line represented by slight dark strice from costa; antemedial line waved; claviform with its extremity defined by dark brown; orbicular and reniform large, whitish slightly defined by brown, the former round, the latter quadrate ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incarved; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on terminal area; a curved postmedial line showing through from underside; cilia whitish ; the underside white irro- rated with brown, some slight dark streaks on postmedial line. Hab, K. Turxestan, Kashgar, type + in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 44 millim, Secr. 1V. Antenne of male with long cilia. A. Fore wing without brown centres to orbicular and reniform. a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform whitish defined yg olaGhear. sss espe ceaccsscec cn caecs ccc sees dese sas stoderoeesss-scsee sabulorum. b, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform grey defined by PAPAIN race o ne, Seette case cc ahiasoas dan Seen sole Sa cvcens = tee sase aan insolitu. B. Fore wing with brown centres to orbicular and reniform ... ¢mpia. 1477. Hadula sabulorum. Mamestra sabulorum, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 69, pl. 3. f. 58 (1882) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 156. Mamestra distincta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 35. Mamestra rhodina, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 91 (1893). Head and thorax ochreous grey mixed with brown, a few black scales on edges of patagia; tarsi ringed with black; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing ochreous grey irrorated with brown and black ; the subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and cell ; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved, arising from black points on costa; claviform small, defined by black; medial Fig. 44.—Hadula sabulorum, S$. } T° line indistinct, curved, waved, arising from a black point on costa ; orbicular and reniform with a whitish tinge, large, defined by black, the former round; postmedia] line dentate and produced to black and grey streaks on the veins, double at costa, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond 243 NOCTUID®. it on costa; subterminal line ochreous strongly defined on inner side by a series of somewhat dentate fuscous marks, angled out- wards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; the veins brown; terminal area fuscous, with whitish mark on termen near tornus; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with blackish, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial series of points. Ab. 1. distincta. Larger; fore wing with a slight violaceous tinge and more distinctly marked below. Ab. 2. rhodina. Fore wing suffused with red-brown. Hab. Armenia, Ordubad; W. Turxestan, Turcomania, Issyk- kul, 1 3,1 2; E. Turxestan, Kuldja, 1 ¢, Kungess,2 ¢d,1 9, Kashgar. wp. 36-44 millim. 1478. Hadula insolita. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 2.) Hadulu insolita, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 43; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 157. Head and thorax pale grey-brown; tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen grey. Fore wing brownish grey; the subbasal line repre- sented by double brown striz from costa and cell; antemedial line double, waved, rather oblique; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined above and below, the former round ; a distinct medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then dentate ; postmedial line indistinct, double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, somewhat incurved at discal fold, incurved helow vein 4; subterminal line rather indistinct, brownish, with two or three small somewhat dentate black marks on it near discal fold and one in submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; traces of some minute terminal dark lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; the veins brown; the terminal area fuscous, with whitish mark on termen near tornus; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside. Hab. W. Turxestan, Issyk-kul, 2 ¢, 3 9; E. Turxesran, Kash- gar. Hap. 40-42 millim. *1479. Hadula impia. (Plate XCII. fig. 2.) Mamestra impia, Ping. ined. ¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey; tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing grey, thickly irrorated and suffused with brown; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line irregularly waved, defined by grey on inner side; claviform small, defined by brown; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and pale annuli defined by brown, the former round, open above, the latter indistinctly defined and constricted at middle ; postmedial line dentate, defined by grey on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal ling HADULA. 249 dentate, white defined by brown on inner side, somewhat angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia white with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a sinuous post- medial line and diffused subterminal band. Hab. EK, Turkestan, Aksu, type + ¢ in Coll. Piingeler. Lup. 46 millim. « Sxct. V. Antenne of male minutely ciliated. A. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1, the postmedial line incurved below vein 4 .............2.+5. unica. B. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled inwards on vein 1, the postmedial line oblique below vein 4 ............ incommoda. 148v. Hadula unica. Hadena unica, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 509, pl. 51. f. 12, 6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with fuscous and the medial area slightly tinged with fuscous; a double waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double irregularly waved antemedial line ; claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniiorm large, grey defined by black and with some brown in centres, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter rather quadrate and angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line double, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line paie, slightly defined by brown on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown, leaving some ochreous on termen towards tornus; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some points on termen. Hab. Japan (Pryer), 1 3 type. Exp. 40 millim. 1481. Hadula incommoda. Mamestra incommoda, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 250; id. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 428, pl. 8. f. 3; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. Mamestra lacrimosa, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 328. 3. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with brown ; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and suffused with brown; subbasal line represented by a slight striga from costa; a triangular black mark below base of cell; antemedial line represented by a very indistinct oblique grey line from cell to inner margin; claviform filled in with dark brown, rather pointed at extremity; orbicular and reniform with grey annuli defined by brown, the former oblique elliptical, the latter inwardly oblique and placed on a diffused brown patch; an oblique brown line from beyond angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line grey, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and 250 NOCTUIDZE. excurved at middle, the area beyond it darker; a terminal scries of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially towards termen ; cilia white with a brown line Fig. 45.—Hadula incommoda, g. }. through them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. Amvurtand, Ussuri, 1 ¢. “wp. 34 millim. Genus NEPHELISTIS, nov. Type, NV. congenitalis, Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned reaching vertex of head ; frons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded; head and thorax clothed principally with scales, the pro- and meta- thorax with spreading crests; tibize fringed with hair; abdomen with large dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso- lescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. Secr. I, Antenne of male bipectinate with rather long branches to near apex. 1482. Nephelistis congenitalis, n. sp. Teniocampa vellerea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. ii. p. 484 (part.), nec Schaus, 3. Head and thorax dark brown tinged with grey; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing brown suffused with purplish grey ; subbasal line represented by some white scales from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line very indistinct, grey; the medial area Fig. 46.—Nephelistis congenitalis, 3. } 1° suffused with dark olive-brown from subcostal nervure to vein 1 3 the orbicular and reniform only defined by a few white scales on their inner and outer edges ; the postmedial line indistinct, white, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some paler suffusion beyond it and some white points on NEPHELISTIS. 251 costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of white undula- tions on brown marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge, whitish towards base and inner margin; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line, _ Hab, Guaremara, Las Mercedes (Champion), 1 3 type, Godman- Salvin Coll. Zwp. 34 millim. Sxcr. II, Antenne of male bipectinate with very short branches, the apex ciliated ; mid tibiz dilated, fringed with very long hair and with expansible tuft of long yellow hair; underside of both wings mostly clothed with bright ochreous androconia and hair to beyond middle. A. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below vein 4+ ... clauda. B. Fore wing with the postmedial line obliquely curved. PepeT erin ATi Weg TOLOUS 5.305.508 sn.. Fore wing with the reniform white, tri- TAA Sranonanc svanancbooeSHoO HOS HeSURSOGEOOOnG | albirena. b®. Fore wing with the reniform greyish or ochreous. a®. Fore wing with the reniform rather Y- shaped, its arms reduced to points...... ampla. 68. Fore wing with the reniform kidney- SINE YOLEG tase SocdiqcoedocededlddacnooronecsEccoedets major. c3, Fore wing with the postmedial line pale, nearly SIPATEINS wedoneddosoncacoseqooncanooodbasann6 oAbosessaec rectilinea. b, Fore wing with the cilia crenulate. a, Fore wing with the reniforin large, narrow ......... noctuiformis. b!. Fore wing with the reniform represented by a small OCHTEOUS|SPOb.....-.......20cecncnsencocerarasseceosencarnss~ satellitioides. 1504. Chabuata conigera. Noctua conigera, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 84 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, p- 177 (1787); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 222; Dup. Lép. Fr. vil. p- 60, pl. 104. f. 3; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 151; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. Noctua floccida, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 123, f. 5 (1788). 266 NOCTUID.®Z. Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed with yellowish ; ab- domen rufous, pale at base. Fore wing yellowish suffused and thickly irrorated with rufous, the veins darker ; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from costa; antemedial line very oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled; orbicular and reniform smal], ill-defined, the former round, the latter attenuate below and with a prominent white spot on it more or less angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line unusually near termen, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique and excurved at middle ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex, angled inwards in discal fold and excurved at middle; a fine terminal line. Hind wing ochreous, more or less strongly suffused with rufous or fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal and terminal areas tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. Hab, Brrrain, Forres (Salvage), England, Leech Coll.; Franez; Grnmany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; N. Ivrary; Datwazia; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armunta; Asta Minor, Lydia; C. Asta ; SrBeRIA ; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 $¢. Hap. 36-38 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 69; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 171, pl. 205. f. 1. Ochreous or brownish; dorsal and subdorsal lines pale yellow or greyish edged with black; lateral line pale yellow or greyish, sometimes edged with black; spiracular line blackish ; head brownish, marked with black. Food-plant, grasses. 10-5. 1505. Chabuata angulifera. (Plate LXXXYV. fig. 12.) te angulifera, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 3833; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276. Head and thorax yellow largely mixed with bright rufous; abdomen yellow, tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing yellow, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated with rufous or brown, the veins darker; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from costa; antemedial line slightly sinuous, very oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled ; orbicular and reniform rather small, yellowish, ill-defined, the former round, the latter somewhat attenuate below and more or less angled inwards on median nervure, and sometimes with slight whitish streak on it; postmedial line unusually near termen, slightly angled below costa, then oblique and slightly excurved at middle ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, arising from termen below apex, angled inwards in discal fold and excurved at middle; a fine terminal line. Hind wing yellow more or less strongly suffused with fuscous ; the underside pale ochreous, the costal area slightly irrorated wlth rufous, a slight discoidal point and sinuous post- medial line. Hab, Kasumir, Goorais Valley (Leech),3¢,39,type. Hap. 34- 38 millim. CHABUATA. 267 *1506. Chabuata velutina. Leucania velutina, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 480 (1900), nec Ey. Leucania lutina, Smith, Prot. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 176 (1092); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 161. Q@. Head and thorax reddish luteous suffused with red-brown ; palpi reddish grey above, deep velvety brown at sides; thorax with the disk carneous; abdomen luteous suffused with carmine-red, dark brown ventrally. Fore wing reddish luteous suffused with red- brown, especially beyond the middle; a diffused purplish streak along vein 1; traces of the subbasal line; antemedial line single, yellowish, somewhat oblique from costa to median nervure, then slightly angled and inwardly oblique; orbicular moderate, rather irregular, with yellowish annulus; reniform well developed, oblique oblong, defined by yellow at sides, ill-defined above and below; an indistinct medial shade from cell to inner margin; postmedial line pale, defined on each side by darker brown, angled outwards below costa, then oblique; subterminal line yellowish, irregular, defined on inner side by some small indistinct dark spots; the terminal area rather paler than ground-colour; cilia rusty red. Hind wing semihyaline, pale tinged with pink, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; cilia fuscous intersected with pink. Underside of fore wing brown tinged with pink, a blackish discoidal spot and post- medial line; hind wing with the costal and apical half of outer areas irrorated with pink, a narrow discoidal spot and interrupted postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Florida. Exp. 39 millim. This species is unknown to me. 1507. Chabuata albicosta. (Plate LXXXYV. fig. 13.) Aletia albicosta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 97 (1882). Leucania pallidicosta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276 (1894). Head and thorax bright rufous; some black scales near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen brown tinged with purplish red, paler at base. Fore wing bright rufous irrorated with black, and with numerous brown striz ; the costal edge whitish; the veins usually finely streaked with white; a white point at lower angle of cell with more or less fuscous beyond it; orbicular and reniform in- distinct, small, ochreous, the former round; postmedial line repre- sented by a curved series of black points on the veins ; subterminal line very obscurely defined by the area beyond it being slightly darker, arising obliquely from apex, excurved at middle; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing pale tinged with fuscous brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia pinkish, whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing with the median nervure and base of veins arising from it streaked with fuscous ; hind wing pale, the costal and terminal areas tinged with purplish red and irrorated 268 NOCTUIDZ. with black, a discoidal point, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins and terminal series of points. Hab. W. Cura, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 ¢ , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 $6,1 9; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 13,12, Simla (Harford), 19, Dharmsila (Hocking), 23, 52; SrkHIM ; Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 2. Hwp. 40-48 millim. 1508. Chabuata fraterna. Aletia fraterna, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 410; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vil. p- 50, pl. 126. f. 9; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276. 3. Head and thorax purplish red, the hairs slightly tipped with grey ; abdomen purplish red. Fore wing purplish red; the costal edge whitish; the veins finely streaked with whitish ; no distinct white point at lower angle of cell; stigmata and postmedial series of points absent. Hind wing pale purplish red slightly tinged with fuscous except towards inner margin; cilia white at tips. Underside of both wings purplish red irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and postmedial spot on costa of fore wing. Hab. Ponsas, Dharmsiila (Hocking), 1 g type. Hwp. 46 millim. *1509. Chabuata inanis. Leucania tinanis, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p- 70, pl. iii. f. 4 (1880) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. 9. Head and thorax grey, tinged with purplish red and mixed with brown ; abdomen greyish tinged with purplish brown. Fore wing greyish, suffused with purplish red and irrorated with dark brown; the veins streaked with white; a dark antemedial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then erect and slightly sinuous; a whitish mark on lower discocellulars : postmedial line dark, very minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being very slightly darker, arising from apex, incurved at discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with brown ; cilia pale tinged with purplish pink; the underside grey tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and some points on termen. Hab. E. Steeria, Ussuri, Askold I.; Japan, Nikko in Coll. Piingeler. xp. 40 millim. 1510. Chabuata rufipennis. Mythimna rufipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p, 79 (1878); id. Ill. Het. B. M. ii. p. 21, pl. 28. £.6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 194. Leucania semicircula, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 349. Head and thorax purplish red mixed with grey; abdomen pale rufous, tinged with purplish red towards extremity and on ventral surface. Fore wing pale rufous, thickly striated with purplish red 8 TT FE CHABUATA. 269 and irrorated with black; costal edge fuscous; a more or less prominent fuscous antemedial line obliquely curved from costa to submedian fold, then oblique; faint traces of a yellowish dis- coidal lunule and of a dark joint at lower angle of cell; postmedial line usually distinct, fuscous, with traces of dentitions, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent outwards; subterminal line represented by a slight oblique shade from termen below apex. Hind wing fuscous brown with a slight purplish-red tinge, the cilia purplish red. Underside purplish red irrorated with black ; fore wing with the disk suffused with fuscous leaving a yellowish discal bar, a straight dark postmedial line; hind wing with the inner area pale yellow, a discoidal point. Hab, Amurtand, Ussuri, 1 ¢; Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Manley), 2 2 type, Oiwake (Pryer), 3 3, 3 2; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 2. Exp. 30-44 millim. *1511. Chabuata ociosa. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 14.) Celena ociosa, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xli. p. 410 (1897). 3S. Head and thorax yellowish brown mixed with fuscous ; abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with black especially on dorsum. Fore wing greyish ochreous with a slight rufous tinge and irrorated with black ; a double curved blackish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a double, waved, antemedial line ; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular round, defined by black ; reniform a narrow black-edged lunule, its inner edge some- what thickened at middle and with a white spot beyond it, with small spots above and below it, each edged with black ; the postmedial line double, minutely waved and with a series of points beyond it on the veins, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4; some ochreous points on apical part of costa; the sub- terminal line greyish, defined by black points on each side of it, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond it rather darker. Hind wing pale, the veins and terminal half suffused with fuscous brown ; the underside irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Ecvapor, Loja, type t ¢ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 24 millim. 1512. Chabuata ameba, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 15.) Q@. Head and thorax clothed with pale and black-brown hair; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line irregularly waved ; claviform represented by a short black streak ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres and white annuli defined by black, the former rounded, the latter with its upper part produced to a long point and its lower slightly angled inwards on median nervure, situated on a large diffused black patch 270 NOCTUID®. extending to below cell and to costa near apex ; an oblique waved medial line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line rather indistinct, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line whitish defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous; the underside with traces of curved postmedial line. Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Ngonini, 1 29, Eb Urru (Betton), 3 9 type. Exp. 34 millim. *1513. Chabuata albimargo. (Plate XC. fig. 2.) Orthodes albimargo, Guen. Noct. i. p. 873 (1852). 3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing grey, suffused with red-brown and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the inner margin narrowly white from antemedial line to tornus; sub- basal line indistinct, curved, from cesta to submedian fold, a small black spot beyond it in cell; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, curved; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform large, brown with whitish annuli slightly defined by brown ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell where it is angled; postmedial line double, filled in with greyish, the outer line most prominent, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 5, then incurvyed, a series of dark points beyond it on the veins; subterminal line ochreous defined by red-brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; the veins of terminal area with fine pale streaks ; a series of dark points just before termen, a fine waved dark terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous whitish ; the underside pale, thickly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Brazi, type fT din Coll. Oberthir. wp. 44 millim. 1514. Chabuata dulcinea. (Plate LXXXYV. fig. 16.) Caradrina duleinea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 125. Head and thorax pale red-brown, some of the hairs tipped with white; palpi tinged with fuscous at sides; abdomen pale red- brown, sometimes tinged with purplish. Fore wing pale red-brown slightly suffused with purple; a small white-tipped black tuft of hair at base ; an indistinct pale waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, filled in with greyish, angled outwards below costa, then waved, oblique, bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular and reniform well developed, with yellowish or whitish annuli, the former round, the latter with its lower part filled in with black; a diffused medial line oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line double, minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards CHABUATA. 271 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous defined by red- brown on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia rufous; the underside pale suffused with purplish red and irrorated with white and fuscous, a more or less developed black streak in cell, prominent discoidal spot and minutely waved postmedial line. Hab. Curt (Edmonds), 1 5,12 type, Mulchen (Elwes), 1 3. Exp. 36 millim. *1515. Chabuata subsocia. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 17.) Teniocampa subsocia, W1k. x. 430 (1856). ¢. Head and thorax pale grey-brown; palpi and frons black at sides; tegule rufous at tips; thoracic crest tipped with rufous ; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft pale brownish, the ventral surface ochreous-white tinged with pink. Fore wing pale grey-brown with some dark brown irroration ; an in- distinct double, waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; some brown on inner margin betore the indistinct, double, waved antemedial line, excurved in submedian interspace, with a black spot on its inner edge on vein 1 and a brown spot before it below vein 1; reniform narrow, its edges nearly parallel, open above, with pale annulus and its centre defined by brown, a black point in its lower portion ; postmedial line ill-defined, double, dentate and produced to black points on the veins; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by fuscous on costal area, angled outwards at vein 7, then defined on each side by brown, excurved at middle and with black spot on its outer side above inner margin ; a ter- minal series of small blackish lunules. Hind wing fusecous brown, the cilia ochreous; the underside pale brownish irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line with dark striz at the veins. Hab. Brazit, Petropolis. Hxp. 44 milim. Typet din Mus. Oxon. *1516. Chabuata albirena. (Plate LXXXYV. fig. 18.) Noctua albirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 335 (1852). Q. Head and thorax purplish red-brown; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface tinged with ochreous. Fore wing purplish red-brown; subbasal line indistinct, almost straight, from costa to vein 1; a dark shade before the antemedial line, which is in- distinct and waved; a patch of brown suffusion in, below, and beyond end of cell, with the large triangular white reniform spot placed on it; a slight diffused line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line minutely waved, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some 272 NOCTUID E. white points beyond it on costa; the subterminal line represented by a series of white points, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a small dentate black spot before the point above vein 5; a fine pale line at base of cilia, which are pinkish. Hind wing ochreous brown, paler towards base and inner margin; cilia pinkish ; underside pale, the costal and terminal areas suffused with pinkish brown, a slight discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Brazit, New Fribourg, type t in Coll. Oberthiir. Zep. 44 millim. *1517. Chabuata ampla. (Plate LXXXYV. fig. 19.) Chabuata ampla, Wk. xiv. 1084 (1857). 2. Head and thorax fuscous brown, the scales tipped with grey ; abdomen grey-brown with a slight ochreous tinge. Fore wing fuscous brown suffused with silvery grey; faint traces of a curved autemedial line; orbicular hardly visible, round, with a deep red point on its upper edge; reniform an ochreous spot with points above and below it and some deep red on its edges; an indistinct _ dark medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; post- medial line represented by a faint double curved series of dark points ; subterminal line only represented by some red scales and a spot above vein 6; a slight series of points just before termen. . Hind wing fuscous; the cilia ochreous white; the underside ochreous white thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and sinuous punctiform postmedial line. Hab. Brazit, type fT 2 in Mus. Oxon. yp. 54 millim. 1518. Chabuata major. Noctua major, Guen. Noct. i. p. 334 (1852). Graphiphora maja, Wik. x. 401 (1856). Head and thorax dull red-brown, deep red-brown, purple-brown, or olive-brown, sometimes slightly irrorated with white, and the dorsal crests sometimes pale rufous; spurs ringed with white; abdomen ochreous or grey-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing red-brown or dull brown suffused with greyish or purplish; an indistinct, double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct double, minutely waved antemedial line, bent inwards to costa and incurved in cell; orbicular round with very indistinct grey annulus, sometimes with grey points at sides; reniform with obscure grey annulus, sometimes with four white points on its edges, the outer part of centre with grey or olive lunule ; medial shade usually distinct, oblique from costa to median neryure ; postmedial line more or less distinctly double, dentate and with series of black points on outer line, excurved from costa ° to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and CHABUATA. 273 with small black spot in its angle, excurved at middle and some- times with some small grey and black dentate marks on its inner side; a series of black or black and white points just before termen; cilia rufous or with rufous line at base. Hind wing 1 Tt fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge; cilia ochreous; the under- side ochreous, the costal area tinged with reddish brown; a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Braztt, New Fribourg, type t ¢ in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio Janeiro, 1 5, 2 9; Panracuay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 ¢, 1 9; ArcentTINnA, Goya (Perrins), 135,19. Exp. 50-56 millim. 1519. Chabuata rectilinea, n. sp. (Plate LXXXY. fig. 20.) 2. Head and thorax reddish brown, some of the scales tipped with grey, the dorsal crest redder ; antenne with the shaft whitish towards base; pectus rufous; the legs browner irrorated with white; abdomen pale brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing dull reddish brown thickly irrorated with brownish ochreous ; a small black tuft at base; no trace of sub- basal line; antemedial line fuscous defined by ochreous on inner side, slightly sinuous, oblique from costa to median nervure; orbicular and reniform finely defined by ochreous, the former round, the latter large, its upper part somewhat produced and its outer part filled in with ochreous ; traces of a medial shade oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial line ochreous, bent inwards to costa, then oblique and slightly incurved towards inner margin, a series of black points beyond it on veins 6 to 1; the postmedial area slightly tinged with purplish; the subterminal line ochreous, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, above and below which there are black spots on its inner side, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, then excurved and with some black poiiits on its inner side, the area beyond it thickly irrorated with ochreous ; a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia pale rufous; the underside ochreous whitish tinged with purplish red and irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Argentina, Goya (Perrins), 1 2 type. Exp. 48 millim. VOL. Y. 7 274 NOCTUID. *1520. Chabuata noctuiformis. (Plate XC. fig. 3.) Orthodes noctuiformis, Guen. ined. 9. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with purplish brown ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally suffused with fuscous, the basal crest grey-tipped. Fore wing pale purplish brown, thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a double, waved, subbasal line from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line double, the inner obliquely curved, the outer irregularly waved, indistinct ; claviform absent ; orbicular round, hardly defined except by an ochreous annulus above ; reniform narrow, oblique, ochreous white, the centre defined by brown and with a black point in its lower part; a medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell where it is angled; postmedial line indistinct, double, the inner line minutely dentate and with series of black and grey points on it, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, the area beyond it slightly darker to the subterminal line, which is very indistinct, pale, with a prominent black spot on it below vein 7 and slight points at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a series of slight points just before termen connected by a fine waved line ; cilia crenulate. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and slightly sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Brazit, New Fribourg, type fT Q in Coll. Oberthiir. Eup. 60 millim. *1521. Chabuata satellitioides. (Plate XC. fig. 4.) Orthodes satellitioides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 872 (1852). 2. Head and thorax purple-grey ; abdomen brown. Fore wing purple-grey ; subbasal line absent; two brown well-separated antemedial lines, the inner most prominent and diffused; claviform and orbicular absent; a diffused brown medial shade; reniform represented by a small somewhat quadrate ochreous-white spot ; two well-separated postmedial lines, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, the area beyond it tinged with brown to the sub- terminal line, which is angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a series of greyish points just before termen; cilia strongly crenulate. Hind wing reddish brown, a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside grey strongly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal annulus and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Braziz, New Fribourg, type f 2 in Coll. Oberthiir, Hyp. 00 millim. Genus LASIANOBIA, nov. Type, L. lauta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with long hair in front ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded, overhung by long cilia; antenne of male minutely serrate and fasciculate; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; fore tarsi LASIANOBIA, ; 275 with rather slender claw- ike spines on Ist joint. Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with white marks on subterminal line at middle and TBR AD MCCANN GOES ACO Wes deere: c= . Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of large downturned scales from costa at base met by long upturned scales from below cell, a patch of rough scales beyond the cell, the costa highly arched near base, in female slightly arched; hind wing on underside with fringe of long downturned scales from costa and the whole of the rest of the wing clothed with rough scales, smaller on terminal area. a, Fore wing with the reniform V-shaped ............ lodchar. 6?. Fore wing with the reniform small, rounded...... orbica. ce, Fore wing with the reniform large, kidney- shaped. a‘, Fore wing reddish brown, the orbicular and TEPIFOEOY NO COMNUCNS c..scs. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with fuscous on costal half...... sa ou bo cdetostenes score janeira. b5, Fore wing without fuscous suffusion on medial Era ah roe bacbconedaponaaocuaauccdddn dtd aasaacasodoct punctula. 4. Fore wing with white spot above tornus ......... monilis. b?. Fore wing pale olive-grey-browNn .........seesereeeeerees glaucistis, c?, Fore wing dark fuscous brown ......-....++ Se aconCaao"- azucara. 1609. Eriopyga ditissima. Gortyna ditissima, Wik. xi. 716 (1857) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 265, pl. 26. f. 9. Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey, the patagia suffused with purple-pink; pectus with tuft of large black scales in male behind the fore legs; abdomen fuscous brown, paler ventrally. Fore wing orange-yellow, thickly irrorated with fiery red, suffused with greyish brown on inner area from before middle, on greater part of postmedial area and on terminal area; a waved brown subbasal line from costa to vein 1; a double, oblique, waved antemedial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter constricted at middle, and with pure white puncti- form line inside the black outline except on lower part of inner side; a medial blackish line obtusely angled at middle ; postmedial line highly dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent ERIOPYGA. 329 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, brown, dentate, angled outwards atsvein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, defined by yellow and red on outer side. Hind wing whitish, the yeins and marginal areas suffused with brown; the underside with ay, Fig. 80.—Eriopyga ditissima, G. }. the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and postmedial punctiform line. Hab. Mexico (Sallé), 1 2 type; Guaremata, VY. de Atitlan, Las Mercedes (Champion), 2 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 46 millim. 1610. Eriopyga janeira. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 20.) Mamestra janeira, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 111 (1898). ; 3. Head and thorax dark brown, the scales tipped with ochreous ; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing rufous, suffused with fuscous brown except the submedian area and part of postmedial area; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct waved antemedial line; orbicular indistinctly defined by black at sides ; reniform indistinctly defined, its upper part filled in with rufous, its lower with fuscous, and with a white point on its outer edge; a medial shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line hardly traceable, dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal and submedian folds; subterminal line represented by a series of obscure rufous and blackish spots in the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; an obscure rufous apical patch; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia ochreous with a brown line through them; the underside ochreous irrorated with dark brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Brazit, Rio Janeiro, 1 ¢. Exp. 40 milim. Type t J in Coll. Schaus. 1611. Eriopyga punctula. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 21.) Eriopyga punctulum, Guen. Noct. i. p. 203 (1852). Mamestra desnuda, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xli. p. 408 (1897). 3. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi at sides 330 NOCTUID®. and fore legs in front blackish ; mid and hind tibize with black spots at extremity; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous except at extremity. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black; subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, indistinet ; orbicular a small ill-defined blackish spot ; reniform with its upper part very ill-defined, yellowish, its lower part fuscous with two white points on its outer edge; traces of a medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved at discal and submedian folds; traces of a subterminal yellow line with some black points on it in the interspaces, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the veins beyond it with diffused fuscous streaks; cilia fuscous, yellowish at base. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with fuscous, the cilia ochreous; the underside ochreous, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point and curved postmedial punctiform line. Ab. 1. desnuda: browner.—Ecuador. Hab. Ecvavor, type + desnuda in Coll. Dognin; Brazit, Rio Janeiro, 5 ¢. Hap, 42 millim. 1612. Eriopyga monilis. Hadena monilis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 102 (1852). Mamestra dotata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 273, pl. 26. f. 1 (1889). Mamestra trocas, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 111 (1898). Head and thorax rufous; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing rufous with a purplish tinge ; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to sub- median fold; an irregular antemedial line bent inwards in cell and angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular small, round, incompletely defined by black and with two white points on its upper edge; reniform constricted at middle, with ochreous centre irrorated with black and white annulus incompletely defined by black ; a diffused fuscous medial waved line oblique from costa to median nervure, where it is angled ; postmedial line formed by a scries of rather ill- defined black lunules, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a series of black points beyond it on the veins and some white points on the costa; subterminal line represented by a series of black spots with white points on them and a larger spot above tornus, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas tinged with brown or wholly brown; cilia pale yellow; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown. Ab. 1. trocas: rather browner and less red.—Castro Parana. Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus); Guaremata, Atitlan, Mercedes (Champion), 1 5, 1 2, type; Cosra Rica (Underwood), 1 3; ERIOPYGA. 331 Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbé, Champion), 1 gd, 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Brazit, Sio Paulo, Castro Parana, type fT Q trocas in Coll. Schaus; Paraguay, Sapucay (Poster), 1 9. Hap. 40-44 millim. 1613. Eriopyga glaucistis, n. sp. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 22.) 6. Head and thorax grey-brown tinged with fuscous; palpi blaek at sides; fore coxe with tufts of fulvous-yellow hair ; abdomen fuscous brown above, grey below. Fore wing grey- brown; traces of a waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a fine antemedial line, excurved below median nervure, then slightly angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular defined by a faint pale annulus, round; reniform with its centre irrorated with black and a fine whitish annulus defined by black; a diffused medial shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then somewhat incurved ; the postmedial line fine, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 7, incurved below vein 4, a series of points on the veins beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined by black marks on inner side, becoming more prominent patches at costa, discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous, uniformly suffused with fuscous brown; the underside ochreous, the marginal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. Brazit, Petropolis (Doer), 1 ¢ type. xp. 40 millim. *1614. Eriopyga azucara. (Plate LXX XVII. fig. 23.) Mamestra azucara, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xi. p. 235 (1903). Q. Head and tegule ochreous slightly mixed with fuscous brown; sides of palpi and frons fuscous; thorax fuscous brown, the scales with pale tips; abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing ochreous, thickly irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown ; traces of a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an oblique, waved antemedial line; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and ochreous annuli defined by fuscous, the former elliptical, somewhat oblique, the latter constricted at middle and with white points on its outer lower extremity; an obscure medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a very indistinct series of small ochreous and fuscous dentate marks; some blackish points on termen. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia ochreous with a brown line through them; the underside greyish irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Brazit, Sao Paulo, type fT 9 in Coll. Schaus. Lap. 38 millim. 332 NOCTUID.E. d', Abdomen of male with large downcurved tufts of hair at extremity meeting ventrally ; fore wing on underside with fringe of long hair on costa from base to beyond middle, the cell and area just beyoud it clothed with long down- curved hair; the costa slightly lobed at base; hind wing clothed with rough hair to middle. 1615. Eriopyga lobata, n. sp. Dryobota agnata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 287 (part.), nec Feld. Head and thorax purplish brown, the scales slightly tipped with grey ; pectus mostly clothed with ochreous hair; legs banded with black ; abdomen fuscous, the tufts on claspers of male ochreous whitish. Fore wing yellowish brown suffused with fuscous; a slight pale subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, filled in with ochreous, angled outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly waved; orbicular and reniform with reddish centres and whitish annuli, the former small, oblique elliptical, the latter with some fuscous in its lower part and angled inwards on median nervure ; an indistinct waved medial line; post- medial line double, filled in with ochreous, bent outwards below Fig. 81.—Eriopyga lohata, 3. 1. costa, somewhat incurved at discal fold, then oblique and minutely dentate, a series of short black streaks interrupted by grey points on the veins beyond it and some pale points on costa; subterminal line pale reddish, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown with an ochreous tinge; the cilia pale with a brown line through them; the underside pale, the costal and - terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial line. Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000' (Rogers), 1 6, 1 2, type Godman- Salvin Coll. Hap. 34 millim. e', Abdomen of male with the claspers and anal tuft very long. a*, Fore wing of male on underside with moderate fringe of hair from base of costa, the cell and area below it clothed with silky downturned hair; hind wing with some long hair at base. - a*, Fore wing with dentate black marks before suh- POPOMBGUNIND = uevoetssoscuveddoes eeoas erenectec mee mesostrigata. }°. Fore wing without dentate black marks before BUDLEPMIIAA MNO re asive cyccasiuaterecsnos seemed rynica. ERIOPYGA. 330 1616. Eriopyga mesostrigata, n. sp. (Plate LAXXVII. fig. 24.) Dryobota agnata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 287 (part.), nec Feld. © Head and tegule ochreous or rufous mixed with some black, palpi and frons black-brown, the tegule with dark line near tips; thorax dark red-brown; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tufts ochreous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purplish fuscous; the subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedial fold, the antemedial line double, waved, dentate inwards on subcostal and median nervyures, on submedian fold and on yein 1; the medial costal area pale rufous with dark streaks on the veins; the orbicular and reniform small with slight ochreous annuli, the former round, the latter with its upper extremity pro- duced ; an indistinct waved medial line bent inwards to costa; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved and dentate below vein 4, some short black streaks interrupted by pale points beyond it on the veins and in submedian fold and some pale points on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of small brown spots with small dentate black marks or short streaks on their inner sides and some scales or slight streaks beyond them; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge; cilia ochreous with a brown line through them; the underside ochreous whitish, the costal area irrorated and suffused with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab, Guatemata, Cerro Zunil, 4000' (Champion), 1 3 type; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 ¢,2 9. Hap. 34-36 millim. 1617. Eriopyga cynica. Orthodes cynica, Guen. Noct. i. p. 875 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p, 198. Orthodes nimia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 876 (1852). Orthodes candens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852). Orthosia tecta, W\k. xxxiii. 714 (1865). Head and thorax fuscous brown; neck with an ochreous tinge ; Fig. 82.—Eriopyga cynica, 3. }. tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous except anal tuft. Fore wing fuscous brown more or less strongly tinged with purplish; subbasal line blackish, from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line black, defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform large, slightly defined by 334 NOCTUID. whitish, the former oblique elliptical ; medial line sinuous, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 7, then nearly erect, sinuous and with short streaks on the veins beyond it; subterminal line grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards base; cilia grey with a brown line through them; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. candens. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with purple-red, the pale markings rather more distinct. Ab. 2. nimia. Pale grey-brown, the pale markings very pro- minent. Hab. Canapa, Nova Scotia; U.S.A., N. and Centr. States, 7 d, 1 9, type and types nimia, candens, and tecta, New York, Evan’s Centre (Grote), 5 g, 1 9, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 1 3, Penn- sylvania, Sharon (AMeske), 1 ¢, Wisconsin, Racine (Westcott), 1 ¢, Colorado. wp. 32-38 millim. b?. Fore wing of male on underside with slight fringe of hair from costa, the cell only clothed with down- turned hair; hind wing with some long hair at base. a®, Fore wing with the reniform large, not angled inwards on median nervure. a+, Thorax with black spot at base of tegule ...... curvirend. 6*, Thorax without black spot at base of tegule ... ¢mtractata. 6°. Fore wing with the reniform narrow, produced above and angled inwards on median nervure... gontostigma. 1618. Eriopyga curvirena. Orthodes curvirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 374, pl. 5. f. 12 (1852). Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi at sides and frons black ; Fig. 83.—LHriopyga curvirena, G. }. tegule with small dorsal black spot at base; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface greyer. Fore wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge; a pale subbasal line from costa to vein 1 with black points on each side of it; antemedial line whitish, defined on each by brown, with short black streaks before it on the veins interrupted by white points, and black stric beyond it in and below cell; orbicular and reniform very large, ERIOPYGA, 335 nearly or quite touching, their centres slightly defined by black, the former oblique elliptical; an indistinct diffused medial line, the veins beyond the reniform, grey, with black between them to the postmedial line, which is pale, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, with a series of short black streaks inter- rupted by white points beyond it on the veins and some pale points on costa ; subterminal line pale ochreous, slightly defined by brown on inner side, and very slightly bent outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of black points defined by a pale crenulate line. Hind wing fuscous brown, darker in female, the cilia pale; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line, some rufous hair at base in male. Hab. Brazit, New Fribourg, type ¢ in Coll. Oberthir, Rio Janeiro, 3 ¢, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 2; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 $,2 9. EHwp. 32 millim. Subsp. spurcilinea. Wk. xv. 1709 (1867). Orthodes infirma, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 289 (nee Guen.). 3 without the rufous hair on underside of fore wing. Hab. Mextco, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 3, 2 9, Jalapa (Trwjullo), 192; Guaremata (Champion), 1 ¢, 19; Costa Rica (Rogers, Underwood), 3 5, 3 Q type, Godman-Salvin Coll.; VENeEzveEta, 2 ¢ type. 1619. Eriopyga intractata. (Plate LXX XVII. fig. 25.) Teniocampa intractata, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 160 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 201. Himella fidelis, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 201. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown; palpi black at sides; tarsi with black bands; anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing grey, irrorated with brown and with slight purplish suffusion ; the veins with grey streaks; the subbasal line represented by small black spots below costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, pale, oblique from costa to just below cell, then erect, with slight black marks on its outer edge, in and below ceil: orbicular and reniform large with fine whitish annuli, the former round, the latter elliptical ; postmedial line indistinct, pale, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and with slight black mark on its inner side below vein 2, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing white, irrorated with brown and suffused with brown towards termen; cilia white with brown line through them; the underside with discoidal spot and traces of postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A. (Meske), 1 3 type fidelis, Massachusetts, New York, Tllinois, Missouri. Ewvp. 34 millim. 1620. Eriopyga goniostigma. (Plate LXX XVII. fig. 26.) Himella goniostigma, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 233 (1903). ¢. Head and tegule ochreous, palpi black except at tip, some 336 NOCTUID®, purplish red and black on vertex of head; thorax purplish red mixed with dark brown, metathoracic crest black; tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous, irrorated with black on dorsal surface. Fore wing purplish pink; a double, waved subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial area ochreous except towards costa and inner margin; antemedial line double, arising from small black points on costa, oblique to median nervure, incurved in submedian interspace, angled outwards above inner margin, and with double black points before it on median nervure and vein 1; the cell ochreous on medial area; orbicular and reni- form dark chocolate with ochreous annuli defined by brown, the former small, oblique oblong, the latter produced to a point at upper extremity and angled inwards on median nervure ; a waved medial line ; postmedial line double, produced to black and grey points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line ochreous, defined on inner side by minute somewhat dentate rufous marks with an ochreous band before them, the area beyond them fuscous brown with rufous streaks on the veins, the line slightly excurved between veins 7 and 2; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, suffused with fuscous brown on costal and terminal areas; the cilia ochreous; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara, 1 ¢, type T ¢ in Coll. Schaus. wp. 30 millim. c*, Fore wing of male on underside without downturned hair in cell. a®. Hind wing of male on underside with the basal area clothed and the inner margin fringed with long hair and spatulate scales. 1621. Eriopyga albipuncta. Orthodes albipuncta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxi. p, 237 (1894) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii, p. 485. 3. Head and thorax dark brown; tegula ochreous in front ; Fig. 84.—Eriopyga albipuncta, 3. 1. pectus mostly ochreous ; tibize and tarsi black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous suffused with fuscous, the naa tuft ochreous, fie ventral surface rufous irrorated with bron Fore wing brown ERIOPYGA. 307 suffused with purplish grey and red; a waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a rather indistinct waved black ante- medial line ; orbicular and reniform small, incompletely defined by black, the former purplish red, round, the latter whitish; traces of an irregular medial shade oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial line black, outwardly oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, dentate and produced to points on the veins, some rufous points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of slight black and ochreous streaks; terminal area rather redder. Hind wing yellowish suffused with dark brown; the cilia pale with a dark line through them; the underside yellowish, irrorated with fuscous on costal and terminal areas, and the costal area suffused with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Coatepec, 1 5, type fT ¢ in Coll. Schaus. vp. 30 millim. °, Hind wing of male on underside normal. 1622. Eriopyga dyschoroides. Hadena dyschoroides, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 142 (1898); Druce, Biol. Centv.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568. Head and thorax purplish red mixed with some dark brown ; tarsi with dark bands; abdomen fuscous above, greyish below, the anal tuft in male ochreous and very long, the claspers very long and with silky yellow scales at extremity. Fore wing pale rufous suffused with purplish red; the costa dark brown; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in cell and on vein 1; orbicular and reniform small, indistinctly defined, the former purplish red, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with blackish, and an orange-yellow spot with white point below it on outer side; a medial brown shade expanding into a patch in cell; postmedial line very close to reniform, very minutely dentate and with a series of black points beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale rufous defined by brown on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous except at apex, angled outwards at vein 7,excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black points; cilia pale pinkish with two brown lines through them. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia pale VOL. V. Z 338 NOCTUID. pinkish with a fuscous line near base ; the underside whitish tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot and minutely waved postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 ¢, Orizaba, type fT in Coll. Schaus. Evp. 24 millim. f. Abdomen of male normal. «*, Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of long down- turned hair on costa from near base to beyond middle, a fringe of short upturned hair below median nervure and a curved fringe of long hair below vein 3 to near termen ; hind wing with fringe of downturned hair on costal area to beyond middle, a slight fringe of upturned hair on median nervure and bases of veins 2, 3, 4. *1623. Eriopyga rubripuncta. Himella rubripuncta, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xi. p. 282 (1908). ¢. Head and thorax chestnut-red; palpi, pectus, and legs brownish ochreous; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing chestnut-red; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an oblique waved ante- medial line; orbicular absent; reniform a small vermilion-red lunule ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, slightly bent outwards below Fig. 86.—Eriopyga rubripuncta, $. 4 T¢ costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined by a series of small dentate dark marks on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with fine white line at base. The underside with the hair ochreous; hind wing whitish irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, type T ¢ inColl. Schaus. Exp. 30 millim. o?. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of very long hair from costa to beyond middle, the cell clothed with loose downturned hair; hind wing clothed with rough hair to beyond middle. 1624. Eriopyga confluens, n. sp. Dryobota agnata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 287 (part.), nee Feld. ¢. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with some black; thorax ERIOPYGA, 809 black-brown; pectus clothed with ochreous hair; legs banded with black ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing black-brown suffused with silvery purple ; a black streak in base of submedian fold, the cell blackish and with black streaks in bases of interspaces arising from it ; subbasal line double, filled in with rufous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with rufous, waved and dentate inwards at the Fig. 87.—Eriopyga confluens, G. }. veins ; orbicular and reniform rather small, fuscous with reddish annuli, their lower parts connected by a fuscous fascia; postmedial line double filled in with rufous, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 5; subterminal line rufous defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks, the area beyond it fuscous with diffused rufous streaks on the veins. Hind wing yellowish brown; a fine pale line at base of cilia; the under- side Seat the basal halt of costal area suffused with ochreous. Hab. Guaremata, Totonicapam 10,000' (Champion), 1 ¢ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hp. 54 millim. c?. Fore wing of male on underside with the cell clothed with long sparse downturned hair. a®, Fore wiug with the postwedial line oblique elope O aes snccescreacea-nceacadene ss sy tee nec infirma. . Fore wing with the postmedial line incuryed from below costa to inner mar (ON aanetndeececee violascens. c3, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved. a*, Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards OUBMEGIATE NET VULG hy. ceaaasatee eaaeeetese cece ropilla. 6‘. Fore wing with the reniform not angled pane on median nervure. . Fore wing with the reniform small and narrow. a®, Fore wing with small dentate black marks before subterminal line. a’. Fore wing with the veins irrorated Withiwhitish...g teetssea sacs ors cae faces irrorata. 67, Fore wing with the veins not irrorated Wc nmwihibishe.: cea sraeeaeeeseees << virgula. b®. Fore wing without dentate black marks before subterminal line. a’. Fore wing with the reniform suffused with brick-red except below. a>. Head and thorax dark brown ...... pyropts. 6°. Head and thorax purplish red- SHOW ieee Adasen sa sienisiegdaeilsterclesBlaseinoe 1qNescens, Z2 b40 NOCTUID®. 7, Fore wing without red on reniform. a. Fore wing with the costal edge WIL Hc tiers gee: apsdyiais o>’ - iole. 6°, Fore wing with the costal edge not whitish. a. Fore wing reddish or grey-brown with a purplish tinge ............ vecors. d°, Fore wing reddish or grey-brown with an ochreous tinge............ puerilis, }5, Nore wing with the reniform large, kidney- shaped. a®, Fore wing bright rufous. a, Fore wing with the markings not definad¥iyetirar es... sce s5.-aaeeecase-- rubor. 87, Fore wing with the markings defined DYCOL OY oe eeeeiewets ss sciscice sae «nscesgness leucopera. v°. Fore wing dark brown, with whitish postmedial band and black spot in discal fold before subterminal line...... marginalis. 1625, Eriopyga infirma. Orthcdes infirma, Guen. Nocet. i. p. 875 (1852), ¢S. Head and thorax grey with a slight rufous tinge; tegule with a small dorsal black spot at base; abdomen grey, the analtuft ochreous, Fore wing pile grey-brown ; an indistinct pale waved subbasal line from costa Nes to submedian fold: ante- Fig. 88.—Eriopyga infirma, 3. }. medial line indistinct, de- fined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform with pale annuli, large, oblique elliptical; an indistinct dark medial line oblique from costa to below cell; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6, then nearly erect and slightly sinuous, a series of short blackish streaks interrupted by white points on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line pale, very slightly bent outwards at vein 7, then straight; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown, a discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial line. 2 much browner; the hind wing brown. Hab. Brazit, New Fribourg, type fT ¢ in Coll. Oberthiir, Rio Janeiro, 1g, 193; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1g. Hap. 32 millim. *1626. Eriopyga violascens. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 27.) Himella violascens, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi, p. 234 (1903). ®. Head and thorax pale purplish ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft and yentral surface pinkish. Fore wing pale purplish piak ERIOPYGA. 341 with some darker irroration; a fuscous point in cell near base; an ill-defined double, minutely waved antemedial line from cell to inner margin; orbicular and reniform dark red-brown slightly defined by white scales, the former elliptical, the latter rather constricted at middle; a somewhat waved medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, with short streaks beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line fine, white, minutely dentate, on a brown band; a fine terminal line. Hind wing white, the terminal half tinged with brown ; cilia ochreous; the underside with the costal area tinged with pink and irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and slight postmedial line on costal area. Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara, type+ Q in Coll. Schaus. ap. 36 millim. *1627. Eriopyga ropilla. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 28.) Celena ropilla, Dogn. Ann. Soe. Ent. Belge, xli. p. 409 (1897). go. Head and thorax rufous; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing rufous ; the antemedial line commencing as an oblique white striga from costa, then indistinct, dark, angled inwards in cell and excurved below cell and above inner margin ; some white scales on subcostal and median nervures; orbicular represented by a minute angled white mark; reniform fuscous and white defined by white, slightly angled inwards on subcostal nervure and strongly on median nervure, a patch of grey scales above it on costa; the postmedial line indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4: some white points on costa towards apex; the subterminal line formed by a series of small blackish spots angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia white at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia rufous; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Ecvavor, Loja, typet ¢& in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 24 millim, 1628. Eriopyga irrorata. (Plate LAXXVII. fig. 29.> Orthodes irrorata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 478 (1887); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 200. Head and thorax red-brown, the scales tipped with grey; meta- thoracic crest blackish ; pectus ochreous ; palpi and legs blackish and ochreous, the tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen grev- brown, more ochreous towards base, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale rufous, the veins with some black irroration; subbasal line indistinct, pale, minutely waved, from costa to submedian fold, with a broad band of fuscous irroration beyond it; antemedial line waved, slightly oblique; orbicular 342 NOCTUID®. minute, ochreous defined with black and with black point at centre ; reniform small, white defined by black, rather figure-of-8- shaped and with black points in its upper and lower portions; a rather oblique diffused medial shade; postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa, then confluent with outer edge of reniform, below vein 4 incurved and confluent with medial shade, a series of black points beyond it from vein 6 to inner margin and some pale poirts on costa; subterminal line ochreous defined by fuscous on inner side and with some small dentate black marks at middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a series of black points on termen and ochreous points at base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous, deeply on terminal half; the cilia ochreous; the underside ochreous thickly irrorated with black, a black discoidal bar, diffused postmedial band and terminal series of points. Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia, 1 9 ; U.S.A., Washington, 1 d, California, 1 ¢, Sierra Nevada, Truckee, 1 9. ap, 30 millim. 1629. Eriopyga virgula. (Plate LXXXVII. fig. 30.) Teniocampa virgula, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 76 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 200. 3. Head ochreous tinged with rufous; thorax fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing dull reddish brown; an indistinct subbasal line from costa to sub- median fold; an indistinct waved antemedial line, angled inwards on vein | ; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform very indistinct and narrow, with traces of a whitish annulus ; an obscure medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line indistinet, somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with a series of dentate black marks before it at middle, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing yellowish white suffused with fuscous except at base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown and tinged with yellow especially on costal and inner areas, a small discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, New Mexico, Beulah (Cockerell), 1 3, Arizona. Exp, 28 millim. 1630. Eriopyga pyropis, n. sp. (Plate LXX XVII. fig. 31.) Head and thorax dark brown tinged with rufous; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing purplish brown suffused with brick-red, leaving the veins dark ; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an . oblique waved autemedial line ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform small, figure-of-8-shaped, whitish suffused with brick-red except lower extremity ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa. ERIOPYGA, 343 slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 amd excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Rogers), 1 g, 1 9, type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Awvp. 32 millim. *1631. Eriopyga ignescsens. (Plate XCLV. fig. 7.) Himella ignescens, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 232 (1903). 6. Head and thorax purplish red-brown, the scales slightly tipped with grey; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface purplish red. Fore wing dull brown strongly suffused with purple-red; an indistinct oblique waved antemedial line; orbicular absent; reniform small, ochreous strongly suffused with vermilion ; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia pale, with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the costal area tinged with purplish, a small black discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line. Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, typet ¢ in Coll. Schaus. vp. 26 millim. 1632. Eriopyga iole. (Plate LXXXVIL. fig. 32.) Orthodes tole, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 237 (1894); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 485. Teniocqmpa oviduca, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 288 (nee Guen.). Head and thorax pale rufous; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing pale rufous; the costal edge yellowish white; the veins irrorated with white scales; the subbasal line represented by some white scales ; the antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform brown defined by white, the former irregularly rounded, the latter irrorated with white; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line indistinct, minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line formed by a series of white lunules defined on inner side by small dentate brown marks, angled out- wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially on veins and marginal areas. Hab. Mexico, Las Vegas (Hoege), 1 2 ; Guaremars, 8. Geronimo (Champion), 1 3, Guatemala City (Rodriguez), 1 ¢ , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. g 30, 2 32millim. ‘ype ft in Coll. Schaus. 344 NOCTUIDE. 1633. Eriopyga vecors. (Plate LXX XVIII. fig. 1.) ee vecors, Guen. Noct. i. p. 376 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 1 Orthodes enervis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 420 (1852). Cerastis prodeuns, W\k. x. 452 (i856). Apamea togata, W1k. xxxii. 672 (1865). Celena velata, Wk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 256 (1860). Orthodes griseocincta, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p, 120 (1878). Orthodes nitens, Grote, Papilio, 1ii. p. 381 (1885). Head and thorax yellow or red-brown sometimes tinged with purple; abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing red-brown, more or less strongly suffused with purplish and irrorated with white. chiefly on the veins; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; ante- medial line oblique, waved; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform a small pale reddish lunule defined by fuscous; post- medial line indistinct, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and more strongly below vein 4, with a series of points beyond it on the veins and some pale points on costa; subterminal line indistinct yellowish, defined by brown on inner side and by black points at middle, angled out- wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; some slight dark points on termen. Hind wing yellowish brown, the cilia pale with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and some dark subterminal marks. Ab. 1. prodeuns. Fore wing with the reniform white. Ab. 2. Thorax and fore wing dark purplish brown. Ab. 3. griseocincta. Purplish brown; fore wing with white irroration, the lines prominently defined by white. Hab, Canava, Montreal (Lyman), 1 $, Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 g, type prodeuns; U.S.A., N.E. States, 1 ¢, 3 9, type & type griseocincta, Massachusetts, New York, Albany (W. W. Hill), 1 9, Columbia Distr., Wisconsin, Mississippi. wp. 28-34 millim, 1634. Eriopyga puerilis. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 2.) Mamestra puerilis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 64 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 200. Head and thorax ochreous, more or less strongly tinged with purplish red and sometimes with grey; abdomen grey dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft usually yellowish or reddish. Fore wing ochreous, more or less strongly suffused with purplish red; the veins with dark streaks and grey irroration; an indistinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian: fold; an oblique waved antemedial line; orbicular absent or represented by a small white spot with a black streak between it and reniform, which is small, indistinct, pale or with its upper part filled in with white or represented by a figure-of-8-shaped mark; a diffused medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, where it is angled ; postmedial line sinuous, bent outwards below costa, slightly ERIOPYGA. 34d incurved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, with a series of black points beyond it on the veins and some pale points on costa; subterminal line ochreeus white defined by brown on inner side and often by some small black spots at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia yellowish ; the under- side ochreous irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused with red, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedia] line, Hab. U.S.A., Washington, 1 9 , California, 8. Francisco (Stretch), 2 3, Mendocino, 3 ¢ type, (Walsingham), 1g. Hwp. 30 millim. *1635. Eriopyga rubor. (Plate XC. fig. 8.) Orthodes rubor, Guen. Noct. i. p. 874 (1852). Q. Head and thorax bright rufous slightly tinged with grey; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing bright rufous with a purplish tinge; subbasal lne represented by a few dark scales; antemedial line very indistinct, slightly sinuous; cliviform absent; orbicular and reniform well- developed, with dark outlines, the former elliptical; an oblique sinuous medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post- medial line very indistinct: and with a series of dark points beyond it on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line pale defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled at vein 7, then oblique. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous ; cilia ochreous; the underside with the costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule and traces of a sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Brazit, New Fribourg, type fT @ in Coll. Oberthiir, Lap. 34 millim. *1626. Eriopyga leucopera. (Plate LXXXVIII. fig. 3.) Himella leucopera, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xi. p. 234 (1903). ©. Head and thorax purplish pink mixed with white; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally with pink irrorated with brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing pale pinkish largely suffused with ferruginous red; a slight subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, with a fuscous point beyond it in cell; antemedial line brown, slightly defined by whitish on inuer side, at middle of cell bent outwards to below orbicular; orbicular and reniform large, rather browner with whitish annuli, the former round; an indistinct curved medial line; postmedial line brown, defined by whitish on outer side and with a series of black and white points on the veins beyond it, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish defined by rufous on inner side, slightly waved and angled outwards at vein 7, the area beyond it rather brighter rufous except the apex which is grey; a fine waved grey terminal line. Hind wing 346 NOCTUIDE. semihyaline white, the veins and costal area ochreous tinged with brown; the cilia ochreous; the underside with the costal area ochreous irrorated with brown and with a slight postmedial line on it. Hab. Brazit, Sio Paulo, typet 2 in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 30 millim. *1637. Eriopyga marginalis. (Plate LXX XVIII. fig. 4.) Himella marginalis, Schaus, J, N.Y. Ent. Soe. xi. p. 233 (1903). ®. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and black; tarsi banded with black; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface ochreous irrorated with red and black. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with dark brown, the basal area with some ochreous ; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an ill- defined double antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards to inner margin, angled inwards in cell; traces of a round orbicular with ochreous annulus; reniform indistinct, figure-of-8-shape, with pale annulus with ochreous points on it, incomplete below ; an indistinct waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, dentate and produced to black and ochreous points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; a wedge-shaped black spot beyond it in discal fold indenting an oblique white subterminal band, which is tinged with olive towards costa and inner margin and at middle, its outer edge forming the subterminal line, which i is incurved at "middle and with the area beyond it red- brown ; a terminal series of brown lunules with some white irroration between them. Hind wing dark brown, paler towards base; cilia rufous, whitish at tips; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Braztt, Sao Paulo, type¢ @ in Coll. Schaus. | Eup. 38 millim. d*, Fore wing of male on underside with the cell Se clothed with long sparse downturned hair. . Fore wing with the “postmedial line excurved to vein 5, then incurved. at, Hind wing pale, the terminal area more or less suffused with brown, a, Fore wing tinged with ochreous ............ contrahens. >°, Fore wing tinged with purplish red ...... conar. 6. Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with brown. @. Hore wing red-brown).....0.... Fore wing with the reniform filled in with UTMOST lo SB SR Ansa pBSpneeP acdsee se CaEESel omar viuda. 65, Fore wing with the reniform filled in with pure white. a°. Fore wing with the lines obsolete ...... tertulia. 6°. Fore wing with the lines present ; some small dentate black marks before sub- PELIMIN AIIM Ovsecsewossaaseecadoes cavers , Fore wing with the subterminal line pale, woll- defined. a. Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely angied inwards in submedian fold .................+-s0seee0s lignana. 6%. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved in Submedianetol deenmtascsseceseceansscntas-eencaatasess ss morosa. b?. Fore wing with the subterminal line represented by indistinct dentate dark marks. a>, Fore wing with black suffusion on inner area ... prionistis. 63. Fore wing without black suffusion on inner area. a‘, Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish ERENT cacsdoncascensLoneoopeos: ce coeces coonone naoaoredode temperata. o*. Fore wing with the ear -colour purplish PCY Ew aca ate taacnas ees eas Gensestecacetossassdcsessseuecses phricias. 1691. Morrisonia tartarea. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 1.) Graphiphora tartarea, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 584, pl. xlii. f. 2; Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 21, pl. v. f. 6 Head and thorax dark red-brown, the head and tegule greyer ; abdomen dark brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing dark brown tinged with grey, the inner medial and terminal areas with rufous; subbasal line double filled in with grey, waved, from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved ; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform reddish incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; the area between and beyond them darker ; a dark medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure and angled inwards in sub- median fold; postmedial line represented by double dark striz from costa, then by a slight series of points, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line blackish towards costa, then pale defined by rufous, angled outwards at vein 7 and 382 NOCTUIDA. excurved at middle. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia pale at tips; the underside irrorated with grey, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. New Zeatann (Enys), 1 ¢ type, (Mathew) 1 2, VU. J: Walker) 19, N. Island, Murimutu Plain, 8, Island, Christchurch. Exp. 42 millim. *1692. Morrisonia omoplaca. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 2. Mamestra omoplaca, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 24 (1887); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 25, pl. v. f. 13. ©. Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with grey, the palpi and vertex of head with some blackish ; tegulae with black medial line and grey and fuscous tips; prothoracic crest grey and fuscous ; patagia fuscous tinged with grey; tibie irrorated with black ; abdomen pale ochreous brown, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous white suffused and irrorated with rufous; an oblique band from vein 1 near base to cell and the cell except at base filled in with black ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell defined by ochreous above; the subbasal line repre- sented by two oblique black strive from costa; antemedial line double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and strongly outwards above inner margin; claviform moderate, fuscous black defined by black ; orbicular and reniform fuscous with whitish annuli defined by black, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter with whitish discoidal lunule; postmedial line indistinctly double, strongly dentate, bent outwards below costa, oblique below vein 4, and strongly dentate inwards in submedian fold; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by slight, somewhat dentate rufous marks and some fuscous at costa, the area beyond it mostly suffused with plack except at apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly dentate at veins 4 and 3; aterminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing pale, uniformly sutfused with fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with a fuscous line through them; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of a sinuous postmedial line. Hab. New Zeatanv, Lake Coleridge, Rakaia, type tT Q in Coll. Meyrick. Ewp. 42 millim. 1693. Morrisonia confusa. Auchmis confusa, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. ff. 495-6 (1827) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232. Xylina infructuosa, W1k. xi. 627 (1857). 3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and black ; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey irrorated with red-brown and fuscous. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with black, the veins streaked with black ; 4 sinuous black streak in base of submedian fold ; the subbasal line ‘ MORRISONTA. 383 represented by double black striee from costa; the antemedial line with a dark striga from costa, then indistinet and strongly angled outwards above yein 1 and inner margin; elaviform incompletely defined by black ; orbicular ahd reniform with obscure ochreous annuli incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; the postmedial line strongly dentate, black defined by ochreous on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; the subterminal line very obscurely defined by the Fig. 101.—Morrisonia confusa, g. }- area beyond it being slightly darker, with blackish streaks in the interspaces, running obliquely to apex, and with pale dentate marks on veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, especially on terminal area ; the veins dark ; a dark terminal line; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and curved postmedial series of striz on the veins. Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Eastern States, 3 ¢ type wfructuosa, Texas, 1 g, California. vp. 40 millim. Larva. Head round, shining light red-brown, reticulate in lighter and paler over the clypeus. Body shaded in vinous red, with a rounded, quadrate, deep vinous patch laterally above the spiracle on joints 2 to 12. Fine white dorsal, lateral, and suprastigmatal lines. Shields not chitinized, concolorous ; spiracles white, finely black-rimmed. Food-plants: Willow, ete.—H. G. D. 1694. Morrisonia lignana. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 3.) Hadena lignana, Wik. xi. '758 (1857); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 26, pl. v. f. 19. Head and thorax brownish grey slightly mixed with rufous; teguie and patagia with black lines near upper edge; abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with fuscous and sometimes tinged with purplish, the costal area and veins rather paler; the subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa and cell, interrupting a slight black streak above vein 1 ; antemedial line double, dentate, oblique from costa to median nervure, and strongly angled inwards on vein 1; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, open 384 NOCTUID®. above and with black point on its inner side, the latter with its lower part filled in with fuscous and slightly angled inwards on median nervure; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line more or less indistinct, strongly dentate and produced to a series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous white, defined on inner side by fuscous marks at middle and below vein 3, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen on veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous, with slight pale mark on termen at submedian fold ; cilia ochreous, with a brown line near base ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and,more or less indistinct postmedial line. Hab, New Zpatanp (Earl), 1 ¢ type, (Hnys)19 , (Mathew) 19, Marlborough (Skellon) 1 9, Wellington, Mount Hutt. wp. 42 millim, 1695. Morrisonia morosa. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 4.) Xylophasia morosa, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. 543 (1880), Mamestra pelistis, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 20 (1887); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 19, pl. v. ff. 3, 4. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and a few dark scales; frons with black bar; tegule with medial black line; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing pale brown, more or less strongly suffused with purplish red ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform small, defined by black; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres, and pale annuli defined by black, the former round ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely dentate and produced to black and pale points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and slightly incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line grey or ochreous, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous except at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. New Zuatanvd (Skellon, Mathew), 2 3, 1 Q type, Wel- lington, Paikakariki, Akaroa, type fT pelistis in Coll. Meyrick, Lake Coleridge. Hxp. 40 millim. *1696. Morrisonia prionistis. (Plate LXX XIX. fig. 5.) Mamestra prionistis, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 27 (1887); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pl. v. f. 21. Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown; sides of palpi and frons with some dark brown ; tegule dark brown near tips; patagia with black stripe on upper edge and on lower edge near base; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with MORRISONIA. 385 brown ; a pale rufous fascia in discal fold from before middle to subterminal line ; a similar fascia in submedian fold extending to inner margin at base and to termen; the inner area suffused with fuscous from before middle to near tornus; subbasal line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, double, dentate, strongly angled outwards below cell and above inner margin; orbicular and reniform indistinct and ill-defined, except the latter on outer side, where it has some diffused black beyond it at lower angle of cell, the former rounded, the veins beyond the cell grey defined by fine black streaks; postmedial line obsolete except for two dark striz from costa and in submedian interspace, where it is strongly angled inwards; subterminal line represented by oblique strigze from termen at and below apex, then by conjoined dentate rufous marks; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia grey intersected with brown. Hind wing dark red-brown ; cilia white at tips; the underside pale, suffused and irrorated with pale red-brown ; a small discoidal lunule. Hab. New Zeatanp, Weilington, typet @ in Coll. Meyrick, Rakaia. vp. 48 millim. 1697. Morrisonia temperata. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 6.) Bryophila temperata, W1k. xv. 1648 (1858) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 9. Aylina inceptura, Wik. xv. 1736 (1858). Aylina deceptura, Wk. xv. 1787 (1858). 3S. Head and thorax reddish or dark brown and grey mixed; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge and some fuscous irroration, the veins streaked with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from costa and cell; antemedial line represented by double dark points on costa, median nervure, and vein 1; claviform sometimes partly defined by fuscous; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish annuli defined by fuscous, the former rather elongate elliptical, the latter somewhat angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line more or less indistinct, dentate, and with a series of points beyond it on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line represented by some more or less indistinct dentate dark marks at middle; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia pale at tips ; the under- side pale with slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. © greyer. Hab, New Zeatann (Churton), 3 3,2 9, type and types inceptura nd deceptura. Exp. 36-40 millim. 1698. Morrisonia phricias. (Plate LXXXIX. fig, 7.) Mamestra phricias, Meyr. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. p. 46 (1888); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 27, pl. y. f. 22. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and dilated at extremity; thorax VOL. V. 2¢ : 386 NOCTUIDA. with high triangular crest. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; tegule with dark line at tips; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing silvery purplish grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous, the veins with dark streaks ; a slight black streak below base of cell; slight traces of the subbasal line; antemedial line very indistinct, double, oblique from costa to below the cell, then dentate; claviform absent; orbicular ana reniform moderate, indistinct, grey defined by fuscous ; a slight medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedia] line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then very highly dentate, oblique ; subterminal line very slightly defined by fuscous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4and3; aterminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish; the underside whitish suffused with brown, traces of a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. New Zeatanp, (Hnys) 2 5, (J. J. Walker) 1 S$, 1 9, Marlborough (Skellon) 2d. Exp. 40-44 millim. Type f in Coll. Meyrick. Genus PERSECTANIA, nov. Type, P. evingi. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front ; frons with slight rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the tegule produced into a slight dorsal ridge; the prothorax with divided crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibie fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment and lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing rather pro- duced, the termen obliquely curved; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 5, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. Secr. I. Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate ; pectus and abdomen clothed with rough hair, the latter with long sublateral tufts from base. 1699. Persectania evingi. Xylophasia ewingii, Westw. Proc. Ent. Soe. ii. p. 55, pl. 20. f. 1 (1837). Chloantha composita, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 114 (1852); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 22, pl. v. ff. 8, 9, & pl. iii. f. 7. Leucania aversa, Wik. ix. 113 (1856). Mamestra maori, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 24 (1874). Morrisonia peracuta, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei. ii. p. 114 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 232. . Leucania dentigera, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 542 (1880). Head and thorax grey tinged with pale or dark brown; frons whitish with dark bar; tegule with black medial line edged with white above; patagia -with some black scales near upper edge; abdomen whitish tinged with brown and with some fuscous sub- lateral spots. Fore wing grey-white, more or less strongly irrorated with fuscous and suffused with fuscous or brown; a black streak below basal half of cell; the veins and the interspaces of terminal PERSECTANIA. 387 half with slight dark streaks; subbasal line represented by a slight very oblique black streak from base of costa; the antemedial line indistinct, double, very highly dentate, usually with an oblique black streak before it above inner margin; claviform represented by obscure black streaks above and below ; orbicular and reniform Fig. 102.—Persectania evingi, $. 1. small, with whitish annuli defined by black, the former elongate and more or less confluent with the latter; postmedial line bent out- wards below costa, then very highly and rather irregularly dentate, most strongly in submedian fold; subterminal line whitish, defined by black on outer side, the area before it pale, beyond it suffused with brown or fuscous, arising from apex, with shortening denti- - tions on veins 6, 5, then dentate to termen on veins 4, 3, and 1; a terminal series of triangular black points ; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal area paler or nearly white; cilia white, brownish at base; the underside white, a small discoida] spot, the terminal area fuscous from apex to vein 2. Hab. ign., type Q aversu and type 2 peracuta; QUEENSLAND, 1 9; New Sourn Watss, (faynor) 4 ¢, 2 9; Vicroria, Gisborne (Lyell) 2.35; 8S. Ausrratia (Bakewell) 19; Tasmanta, Hobart, (Norman) 1 3, (Butler, Smith, Aliport) 23,39; New Zearano, (J. J. Walker) 1 9, Auckland (Owley, Sinclair) 1 g, 5 Q, Dunedin (Purdie) 1 3, Marlborough (Skellon) 2 2 , type dentigera. Exp. 34-44 millim. Larva bright reddish brown; dorsal stripe broad, black; sub- dorsal stripe narrower, edged with white; lateral stripe dull red, white, and black; ventral surface, head, and prolegs greenish grey with black markings ; spiracles black. Food-plants, Grasses. 1 & 9. Secr. II. Antenne of male with bristles and cilia; pectus and abdomen more smoothly scaled. A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform obsolete ......... aulacias. B. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a streak Gaymilwteran nsiday ude) SHEVA e Nopaeeriss ace Sciorboneceeeedeeereccoer Oe steropastis. C. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform separate ......... atristriga. 1700. Persectania aulacias. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 8.) Teucania aulacias, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 11 (1887). Leucania arotis, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 11 (1887); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 12, pl. iv. f. 18.. Head and thorax ochreous slightly tinged with rufous; sides of 2c2 388 NOCTUIDE. palpi and frons with some black scales; tegule with black medial line ; upper edge of patagia and prothoracie crest with some black scales; legs with fine blackish streaks ; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous ; the veins black-brown, defined by fine whitish streaks; the interspaces with diffused reddish-brown streaks; traces of a sinuous streak below the cell from base to below end of cell, upturned at extremity; a slight antemedial point on vein 1; a slight oblique streak above middle of inner margin; a postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; faint traces of a highly irregularly dentate pale subterminal line repre- sented by an oblique streak below vein 7 and another from vein 3 at termen to submedian fold. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia grey ; the underside ochreous white, irrorated and partly suffused with brown, a slight discoidal lunule, indistinct sinuous postmedial line, and some black striz on termen. Ab. 1. arotis. Hind wing with the cilia white, tinged with ochreous and brown at base. Hab, New Zratanp (J. J. Walker), 1 ¢, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, in Coll. Meyrick, Rakaia. vp. 46 millim. 1701, Persectania steropastis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 9.) Mamestra steropastis, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 22 (1887); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 23, pl. v. ff. 10, 11. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; sides of palpi and frons blackish ; tegule with medial black line. Fore wing rufous; the veins with dark streaks; a dark streak slightly defined by grey above below base of cell and another above inner margin before middle ; antemedial line obsolete towards costa, very strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1; a dark streak in lower part of cell; reniform repre- sented by slight dark and whitish marks on upper discocellular and lower angle of cell, and a curved streak below angle; postmedial line very strongly angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1, otherwise obsolete; interspaces of terminal area with dark streaks, the subterminal line being represented by oblique white streaks below veins 7, 4,3. Hind wing deep fuscous brown, the cilia pale at tips; the underside grey tinged with reddish and irrorated with black. Hab. New Zeatanp, Dunedin (Purdie), 3 ¢, 2 9, Akaroa (J. J. Walker), 1 3, Napier, Blenheim, Christchurch. wp, 40-44 millim. Type f in Coll. Meyrick. 1702. Persectania atristriga. Xylina atristriga, Wik. xxxiii. 756 (1865) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 10, pl. iv. f. 12. Mamestra antipoda, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 109. f. 23 (1874). Head and thorax purplish or red-brown, sometimes brown PERSECTANIA.—XYLOMANIA. 389 irrorated with grey; tegule with fuscous and grey medial line; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft more ochreous brown. Fore wing grey-brown suffused with purplish red and with slight dark irroration ; the costal area greyish to near apex ; a prominent black streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by slight strie from costa and cell; the antemedial line arising as double strie from costa, then indistinct and highly dentate; claviform small, defined by black, sometimes nearly obsolete ; orbicular and reniform small, greyish defined by black, the former elongate, the ZS Fig. 103.—Persectania atristriga, $. }. latter angled inwards on median nervure and with some fuscous in lower part; postmedial line arising from double striz from costa, then indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and strongly angled inwards in submedian fold; subterminal line represented by a series of small ochreous and fuscous dentate marks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, with the cilia rufous; the underside pale irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. New Zratann (J. J. Walker), 33,192, Auckland, (Oxley) 2 $ type, (Enys) 19, Otago (Hutton), 1 3, Marlborough (Skellon), 13,192, (Mathew) 13, Dunedin (Purdie), 33,192. Hep. 36- 44 millim. Genus XYLOMANTIA, nov. Type, X. hiemalis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons, the 2nd joint fringed with hair below, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; tegule dorsally produced into a slight ridge; pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; pectus clothed with woolly hair; tibiz fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the apex slightly produced, the termen oblique and somewhat angled at vein 3; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastumosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 shortly stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. Secr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate, with rather long branches, the apex simple. A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent ... behrensiana. B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform separate. a. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell....... erythrolita. b. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell... ..... hiematis. 390 NOCTUID.Z, 703. Xylomania behrensiana. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 10.) Graphiphora behrensiana, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 71 (1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 208. ®. Head and thorax dull brown mixed with grey ; abdomen brownish white irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing brownish grey, suffused with brown to the subterminal line and thickly irrorated and striated with black-brown; the costal edge pale; subbasal line blackish, defined by pale colour on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line defined by whitish on inner side, oblique from costa to above inner margin, then angled inwards; orbicular and reniform defined by whitish, confluent and forming a celt-shaped mark ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, slightly ineurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4; the veins of terminal half streaked with whitish; subterminal line whitish, excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pinkish white with slight dark irroration, especially on marginal areas; the underside with small black discoidal spot, curved postmedial series of points on the veins and terminal series. Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 9 type. vp. 40 millim. 1704. Xylomania erythrolita. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 11.) Graphiphora erythrolita, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 208 (1879); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown; shaft of antennee crimson in male; palpi tinged with crimson; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with dark brown, especially on basal half: subbasal and antemedial lines represented by slight dark spots on costa; orbicular and reniform dark with greyish annuli, the former small, round, the latter obliquely curved; traces of an oblique medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, interrupted, whitish defined by brown on inner side, prominently towards costa and inner margin, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of brown strie. Hind wing grey suffused with brown, especially on terminal area; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial series of points on the veins. Ab. 1 Much more rufous in colour. Hab, U.S.A., California,5 g,1 9, type. Zap. 34 millim. 1705. Xylomania hiemalis. Aylomiges hiemalis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sei. ii. p. 71 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 253. Dryobota californica, Behr. Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 94 (1874). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black; frons with XYLOMANIA. 391 black bar ; tegule with black medial line; tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen pale reddish, ventrally mixed with grey. Fore wing bluish grey irrorated with fuscous and black; a waved black streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa; antemedial line oblique, waved; claviform well-developed, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, with orange and black scales at centre and grey annuli defined by black, the former irregularly rounded and open above; postmedial line double, indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incuryed; subterminal line whitish, defined by dentate black marks on inner side and by the area beyond it being darker, running obliquely from apex, dentate at veins 4, 3, and incurved Fig. 104.—Xylomania hiemalis, §. }. at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, more or less strongly irrorated with fuscous; a terminal series of dark strie; the underside with black discoidal lunule and sinuous punctiform postmedial line showing through on upperside. Hab. Canava, Vancouver I. (W. H. Danby), 33,19; US.A., California, Sanzalito, 1 g; Oakland, 19 type. vp. 34-38 millim. Sucr. II. Antennz of male with short branches, the apex simple. A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a. Fore wing tinged with bluish, the black markings very LOMINGM Geascirocc tae wsersors ance cscad seseees sees da ccnuseensectaan ce pallidior, @.vore wing tinged with brownish: 23... .....-:scssm-ssescceteoses peritalis, B. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell ............... cognata. *1706. Xylomania pallidior. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 12.) Aylomiges pallidior, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 227 (1899) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158. 3. Head and thorax bluish white mixed with some black, palpi black at sides; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line; patagia with black streak on lower edge and some black scales near upper edge; tarsi with black rings; pectus tinged with pink ; abdomen whitish tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with black. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with fuscous, the base of inner margin tinged with pinkish; a sinuous black line below base of cell connected with the claviform, which is defined by 392 NOCTUID®. black ; subbasal line represented by two strix from costa; ante- medial line double, waved, oblique, intersected by an oblique black streak in cell running to upper edge of orbicular, which is defined by black, oblique elliptical, open above and confluent below with the reniform, which is defined by black, has blackish centre and has its lower part intersected by a black streak; a diffused black medial shade, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line indistinctly double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line repre- sented by a series of wedge-shaped black spots produced as streaks to termen towards costa and inner margin; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white irrorated with blackish, and the costal and inner areas tinged with pinkish brown; a discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and series of marks on termen and cilia, all more distinct on underside. Hab. Canapva, Br. Columbia, in U.S. Nat. Mus. wp. 42 millim, 1707. Xylomania peritalis. (Plate LXAXXIX. fig. 13.) Aylomiges peritalis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv. p. 69 (1892); id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 233. do. Grey mixed with vinous brown; palpi blackish; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous and slightly tinged with pale vinous at base; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal and antemedial lines repre- sented by dark strigz on costa; claviform very large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform very large, almost confluent, defined by black, the former produced at lower extremity, the latter some- what constricted at middle; traces of a medial shade towards costa and inner margin; postmedial line represented by two striz on costa and one on inner margin; subterminal line only defined by some black streaks before its medial part and in the interspaces beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white, the inner area tinged with pale rufous ; a black terminal line; the underside with large black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of black striz showing through to upperside. Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 13. Exp. 40 millim. 1708. Xylomania cognata. Aylomiges cognata, Smith, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc, xxi. p. 78, pl. v. f. 3 (1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158. Head and thorax white mixed with black; tegule with black medial line; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing white, irrorated with pale brown and fuscous and sometimes tinged in parts with ochreous ; a double, waved, black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a double, oblique, waved antemedial XYLOMANIA. 393 line, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform well-developed, short, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, rounded, sometimes almost confluent, incompletely defined by black; traces of a waved medial line ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent outwards below Fig. 105.—Xylomania cognata, Sg. }. costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line white, defined on each side by black marks except towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3, then in- curved, the area beyond it rather darker ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white slightly irrorated with black; a terminal black line ; the underside with discoidal spot and postmedial punctiform line showing through to upperside. Hab. Canavs, Vancouver I. (W. H. Danby), 4 6,3 9; U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, wp. 38 millim. Srucr. III. Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate. A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a. Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish grey ............ rubrica. b. Fore wing with the ground-colour white....................006 simplex. B. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a. Kore wing not suffused with red-brown. a‘, Fore wing not suffused with black. a. Fore wing with the indistinct subterminal line strongly angled MWaArds On) Vella: eaececsesccs7-ceoseeecesse-easeres indurata. 6. Fore wing with the indistinct subterminal line notangled AIL Weal Os Oly VEN stcae cosets sclqvocee cess lesepeeaasoscceasc curialis. b'. Fore wing largely suffused with black. a*, Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey ............ candida, _ 6. Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish............... dolosa. b. Fore wing strougly suffused with red-brown ................4 perlubens. 1709. Xylomania rubrica. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 14.) Graphiphora rubrica, Harv. Can. Ent. x. p. 58 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey 5 frons with black bar; tegula with blackish medial line; patagia with some black scales on edges ; abdomen with dark irroration; tarsi banded with black. Fore wing brownish grey, suffused with rufo us from orbicular above vein 2 to subterminal line, sometimes with a distinet curved black shade on lower part of this area; an irregular black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, wayed, from costa to sub- 394 NOCTUID®. median fold; antemedial line double, waved, nearly erect; clavi- form slightly defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, grey or rufous with grey annulus, the latter rufous with grey annulus ; postmedial line double, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, sometimes finely defined by black on inner side, the area beyond it dark except at apex, where there is a grey patch, angled outwards at vein 7, then nearly straight; a terminal series of black lunules; cilia grey mixed with dark brown. Hind wing white, some brown irroration on the veins and inner area; a terminal lunulate black line; the underside with brown irroration on costal area, a black discoidal junule showing through to upperside, and a postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hab, U.S.A., Oregon, California, San Raphael, 1 9 type, Havilah, 19. xp. 38 millim. 1710. Xylomania simplex. Acronycta simplex, W1k. xxxii. 618 (1865) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 233. AXylomiges crucialis, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii, p. 277 (1875). Head and thorax white mixed with grey ; frons with black bar ; tegule with black medial line; patagia edged with black; tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen grey tinged with rufous. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a strong black streak below base of cell; the subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa, the antemedial line by striz from costa and inner Fig. 105.—Aylomania simplex, 3. }. margin ; claviform large, more or less completely defined by black ; orbicular large, oblique, wedge-shaped, open above, defined by a black patch or streak before it in cell, and the oblique medial black shade beyond it from costa to median nervure; reniform large, rounded, with some orange at centre, an incomplete black outline and a prominent semicircular black mark below it ; postmedial line represented by a series of black strie on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, sub- terminal line only defined by a series of short black streaks in the interspaces beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia intersected with black. Hind wing white, with series of black striz on termen; the 7 —- i te, Ss aa XYLOMANIA. 395 underside with black discoidal spot and postmedial series of strize showing through to upperside. Hab. Canapa, Vancouver I. (Dr. Lyall, W. H. Danby), 2 3 type ; U.S.A., Washington, 1 9, Orégon, Portland, Colorado, California, Sanzalito, 2 ¢,1 9, type erucialis. Exp. 36-44 millim. Larva. Head very slightly bilobed, shining brown, the sutures and mottling on the sides lighter. Body green or brown, finely dotted with white; dorsal, lateral, and suprastigmatal lines fine, white, straight. Shields very slightly chitinized, lighter than the body, pale, unmarked. Spiracles black, surrounded by reddish. Food-plants, various shrubs.—H. G. D. 1711. Xylomania indurata. (Plate LX XXIX. fig. 15.) Aylomiges indurata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 80, pl. iv. f. 7 (1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158. 6. Head and thorax clothed with dark brown and grey scales ; abdomen grey dorsally tinged with ochreous, ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore wing bluish grey strongly irrorated with fuscous; the ante- and postmedial lines represented by traces of dark points on the veins; claviform rather large, obscurely defined by brown ; orbicular and reniform obscurely defined by brown, the former rounded ; the subterminal line only defined by an indistinct series of small dentate dark marks on its inner side; an indistinct oblique dark shade from termen below apex; cilia intersected with whitish. Hind wing white sparsely irrorated with brown, especially on the veins, the inner margin tinged with pale reddish brown ; the under- side with black discoidal lunule and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins showing through to upperside. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes, Oslar), 2 3, 3 2; Durango (Oslar), 1 g. Exp. 46 millim. 1712. Xylomania curialis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 16.) AXylomiges curialis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 143 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 233. Head and thorax clothed with bluish-grey and brown scales ; tarsi banded with black; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with ochreous, ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore wing bluish grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown, the submedian and discal folds often with a reddish tinge; the veins slightly streaked with black, the subbasal line represented by an indistinct dark striga from costa; the antemedial line very indistinct, waved ; claviform rather large, defined by blackish; orbicular and reniform obscurely defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with some black in its lower part and often some red on its outer edge; postmedial line very indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the subterminal line grey, defined by small dentate dark marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; traces of a terminal series of dark points. 396 NOCIUIDA. Hind wing pure white, with terminal series of small black lunules ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and some postmedial striz on the veins. Hab. U.S.A., California, 2 ¢ type; San Francisco (Stretch), 1d, 192. xp. 49 millim. 1713. Xylomania candida. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 17.) AXylomiges candida, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 79, pl. v. f. 1 (1804) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158. Head and thorax clothed with bluish-white and black scales ; tegule with slight black medial line; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen tinged with pale rufous, the ventral surface white irro- rated with black. Fore wing bluish white thickly irrorated and suffused with black; a dentate black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a waved antemedial line angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; claviform rather small, obscurely defined by black; orbicular and reniform with fuscous centres and whitish annuli defined by black, the former irregularly rounded, the latter usually with a reddish mark on its outer edge; a waved blackish medial shade angled at median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved; subterminal line grey defined by small blackish, somewhat dentate marks on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing pure white; the underside with small discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of strie showing through to upperside, the costal area irrorated with brown. Hab. Canava, Vancouver I. (W. H. Danby), 7 3,2 2; US.A., Oregon, Corvallis, 1 9. wp. 40 millim. 1714. Xylomania dolosa. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 18.) Aylomiges dolosa, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p, 88 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. 2. Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with black and white scales; pectus paler; tarsi ringed with black. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with black, and suffused with black from base to postmedial line except the inner area, at costa extending to subter- minal line ; subbasal line waved, black, obscurely defined by white, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line represented by a black striga from costa and an angle above inner margin ; claviform a prominent wedge-shaped white mark confluent with the small round orbicular, which has a fuscous centre; reniform well deve- loped, white, its centre irrorated with black ; postmedial line rather indistinct, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent out- wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a confluent series of dentate black marks angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved at » XYLOMANIA. 397 submedian fold, the veins beyond it streaked with black; a ter- minal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white sparsely irrorated with black, a terminal blackish line, the underside with large black discoidal lunule. Hab. U.S.A., Maine, 1 @ type, New Hampshire, White Mts., New York, Plattsburgh, Colorado, wp. 42 millim. 1715. Xylomania perlubens. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 19.) Xylomiges perlubens, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 132 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. Mamestra subapicalis, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p.462 (1887). ¢g. Head and thorax ferruginous red slightly mixed with grey ; frons with blackish bar; tegule with slight medial black line; patagia with some black scales near edges; dorsal crests tipped with black; tarsi banded with black; abdomen pale ferruginous mixed with grey. Fore wing grey, almost entirely suffused with ferruginous red and irrorated with white, the veins streaked with black and white ; a double, waved, black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a double antemedial line, oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards above vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; clayiform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, large, the former erect elliptical, with whitish centre, the latter rufous with some black on lower part, open above and on outer side; traces of a waved medial shade ; postmedial line double, waved, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4,some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, defined by rufous and some black on inner side, the area beyond it fuscous irrorated with white and with grey apical patch, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous and pale rufous. Hind wing white with some terminal black strie; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. Hab. U.S.A., Washington, 1 ¢ type, Oregon, Portland, Colorado, California. Exp. 46 millim. Larva. Dyar, Can. Ent. xxvi. p. 67 (1894). Head whitish, with brown reticulations and streaks on the sides ; tubercles black. Body pale brown or partly greenish, brown-dotted. Dorsal line narrow, white, black-edged, subdorsal line similar ; lateral area biack-shaded; stigmatal band broad, dull-red filled, bordered with white. Food-plant, Wild Gooseberry.—H. G. D. Srcr. IV. Antenne of male ciliated. A. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on median nervure and confluent with the orbicular. a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line almost obsolete . conspicillaris, b'. Fore wing with the postmedial line well developed... pulchella, 398 NOCTUIDAE. 6. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a‘, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines con- joined by a black streak in submedian fold............ bella. b', Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines not conjoined by a black streak peesesso--.....0ecesercas alternans. B. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median nervure and confluent with orbicular. @: Forewing bluish whitey ess. s.csmessereeveincsbecekes dacues soe patalis. b. Fore wing greyish white suffused in parts with brown... orma. c. Fore wing ochreous whitish. a‘, Fore wing with brown patch on termen above tornus. natalensis. b', Fore wing without brown patch on termen above POLNUG: <2. s0:ocjanaiccs Seta aR hc een we a kiae ek beac v-alhum. 1716. Xylomania conspicillaris. Noctua conspicillaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 515 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 134. ff. 4-6; Hiibn. Samml. Eur, Schmett., Noct. ff. 236, 237 ; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 169; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 149, pl. 110. ff. 3, 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 212. Noctua musicalis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 147. f. 5 (1777). Noctua melaleuca, View. Tab. Verz. p. 68, pl. i. f.5 Fr. vii. pl. 112. f. 6. (1789); Dup. Lép. Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with dark brown; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line; thoracic crests black ; tibie black with pale rings; abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing bluish grey irrorated with brown, the basal and costal areas suffused with reddish brown ; the veins streaked with black ; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, strongly dentate; claviform defined by black; orbicular and reni- form large, rounded, incompletely defined by black, the latter with Fig. 107.—Aylomania conspicillaris, S. }. black mark in its lower part; an oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line represented by a double series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being suffused with rufous, running obliquely from apex and dentate on veins 3, 4, 2, 1; cilia red-brown intersected with white. Hind wing white; the veins brown, the apex tinged with brown; a ter- minal series of brown striz; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and postmedial series of striz: on the veins. Ab. 1. melaleuca. Fore wing black except inner area, which is grey or ochreous white. XYLOMANIA. 399 Hab. Brrrarn, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Avsrrra, Leech Coll. ; Iraty, North and Central; Swepen; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenzta; Asta Mivor, Pontus, Taurus; Kurpistan; W. Turkestan, Sarawschan; W. Srperra, Altai. Hap. 38—42 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 83; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 143, pl. 152. f. 3.* Greenish ochreous freckled with fuscous, forming darker dorsal blotches ; dorsal and subdersal lines obscurely dark-edged ; spira- eular line pale reddish ochreous with dark edge above; head pale pinkish ochreous with black markings. Food-plants: Lotus, Poly- gonum, ete. 6-8. 1717. Xylomania pulchella. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 20.) Aylomiges pulchella, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 81, pl. v. f. 2 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 158. Head and thorax brownish grey; frons with blackish bar ; tegule with traces of black medial line and sometimes black tips; patagia incompletely edged with black; abdomen pale brown irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white, sparsely irrorated with black ; the antemedial, postmedial, and terminal areas except at apex suffused with black; a black streak below base of cell; a double, waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a double, waved antemedial line; claviform moderate, defined by black, or almost obsolete ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former pure white, oblique elliptical, the latter with whitish annulus suffused with rufous, extending to postmedial line and with some black in its lower part; traces of a waved medial line; postmedial line waved, defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly incurved at submedian fold ; an apical grey patch; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia fuscous intersected with white. Hind wing white, with some dark irroration on veins and inner and terminal areas; the under- side with the costal area irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot and minutely waved postmedial line. Hab. Canapa, Vancouver I. (W. H. Danby),6 $,2 9. Exp. 40 millim. 1718. Xylomania bella. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 21.) Aylomyges bella, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 175, Head and thorax ochreous; frons with black bar; tegule whitish at base, with black medial line and rufous tips; tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing white irrorated with ochreous and dark brown; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line oblique, from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin; the medial area except below submedian fold suffused with dark brown, becoming black towards 400 NOCTUID®. submedian fold; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, pale rufous with whitish annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter open on outer side; postmedial line dentate, defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some bluish grey beyond it towards inner margin; subterminal line white, arising from the white apical patch, slightly excurved at middle and with small black spots on it above veins 4 and 3; the veins beyond the lower angle of cell streaked with black; the terminal area red-brown except at apex; a terminal series of black and white lunules; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing white, with postmedial series of black points on the veins; the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; some terminal black lunules; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot. Hab, Taran, Yokohama (Pryer),4 5,5 9, type. Evp., 3 42, © 46 millim. 1719. Xylomania alternans. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 22.) g. ZZ Hapalia alternans, Wik. x. 360 (1856). Xylomiges tabulata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Sury. Terr. iv. p. 181 (1878); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. Q. Head and thorax dark grey mixed with black and white ; frons with black bar ; tegule with black medial line; tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous banded with black. Fore wing dark grey ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; claviform with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former with whitish annulus, rather quadrate and open above and below; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line defined on inner side by white suffusion except at costa, and with blackish marks on it at discal and submedian folds; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with black; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with reddish brown ; cilia whitish; the underside white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line with short black streaks on the veins, some terminal black striz. Hab. US.A.,1 g,1 2 type, New York, 1 9, Grote Coll. Exp. 40 millim. 1720. Xylomania patalis. (Plate LAXXIX. fig. 23.) Xylomiges patalis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 144, pl. avout (1873); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. Xylomiges fletcheri, Grote, Can. Ent. xx. p, 130 (1888). Head and thorax bluish white mixed with fuscous brown; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line ; patagia edged with black ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing bluish ———"s XYLOMANIA. 401 whitish irrorated with pale fuscous brown; a fine black streak below base of cell; an oblique black striga across cell before the antemedial line, which is represented by a fuscous striga from costa and an angle above infler margin; claviform moderate, defined by black; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, the latter angled inwards on median nervure and confluent or nearly confluent with the former; post- medial line indistinct or almost obsolete, minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4; subterminal line only defined by some small dentate black marks on its inner side and some fuscous suffusion on costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas suffused with reddish brown in male, wholly suffused in female ; the underside irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Canana, Vancouver ; U.S.A., California (Walsingham), 13, 1 2, Sanzalito, 3 ¢,1 2 type. Hep. 39 millim. 1721. Xylomania norma. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 24.) Dianthecia norma, Saalm. Lép. Madag. p. 305, f. 245 (1891). g. Head and thorax ochreous, tinged with rufous and mixed with some black ; tegule with black line near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, tinged with rufous and irrorated with black. Fore wing greyish white, suffused in parts with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; a rather wedge-shaped black mark below base of cell with short streak beyond it; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa; antemedial line waved, angled at submedian fold; clavi- form small, whitish tinged with red and defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish tinged with red and incompletely defined by black, the former very elongate elliptical and running into lower angle of cell, with a blackish spot in upper extremity, the latter narrow, its upper extremity produced and its lower retracted into a streak on median nervure running below the orbicular; post- medial line highly dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; a slight dark triangular shade on costa towards apex; the terminal area dark, arising from termen just below apex and interrupted by a dentate whitish mark on vein 4, some short black streaks on its inner edge and some black points on termen; cilia pale rufous intersected with yellow. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia whitish tinged with rufous; the underside whitish irrorated with black, a discoidal lunule, sinuous post- medial line, and terminal series of small spots. Hab. Mavagascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 g. Exp. 22 millim, 1722. Xylomania natalensis. (Plate LX XXIX. fig. 25.) Apamea natalensis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 403 (1875). @. Head and thorax brownish white, slightly mixed with VOL. V. 2D 402 NOCTUID 2%. rufous ; tegule with three dark lines; patagia edged with brown below and black scales above; tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous, the dorsal crest at base blackish. Fore wing very pale olive-brown, sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by black strize from costa and cell ; a short black streak above base of vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved; median nervure and medial part of vein 1 streaked with white and with black points on them; orbicular and reniform small and rather ill-defined, situated on a rufous patch in and below cell, the former white, sometimes with fuscous centre, oblique and confluent at lower angle of cell with the latter, which is rufous with a black point in lower angle of cell and black patch beyond it; postmedial line represented by an incomplete double series of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being dark brown, bent outwards to apex and dentate at veins 4, 3; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered pale black and rufous. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces rather paler towards base ; cilia ochreous with brown line and pale tips; the underside ochreous irrorated with black, the costal and terminal areas tinged with vinous red, a black discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. Natat (Burrows), 1 2 type, Durban (Leigh), 2 9. Hep. 32 millim, 1723. Xylomania v-album. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 26.) Leucania v-album, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 69, ply tye ie (1891) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 275. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown ; tegul with black line near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous suffused with dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing ochreous whitish irrorated and striated with fuscous, less prominently on terminal area; an ill-defined black streak below base of cell; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa; some ferruginous sometimes present in and below cell; the orbicular and reniform whitish, narrow, oblique, confluent below, and forming a V-shaped mark with blackish suffusion before, between its arms and beyond it, a black point on it at lower angle of cell; some black striz on costa from before middle to near apex; traces of an antemedial line angled on median nervure, then reduced to points ; postmedial line ill-defined, angled at vein 4, then oblique; a rather indistinct triangular brown shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia whitish; the underside ochreous white thickly irrorated and striated with black-brown, the terminal area almost entirely black-brown, a large discoidal spot. Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Cardew, Hampson), 1 g, 2 2, type. Exp. 30 millim. ee ——————SEE ee) PERIGRAPHA, 403 P Genus PERIGRAPHA. Type. Perigrapha, Ged. Noct. Hur. p. 136 (1857) .........c0--e-0eecoeeeeees F-cincta. Acerra, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat? Sci. ii. p. 162 (1874) ......... normalis. Proboscis fully developed; palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round, clothed with very long hair; antenne typically bipectinate to apex in both sexes, the branches shorter in female; head and thorax clothed with hair only ; the tegule produced upwards into a slight ridge, a ridgelike dorsal crest ; pectus and legs clothed with long hair; abdomen clothed with rough hair, the Ist segment with dorsal crest. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsoleseent from angle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. Secr. I, Antenne bipectinate in both sexes. A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined by a pale patch below cell. eter srwitht White tips ...2.00. s<2.cceast00-s.0.20encuaarsacs cireumducta. 6, Nepule without white tips. ..............22...scsssecesceste see 1-cincta. B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not conjoined bygaspale; patch’ belowpcell. .....2.....c..<.-cecacwetoves+snce= prima. 1724. Perigrapha circumducta. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 30.) Orthosia circumducta, Led. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1855, i. p. 111, pl. i. f. 9; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 200. ¢. Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with grey; frons with whitish bar above; antenne whitish; tegule edged with white ; abdomen rufous mixed with grey. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas pale pinkish brown with slight dark irroration ; the medial area chocolate except the costal and inner areas, which are grey irrorated with fuscous; a whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold defined by fuscous; a fine pale antemedial line excurved below costa, then running obliquely with an inward curve to above inner margin, where it is angled; orbicular and reniform very large, brownish white defined by white, the former rather oblique oblong, the latter extending to far below cell, angled at middle and truncate at lower extremity, and both conjoined to a large similar semicircular patch below the cell; postmedial line pale, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique, defined on outer side by some grey and fuscous irroration ; a series of small fuscous spots on termen. Hind wing yellowish suffused with dark brown ; the underside pale irrorated with brown, with dark discoidal spot and traces of sinuous postmedial line. Hab. 8. Russta, Sarepta; W. Srperra, Altai; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 ¢, Tarbagatai; E. Tourxxsran, Ili. Exp. 50 millim, 2n2 404 NOCTUID®, 1725. Perigrapha I-cincta. 7 Noctua I-cinetum, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 78 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 192, f. 5; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 144; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 190, pl. 85. f. 2. Bombyx cincta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 155 (1787) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p- 200. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; tegule with dark band ; abdomen brownish grey mixed with dark brown. Fore wing brownish grey, slightly irrorated and striated with fuscous; ante- medial line represented by two dark points on costa and by a fine pale line running obliquely with an inward curved from subcostal nervure to middle of vein 1, where it is angled; orbicular and reniform very large, grey defined by yellowish white except above, the former rounded, the latter extending to well below cell and both conjoined to a streak on median nervure and semicircular mark below the cell, these markings have black between and all round them except above, shading into brown below; postmedial 1 2. line marked by two black spots on costa, then by a grey line with darker grey beyond it, bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by a fine brown line with a paler area before it and by dark patches at costa and inner margin, excurved below costa and angled outwards at veins 4 and 3, the area beyond it browner; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown; the underside grey irrorated with dark brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Austria, Moravia; Huneary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Russia, Urals; W. Srperra, Altai. Ap. 46 millim. Larva. Hiibn. Eur. Raup. iv. Noct. ii. Gen. H, a, 4, ff. b, ¢. Pinkish, with dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral yellow lines, the last with some orange below it; ventral surface yellow; head red. Food-plant, Rumex. *1726. Perigrapha prima. Perigrapha prima, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xviii. p. 119 (1891) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 209. 9. Deep bluish grey irrorated with fuscous; frons and base of tegule yellowish; patagia with obscure black edges. Fore wing with the subbasal line hardly traceable, the costal half of basal PERIGRAPHA. 405 area paler ; antemedial line double, evenly oblique, fuscous ; clavi- form absent; orbicular and reniform large, pale grey defined by fuscous, the former elliptical, fouching below the latter, which is tinged with red ; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line double, fuscous, interrupted, indistinct, excurved beyond cell, the medial part of postmedial area much paler; subterminal line represented by some black irroration; a series of blackish terminal lunules. Hind wing fuscous ; the underside fuscous brown with some pale irroration, a discoidal spot and postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada. EHvp. 30 millim. This species is unknown to me. Secr. II. (Acerra). Antenne of male bipectinate, the apex serrate; of female minutely serrate. A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent ...... normalis. B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not confluent. a. Fore wing with the orbicular present ..........-....2.00es00e pulchella. 6. Fore wing with the orbicular absent. a’. Fore wing with the postmedial area darker than PEOUUC-COl OUR MAREE eos eetet cos 36 ea T° black ; reniform with its upper part ochreous, its lower whitish and angled inwards on median nervure to origin of vein 2; the inter- spaces beyond the cell slightly streaked with black; an ochreous subterminal mark above and below vein 6, and a V-shaped mark between veins 3 and 4; the extremity of the veins streaked with white; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins tinged with brown, diffused towards termen; a terminal series of small black lunules; the underside with the costal and apical half of terminal area irrorated with fuscous; a discoidal lunule. Hab. Care Corony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. ; Genus TMETOLOPHOTA, noy. Type, Z. propria. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair in front; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; antennex of male serrate aud fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with hair only, the prothorax with divided anterior crest; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather short and broad, the termen rounded; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso- lescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not forming a Val bped Minalae is gece ste S-lcasss0slocnca ncn cine deanece rem eeslceseeeeeeee propria. B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform forming a V-shaped DEG Kasei esac tert c ase e Rede re ne mea eels sss asst acleen aaah mtnestauionteteenm polygona. TMETOLOPHOTA,. 471 1818. Tmetolophota propria. Leucania propria, Wik. ix. 114 (1856); Butl. Voy. ‘ Erebus’ & ‘ Terror,’ pl. ix. f. 4; Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 11, pl. iv. f. 13. Head and thorax ochreous brown with a reddish or olive tinge ; tegule with black and white medial line ; fore and mid tibiz striped whitish and black; abdomen ochreous brown, tinged with rufous towards extremity or more ochreous. Fore wing pale grey-brown, usually more or less tinged with rufous or sometimes with ochreous ; a prominent black fascia below base of cell to below origin of vein 2; the extremity of median nervure with dilfused fuscous on it, with more or less prominent black streak above it and base of vein 4; Fig. 140.—Timetolophota prepria, 3. lm ° orbicular and reniform small, greyish, obscurely defined by black, the former round, reduced to a slight black streak representing its lower edge or obsolete ; a postmedial series of black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, met at vein 4 by a more or less prominent triangular dark shade from termen below apex; a prominent terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, or ochreous tinged with fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous ; the underside ochreous, the costal area slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hab. New Zeatann (Earl), 1 o type, (Enys) 1 3, (Mathew) 16,192,(J. Jd. Walker) 2 $, Marlborough (Skellon), 2 ¢,1 9, Blenheim, Mt. Arthur, Mt. Hutt. vp. 32-38 millim. *1819. Tmetolophota polygona. (Plate XCIV. fig. 10.) Tmetolophota polygona, Druce, ined. @. Head and thorax purplish grey; palpi and sides of frons, a bar above it, and two patches on vertex of head black; tegule yellow-brown, with black medial line and purple-grey tips ; pro- thorax and patagia with black patches, thorax with dorsal black stripe ; pectus brown in front; abdomen purple-grey, dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing purple-grey slightly tinged with brown, the markings deep black detined by olive-ochreous, the lines obsolete; a streak below base of costa and another below base of cell; an oblique streak above middle of inner margin only ie NOCTUIDE. defined by yellow below ; claviform represented by a small black triangle; orbicular and reniform purple-grey, forming a V-shaped mark and defined by black triangles before, between, and beyond them ; an oblique series of wedge-shaped marks from apex to below vein 2, where the mark is bisected by a yellow streak; a series of triangular marks just before termen from vein 6 to above vein 1, where the mark is more elongate; a fine terminal line and three lines through the cilia. Hind wing purplish white, the veins and marginal areas suffused with brown; the underside with the veins and marginal areas irrorated with brown ; a small discoidal spot. Hab. N. Perv, Huancabamba, 8000 feet, type f in Coll. Druce. Exp. 46 millim. Genus CONISANTIA, nov. Type, C. leineri. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with hair below ; frons with small rounded prominence ; eyes large, rounded ; antenne of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; fore tibia with spine on outer side near extremity, the tarsus with curved claws on each joint, longer towards extremity of joint ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below angle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 1820. Conisania leineri. Noctua leineri, Frr. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. ii. p. 145, pl. 184. f. 3 (1881); Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 102; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. Leucania furcata, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1887, iv. p. 40. Mamestra cervina, Ey. Bull. Mose. 1842, iii. p. 546; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 163-4. Mamestra pomerana, Schulz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1869, p. 51. Mamestra bovina, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 14. Mamestra albina, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896). Head and thorax bright rufous ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen rufous mixed with ochreous. Fore wing bright rufous, the veins Fig. 141.—Conisania leineri, S. }. irrorated with white ; the subbasal line represented by white points on costa and median nervure ; the antemedial line indistinct, waved, with white points on costa, median nervure, vein 1, and inner margin ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct white ocelli, the former small, round, the latter narrow with some CONISANIA.—DASYGASTER, 473 white on lower part ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, with series of white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of slight fuscous lunules ; cilia inter- sected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous suffused with rufous, rather paler towards base; cilia ochreous white, with a rufous line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with rufous, a discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band. Ab. 1. cervina. Fore wing pale rufous, with white streak on median nervure.—S. Russia, E. Siberia. Ab. 2. bovina. Fore wing brownish rufous, with the median nervure defined by whitish streaks towards extremity, the series of points almost obsolete—W. Turkestan. Ab. 3. furcata. Fore wing reddish, with white streaks on the veins.— Urals. Ab. 4. pomerana. Fore wing with prominent white streaks on the veins. —S. Germany, W. Turkestan. Ab. 5. albina. Fore wing greyish ochreous, with white streaks on the veins.—Mongolia. Hab. 8, Germany, Pomerania, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Huneaty, Leech Coll. ; S. Russta, Urals;. W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 ¢, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul; Moneoria, Uliassutai; E. Srperia. Hep. 38-40 millim. Genus DASYGASTER. ype Dasygaster, Guen. Nocti. ps 20 A852) .-c. 0.2. .52-cectoes-see~ees hollandie. Proboscis fully developed; palpi oblique, fringed with hair in frout, the ord joint porrect ; frons with small rounded prominence, with slight corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded; antennz of male typically with bristles and cilia; bead and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like seales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; pectus and abdomen clothed with long hair, the latter with dorsal crests at base and lateral fringes of hair, long in male. Fore wing rather short and broad, the apex rectangular ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anas- tomosing with the cell near base only. Secr. I. Antennz of male bipectinate, with moderate branches. A. Fore wing with the claviform present, defined by white ...... eugrapha. B. Fore wing with the claviform absont.........c..0..scccseeseoeere ligniplena. *1821. Dasygaster eugrapha. (Plate XCI. fig. 12.) Dasygaster eugrapha, Turner, ined. 6. Head and thorax clothed with dark brown, rufous, and grey AT4 NOCTUID. scales; frons with black bar ; tegule with two black lines ; patagia with black line near margins; tarsi with pale rings; ‘abdomen brown, laterally and ventrally tinged with purple. Fore wing leaden grey, slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; the medial area with the costal edge white and with black fascias in discal and submedian folds ; the ies double tilled in with white ; subbasal line waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line . oblique, waved, angled outwards above inner margin, not connected with the claviform, which is narrow and defined by white ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli, the former small, round, the latter narrow, with pale centre defined by brown ; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and with series of dentate black marks on its inner side, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line white, with prominent series of dentate black marks on its inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia intersected with grey. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale rufous; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown; a diffused curved post- medial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 2. Hab. Vicrorta, Melbourne, type t ¢ in Coll. Turner. vp. 40 millim. 1822. Dasygaster ligniplena. Xylina ligniplena, Wik. xi. 762 (1857). 6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey; frons with black bar; tegulz with black medial line ; patagia with some Fig. 142.—Dasygaster ligniplena, S$. }. black scales above; spurs and tarsi with pale rings; abdomen rufous, pale at base. Fore wing rufous and pale ochreous irrorated with black ; the veins irrorated with black ; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line defined by pale colour on outer side, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line defined by pale colour on inner side, oblique towards costa, then dentate; claviform absent ; orbicular a small pale mark ; reniform small, with pale annulus and white point on its lower edge; some dark suffusion above and below end of median nervure and between veins 5 and 2; post- DASYGASTER. 4795 medial line strongly dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line ochreous white, reduced to points on short black streaks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown suffused with fuscous, the cilia more ochreous; the underside white, slightly tinged with purplish red and irrorated with fuscous ; a black streak on median nervyure, discoidal Junule, and curved postmedial line, with the area beyond it suffused with fuscous. Hab. Tasmania (Smith), 1 ¢ type. Eup. 42 millim. Sucr. IT. Antenne of male minutely serrate, with fascicles of cilia and bristles. A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a. Fore wing with the black streak strong, extending to near Fymlreene Veal ING) 5. soacaosonsacooosriovendbedenos soadcoHESSDeSouOReC acontosema. b. Fore wing with the black streak slight, short ............... nephelistis. B. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a. Fore wing reddish brown to grey-brown .......--..06-+-8e0 hollandie. , @, Hore} wing fuscous black <2... 6... ce.ecreoseecnceeteceatececees epundoides. *1823. Dasygaster acontosema. (Plate XCI. fig. 13.) Leucania acontosema, Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. 8. Austr. 1903, p. 4. g. Pale brownish ochreous ; palpi blackish at sides ; frons with brown band above; vertex of head brownish; tegule with black medial line; tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing with black streak below cell to near antemedial line; the subbasal line repre- sented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line interrupted, represented by black strigee on costa and in cell and angled out- wards in submedian interspace and above inner margin ; orbicular and reniform whitish, the former small, elliptical, the ceil before and between them and the disk beyond the reniform suffused with fuscous; postmedial line minutely waved, black, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; a slight oblique streak from apex; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish tinged with brown, especially towards termen; cilia white, the underside whiter; both wings with curved crenulate postmedial line. Hab. Quzenstann, Rockhampton, type t ¢ in Coll. Turner. Exp. 46 millim. 1824. Dasygaster nephelistis, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig 14.) Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous ; palpi black at side ; frons with black bar ; tegulae with black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen pale ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown and 476 NOCTUIDE. fuscous. Tore wing pale ochreous, tinged with reddish and irrorated with dark brown ; a slight black sinoate below base of cell; sub- basal line represented by a black point on costa; an indistinct waved antemedial line with double points at costa ; claviform absent; orbicular and reniform small, indistinct, pale with brown centres, the former elongate elliptical, the latter sometimes with slight white streak on lower edge; some black suffusion in, below, and beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line dark, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus, the area beyond it darker except at apex. Hind wing fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia pale brownish ; the underside whitish slightly tinged with purplish red, irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot rand curved postmedial line with fuscous suffusion beyond it. Hab. 8. Ausrratia, Parkside (Lower), 1 6, 1 9, type. Hap. 32 millim. 825. Dasygaster hollandiz. Dasygaster hollandie, Guen, Noct. i. p. 201 (1852). Dasygaster leucanioides, Guen. Noct. i. p- 202 (1852). Graphiphora facilis, Wk. xi. 745 (1857). Head and thorax grey and fuscous tinged with rufous ; frons with dark bar; tegule with dark medial line; spurs and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing brown tinged with Fig. 143.—-Dasygaster hollandie, g. }. rufous, the veins fuscous irrorated with white ; subbasal line repre- sented by slight dark strie from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with greyish, highly waved; claviform represented by a slight pale mark with some dark scales on its edges ; orbicular and reniform small, with brown centres and whitish annuli defined by brown, the former elongate elliptical, the latter with a more or less prominent white streak on its lower edge ; postmedial line dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa bey ond it ; subterminal line represented by whitish points on a series of short black streaks, angled outwards ‘at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with a fine pale line at base. DASYGASTER. 477 Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale tinged with brown or rufous; the underside white, slightly tinged with purplish red and irrorated with fuscous; a black discoidal spot and curved post- medial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous. Ab. 1. leucanioides. Fore wing with the markings less distinct, the reniform without the white streak below it and with a fuscous patch beyond it. Ab. 2. facilis. Much more grey-brown and with hardly any rufous tinge. Ab. 3. Suffused with deep fuscous. Hab. N.S. Wares, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 23; Vuicroria, Gisborne (Lyell), 1 g ; 8. Ausrraria, Parkside (Lower), 1 6,1 9 ; Tasmanta, Hobart (Allport, Lyell), 7 5, 1 2, type facilis. Exp. 38-40 millim. 1826. Dasygaster epundoides. (Plate XCI. fig. 15.) Dasygaster epundoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 202 (1852). Dasygaster punctivena, Wk. ix. 242 (1856). @. Head and thorax black slightly mixed with grey ; antenne at base and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous irrorated with grey. Fore wing fuscous black, with some whitish irroration, especially on basal, costal, and inner areas; subbasal line repre- sented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, waved, defined by greyish on inner side ; claviform a small black mark ; orbicular a black point; reniform very ill-defined and small, formed of black and white scales ; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards and defined by white on outer side below costa, then oblique, dentate, a series of white points on costa beyond it; sub- terminal line represented by a series of white points on short black streaks, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, greyish towards base and costa, the cilia whitish at tips; the under- side white irrorated with black; a black discoidal lunule, the terminal area black. Hab. Tasmania, 1 @ type punctivena. Exp. 40 millim. Sect. ITT. Antennz of male with cilia and bristles; claspers very elongate; hind wing with the termen strongly excised from apex to vein 4. 1827. Dasygaster reversa. Aletia reversa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 6, pl. 144. f. 5 (1884) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with fuscous ; tegule with fuscous lines at middle and near tips; patagia with some black scales on upper edge; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing pale ochreous, tinged with purplish red and irrorated with fuscous ; 478 NOCTUID.E, subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, slightly defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved ; claviform sometimes represented by a slight pale mark ; orbicular and reniform small, pale, with fuscous centres and outline, the former round ; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, minutely dentate and produced to black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; Fig. 144.—Dasygaster reversa, Gg. }. subterminal line very indistinct, pale, arising obliquely from apex and exeurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, tinged with fuscous, especially on the veins and terminal area ; the cilia pale; the underside with waved post- medial line and some black points on apical half of termen. Ab. 1. Fore wing with the extremity of median neryure and veins 3, 4 streaked with whitish—New Guinea. Hab. Mapras, Cuddapah, Horsleykondah (Campbell), 1 2, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 Q ; Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 2 3, type; New Guinea; Queenstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3g, Exp. 36-42 millim. ’ S o. bese] A) Genus CIRPHIS. = Type. Oirphis, Wilke xxxiiiG22/(USGD) feee-cas-c-o-cceecec es eeeeeeeee eee eee costalis, Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front, the 38rd short, porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibie fringed with rather long hair; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Secr. I. (Cirphis). Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate; tibie fringed with rather long hair; abdomen clothed with woolly hair. A. Fore wing with the costal edge white. D_ GHOLO AD OEE PANE D IO ® fino siscss+assnen s+ sess eneesannceneenraine ehoriosa, b. Fore wing pale purplish red ...........00sssccnsserescecsscenene costalis. B. Fore wing with the costal edge not white ................s.00e ohusta, CIRPHIS. 479 1828. Cirphis eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 16.) Leucania eboriosa, Quen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p- 190. ® ¢. Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink; the costal edge white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark streaks; antemedial dark points on veins and inner margin; a white point at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on the yeins, incurved bejow vein 4; a subterminal series of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia purplish pink, the underside pale thickly irrorated with purplish pink; the terminal area suffused with pink, a dark discoidal spot and diffused postmedial band. Hab, Tasmanta (not U.S.A.), 1 ¢ type, Hobart (Norman), 1 ¢. Exp. 40 millim. 1829. Cirphis costalis. Cirphis costalis, Wik. xxxii. 623 (1865). 3. Head and thorax pale purplish rufous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish Big. 145.—Cirphis costalis, G. }. pink; the costal edge white; slight fuscous antemedial points on median nervure and vein 1; a white point with some fuscous round it at lower angle of cell; traces of a curved postmedial series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing pale purplish rufous suffused with fuscous, leaving the inner area and termen redder; cilia pale rufous, white at tips; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with red, a black discoidal spot and diffused fuscous postmedial band. Hab. Tasmanta, 2 ¢ type. Exp. 38 millim. 1830. Cirphis obusta. (Plate XCI. fig. 17.) Leucania obusta; Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p- 190. 6. Head and thorax deep rufous; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep rufous suffused with 480 NOCTUIDE. purplish pink ; faint traces of a postmedial series of black points on the veins; cilia rufous, with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous, suffused with reddish fuscous especially towards termen ; the cilia rufous; the underside pale suffused with purple- pink, a dark discoidal spot and postmedial line diffused outwardly to termen except at apex. Hab. Tasmanta (not U.S.A.), 1 ¢ type. vp. 46 millim. Secr. II, Antenne of male ciliated. A. Palpi of male with spreading tuft of hair from upperside of 2nd joint. *1831. Cirphis pilipalpis. Heliophila pilipalpis, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 415 (1879) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N, Am. p. 189. Q. Head and thorax pale flesh-colour irrorated with black scales, the tegule yellowish ; abdomen whitish, the ventral surface Fiz. 146.—Cirphi; pilipalpis, S. 4. irrorated with a few black scales. Fore wing pale flesh-colour, rather deeper in discal fold towards postmedial line and rather strongly irrorated with black; the costal edge white; antemedial line represented by two dark points on inner area; a pale discoidal bar slightly angled inwards on vein 1 and with black point in lower angle of cell and diffused fuscous patch beyond it; postmedial line fuscous, highly crenulate, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely curved ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white ; underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some black points on termen. Hab. U.S.A., Florida, in Coll. Schaus, Appalachicola. Exp. 46 millim. B. Palpi of male normal. a. Mid tibiw of male with thick fringes of hair on both sides; abdomen thickly clothed with woolly hair, the anal tuft very large. a’, Fore tibie of male and first two joints of tarsi with very thick fringes of long hair; the hind tibiz with thick fringes of hair on both sides. CIRPHIS. 48] 1832. Cirphis pseudargyria. Leucania pseudargyria, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 189. Heliophila callida, Grote, New Check-List, p. 30 (1882). $. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with purplish red and with slight dark irroration; palpi blackish at sides; fore legs dark ; Fig. 147.—Cirphis pseudargyria, 3. }- abdomen rufous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing greyish ochreous, irrorated with purplish red and suffused with the same colour in and beyond cell and on terminal area below apex; the antemedial line dark, indistinct, interrupted, waved ; orbicular and reniform ochreous white with some red scales at centre, the former irregularly rounded, the latter narrow and slightly angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line dentate and produced to dark points on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then somewhat incurved ; a curved purplish-red shade below apex; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia ochreous, whitish at tips; the underside ochreous, the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown. Ab. 1. Much greyer and without the red tinge. Hab. Canava, 1 ¢ ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Burnly, 1 ¢,1 9, New York, Evans Centre, 1 ¢ type, 3 9, New Jersey, Kansas (Snow), 2 9, Texas, Colorado. vp. 34-46 millim. The single grey male from Canada is without the tufts on fore and mid tibie; whether this is natural or due to condition of specimen, I leave to be decided by further material. Larva. Like phragmitidicola but rather paler, the substigmatal line broad, whitish, reddish filled. Dorsal line narrow, pale, brown-edged; subdorsal line distinct, broadly brown-edged above. Brown lateral band obscurely divided by a central line. Leg-plates brown.—H. G. D. VoL. V. 21 482 | NOCTUID#. &'. Fore tibie of male thickly tufted with hair; hind tibie moderately tufted. 1833. Cirphis multilinea. (Plate XCI. fig. 18.) Leucania muttilinea, Wik. ix. 97 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 187. Leucania solita, Wik. ix. 99 (1856); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. . 262. Heliophila lapidaria, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1@75, p. 419. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; tegule with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous; the veins white, clearly defined by red-brown streaks ; the interspaces with fine red-brown streaks; the median nervure with a red-brown fascia below it; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with black ; a black point below origin of vein 2 and another in lower angle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2; an oblique pale shade from apex; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with fuscous brown ; a terminal series of black points; the underside with the costal area irrorated with dark brown. Ab. 1. lapidaria. Hind wing with the veins and termen not tinged with brown. Hab. Canana, Orilla (Bush), 1 2 type; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Butfalo, 1 g,1 9, type lapidaria, New York; Costa Rica (Under- wood), 1g, Guatemala (Champion), 1 ¢ ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 1 g, Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 92; Grenada (H. H. Smith), 1 3 ; Barpavos (Frampton), 1 g, 29; Has. 1en., 1 ¢ type soltta; Paraguay, Sapucay (Poster), 19. xp. 38 millim. ce’. Fore and hind tibiz of male moderately tufted with hair. a*, Mid tibia of male with the outer spur curved and flattened, pointed at extremity. a®, Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous...... commoides, 6°. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with FUBCOUS) 4 ic... soem se tee tebe one eee ee phragmitidicola. 1834. Cirphis commoides. (Plate XCI. fig. 19.) Leucania commoides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 86 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 188. Head and thorax dull reddish brown mixed with fuscous ; tegule with two dark lines; patagia with a few black scales near upper edge; abdomen rufous in male, ochreous in female. Fore wing ochreous suffused with pale rufous, the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with black ; the veins whitish slightly defined by brown streaks; the interspaces with brown streaks; the median nervure more prominently white, defined by black on each side; a black streak from inner margin near base to beyond middle; the CIRPHIS. 483 interspaces of terminal area with slight black streaks; traces of a postmedial series of black points on the veins sometimes present ; an oblique pale shade from apex: a terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia yellowish white, with a brown line near base ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with dark brown. Hab. Canava, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 1 3, 19; US.A., New York, 4 5, 2 9, type, Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida, Minnesota, Washington, 1 9, Colorado, New Mexico. Exp. 40 millim. 1835. Cirphis phragmitidicola. Leucania phraqmitidicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. 89 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 187. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; palpi and sides of head dark brown; tegule with three dark lines; abdomen ochreous white. Fig. 148.—Cirphis phragmitidicola, 3. }. Fore wing brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black ; the veins pale defined by brown streaks; the area beyond the cell with fine brown streaks in the interspaces; the median nervure with white streak more or less strongly detinéd below by black, some- times extending beyond the cell as a short streak above vein 4; an antemedial black point sometimes present just below median nervure; a black point in lower angle of cell; a curved postmedial series of black points on the veins; an oblique pale shade from apex ; a terminal series of black points usually present. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with ochreous brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points on apical half. Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverly, 2 9 , New York, 5 o,2 9, Kansas (Snow), 1 ¢, 1 9, Texas, Colorado, California, San Francisco, 1 9, New Mexico. Hvp. 32-42 millim. Larva. Head luteous, sutures paler with a brown stripe each side and mark in clypeus. Body straw-brown, finely darker streaked. Dorsal line narrow, pale, dark-edged ; subdorsal broader, pale, a broad straight band above it and narrow edging below ; lateral line narrow, pale ; markings slightly darker between this and the narrow pale stigmatal line. Leg-shields brownish,— HeGe 2 484 NOCTUID®, b?, Mid tibia of male with the outer spur normal. a@*. Fore. wing tinged with pink’ Wecdisevss<,.<0--0sccusuacese roscola. 6%, Fore wing not tinged with pink .................seeeeee farcta. 1836. Cirphis roseola. (Plate XCI. fig. 20.) Leucania roseola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 75, pl. v. f. 9 (1894); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 163. Head and thorax pale ochreous with a slight pink tinge; tegule with two slight lines, patagia with some black scales near upper edge; abdomen ochreous, white at base; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen tinged with brownish pink. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with pink; the veins white defined by fine pink streaks, the interspaces also streaked with pink; a small white spot at lower angle of cell with a black point above it in angle; postmedial line represented by black points on veins 5 and 2. Hind wing white, the termen slightly tinged with ochreous towards apex; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous. Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (J. W. Cockle), 2 2, Van- couver; U.S.A., Washington, Pullman, 1 9, Oregon, Corvallis, 1¢. Exp. 42 millim. Larva. (Original.) Head shining brown, the reticulations in- distinct, the vertical band next the suture distinct and black. Body uniform, creamy brown ; dorsal line narrow, white, brown- edged; a distinct, nearly solid, subdorsal black band with a white one below it; a narrow white line in the middle of the brownish lateral space; a white band below this; lateral space below filled by a broad dotted greyish space cut by a narrow line of the ground- colour ; substigmatal band broad, defined by its white edges, filled with the ground-colour. Spiracles black. Abdominal feet of joints 7 to 10 black outwardly. Food-plants, Grasses.—H. G. D. 1837. Cirphis farcta. (Plate XCI. fig. 21.) Heliophila farcta, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 15 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 188. Head and thorax ochreous ; tegule with traces of three dark lines; patagia with a few black scales near their upper edge ; pro- and metathoracic and abdominal crests brownish at tips; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous, irrorated with a few black scales on inner area ; the veins whitish, defined by rufous streaks: the interspaces with rufous streaks; a black point below origin of yein 2; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2; traces of an oblique pale shade from apex; a terminal series of minute points sometimes present. Hind wing white, tinged with ochreous towards termen ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown. CIRPHIS. 485 Hab. US.A., California, 1 g type (Walsingham), 22. Exp. 42-46 millim. Larva. Like phragmitidicole, but paler, straw-yellow, the dark shade between lateral and stigmatal lines pronounced.—H. G. D. b. Mid tibie of male with thick fringes of long hair and scales on underside ; abdomen not clothed with woolly hair. a. Fore coxe, femora, and tibiz of male with thick fringes of hair and scales. a, Fore wing with black spot above median nervure LOWALGS TONAL OCEllWees occ. owe taceoscaseesrece socceeeoesetiee fasciata. b?. Fore wing without black spot above median nervure LOWATC Se CM Gao i Ce ll Weeaereeeectencicasbastseececrcoscesesessinies nainica. 1838. Cirphis fasciata. Axylia fasciata, Moore, P.Z 8. 1881, p. 341; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 7, pl. 144. f.6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 280. Leucania nigritinea, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 482, pl. 50. f. 8. Head and thorax ochreous with a slight rufous tinge; tegula grey with three black lines; prothoracic crest grey and black ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen brownish grey tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous Fig. 149.—Cirphis fusciata, g. 1}. and irrorated with a few black scales, the veins pale defined by fine brown streaks; vein 4 white ; some black streaks in interspaces of terminal area ; a black streak below base of celi to origin of vein 2; a fuscous fascia on median nervure expanding beyond lower angle of cell into a wedge-shaped patch extending on termen to just below apex; small whitish spots with small black spots between them above median nervure and in and beyond lower angle of cell; a grey patch below vein 3; traces of a dentate postmedial line bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; cilia fuscous, with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area; the underside with some dark irroration on costal area. Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer’, 2 5, 4 Q, type nigrilinea; Ponsas, Kulu (Hocking), 1 3 , Simla (Reed), type; Ceyuon, Pundaloya (Green), 1 6,22. Hep. 34 millim. 486 NOCTUID. 1839. Cirphis nainica. Leucania nainica, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 387, pl. 37. f. 15; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 274. Leucania griseofusciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339. Leucania irrorata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 409. Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous mixed with some fuscous tegulee with three dark lines ; abdomen brownish ochreous, the ventral surface with some fuscous irroration. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous ; some rufous suffusion in and beyond cell; the median nervure defined by a fuscous fascia below, expanding below lower angle of cell into a triangular patch extending to termen below apex; median nervure streaked with white from before middle, hooked at lower angle of cell, in which there is a black point ; an indistinct curved postmedial series of points on the veins, sometimes with traces of a crenulate line between them ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with white, the interspaces with brown streaks; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler at base; the underside pale, the costal and terminal areas tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, some black points on termen. Hab. Puxsas, Simla (Harford), 1 g, Dalhousie, 1 2 type griseo- fasciata, Dharmsila (Hocking), 2 3,2 2, type irrorata, Naini Tal. Exp. 36-40 millim. }}, Mid femora of male with fringe cf long hair and scales. a®, Fore wing with black point in cell above origin of VGMINGD ces secre ox cise reise cane cree nnselse vee einn =n oer nce macne insularis, b?. Fore wing without black point in cell above origin of 5 CS Oe BAPE PRE Ar on ck ea eEC cae neat one Coat enccooaespeode prominens. 1840. Cirphis insularis. (Plate XCI. fig. 22.) Leucania insularis, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 674. Aaylia ivrorata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 341; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 280. Axylia albivena, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 342. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous; sides of palpi and frons black ; tegulee with black medial line and black and grey tips; patagia with some black scales on upper edge ; metathoracie crest black ; legs striated with blackish. Fore wing ochreous slightly irrorated with black; a slight black streak in base of submedian fold; median nervure and base of vein + more or less prominently white, with a slight diffused black fascia above and below median nervure, then from lower angle of cell oblique to termen at vein 6 ; antemedial line sometimes represented by black marks above and below median nervyure ; orbicular and reniform represented by black points or small spots in cell above origin of vein 2 and at lower angle ; traces of a highly dentate postmedial line with two series of black points on it, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the veins, oblique below vein 4 and sometimes quite obsolete; a CIRPHIS. 487 terminal series of black points, usually prominent ; cilia intersected with fuscous. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, the terminal area with brown; a terminal series of black points; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with fuscous. Hab. Formosa (Hobson), 1 3 type; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young, Hocking), 6 oe type wrorata, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 1 Q, Simla (Swinhoe), 2 ¢ type albivena : Mapras, 1 2; S.E. Bornrto,1 9. Kup. 28- 36 millim. 1841. Cirphis prominens. Leucania prominens. Wik. ix. 102 (1856). Leucania hispanica, Bell. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 421, pl. 9. f.5 Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191. Head, tegule, and prothoracic crest flesh-colour, the tegule with fuscous and white medial line and tips; thorax yellow, with some black scales near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, whitish Fig. 150.—Cirphis prominens, G. }- at base, the lateral fringes of male yellow. Fore wing ochreous sparsely irrorated with black, the veins defined by slight brown- pink streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with brown; the median nervure and veins 4 and 3 white, the former defined below by a brown shade and with a slight blackish streak below it at base; a black point in lower angle of cell. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated with fuscous, some black points on apical part of termen. Hab. Spatn, Catalonia, Zeller and Leech Colls., Andalusia; AterRIA; Nieurta, Accra (Carter), 1 9; Conco (Curror), 1 2 type; Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 $; MasHonaLtanp (Dobbie), 1 3. Exp. 28-36 millim. Larva. Mill. Ie. ii. p. 414, pl. 93. ff. 5-7. Pale yellowish or rufous; dorsal line fine defined by brown; subdorsal, lateral, and sublateral lines strong, white in the rufous specimens and defined by brown. Food-plants, Grasses. 5 & 8 c. Mid tibisze of male normal. a, Fore tibie, femora, and coxee of male with immense tufts of long scales and hair. a>. Fore wing with biackish fascia on median nervure exfendIne FO meat lermeierecececcsecsseccsstinsosssener: diatrecta. 488 NOCTUID EZ. b?. Fore wing without blackish fascia on median nervure. a®, Fore wing with the veins defined by fine brown BUNCHES Ke. oss. dcac tects se smeaeeneeeae ren aanenec daones uda. )°, Fore wing with the veins not defined by brown streaks. a*, Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous tinged with rufous OF grey ....-....2.0seseeeeee abdominalis. 6‘, Fore wing with the ground-colour pale grey- DrOWD hedsccvseuctean tenses sostticacsccsseee adjuncta. c’, Fore wing with the ground-colour deep PUPPlO-VEd .....6.00ccsseecesnseeesecceccermesweces leucosta. 1842. Cirphis diatrecta. Leucania diatrecta, But). Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 390. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; patagia with blackish streak near upper edge ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing brownish ochreous sparsely irrorated with black; the costal edge whitish; a somewhat diffused blackish fascia along median nervure and below vein 5 to near termen, with a white point on it at lower Fig. 151.—Cirphis diatrecta, G. 1}. angle of cell and a black point in lower angle; a black fascia on inner margin from before middle to tornus; the terminal area darkened by obscure streaks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; the cilia brown or reddish from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area and the apical half of terminal area tinged with vinous red and irrorated with brown. Hab. QueENnstand, Peak Downs, 1 2 type, Brisbane (Turner), 26,29. xp. 36 millim. 1843. Cirphis uda. (Plate XCI. fig. 23.) Leucania uda, Guen. Noct. i. p. 80 (1852). Leucania curta, Wik. xxxii. 627 (1865). Leucania stenographa, Lower, P. Linn, Soc. N. 8. W. xxv. p. 30 (1900). 2. Pale brownish ochreous; fore legs fuscous in front ; abdomen with sublateral series of black points, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing finely irrorated with black, the costal edge whitish; traces of an antemedial line oblique from costa to above inner margin, where it is angled; median nervyure slightly CIRPHIS. A489 streaked with white, a white point at lower angle of cell with more or less fuscous round it; an indistinct highly crenulate postmedial line, bent outwardy below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique or reduced to two series of points; the veins of terminal area pale and with slight dark streaks in the interspaces between them; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, deepening to fuscous towards termen ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous to vein 2. Hab. Avsrratta (Damel), 1 2 type curta; S. AustRatra, Gis- borne, Parkside, xp. 36 millim. 1844. Cirphis abdominalis. (Plate XCI. fig. 24.) Nonagria abdominalis, W\k. ix. 181 (1856). Mythimna robusta, Wik. xi. '710 (1857). Leucania labeculis, Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, viii. p. 84 (1892). Head and thorax ochreous rufous; abdomen pale, tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous rufous, sometimes rather greyer, slightly irrorated with darker scales; the costal edge whitish; a small whitish spot at lower angle of cell with a black point before it in angle; an indistinct obliquely curved postmedial series of dark points on the veins; a more or less prominent terminal series of dark points. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with yellow-brown, the cilia with a vinous tinge; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a series of black points on termen. Hab. Quzrnstann, Brisbane (Turner), 1 ¢,1 9, Rockhampton, 1 2; New Sovrnm Watts, Moreton Bay ( Diggles), 13 type robusta; Avstratia, 1 5 type. vp. 38-40 millim. 1845. Cirphis adjuncta. (Plate XCI. fig. 25.) Leucania adjuncta, Wik. Char. Lep. Het. p. 68 (1869). do. Head and thorax pale brownish grey irrorated with black scales; fore legs with the tufts on coxee tinged with rufous and on tibiee with purplish fuscous ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown irrorated with black, the disk tinged with purplish ; the costal edge whitish; the antemedial line repre- sented by obscure black spots in and below cell; a small whitish spot at lower angle of cell with a black point before it in angle; a curved postmedial series of black points on the veins; a more or less prominent series of terminal points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area down to vein 2 tinged with fuscous brown; cilia brown with pale line at base and purplish tips, white from vein 2 to tornus ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points. @ browner ; fore wing without the purplish tinge. Ab. 1. Fore wing with fuscous patch beyond lower angle of cell; hind wing much more suffused with brown. 490 NOCTUIDA. Ab. 2. Hind wing whiter, the veins and terminal edge only tinged with brown, the black points appearing on upperside.— W. Australia. Hab. Qursnstann, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3,2 9; W. AvsTRALIA, Roebourne (Lyell), 1 2. Hvp. 34-38 millim. 1846. Cirphis leucosta. (Plate XCI. fig. 26.) Leucania leucosta, Lower, P. Linn. Soe. N.S. W, xxvi. p. 644 (1901). 4. Head and thorax deep purplish red; abdomen pale reddish brown, purplish red on ventral surface. Fore wing deep purple- red irrorated with black and grey ; the costal edge white ; traces of an oblique antemedial line; a white point on a small fuscous patch at lower angle of cell; traces of a curved postmedial series of dark points on the veins and of a terminal series ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area to yein 2 suffused with purplish red; cilia purplish red with a fine pale line at base; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with purplish red, some black points on termen. Hab. Qurrnstand, 1g; 8. Ausrratia. xp. 34 millim. b'. Fore tibie of male moderately fringed with hair on both sides; the femora and coxex fringed with long hair. a*. Anal tufts of male very large; fore wing without black point in lower angle of eell ...............-+- leucosphenia. o*, Anal tufts of male moderate; fore wing with black point in lower angle of cell .................- lasiomnera. *1847. Cirphis leucosphenia. Leucania leucosphenia, Beth. Baker, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 196 (1905). Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and dark brown; tegula with strong dark medial line; abdomen ochreous, shghtly tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with dark brown. Fore Fig. 152.—Cirphis leucosphenia, g. } T° wing ochreous thickly irrorated with fuscous; the veins defined by fine fuscous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with fuscous ; an oblique black streak above inner margin before middle ; a short CIRPHIS. 491 white streak on extremity of median nervure slightly hooked at lower angle of cell; vein 4 more strongly streaked with white ; traces of a postmedial series of dark points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; an oblique pale fascia from apex with a triangular dark shade below it; a terminal series of black points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia which are intersected with white. Hind wing pale purplish pink tinged with brown, especially on the veins and terminal area; some dark points on apical half of termen; the underside pale ochrecus, the costal area tinged with pink and the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, some shert black postmedial streaks on the veins and a terminal series of black points. Hab. New Guinea, Dinawa, type tT ¢ @ in Coll. Bethune Baker. Exp, 44 millim. *1848. Cirphis lasiomera, n. sp. (Plate XCII. fig. 3.) 3g. Head and tegule whitish ochreous, the former irrorated with black, the latter with two dark lines and purplish tips; palpi blackish at sides; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, some black scales near upper edge of patagia ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white, the interspaces suffused with purplish rufous; the veins defined by fine black streaks and the interspaces of terminal half streaked with black ; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa, the antemedial line by a series of black points oblique from costa to submedian fold, where itis angled ; a short whitish streak on extremity of median nervure, hooked on discocellulars and with a black point in lower angle of cell and small spot beyond the angle; postmedial line somewhat interrupted and maculate, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique whitish fascia from apex with some diffused fuscous below it; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; a terminal series of dark points; the underside with discoidal spot and post- medial series of short streaks on the veins. Hab. Java, Preanger, 1 ¢ type. wp. 36 millim. c1. Abdomen of male with paired sublateral fans of large scales, the cox with fringes of scales and hair, the anal tuft large. a>. Hind wing suffused with brown .........s0....0.00 ptyonophora. 67, Hind wing semihyaline white <..............060.ss00. loreyt. 1849. Cirphis ptyonophora, n. sp. (Plate XCI. fig. 27.) Leucania punctosa, Wik. Melliss’ St. Helena, p. 182 (nec Treit.). Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown more or less suffused with dark brown; anal tuft rufous. Fore wing greyish tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; a black streak below 492 NOCTUID.. base of cell; a diffused blackish fascia below median nervure; the veins whitish, defined by fine brown streaks on terminal half; the cell and interspaces of terminal half streaked with black; a white point at lower angle of cell; the postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then represented by a series of points on the veins, oblique below vein 4; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 5, a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, especially on veins and terminal area; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with black, a slight discoidal lunule and terminal series of small triangular black spots. ee Sr. Herena (Wollaston), 33, 2 9, type. Eup, 40-42 millim. 1850. Cirphis loreyi. Noctua loreyi, Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 81, pl. 105. f.'7 (1827); Herr.-Schiff. Eur. Sehmett., Noct. ff. 309,314; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 274; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. Noctua caricis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. Leucania exsanguis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 82 (1852). Leucania curvula, Wk. ix. 102 (1856). Leucania collecta, Wik. ix. 105 (1856). Leucania exterior, Wik. ix. 106 (1856). Leucania thoracica, W\k. ix. 106 (1856). Leucania designata, Wik. ix. 107 (1856). Leucania denotata, Wk. ix. 107 (1856). Head and thorax brownish ochreous; tegule with two dark lines, the tips greyish; abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the sublateral tufts of male fuscous, the genital tufts ochreous. Fore wing brownish ochreous, with the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous ; the veins whitish, irrorated with fuscous and defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown; a black streak Fig. 153.— Cirphis loreyi, G. +. below base of cell; median nervure defined by brown above and below, extending beyond the cell to join the triangular brown shade from termen below apex; a white point at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2. CIRPHISs. 493 Hab. Brrrarn, Sussex; France, Leech Coll.; Ausrrta, Leech Coll. ; SwitzeRLanD; Ivraty, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Eaypr; Morocco (Meade- Waldo), 19 ; Canartes; Maperra (Mungo Park), 13; Coneo (Sir J. Richar dson),2 25,29, type curvula; Ascensron I. (Con y), 1 9; Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), iy @, Athi-ya- Mawe (Betton), De Bs Ndimu (Betton), 1 9 ; Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 13,29, Durban (Leigh), 16 ; BasvroLann, Maseru (Crawshay), 13, Mafetang (Crawshay), 19 ; Astra Mivor, Pontus, Taurus ; Syeta, Beirut, Zeller and Leech Colls.,1 ¢,1 9 ; PERSIAN Gutr, Fao (Cuming), 1 3,1 2; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer),2 ¢, 3 9; Formosa (Hobson), 1 2; Puysaz, Kulu, Sultanpur (G@. Young), 2 9, Simla, 1 9, Rawal Pindi, 1 2, Cambellpur (Yerbury), 4 2, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 $,3 2, Jubbulpore (Butler) 2 3 , (Hearsey) 2 g,1 Q, types denotata, collecta, and exterior; Duccan, 1 2 type thoracica; CAanaRA( Ward),19 type designata; Niterrts ( Hanipson), 1 9; Burma, Irrawaddy R. (Carpenter),1 $ ; Puitreernss, Cebu, 1g; Java (Horsfield, Vollenhoven), 2 3, 4 2; N. Avsrratta, Roebuck Bay (J. J. Walker), 3 $ ; QunEnsianD, Brisbane (Turner), 1 $3; Fis,1 ¢. Ep. 34-44 millim. d‘. Legs of male normal. a*, Abdomen of male with paired ventral tufts of long hair from base. a®, Abdomen of male clothed with woolly hair and with protrusible tufts of long hair from the stigmata. a*, Wings of male on underside with the base of fore wing and basal half of hind wing clothed with rough rufous hair. 1851. Cirphis dasuta, n. sp. 6- Head and thorax fulvous brown; sides of palpi and frons greyish ; patagia with some black scales above; legs irrorated with wy lle a Fig. 154.—Cirphis dasuta, 3. 4. fuscous; abdomen ochrecus. fulvous. Fore wing pale ochreous brown irrorated and striated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by black points on costa and median nervure, the antemedial line by points on costa and veins, the claviform by a black point at its extremity ; orbicular represented by arounded ochreous spot, the reniform by an ochreous line on an ill-defined blackish lunule with with white point at lower angle of celi; a double postmedial series of black points, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the veins, 494 NOCTUIDAE. excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous brown, the cilia pale. Under- side of fore wing with some rufous hair at base, cell fuscous, costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, an oblique postmedial line; hind wing with the basal half clothed with rufous hair, the terminal half greyish irrorated with fuscous, a curved postmedial line and some points on termen. Hab, Hawazt, Kona, 4000' (Perkins), 13 type. Exp. 44 millim. b*, Wings of male on underside not clothed with rough hair. a°®, Fore wing suffused with purple-red. a°®. Fore wing with slight pale streaks on the VOINS eae ee ate acs «me otis ga otk nicerce ce nee esas pyrrhias. a®, Kore wing without pale streaks on the veins. a’. Fore wing with white point at lower angle Of pGe earnest as ee caeeee satanic asceenars macrosaris. a”, Fore wing with small fuscous patch at lowertanpleyotcellly.s--52- hosesmesseeee eee typhlodes. a®, Fore wing not suffased with purple-red ......... amblycasis. 1852. Cirphis pyrrhias. (Plate XCI. fig. 28.) Leucania pyrrhias, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii. i. p. 141 (1899). Head and thorax purplish red, the hairs tipped with grey ; abdomen ochreous slightly tinged with red. Fore wing ochreous, suffused and thickly striated and irrorated with purplish red; the veins whitish irrorated with black ; costal edge whitish ; subbasal line represented by a point on costa, the antemedial line by an indistinct oblique series of points on costa and veins; a white point at lower angle of cell with small fuscous patch beyond it; a curved postmedial series of points and a terminal series. Hind wing brownish ochreous tinged with purplish pink; the cilia pinker and whitish at tips; the underside whitish tinged with pink, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, some black points on apical half of termen. Hab. Hawatt, Kauai, Mt. Waimea, 4000’ (Perkins), 2 3 type, Kauai Hoholuamauo (Perkins), 1 2. Hep. 44 millim, 1853. Cirphis macrosaris. Leucania macrosaris, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii. i. p. 140 (1899). Fig. 155.— Cirphis macrosaris, G. }. ¢. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; abdomen CIRPHIS. A495 ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and irrorated and striated with brown; subbasal line represented by a fuscous point on costa, the antemedial line by an oblique series of points on costa and veins; a white point. at lower angle of cell with a little fuscous beyond it ; a curved postmedial series of points and a terminal serics. Hind wing ochreous slightly tinged with pink ; the under- side rather paler, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, some black points on apical half of termen. Hab. Hawai, Kona, 15000' (Perkins), 1 g type. Exp. 40 millim. 1854. Cirphis typhlodes. (Plate XCI. fig. 29.) Leucania typhlodes, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii. i. p. 141 (1899). ¢. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and irrorated and striated with brown ; the subbasal line represented by a fuscous point on costa, the antemedial by an oblique series on costa and veins; a small fuscous patch at and beyond lower angle of cell; a curved postmedial series of points and a terminal series, Hind wing cchreous slightly tinged with pink; cilia white at tips; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, some black points on apical half of termen. Hab. Hawatt, Olua (Perkins), 1 3g type. Hp. 38 millim. 1855. Cirphis amblycasis. (Plate XCI. fig. 30.) Leucania amblycasis, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii. i. p. 141 (1899). Head and thorax pale grey-brown, often with an ochreous or rufous tinge; palpi at sides and legs irrorated with fuscous; patagia with some black scales near upper edge; abdomen pale ochreous or greyish brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous, tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated and striated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by black points on costa and median nervure, the antemedial line by points on costa and veins; claviform represented by a faint flesh- coloured streak with a black point on it; orbicular and reniform faint round flesh-coloured marks; a white point edged with black at lower angle of cell with slight fuscous mark beyond it; a more or less prominent double postmedial series of black points, the inner in interspaces, the outer on the veins; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing greyish ochreous uniformly suffused with fuscous except costal area; cilia pinkish at base, whitish at tips; the under- side ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, faint traces of a curved postmedial line, some black points on termen often present. Hab. Hawant, Honolulu (Blackburne), 1 3,19, Lauai (Perkins), 2 $ type, Haleakala, 1 9. Hwvp. 42-44 millim. 496 NOCTUID.2. b°®, Abdomen of male not clothed with woolly hair ana without protrusible tufts from the stigmata. a'’, Underside of wings of male clothed with silvery scales. a, Hind wing of male on underside with the extremity of veins 8 to 3 clothed with long downturned hair. 1856. Cirphis laniata. Leucania laniata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 444, pl. A. f. 22 (1897). ¢. Head and thorax pinkish white mixed with some brown ; tegulee with three brown lines ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen pinkish white, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the ventral tufts black. Fore wing white, slightly tinged with pink Fig. 156.—Cirphis laniata, §. 1}. and irrorated with black ; a slight black streak below base of cell ; the veins defined by fine brown streaks ; the interspaces of terminal half streaked with brown; the extremity of median nervure with a white streak; a black point in lower angle of cell; an indistinct postmedial series of black points, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; an oblique brown shade from termen just below apex, followed by a series of black points on veins 5-1; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, tinged with brown except towards base, costa, and inner margin; cilia white, brownish at base from apex to vein 2. Underside of both wings brilliant silver except costal area, which is pinkish irrorated with black ; fore wing with postmedial black spot on costa and terminal series of points; hind wing with discoidal point, the hair on apical area fuscous at base. Hab. Srxum, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim. 6°. Hind wing of male on underside without downcurved hair on veins 8 to 2. a6, Fore wing with dark streaks in inter- spaces of terminal area. a’. Bore wing with pale streak on ex- tremity of median nervure, hooked at lower angle of cell. a’, Fore wing with the costal area paler than ground-colour. a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a’, Hind wing of male on under- side with the silver extending LOOMED. J jcianerateeeere eee inframicans. CIRPHIS. 497 %'°. Hind wing of male on under- side with the silver not ex- tending to termen..............- pryeri. #, Fore wing with rufous streak below base of cell .............2+++- hamifera. c®. Fore wing without streak below base) of collie. 2.5 adeno scecese ss 04 cryptargyria. b*. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous. a, Hind wing almost entirely suf- fused with fuscous...........-..-.-- decisisstind. 4°, Hind wing white slightly tinged WU MBLUSCOLS! sc. ease races eee seeetraee nebulosa. v'. Fore wing with the pale streak on median nervure not hooked at lower an eles tice) lesrettencweis.cacseh tet cess CONgr Ul. b®. Fore wing without dark streaks in interspaces of terminal area. a’, Fore wing with short white streak on extremity of mediam nervure. a°, Hind wing white, the veins tinged WALD PUSCOUS' si... scond bose peace usta. 6°, Hind wing almost entirely suffused WAG NEAUSCOUS ease cen cs. oes emeeta ce infrargyred. i”. Fore wing with yellow spot with black point on it at lower angle of cell ... subsignuta. ce’, Fore wing with minute white point at lower angle of cell .................0+4 simplex. 1857. Cirphis inframicans. Leucania inframicans, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 90, pl. 161. f. 2 (1893) ; id. Moths Ind, ii. p. 270. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with some brown; tegule with three dark lines ; mid tibiz with black streak on outer side; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown, the ventral tufts black. Fore wing violaceous grey ; the costal and inner areas irrorated with black, the cell and area below it suffused with pale golden brown ; a blackish streak in base of submedian fold and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; the terminal half of median nervure streaked with white, slightly defined by black above, and with a small hook on discocellulars ; veins 3, 4 also streaked with white, the interspaces above them with fine black streaks and vein 2 irrorated with black; faint traces of a post- medial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then very obliquely curved ; a pale oblique streak from apex and an ill-defined rufous patch between veins 4 and 2; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous from apex to vein 2. Underside with the disk of fore wing in male and the hind wing except basal and inner areas suffused with silver scales, a postmedial black point on fore wing and a terminal series; female with the fore wing and costal and terminal areas of hind wing tinged with pinkish and irrorated with brown. Hab. Punsas, Almorah (Boys), 1 ¢, Manpuri, 1 gd; Cryrzon, VoL. V. 2K 498 NOCTUID.E. Pundaloya (Green), 1 ¢ type; Lr. Burma, Thayetmyo (Watson), 16,192. ep. 40 millim. 1858. Cirphis pryeri. (Plate XCI. fig. 31.) Leucania pryeri, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 128. ¢. Head and thorax pale violaceous grey mixed with some brown ; tegule with two brown lines; patagia with some fuscous on outer side and a few black scales near upper edge; mid tibie with black streak on outer side; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral tufts black. Fore wing pale violaceous grey ; the costal and inner areas irrorated with a few black scales ; an olive-brown shade from base through the cell and thence obliquely to apex ; a black streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; the terminal half of median nervure streaked with white, slightly defined by black above and below and slightly hooked on median nervure; the veins of terminal area streaked with white, veins 4 and 3 more prominently; the veins defined by, and the interspaces with, fine dark streaks, those above veins 4, 3, 2 more prominent and black ; an oblique whitish fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it rather darker; a terminal series of black points; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing whitish tinged with fuscous, the terminal half darker from costa to vein 2. The underside pinkish white; fore wing with the disk suffused with scattered silvery scales, hind wing with the disk suffused with silver scales, leaving the costal and terminal areas pinkish. Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢, type. xp. 38 millim. 1859. Cirphis hamifera. Leucania hamifera, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 179 (1862) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 270. Leucania subnitens, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 218, pl. vii. f. 1. Head and thorax pale ochreous brown ; tegule with three dark lines ; mid tibie with black streak on outer side; abdomen white, with a slight ochreous tinge. Fore wing violaceous white, tinged with ochreous except on costal area; a prominent red-brown shade from base through the cell to apex, at base extending to below the cell; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a white streak on terminal half of median nervure, very slightly hooked on discocellulars, veins 4 and 3 also streaked with white; the veins of terminal half defined by slight red-brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with red-brown; an oblique ochreous shade from apex ; a terminal series of black points ; the postmedial line sometimes represented by some black points or traces of a dentate line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and angled inwards in submedian fold ; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown from apex to vein 2, extending below the cell to origin of CIRPHIs. 499 vein 2. Underside of male with the disk of fore wing and the hind wing except base and inner area suffused with silver; female with the fore wing and costal area of hind wing pale rufous irrorated with brown. Hab. Burma, Bhamo, 1 ¢ type subnitens; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 3 3,29. Hap. 42 millim. *1860. Cirphis cryptargyrea. (Plate XCI. fig. 32.) Leucania eryptargyrea, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 197 (1905). 3g. Head ochreous mixed with fuscous ; tegule grey, with three fuscous lines ; prothoracic crest grey and fuscous; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; tegulze fuscous and purplish on outer edge and with some black scales near upper edge; legs with some fuscous streaks ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown, the dorsal crest black at tips, the ventral tufts deep black. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, especially in cell, and irrorated with black chiefly on costal and inner areas; the costal area whitish ; ante- medial line represented by traces of black points oblique from costa to submedian fold, then with a more prominent point nearer base on vein 1; reniform represented by an indistinct pale lunule ; postmedial line represented by a double series of black points connected by traces of a dentate line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a diffused, oblique, pale fascia from apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous, the inner area whitish; cilia white, ochreous at base. Underside of fore wing brilliant silver from before middle to near termen except on costal area, where there is a postmedial fuscous spot; hind wing brilliant silver from before middle to termen except on inner area, some black points on termen. Hab. Br. New Guinza, Dinawa (Pratt), type fT ¢ in Coll. Bethune-Baker. wp. 50 millim. 1861. Cirphis decisissima. Leucania decisissima, Wik. xxxii. 624 (1865); Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vi. p. 82, pl. 109. f.6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 269. Leucania nareda, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 9 (1874). Leucania pulchra, Snell. Midd.-Sum., Lep. iv. p. 41, pl. 4. ff. 3, 4 (1880). Leucania lanceata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 340. Head and thorax rufous mixed with pale ochreous; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown, the ventral tufts black. Fore wing ochreous; the veins defined by rufous and the interspaces streaked with rufous; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa, the antemedial line by a curved series of points on the veins; a white streak on terminal half of median uervure ending in a small hook on discocellulars, a black point in lower angle of cell and a small fuscous patch beyond the angle; veins 4 and 3 less prominently streaked with white; postmedial line represented by a series of black points on the veins, sometimes conjoined by traces of a crenulate line, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, ZK 2 ~ 500 NOCTUID”. where it is met by an oblique dark shade from apex, then oblique ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous except on basal and costal areas, the cilia ochreous. Underside of male suffused with silver except costal and terminal areas of fore wing and basal and inner areas of hind wing; of female ochreous irrorated with black, fore wing with postmedial Fig. 157.—Cirphis decisissima, §. }. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) black point on costa an@ curved iine diffused outwards and not reaching inner margin, Lind wing with postmedial and terminal series of black points. Hab. Sixuim (Fotheringham), 5 $ type; Assam; Ninerrts (Hampson), 3 3; Cryton, 2 5, 2 2, type lanceata; Burma, Hsipaw (De Nicéville), 2 $, Tenasserim, Donat Hills (De Wicéville), 1 $; Anpamans; Sineapore (/idley), 1 ¢, 19; Sumarra; Puno Laur (Doherty), 3 3,19; New Guinza. Hep. 34-42 millim. 1862. Cirphis nebulosa. (Plate XCII. fig. 4.) Leucania nebulosa, Hmpsn, Ann. 8S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 274 (1902). Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow slightly tinged with rufous ; tegule with two slight dark lines; patagia with a few black scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral tuft of male black. Fore wing ochreous yellow slightly irrorated with black and with diffused rufous streaks in the interspaces ; median nervure with whitish streak ; a black point in lower angle of cell usually present, and sometimes a slight black mark beyond the angle; traces of a brown antemedial line angled inwards on median nervure and vein 1; an indistinct brown postmedial line bent outwards below cesta and oblique below vein 4, with a series of black points beyond it in the interspaces; a slight oblique dark shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white, with a pinkish tinge on medial terminal area, the veins crossing it darker. Underside of male suffused with silvery scales except costal and terminal areas of fore wing, a black postmedial point on costa of fore wing beyond middle and a terminal series on both wings. Hab. Br. ¥. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 9; Germ. E. Arrica, Dar-es-Salem, 1 ¢ ; Cape Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3 type; Mavririus, Curepipe (7ulloch), 1 g,1 9. Exp. 36 millim. CIRPHIS, 501 1863. Cirphis congrua. Noctua congrua, Hibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 616 (1827) ; Herr.- Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. tf 3857, 360; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192. Leucania amnicola. Ramb. Ann. Sci. Obs. 1829, p. 162, pl. 6. .5, and Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 289, pl. 9. f. 2; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 336, pl. 31. f. 2; Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 334. Head and thorax ochreous with a flesh-coloured tinge and mixed with brown, especially on tegulw, which have three brown lines ; abdomen brownish ochreous, ventrally irrorated with black, the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black on costal and inner areas ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also with fine brown streaks ; the white streak on median nervure expanding into a small spot at lower angle of cell; the postmedial line represented by black points on veins 5 and 2; aterminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish, suffused with fuscous except towards base and costa. Underside of male suffused with silvery-white scales except costal area of both wings and cell of fore wing, some dark points on termen ; of female the fore wing and costal area of hind wing pale flesh-colour, Hab, 8. France, Leech Coll. ; Spain; Corsica ; Iraty; Stcrry ; Dacmarta, Leech Coll. ; ARMENIA; Patzstine. Hap. 38 millim. Larva. On Maize. 1864. Cirphis usta. (Plate XCII. fig. 5.) Leucania usta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8, Afr. Mus. ii. p. 274 (1902). Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, and usually tinged with flesh-colour or rufous ; abdomen greyish or pale rufous, the ventral tufts black. Fore wing greyish or flesh-colour irrorated with fuscous ; the costal edge whitish ; a punctiform fuscous ante- medial line angled outwards in submedian fold; a more or less prominent white streak on extremity of median nervure usually continued on vein 4; a black point in lower angle of celi; a slight flesh-coloured discoidal lunule; a punctiform postmedial line or series of points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a more or less prominent oblique flesh-coloured fascia from apex to vein 5, and often a subterminal patch on vein 4; traces of a dark subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points ; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, or the whole terminal half suffused with brown. Underside slightly suffused with silvery scales; hind wing with some fuscous irroration on costal area, usually a postmedial series of dark striz on the veins and some terminal points. Hab. Br. BK. Arrica, Alis (Betton), 1 ¢; Narat, Weenen, 1 9°, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 6, 1 9, type; Carn Conony, Transkei (Ahss F. Barrett),1 6,29. Ewp. 32-36 millim. 502 NOCTUIDA. 1865, Cirphis infrargyrea. Leucania infrargyrea, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 256, f. 158 (1891). 4. Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous, some black scales near upper edge of patagia; abdomen pale rufous, the tufts at base black. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and irrorated wich black, a yellower tinge in and beyond end of cell; traces of an antemedial series of black points oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; a short white streak on extremity of median nervure, with a black point above it in lower angle of cell; a rather ill-defined double postmedial series of points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; the subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being darker, arising from apex, excurved at middle and angled inwards in discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white, suffused with fuscous except basal and costal areas. Underside suffused with golden silver except costal area of both wings and termen of fore wing, which are whitish irrorated with black; fore wing with postmedial black spot on costa; both wings with terminal series of black points. 2. Fore wing not irrorated with black, and with the series of points almost obsolete; the underside pinkish irrorated with fuscous, ; Hab. Mapacascar; Mavririus, Curepipe (Zulloch), 2 dg, 1 9. Exp. 30 millim. 1866. Cirphis subsignata, (Plate XCII. fig. 6.) Leucania subsignata, Moore, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 336; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 272. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; abdomen reddish ochreous, ventrally irrorated with black, the tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous, suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black; some antemedial black points with traces of a waved line between them, excurved in and below eell and angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform indistinct, ochreous, the former with central dark point, the latter with point in lower part and a small fuscous patch beyond it; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4. connected by traces of a highly crenulate line; a slight, oblique, dark shade from termen below apex; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale yellowish suffused with fuscous except basal, inner, and costal areas. Underside of both wings of male pale rufous, with a slight silvery gloss except on costal area of both wings, which are irrorated with brown, fore wing with a black postmedial point on costa: of female without the silvery gloss, a curved postmedial series of points on hind wing. Hab. Punzas, 2 6, 1 9, type, Kulu, Sultanpore (G. Young), 24,5 2, Simla (Harford), 1 5,1 2. wp. 30 millim. CIRPHIS. DUS 1867. Cirphis simplex. (Plate XCII. fig. 7.) Leucania simplex, Leech, Trans, Ent. Soe. 1889, p. 130. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the last with the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, and irrorated with a very few black scales ; the antemedial line represented by dark points on median nervure and vein 1; a slight pale point at lower angle of cell, and a dark shade beyond the angle connected with a triangular shade from termen below apex; a curved postmedial series of black points on the veins. Hind wing ochreous whitish, suffused with fuscous brown except on basal, costal, and inner areas. Under- side of male suffused with silvery scales except costal area of fore wing, a black postmedial point on costa of fore wing and a terminal series on hind wing; female ochreous white irrorated with brown, some fuscous suffusion on veins of fore wing beyond middle, Hab, C. Cuina, Chang-Yang (Pratt), 1 ¢ type, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9, Ship-y-shan, 1 g; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢. Hwp. 32-38 millim. b4, Underside of wings of male not clothed with silvery scales. a. Fore wing with dark streaks in the inter- spaces of terminal area. a°. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure hooked on _ disco- cellulars, a’, Fore wing with the streak on‘ median nervure short and strongly hooked... provima. b’, Fore wing with the streak on median nervure long and slightly hooked. a®, Kore wing with oblique pale fascia between veins 5 and 2 beyond the fascia, fro mea pe xaeeess sense eee eer: l-album. b°, Fore wing without pale fascia be- tween veins 5 and 2 beyond the fascia irom Apex: Jeesesee se see esse albivenata. b°. Fore wing with the white streak on median neryure not hooked ou disco- cellulars. a’. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish pink. a>. Kore wing with pale streak in lower parti of celle eis .c.-ccesees asec. 00: rufipennis. b°. Fore wing without pale streak in lower part of cell ..................+«- duplicata. b', Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish. a®, Fore wing with the costal area pale defined by brown below. a. Hind wing suffused with fuscous. alhicosta. Goeerimdewirt SawiISiter «.5-+ see sce polyrabda. b°. Fore wing with the costal area GOWOTIOMOTE: costionasqncvogncenbococebac nicacea. 504 NOCTUID®. U8, Fore wing without dark streaks in inter- spaces of terminal area. a®, Fore wing with the cilia not pink. a’, Fore wing slightly irrorated with black ».:.sigderetsacanmuseavieds - souctantgear circulus. 2", Fore wing very strongly irrorated with bhagk 0-5 csee cette ce cee dates ogee Slavostigma. 2°, Fore wing with the cilia pink ............ inornata. 1868. Cirphis proxima. (Plate XCII. fig. 8.) Leucania proxima, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1900, p. 124. ©. Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey; palpi blackish at sides; tegule with three dark lines; patagia with some blackish on outer side and some black scales near upper edge; abdomen ochreous brown, Fore wing ochreous brown sparsely irrorated with black; a black streak below basal half of cell traversing a pale patch except towards base; an oblique black streak above inner margin before middle; antemedial line ill- defined, irregular, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; a short white streak on end of median nervure, prominently hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of terminal area streaked with white, veins 4 and 3 more prominently; post- medial line bent outwards below costa, then indistinct, dentate, oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, where it is connected with the antemedial line by a blackish streak ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, with short black streaks before it towards costa and beyond it at middle, the area beyond it darker, with dentate ochreous marks defined by black on veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of black points; cilia brown, with fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing pale, nearly uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia whitish, with brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points. Hab. W. Carina, Ni-tou, 1 9, type. ap. 38 millim, 1869. Cirphis l-album. Noctua l-athum, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 850 (1767) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 90. f. 4; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 227; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 70, pl. 105. +. 2; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 270; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 192. : Leucania bistrigata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 334. Leucania peniciliata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 335. Head and taorax ochreous slightly tinged with olive and mixed with fuscous; frons with dark bar; tegule with three dark lines ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged and ventrally irrorated with fuscous, a sublateral series of black spots, the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous largely suffused with olive-brown, especially from base through the cell and thence obliquely to apex and on terminal area; the costal and inner areas irrorated with black; a black CIRPHIS, 505 streak below base of cell and an oblique streak on inner area before middle; a prominent white streak on terminal part of median nervure, hooked on discocellulars ; the veins of outer area streaked with white and defined by fine brown streaks, veins 4 and 3 more prominently white ; an oblique fascia from apex to vein 2, ochreous to vein 5, then whiter with slight black streaks before it above vein 6, then crossing it and extending to an oblique ochreous bar from below vein 5 to vein 2; a terminal series of black points ; cilia whitish, with three brown lines through them; the antemedial line sometimes represented by an oblique series of points on costa, below cell and in submedian fold, then one nearer base on vein 1 ; the postmedial line often represented by a portion bent outwards below costa, then by an obliquely curved series of points, incurved in submedian fold. Hind wing ochreous more or less suffused with fuscous brown, the veins brown: the cilia white, with a brownish line through them; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point, postmedial and terminal series. Hab. France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Huneary, Leech Coll.; Swrrzmrtanp, Frey Coll.; Ivaty, Capri (C. S. Browne); Auepria; W. & C. Asta; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpore (G. Young), 2 ¢, Simla (Swinhoe, Harford), 2 3,1 2, type penicillata, Dalhousie, 1 9, Thundiani (Yerbury), 2 ¢,1 9, Dharmsila (Hocking), 3 $, 3 2; Srxam (Lidderdale), 19. Exp. 36-40 millim. Larva. Kirby, Eur. Butt. & Moths, p. 162. Flesh-coloured, with a double dark dorsal line and two dark green lateral stripes on each side. Food-plants, Grasses. Spring and July. 1870. Cirphis albivenata. (Plate XCII. fig. 9.) Leucania albivenata, Swinh, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 217, pl. 7. f. 7; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279. 3. Head and thorax violaceous grey tinged with red-brown ; palpi fuscous; sides of frons with black bar; tegule with three brown lines; patagia with a few black scales near upper edge ; mid and hind tibiz and tarsi streaked with black; abdomen grey, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface with ochreous, the abdominal tufts grey and fuscous. Fore wing purplish grey, the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous, the costal edge brown; a black streak on base of median nervure and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle; a brown shade through the cell and thence obliquely to apex, leaving a fine white streak in lower part of cell; the costal nervure and veins arising from it, the median nervure and veins 4, 3 streaked with white defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces with fine streaks, more prominent and blackish above veins 4, 3, 2; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 3, the area beyond it rather darker; a terminal series of black points; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing 506 NOCTrUID.%, whitish tinged with fuscous, especially on veins and towards termen: cilia whitish; the underside violaceous white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot, post- medial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points. ® much more tinged with red-brown. Hab. Stxurm, 1800 feet (Dudgeon), 2 ¢ ; Assam, Naga Hills (Doherty), 1 2 ; Burma, Bhamo, 1 2 type. vp. 32-34 millim. *1871. Cirphis rufipennis. (Plate XCII. fig. 10.) Leucania rufipennis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 276 (1894). ¢. Head and thorax bright pinkish red; palpi and frons at sides red-brown; tegule with three dark lines; abdomen dark brown, the sublateral tufts brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing purplish pink, the cell and area just below it redder; the costal area pale towards base; the veins finely streaked with yeliowish white, the median nervure except towards base and veins 4,3 more prominently streaked; a pale streak in lower part of cell ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 3; antemedial line represented by a black point in submedian fold, the postmedial line by traces of a series of points most distinct on costa and vein 2, Hind wing brown, the cilia with a pale line at base. Underside of fore wing blackish, the marginal areas pinkish irrorated with black ; hind wing pale tinged with brown-pink and irrorated with black, a discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins, and some points on termen. Hab, Manipur, Mao, 7000 feet (Doherty), type + ¢ m Coll. Elwes. ap. 36 millim. 1872. Cirphis duplicata. (Plate XCII. fig. 11.) Leucania prominens, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 339 (nee W1k.) ; Hmpsn. Moths ind. ii. p. 279. Leucania duplicata, Butl. Tl. Het. B. M. vii. p. 8 (1889). Leucania rufula, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278 (1894). Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish pink, especially on thorax; sides of palpi and frons brown; tegule with three brown lines ; abdomen pinkish, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the abdominal tufts of male grey and fuscous. Fore wing pale pink ; a red-brown shade trom base in and below cell and thence obliquely to apex; a brown streak on each side of vein 1 except towards base; an oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle; the veins streaked with white, defined on each side by slight brown streaks except on costal area; the median nervure, except towards base and veins 4, 3, with more prominent streaks ; an oblique pale pink fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it browner; the sub- basal line represented by obliquely placed black points below costa and in submedian fold; the postmedial line represented by some black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; CIRPHIS. 507 a terminal series of black points usually present. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale rufous, whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing fuscous, with the ostal and terminal areas pinkish ; hind wing pinkish irrorated with black, a discoidal spot, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points. Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpore (G. Young), 1 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 3,5 Q, type duplicata; Stxuim (Lidderdale), 2 3 type prominens ; Assam, Khasis, + ¢,1 9, type rufula. Exp. 32- 42 millim, 1873. Cirphis albicosta. (Plate XCII. fig. 12.) Leucania albicosta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 338, pl. 37. f. 10; Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279. Leucania nigrilineosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 103 (1882). Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with brown and very slightly tinged with purple; tegule with two brown lines; abdominal tufts of male grey and fuscous. Fore wing pale grey with a slight purplish tinge; a reddish-brown shade from base in and below cell and thence obliquely to apex; a slight dark streak below base of cell and an oblique streak above inner margin before middle; the veins streaked with white and defined by fine brown s reaks, the interspaces of terminal area also with dark streaks, the median nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more prominently white; the antemedial line represented by slight obliquely-placed black points below costa and in submedian fold, the postmedial line by some black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it browner; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, especially on veins and terminal half; the cilia whitish; the underside pale, slightly tinged with purplish and irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points. Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniformly suffused with red-brown, the pale fascia from apex slighter. Hat. Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 9 ; W. Cutna, Washan (Pratt), 1 $6; Kasumir, Narkundah (McArthur), 1 9; Punsgas, Kulu, Sultanpore (G. Foung),1 ¢,1 9,Simla (Harford), 3 2, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 3, 1 9, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 6 3, 4 2, type; Sixuim Tiser, Yatong (Hobson), 1 2 ; Stxuim; Bavran. Lup. 36-40 millim. 1874. Cirphis polyrabda, n.sp. (Plate XCIIJ. fig. 13.) Leucania albicosta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 273 (1902), nec Moore. ¢. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and witha very slight purplish tinge ; palpi brown at sides; tegule with three dark lines; mid and hind tibie and tarsi streaked with brown ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the ventral surface fuscous, the 508 NOOTUID®. abdominal tufts grey and black. Fore wing grey-white with a slight purplish tinge; a brown shade in and below cell and thence obliquely to apex; the veins white defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also with dark streaks, the median nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more prominently white ; an oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ; the autemedial line represented by obliquely-placed black points below costa and in submedian fold, the postmedial line by some points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein +; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it rather browner; a terminal series of black points; cilia intersected with white. Hind wing pure white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins and a terminal series of points. Hab. Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 38 millim. 1875. Cirphis micacea. Leucania micacea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 67, pl. 144. f. 8 (1891) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 279. Head and thorax grey-white with a slight purplish tinge; tegule with three brown lines; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown, the ventral tufts of male brownish and fuscous. Fore wing whitish with a slight purplish tinge; the veins white defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also with dark streaks, the median nervure except towards base and veins 4, 3 more prominently white; an oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle ; the antemedial line represented by obliquely-placed black points below costa and in submedian fold and one nearer base on vein 1, the postmedial line by some points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 2, the area beyond it rather browner; a terminal series of black points, the cilia intersected with white. Hind wing semi- hyaline white, the veins and terminal! area tinged with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of slight streaks and terminal series of points. The Ceylon form has the thorax and fore wing more suffused with red-brown, the latter especially in and below cell and thence obliquely to apex. Hab. Bompay, Mahableshwar (Swinhoe), 1 9 ; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 3 type; Crryton, Dickoya (Green, Fuirle), 1 6, 19. Exp. 30 millim. *1876. Cirphis circulus. Leucania circulus, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 268; id. Lep. Madag. p- 260, f. 102. 2. Head and thorax ochreous, tinged with rufous and with a few CIRPHIS. 509 black scales on patagia ; tegule with dark medial line; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous especially beyond, end of cell and slightly irrorated with black scales; a prominent black point in lower angle of cell, with small dentate fuscous mark beyond the angle; a curved post- medial series of black points and a terminal series. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia reddish ochreous. Underside of fore wing with the cell and area just below and beyond it to postmedial series of points suffused with fuscous ; hind wing ochreous irrorated with fuscous, and with some black points on termen. Hab. Mapagascar, in Coll. de Joannis. vp. 22-30 millim. According to Saalmiiller the male has the hind wing fuscous and the female whitish, the former with abdominal tufts. 1877. Cirphis flavostigma. Xanthia flavostigma, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 52, pl. 5. f. 11 (1864) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. Leucania singularis, Butl. A, M. N. H. (5) i. p. 80 (1878); id. Ill. Het. B. M. ii. p. 22, pl. 28. f. 11. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with fuscous; some black scales near upper edge of patagia; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the ventral tufts of male black. Fore wing pale ochreous, more or less tinged with rufous, especially in, below, and beyond end of cell, and irrorated with black; a black point at base; an antemedial series of black points connected by an obsolescent dentate line, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform indistinct, yellowish, the latter with black point in lower angle of cell and whitish streak on extremity of median nervure, some fuscous suffusion above and below extremity of median nervure, thence curved upwards to termen below apex; 2 post- medial series of black points connected by a crenulate brownish line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; traces of a subterminal line excurved at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal seres of black points. Hind wing ochreous yellow, suffused with fuscous except on costal area; the underside glossy yellowish white, the costal area slightly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points. The typical form from the Amur has the ground-colour of fore wing white, the markings more ferruginous and contrasting ; hind wing with more whitish on costal and inner areas. Hab, AmMuruann, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodate, 1 9, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 4 3,5 2, type singularis ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 g ; C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 2 ; Kasumir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 9. Hap. 36-42 millim. 510 NOCTUID.E. 1878. Cirphis inornata. Leucania flavostigma, var. inornata, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 482, pl. 50. f. 7. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, the last with the tufts of male black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black ; a short indistinct whitish streak on extremity of median nervure, with black point above it in lower angle of cell ; an indistinct postmedial series of black points, oblique below vein +; a slight oblique brown shade from termen below apex; a terminal series of black points ; cilia pink. Hind wing ochreous suffused with deep fuscous, the inner area rather paler; cilia pink. Underside of fore wing whitish, with some fuscous suffusion in, below, and beyond cell, a terminal series of points; hind wing ochreous whitish, with some pink suffusion on costa and terminal series of points. Hab. Javan, Gifu (Pryer), 1 o type, Yokohama (Pryer, Manley), 20. KHxp. 36-40 millim. }°, Abdomen of male normal. a’. Fore wing of male on underside with fringe of long hair and scales on vein 1. 1879. Cirphis tangala. Leucania tangala, Feld, Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 12 (1874) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 1. p. 280. Leucania mediofusca, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 68, pl. 144. £. 9 (1891). 3. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous, tegule with ochreous line near tips ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the costal and inner areas irrorated with a few dark scales; the veins pale, defined by fine rufous = NSP ig. 158.— Cirphis tangala, 2. streaks, the interspaces of terminal half streaked with rufous ; median neryure and veins 3, 4 more prominently streaked with white ; a rufous fascia above and below median nervure, continued above vein 4 to termen, towards which it expands somewhat; an oblique dark streak above inner margin before middle, and some rufous suffusion on inner area towards tornus; postmedial black points on veins 6, 5,3, 2. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous, slight postmedial dark points on veins 6, 4, 3, 2; the underside with the costal area suffused with rufous. CIRPHIS. 511 Ab. 1. mediofusca. Fore wing with the median fascia and other markings more fuscous ; hind wing paler, without postmedial dark points. > Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3 type mediofusca ; CEYLON, Pundaloya (Greew), 1 ¢. Hep. 32 millim. b°, Fore wing of male on underside without fringe of hair and scales on vein 1. a, Fore wing with short whitish streak on extremity of median nervure. a. Hind wing almost uniformly suffused with fuscous. a’, Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces of terminal area. a’, Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure hooked on discocellulars. a*. Kore wing with black point in lower angle of cell. a. Fore wing not suffused with rufous ......... goniosigma. +", Fore wing suffused with rufous ............... dharma. b>, Fore wing without black point in lower angle (ei aN |oo-encaag onncceeetbodue st cbea csadcrecescade rufistrigosa, o7, Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure not hooked on discoéellulars ......... salebrosa. 2°, Fore wing witbout dark streaks in the inter- BPAcesOMerMminalaARGA >. .coe---4-20-2--0"--2es20>= ignita. Geen wine pure sw te <-.°. Fore wing with the costal and inner areas palesellows o-o-t5-.c+>s-ese 2 Okc CROCE ORB ae EE see bifusciata. c. Hind wing ochreous white. a. Fore wing with small black patch beyond JowerlanglevotmeellG sae -e-t.n ceca: -22-rscsae- atrinota. v°. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower AEIOION GS |. 55: an-den Sechenoncrpesaecaneaee Sbonue roseilinea. 512 NOCTUIDE. a Hind! wine pure white s.c1ns:.cusemiunestorot sa polemusa. b°, Fore wing without black streak in base of sub- median fold. a’, Fore wing with distinct blackish shade below median nervure. a®, Hind wing of male pale yellow.............0000 secta. 6°, Hind wing whitish. a®, Head and thorax rufous ..........:....s0.secree albifasciata. &”. Head and thorax ochreous. a'®, Fore wing with short dark streak from lower angle of cell to the oblique pale fascia frond APOE isn tiisteangtetessireserossbe.s abdominalis. b'°, Fore wing with the dark shade from ter- men extending to lower angle of cell. a, Fore wing with vein 4 more prominently atrenkedtwithtwhite: ..5......6e- cadmas lineatipes. o'!. Fore wing with all the veins white de- fined by fine brown streaks. a’, Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area strongly tinged with brown ...... anteroclara. \*, Hind wing pure white, the terminal area not tinged with brown ............ oregona. b7, Fore wing without distinct blackish shade below median nervure. a*, Fore wing with very prominent dark streaks in the interspaces. a®, Fore wing with two postmedial series of (eV E%U. 9) ayo ene saeapeee th pose cceneotad= cob: “cine polysticha. 6°. Fore wing with one postunerial series of blaickipointatemencscddastsscctssd-sesneccteeeesers rivorum. b°. Fore wing with the dark streaks in the inter- spaces less prominent. a®, Fore wing with the ground-colour pinkish rufous. aq? Hind wing pure White ..........., Fore wing whitish ochreous ......... pulliseca, b'°, Fore wing deeper ochreous. aw *, Tegule with three dark lines ...... humidicola, 6°, Tegule with two dark lines......... insulicola, CIRPIIIS. 43, Fore wing with small dark patch be- yond lower angle of cell ............... 6'?, Fore wing with the postmedial line waved ....... Nap badedacbcc0>ecacdcdsuseenne 6", Hind wing with the terminal half suf- fused with brown. a, Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous. a’, Fore wing with the white streak on median neryure not expanding into a hook at lower angle of cell ............ 43, Fore wing with the white streak on median nervyure expanding into a small hook at lower angle of cell...... #2. Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish. a3, Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure not expanding into a spot at lower angle of cell. a4, Fore wing with oblique pale fascia FROME AROMA 22 can duta .csdawstee cee ates <= 64. Fore wing without pale fascia from b'3, Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure expanding into a small spot at lower angle of cell ............... cll. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown... 8, Fore wing without dark streaks in the interspaces of terminal area. a°®, Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown. a’, Fore wing with brown orbicular stigma......... b7, Fore wing without orbicular stigma. a®, Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a’, Fore wing without white fascize above and below vein 6. a°, Fore wing irrorated with black, a pro- minent terminal series of black spots 6'°. Fore wing not irrorated with black, a ter- minal series of black points ..............- 2°, Fore wing with white fascize above and below WON) Ol aoe clnseceesicscrecnsscsssnemseesresccsonnesess b°. Fore wing without black streak below base of fol radars dacemecedcenactedce erence Agat ch eacseeaeess 6°, Hind wing white. a’. Fore wing with the veins defined by pro- IMINGVG HUSCOUS|SULCAKS) scevecdgeceeccscs-crsntecne= b7, Fore wing with the veins defined by fine brown streaks ............. sedadectataneedstsedesae- ce’, Fore wing with the veins not defined by dark ATED, Gan octadapsbectngseenansonsodcodbanccnnosaconeer c*, Fore wing with white point at lower angle of cell. a°. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces of terminal area. a’, Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a’, Fore wing more or less completely suffused WIthyfNSCOUBEes. cess te cess cescnsersesscee sees =2=s u7, Fore wing not suffused with fuscous. a®. Fore wing with well-defined blackish fascia ON) Median MELVULE: eseesae, Fore wing with black streak above extremity Of median mervures.. sce ces 5.6 cesses coscasaes Serrilinea. b3, Fore wing without black streak above ex- tremity of median nervure ..................5.. diopis. b. pean wing not wholly suffused with fuscous. . Fore wing with fuscous fasciaalong median nervure. a. Fore wing with fuscous fuscia along inner PTPUFEN 36. ongdagbooedooaBsUspApOEHodoconoseoUoUesuEDEeS persecta. 63. Fore wing without fuscous fascia along inner margin. a*, Fore wing grey-brown .............sceeeeseeeeeee melanopasta. Bee Bore WinpRGeOGGOUS, 20. cedaes ane cae oes aes casas micTopis. }?. Fore wing without fuscous fascia along median nervure. a®. Fore wing with small fuscous patch beyond lower angle of cell .............-..cseseeseeeeeeeees cupreata. b°, Fore wing without small fuscous patch beyond lower angle of cell. a‘, Fore wing with ante- and postmedial lines . bidineata. b+, Fore wing without antemedial line and with postmedial series of points............... sesamiodes, VOL.Y. 20 562 NOCTUIDE. 1975. Borolia melianoides. (Plate XCIV. fig. 24.) Leucania melianoides, Méschl. Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxxiii. p. 291, pl. xvi. f. 4 (1884). Head and thorax ochreous white, slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few dark scales ; tegule with two fine dark lines; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous sparsely irrorated with black ; a blackish streak below base of cell and a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle; a rufous streak in and beyond cell; the median nervure streaked with white except towards base, slightly defined by black and hooked on discocellulars, placed on a diffused fuscous fascia extending to termen, on which it expands somewhat towards apex ; the veins on terminal area pale defined by fine dark streaks, the interspaces also with dark streaks; the postmedial line often represented by a curved series of black points ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia sometimes intersected with white. Hind wing white, the terminal area usually more or less tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points. Ab. 1. Fore wing with the fuscous median fascia much darker, the inner area suffused with fuscous, the hind wing almost wholly tinged with fuscous. Hab. Axsysstnta, Zegi Tsana (Degen), 1 9; Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 4 ¢, Machakos (Crawshay), 2 6, 1 9, Nairowa (Betton), 1 9; Masnonatann (Dobbie), 3 9; Navan, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9; Carr Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 7 3, 3 9, Annshaw (Miss I. Barrett), 3 2; Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 So. Eavp, 34-86 millim. 1976. Borolia tacuna. Leucania tacuna, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 110. f. 22 (1874). Leucania substituta, Wilgrn. Gify. Vet.-Akad. Forh, 1875, p. 105. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with reddish brown ; tegule pale, with two or three dark lines ; palpi, frons, and legs tinged with fuscous; abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black; a black streak below base of cell and another in lower extremity of cell from before middle, ending in a prominent black point; median nervure and vein 3 streaked with whitish ; a rufous fascia below the cell expanding triangularly beyond the cell to termen and with a curved diffused black streak on its upper edge ; costal area tinged with rufous leaving the veins paler; traces of a curved double postmedial series of dark points on the veins; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous towards apex; some dark points on fermen. Ab. 1. The streak and point in lower angle of cell reduced to two points. BOROLIA. 563 Hab. Br. E. Arrtca, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 2, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 go, Gwelil (Betton), 2 ¢, Nairowa (Betton), 1 ¢S, Nairobi (Betton), 1 dg; Masnonatanp (Dobbie), 1 3; TRAnsvast; Naat, Estcourt (Hutchinson, 4 8, 792, Weenen, 1 ¢; Cave Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett),4 ¢,3 9. Hvp. 32-38 millim. 1977. Borolia rubrescens, n.sp. (Plate XCLIV. fig. 25.) Head and thorax pale rufous ; antennz whitish ; tegule grey with dark medial line ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with brown, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous suffased with bright rufous ; the costal area violaceous grey irrorated with black ; a black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2; a black streak above inner margin from before middle to near termen, diffused outwardly ; median nervure white defined by black above and below; the veins of terminal area whitish defined by slight brown streaks, veins 3, 4,5 more prominently white; the inter- spaces of terminal area streaked with black. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown, especially in female; the underside with the costal area tinged with brown and irrorated with black; some black points on termen from apex to vein 2. Hab, Narat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 ¢, 1 9, type. Exp. 38 millim. 1978. Borolia operosa. (Plate XCIV. fig. 26.) Leucania operosa, Saalm, Lep. Madag. p. 259 (1891). do. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; tegule with medial black line: abdomen brownish ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black ; the veins of terminal half defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown; a black streak below base of ceil; the median nervure and vein 4 white, the former with distinct rufous shade below it; a black point in lower angle of cell; a slight wedge-shaped brown shade from termen below apex to lower angle of cell; traces of a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins towards termen and termen tinged with brown; a terminal series of black points; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with black ; a postmedial series of slight black streaks on the veins. Hab. Mavacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 ¢. Exp. 34 millim. 1979. Borolia citrinotata, n.sp. (Plate XCIV. fig. 27.) g. Head and tegule grey-white mixed with fuscous; tegule with two black lines ; thorax pale yellow; abdomen white tinged with ochreous at extremity. Fore wing pale ochreous, with a slight flesh tinge, especially on costal area, and sparsely irrorated 202 564 NOCTUIDA, with black; the veins whitish defined by fine pale brown-pink streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with brown- pink ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2 ; a black point in lower angle of cell; a slight triangular dark shade from termen below apex. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown and some black points on termen from apex to vein 2. Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 ¢ type. Ep. 30 millim. 1980. Borolia melanostrota, n.sp. (Plate XCIY. fig. 28.) Head and thorax whitish, with a slight violaceous tinge and mixed with fuscous; tegule with three dark lines; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing white with a slight violaceous tinge and rather thickly irrorated with black; the veins whitish slightly defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also slightly streaked with brown ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell to origin of vein 2; median nervure defined by slight fuscous suffusion above and below, the white on it developed into a slight hook at lower angle, in which there is a black point; a wedge- shaped dark shade from termen below apex to lower angle of cell; traces of an antemedial line on inner area, angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1; a postmedial series of black points conjoined by traces of a dentate line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of black poiuts. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, some black points on termen from apex to vein 2. Hab. Zuiuranv, Lr. Tugela (Reynolds), 1 3 type; Narat, Weenen, 1 9; Cape Cotony, Transkei ((liss F. Barrett), 1 9. Lap. 32-36 millim. 1981. Borolia percussa. Leucania percussa, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 674. Leucania howra, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 357, pl. 87. f. 16; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 271. Leucania basilinea, Swinh, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 220, pl. vii. f. 6. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale brownish ochreous ; palpi blackish at sides; tegule with two slight dark lines; legs streaked with blackish; abdomen white tinged with brownish. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with brown and sparsely irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal half also streaked with brown; the median uervure defined by fuscous above and below; a prominent black streak in submedian fold to origin of vein 2; a black point BOROLIA. 565 in lower angle of cell; traces of a postmedial series of eee points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; terminal series of black points. Hind wing white; the Sate with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2. Hab. Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 1 6,1 9, type; Srxuim, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 2; Beneat, Calcutta; Burma, Bhamo, 1 ¢ type basilinea; Java. Exp. 32-34 millim. 1982. Borolia cruegeri. (Plate XCIV. fig. 29.) Leucania cruegeri, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1886, p. 391. Leucania preclara, Swinh, A.M. N.H. (7) ix. p. 422 (1902). Head and tegule white slightly irrorated with fuscous ; patagia and thorax ochreous; abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing ochreous; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the costal edge white; a broad white fascia on median nervure slightly defined by brown below ; veins 2, 3, 4, 5, and the extremities of veins 6, 7 streaked with white, vein 4 most prominently ; the interspaces of terminal area with slight brown streaks ; an oblique dark shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the terminal area tinged with brown. Hab. Quernstand, Gayndah, 1 ¢ type, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3; W. AvstTRaLia, Be pus B. (J. J. Walker), 1 §, Cossack (J. J. Walker), 3 3,2 2 2, Sherlock R. (Clements), 2 ¢, 7 2, Raebourne (Lyell), 1 g. Hap. 32 millim. 1983. Borolia stellata, n. sp. (Plate XCTV. fig. 30.) ¢. Head and thorax ochreous ; tegule with three dark lines, the upper one most distinct ; patagia with some black scales near upper edge; palpi at sides and tarsi brownish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous; the veins defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces alse streaked with brown; the median nervure defined helow by a reddish-brown shade met at lower angle of cell by a slight oblique shade from apex; an oblique pale fascia from apex defined on outer side by a slight dark shade from termen below apex; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa, the antemedial line by obliquely placed black points on costa and in submedian fold; a black point in lower angle of cell ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white, suffused with fuscous brown except costal area; cilia ochreous; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of points on the veins and a terminal series. Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer),1 ¢ type. Ewp. 34 millim. 566 NOCTUIDAE. 1984. Borolia radiata. Leucania radiata, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 48, pl. v. f. 8 (1864) ; Oberth. Et. Ent. vy. p. 70, pl. 3. f. 5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. ¢@. Head and thorax ochreous; tegule with three dark lines, the upper one most distinct; patagia with some black scales near upper edge ; palpi and tarsi brownish ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous; the veins defined by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous; the median nervure slightly defined below by rufous suffusion met at lower angle of cell by a slight shade from apex ; a slight triangular rufous shade from termen below apex defining on outer side an oblique pale fascia ; antemedial line represented by obliquely placed black points on costa, below cell, and in submedian fold; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area and the area between end of cell and termen suffused with fuscous; the under- side with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with a few black scales, a small discoidal lunule, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and some points on termen. Hab. S.E. Stperza, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer),2 9. Exp. 36 millim. 1985. Borolia aspersa. Leucania apersa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 42, pl. 4. f. 1. Leucania homopterana, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 219, pl. vii. f. 12 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 272. $. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; frons with lateral black bars ; tegule with three dark lines ; abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, the cell, inner and terminal areas tinged with rufous; the veins whitish, defined by fine rufous streaks, the interspaces also streaked with rufous; the white streak on median nervure more prominent, expanding into a slight spot at extremity and with a small fuscous patch beyond it; obliquely placed antemedial black points below origin of vein 2 and on vein 1; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of points. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and termen tinged with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2. Hab. Burma, Rangoon, 1 ¢ type homopterana; CELEBES, Makassar, 1 g¢. wp. 30 millim. Type? in Coll. Snellen. 1986. Borolia linita. (Plate XCIV. fig. 31.) Leucania linita, Guen. Noct. i. p. 81 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 187. Leucania scirpicola, Guen. Noct. i. p. 84 (1852). Heliophila amygdalina, Wary. Can. Ent. x. p. 57 (1878). Head and thorax ochreous white, tinged with brownish and BOROLIA. 567 slightly irrorated with black; tegule with traces of three brown lines ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with black; the veins white, clearly defined by brown streaks; the terminal area with fine brown streaks in the interspaces; a black point usually present below origin of vein 2; slight black marks in and beyond lower angle of cell usually present ; a postmedial series of black points bent out- wards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a slight oblique shade from below apex; a terminal series of black points usually present. Hind wing white, the terminal area more or less tinged with brownish ochreous; the underside with terminal series of black points on the costal half. The type is an aberration with the black points of fore wing obsolete. Ab. 1. scirpicola. Head, thorax, and fore wing much more suffused with rufous. Hab, U.S.A., Maine, Orono, 1 ¢ type amygdalina, EK. States, Florida, St. John’s Bluff (Doubleday), 3 g, 6 Q, type and type scirpicola, Hep. 38-40 millim. 1987. Borolia venalba. (Plate XCIV. fig. 32.) Leucania venalba, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p.48; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. it. peo: Leucania linearis, Lucas, P. Soc. Queensl. viii. p. 85 (1894). Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; tegule greyer, with two dark lines and brown tips; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous; the veins white defined by bright red or red-brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with red-brown; the ante- medial line represented by a black point below the cell; an oblique pale fascia from apex defined by a rufous or fuscous shade above, and below by a triangular shade from termen below apex; a terminal series of black points often present. Hind wing hyaline white, the apical half of termen tinged with ochreous; the under- side with the costal area tinged with brown. Hab. Cutna; Sten (Russell, Dudgeon), 3 3,1 @, type; Beneat, Barrackpur, 1 ¢; Certon (Mackwood), 1 9; Srxespore ( Ridley}, 2 2; Queenstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 ¢,2 9. Exp. 30-36 millim. 1988. Borolia torrentium. (Plate XCV. fig. 1.) Leucania torrentium, Guen. Noct. i. p. 88 (1852). Leucania infima, Wilgrn. Gitv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1875, p. 106. Leucania pinna, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 253 (1891). Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; tegula with two more or less distinct dark lines; patagia with some black scales near upper edge; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous; the costal and inner areas slightly irrorated with black; the veins whitish defined by slight brown 568 NOCTUID. streaks, the interspaces of terminal half streaked with brown ; a slight black streak below base of cell usually present, and a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle; some rufous in and beyond end of cell; a black point in lower angle, and often a small wedge-shaped black patch beyond the angle; the antemedial line often represented by a black point in submedian fold; the postmedial line usually represented by black points on vein 2 and inner margin, sometimes with traces of a crenulate line bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a slight oblique pale fascia from apex defined by brown shades above and below; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brown intersected with whitish. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with brown, especially in female; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous, some slight postmedial black streaks on the veins and some terminal points from apex to vein 2. Hab. Br, E. Arrica, Sabaki Valley (Gregory), 1 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 9, Kikuyu (Betton, Crawshay), 2 2, Machakos (Craw- shay), 2 §, Munisu (Ld. Delamere), 1 3 ; Masnonaxanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 2; Naraz, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 3,1 9, Durban (Gueinzius, Leigh), 2 $, 12; Basurotanp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1g, 2 Q; Care Cotony (Dr. A. Smith), 1 9, Knysna (Trimen), 1 $,4 9, Capetown (Trimen), 1 $,1 9 ; Mapagascar, type T in Mus. Paris; Bourson. Lap. 30-82 millim. 1989. Borolia tincta. (Plate XCV. fiz. 2.) Leucania tincta, Wik. xv. 1660 (1858). 2. Head and thorax pale grey tinged with brown; tegule with two or three dark lines. Fore wing flesh-colour irrorated with black; the veins whitish defined by fine brown lines, the median nervure and vein 4 with more prominent white streaks ; the inter- spaces of terminal half streaked with fuscous ; the antemedial line sometimes represented by black points below cell and on vein 1; a black point in lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on the veins, oblique below vein 4; an oblique pale. fascia from apex with a slight triangular dark shade below it ; a terminal series of black points; cilia white, with three brown lines through them. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside with some dark irroration on costa, traces of a postmedial series of points on the veins and a terminal series. Hab. Br, E, Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 @; Natat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 2, Durban (Gueinzius), 1 9 type. Exp. 34 millim. : 1990. Borolia ineana. Leucania ineana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 48, pl. 4. f. 2. Head and thorax whitish tinged with pinkish; abdomen ochreous white, with sublateral series of black points. Fore wing flesh-pink, leaving paler fasciv in discal and submedian folds and above vein 6; BOROLIA. 569 the veins streaked with white and defined by fine, slightly darker streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also with slight dark streaks; a black point in submedian fold below origin of vein 2, a point in lower angle of cell, a curved postmedial series and a terminal series. Hind wing semihyaline white, tinged with ochreous towards termen, on which there is a series of dark points. Hab, Srxuim (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Cxtesus, Bonthain, type fT ¢ in Coll. Snellen. Zvp. 32 millim. 1991. Borolia byssina. Leucania byssina, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1886, p. 442, pl. 40. f. 6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 272. ©. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with pale brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous white, rather thickly irrorated with black; a black point at base; the antemedial line represented by a black point in submedian fold; a black point in lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a very slight fuscous tri- angular shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the termen very slightly tinged with ochreous. Ab. 1, Fore wing with slight pale streak on extremity of median nervure, hooked on discocellulars, the postmedial line reduced to points.— Kangra. Hab. Punsas, Kangra Valley, 4500' (Dudgeon), 1 9; Bombay, Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 2 type. Hvp. 30 millim, 1992. Borolia acrapex, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 3.) @. Head and thorax pale pinkish, the palpi and vertex of head tinged with ochreous; abdomen ochreous whitish. Fore wing pinkish white sparsely irrorated with black scales ; the veins defined by fine brown-pink streaks ; the cell and interspaces of terminal half also streaked with brown-pink, a black point in lower angle of cell ; a postmedial series of black points, oblique below vein 4; a slight oblique dark shade from apex to discocellulars ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white; the underside with a few black scales on costal area and some black points on termen. Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Alis (Betton), 1 2 type. wp. 32 millim. 1993. Borolia steniptera, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 4.) . Head and thorax white, tinged with pinkish and mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral surface irrorated with brown. Fore wing pinkish white irrorated with brown, the veins defined by slight brown streaks; diffused brown streaks on each side of median nervure, and thence obliquely to termen below apex; a black point in lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; 570 NOCTUID®. the interspaces of terminal area with fine brown streaks ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen tinged with ochreous; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown. Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 2 2 type. Lvp. 32 millim. 1994. Borolia sarcostriga, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 5.) Leucania extincta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 261 (part.); nee Guen. ¢. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown; palpi tinged with fuscous at sides; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous, tinged with brown and thickly irrorated with large dark brown scales; an ill-defined fuscous fascia on median nervure; the basal part of submedian interspace paler; an ill-defined ochreous streak tinged with rufous in discal fold, then bent upwards to apex; two dark brown discoidal points ; faint traces of a postmedial series of dark points on the veins and a terminal series. Hind wing semihyatine white; a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2; cilia brownish towards apex ; the underside with the costal area tinged with brown and irrorated with brown scales. Ab. 1. Fore wing paler, with only the lower discoidal point and a short white streak on extremity of median nervure below it. Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 6; Guaremata, Vera Paz (Champion), 1 g; Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 1 2, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 3 type, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Brazrt, Petropolis (Doer), 1 3, Castro Parana, Hap. 36 millim. 1995. Borolia nigrisparsa. (Plate XCV. fig. 6.) Leucania nigrisparsa, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 274 (1902). @. Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous ; abdomen white slightly tinged with ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous, sparsely irrorated with black; the median nervure and base of vein 4 streaked with white; a slight fuscous shade below median nervure; a black point in lower angle of ccll; a curved postmedial series of slight black points on the veins; a slight triangular fuscous shade from termen below apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous. Hab, Care Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 9 type. Hap. 40 millim, 1996. Borolia extincta. Leucania extincta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 79 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p- 187. Heliophila texana, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 211 (1874). Heliophila ligata, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. y. p. 115 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N, Am. p. 187. BOROLIA. o7l Leucania oriza, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 114 (1875); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568. Leucania oaxacana, Schaus, J, N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 115 (1898); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 568. Head and thorax ochreous white, tinged with pale purplish pink and slightly irrorated with dark brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with purplish pink; the median neryure slightly streaked with white, expanding slightly at lower Fig. 162.—LBorolia extincta, S. 3. angle of cell, in which there is a black point ; a postmedial series of black points on the veins and a prominent terminal series. Hind wing white, the terminal half tinged with pale brown; a series of black points on apical half of termen; the underside with the costal area lrrorated with brown. Ab. 1. tevana. Hind wing almost wholly white. Hab. U.S.A., Florida, St. John’s Bluff (Doubleday), 2 6,1 9, type, Texas, 1 g, 2 9, type ligata, Colorado; Muxico, Orizaba, type T oawacuna and type Q oriza in Coll. Schaus. wp. 36 millim, 1997. Borolia rhodoptera, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 7.) o. Head ochreous; palpi at sides, lower part of frons, and antenn pinkish; thorax brownish pink mixed with white ; pectus white; legs tinged with pink; abdomen ochreous, Fore wing pink; the costal edge white; the veins white defined by rather deeper pink; a diffused yellowish-white fascia below the cell and a better-defined fascia in discal fold from middle of cell to towards termen and above vein 6 to close to termen; an obliquely curved postmedial series of slight black points and a terminal series; cilia tipped with white except towards tornus. Hind wing pure semi- hyaline white. Hab, Cotomsra (Petersen), 1 g type. Exp. 30 millim. 1998. Borolia flabilis. (Plate XCV. fig. 8.) Heliophila flabilis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 15 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 189. Heliophila rimosa, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 216 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 189. ¢. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown ; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with pale 572 NOCTUIDA. pinkish brown, leaving white fascia in submedian fold from base to beyond middle, in discal fold from near base to near termen, and a short streak above vein 6 before termen; a few scattered black scales ; a black point in lower angle of cell and a slight black streak above vein 4; traces of a curved postmedial series of points on the veins; a terminal series of slight points. Hind wing white ; the terminal area tinged with pale brown from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area tinged with pale brown. Hab. U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New York, Long Island, 1 ¢ type. exp. 36 millim. *1999. Borolia leucostigma. Leucania leucostigma, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 23, pl. 2. f. 12 (1877). ¢. Head and thorax pale brown-pink: abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous, suffused and striated with pink and slightly irrorated with fuscous; a small round white spot at lower angle of cell with small fuscous patch beyond it; a curved subterminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white. Hab. Java, in Coll. de Joannis. vp. 30 millim. 2600. Borolia pheochroa, n. sp. (Plate XCY. fig. 9.) Head and thorax pale grey-brown mixed with some black ; abdomen brown irrorated with black, the anal tuft fulvous in male. Fore wing pale grey-brown with a purplish tinge and thickly irro- rated with black; the veins hardly paler; a brown streak along median nervure continued beyond end of cell to join the slight triangular brown shade from termen below apex: a white point at lower angle of cell; antemedial line represented by obliquely placed black points on costa and below cell; a black point in middle of cell; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, conjoined by an indistinct crenulate line ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous ; cilia with ochreous line at base, then a fuscous line and whitish tips; the underside ochreous white irrorated with black, a black discoidal lunule, postmedial series of slight streaks on the veins, and terminal series of small lunules. Hab. Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9 type; Carr Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3, Kokstad (Mrs. Pringle), 1 2. Exp. 34-38 millim. 2001. Borolia fasciata. Borolia fasciata, Moore, P. Z. 8.1881 p. 334, pl. 37. f. 12; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 278. Borolia furcifera, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 98, pl. 4. f. 16 (1881). @. Head and thorax rufous; palpi and frons dark at sides ; abdomen rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with fuscous; a black and rufous streak below base of cell; median nervure and BOROLIA. 573 base of veins 3, 4 streaked with grey ; a deeper rufous streak above terminal part of median nervure, continued above vein 4 and ex- panding towards termen into a triangular patch extending to below apex; traces of an antemedial line excurved below cell and angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform represented by ill-defined small pale spots; traces of a highly dentate postmedial line with two series of black points on it, the inner in interspaces, the outer on the veins, oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous; the underside paler irro- rated with brown, a dark discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line with slight dark streaks at the veins. Ab. 1. Greyer; fore wing with the markings blacker.—Yatung. Hab. Stxaim Trser, Yatung (Hobson), 1 2 ; Sixui, 1 Q type. Exp. 34-38 millim. 2002. Borolia ferrilinea. (Plate XCV. fig. 10.) Leucania ferrilinea, Leech, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 128. Head, thorax, and abdomen olive grey-brown tinged with rufous ; sides of palpi and frons blackish ; legs tinged with fuscous. Fore wing olive grey-brown more or less irrorated with dark brown; traces of a dentate antemedial line from cell to inner margin; the extremity of median nervure with pale streaks ; a rufous and black fascia above end of median nervure continued above vein 4 till met by an obliquely curved dark streak from termen just below apex ; orbicular and reniform represented by ill-defined small pale spots ; traces of a highly dentate postmedial line with two series of black points on it, the inner in interspaces. the outer on the veins; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown; the cilia pale brown, with a dark line through them; the underside pale reddish brown thickly irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal lunule and indistinct sinuous postmedial line with dark streaks on the veins. Hab. W. Cuina, Pu-tsu-Fang, 1 ¢, 2 2, type, Omeishan, 1 ¢, Moupin (Krickeldorf),1 $. Exp. 34-36 millim. 2003. Borolia diopis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 11.) Leucania scirpi, Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 523 (nec Dup.). @. Head and thorax ochreous white with a flesh tint ; palpi irro- rated with black at sides; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous leaving pale segmental lines, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with flesh-colour; a slight fuscous streak on extremity of median nervure and base of vein 4; faint traces of an antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; traces of small pale orbicular and reniform stigmata; faint traces of a crenulate postmedial line with black points on veins 6 and 4; the terminal 574 NOSTUIDE, area slightly darker. Hind wing ochreous, uniformly suffused with fuscous; the underside yellowish white, with slightly darker irroration on costal and terminal areas. Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus, 3500’ (W. R. O. Grant), 1 Q type. xp, 32 millim. 2004. Borolia persecta, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 12.) Head and thorax reddish brown largely mixed with black ; abdomen ochreous whitish tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous brown, rather thickly irrorated with fuscous ; a greyish and black fascia in and below cell and thence to termen, towards which it expands to below apex ; some grey and black suffusion on costal area towards apex defining above an oblique ochreous fascia from apex; a greyish and black fascia on inner area from before middle expanding at termen; a black streak in lower part of cell and a small spot in lower angle ; the veins of terminai area defined by slight black streaks, the interspaces also streaked with black; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing white, the veins, costal area, and termen tinged with brown; the underside with the costal area tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, a terminal series of black points. Hab. Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 2 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 2005. Borolia melanopasta. (Plate XCV. fig. 13.) A Leucania melanopasta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1902, p. §1.° ¢. Head and thorax ochreous with a slight olive tinge; palpi blackish at sides; tegule with slight medial line and tipped with black and white scales; patagia with some black scales near edges ; abdomen white, irrorated with fuscous towards extremity and on ventral surface. Fore wing ochreous with a slight olive tinge and irrorated with black, an ill-defined black streak below base of cell; median nervure streaked with blackish except at base; three black points in lower part of cell; postmedial line represented by a double series of black points, the inner in the interspaces, the outer on the veins, oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown, especially on the veins and terminal half; a dark terminal line; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and terminal series of black points. Hab. QurEnstand, Brisbane (Turner), 1 ¢. Exp. 34 millim. 2006. Borolia micropis, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 14.) Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous, suffused in parts with reddish brown and irrorated with black; a slight dark shade below the cell and thence to an oblique shade from termen below apex; three black points in lower extremity of cell, the one in lower angle with a BOROLIA. 575 semicircular whitish mark below it ; an indistinct minutely waved postmedial line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, with a series of black points beyond it on the veins; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia chequered fuscous and ochreous. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points. Hab. MaswonatanpD, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 2 3,1 9, type. Exp. 28 millim. 2007. Borolia cupreata, n. sp. (Pilate XCV. fig. 15.) @. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with fuscous; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous, wholly suffused with cupreous red and irrorated with fuscous ; the costal edge fuscous ; an indistinct blackish antemedial line oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled; a small black patch beyond lower angle of cell with oblique line from it to inner margin; a postmedial series of black points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; traces of a subterminal fuscous line slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia brown, with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal area tinged with fuscous; cilia ochreous at base, whitish at tips; the underside with the costal area tinged with reddish and irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line. Hab. Gazatany, Chirinda Forest (Marshall), 1 Q type. Exp. 38 millim. 2008. Borolia bilineata, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 16.) @. Head and thorax ochreous white irrorated with fuscons ; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing whitish suffused with purplish pink; the veins and costal area irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa ; antemedial line curved, slightly waved; orbicular and reniform traceable as small pale spots, the latter with slight white streak below it; postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown. Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 2 type. Exp. 28 millim. 2009. Borolia sesamiodes, n. sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 17.) ¢. Head and thorax pale red-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous ; tegule sometimes with traces of a dark line; fore legs fuscous in front; abdomen white, tinged with fuscous except towards base, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing pale red-brown 576 NOCTU!ID™. slightly irrorated with fuscous; a curved postmedial series of black points and a terminal series; cilia yellowish white, with a diffused fuscous line through them. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; the underside with post- medial series of fuscous points on the veins and terminal series. 2. Slightly paler. Hab, Avarrtas, Hammam-es-Salahin (Walsingham), 4 3, 2 9, type. Hxp. 38-44 millim. Larva feeds in Arundo phraguntes with that of Sesamia non- agrioides, the perfect insects. being almost identical in appearance. Genus MELIANA. Type. Melia, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. p. 201 (1829), nee Bilb, Crust. 1820 . flammea. Meliana; Ourt? Brit.; Ent. vis Index,Gi829)) \.c.sjce-tssectesecmeeener flammea. Neleucania, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 203 (1902) ......... niveicosta, Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with hair in front; frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male ciliated; head and thorax clothed with hair, with scales below it and without crests; tibie fringed with very long hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute, the termen rather obliquely rounded ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 shortly stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base. Seer. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches. 2010, Meliana pectinata, n. sp. Head and thorax white, tinged with violaceous and mixed with some rufous; tegule with slight dark lines at middle and near tips; legs with blackish streaks; abdomen ochreous white, tinged with rufous towards extremity. Fore wing white, tinged with violaceous and usually with rufous and irrorated sparsely with black ; a black streak below base of cell and a slight oblique streak Fig. 163.—Meliana pectinata, g. }. above inner margin before middle; the median nervure and veins of terminal half white defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces of terminal area also streaked with brown, the white streak on median nervure forming a hook on discocellulars, a black fascia above terminal part of median nervure, continued as MELIANA. Sne a fuscous wedge-shaped mark to termen, where it expands to below apex, and with some short black streaks from its inner edge, above vein 5 extending almost to cell; a short black fascia in terminal part of submedian fold; a terminal series of black points; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind wing white, sometimes tinged with ochreous; a more or less prominent terminal series of black points ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a slight discoidal lunule. Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black markings replaced by pale brown or grey. Hab, Br. E. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 4 5, 2 Q,type, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 2 $, Eb Urru (Betton), 7 5, 1 2, Gwelil (Betton), 1 g. Exp. 24-30 millim. Secr. II. Antenne of male ciliated. A. Tibiz of male thickly fringed with long hair on both sides. 2011. Meliana rubripennis. Leucania rubripennis, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 179, pl. 2. f. 77 (1870); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186. ¢. Head and thorax red-brown; tegule white at base, red- brown at tips; abdomen ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous; a purplish-pink fascia from median nervure and vein 3 to submedian fold from base to termen; a wedge-shaped patch above vein 4 Fig. 164.—Meliana rubripennis, 3. }. extending on termen to below apex, and with slight ochreous streak on it above middle of vein 4; costal area tinged with purplish pink towards apex. Hind wing ochreous. Underside tinged with brown. Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 ¢ type. xp. 40 millim. B. Tibiz of male fringed with hair on outer side only. a. (Meliana), Abdomen long and slender; fore wing pro- duced and acute at apex. a}, Fore wing with the veins of costal area streaked with TAD s) eke Bee pee ecaceacacoe sbococdc sdgbeee SCR aE a REBET p eacoeeee oe jlammea. 1. Fore wing with the veins of costal area not streaked With WHIGGH |. cesccssneacnnsescereccectose ++ tnaseses=senesncscres longipennis. VOL. V. QP 578 NOCTUID.®. 2012. Meliana flammea. Melia flammea, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi. pl. 201 eoruk Stepb. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iv. p. 297; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. Poul Symira dubiosa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 86 (i835). Nonagria arundinicola, Doub. List Brit. Lep. p- 7 (1850). Meliana stenoptzra, Staud. Rom. Mém, vi. p. 474 (1892). Head and thorax whitish tinged with purplish ; palpi and legs ochreous ; abdomen ochreous white slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing flesh-colour, the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous, a red-brown shade from middle of cell to submedian fold, met beyond lower angle of cell by a wedge-shaped shade from termen below apex; the discal and submedian folds tinged with ochreous; the veins white defined by fine brown streaks, the inter- spaces of terminal area also streaked with brown; a ‘postmedial Fig. 165.—Meliana flammea, 3. }. series of black points nearly erect from costa to vein 4, then very oblique, often almost obsolete; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, more or less completely tinged with pale reddish brown; the underside white irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points. Ab. 1. stenoptera. Smaller; fore wing narrower, the medial fascia more distinct.—Amurland, Hab. Brirary, Leech Coll.; France ; Hortanp; Denmarx: GERMANY, Weller Frey, and Teed Cells, Austria; Huneary; AMURLAND, Ussuri. Exp, 32-40 millim. Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 129, pl. 200. f. 2; Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 66. Rather light brown ; dorsal line pale, dark-edged; subdorsal line, a triple lateral line, and the subspiracular line pale, the last greyish ochreous ; head with dark reticulations. Food-plant, at 8-9. The larva hides by day in the old reed-stems, 2013. Meliana longipennis, n.sp. (Plate XCV. fig. 18.) Q. Head and thorax pale reddish brown; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous brown, tinged with rufous except towards costa, and irrorated with fuscous, especially on inner and terminal areas; the veins with fine pale streaks and on terminal half defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown; some slight points on termen. Hind wing white, the terminal area sutiused with reddish brown from apex to vein 2; the underside MELIANA. 579 with the costal aren tinged with ochreous, some terminal black points from apex to vein 2. Hab. Br. Centr. Arrica, Chiromo (de Jersey), 1 9 type. Hap. 42 millim. b. (Neleucania). Abdomen shorter and stouter ; fore wing with the apex less produced. a’. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. a, Fore wing with short black streak in end of cell in discal fold. a*. Fore wing with the basal black streak very broad and extending to median nervure ............0..0ee00- vand, 6°. Fore wing with the basal black streak narrow and not extending to median nervure. a*, Fore wing with veins 3, 4 defined by white streaks. atrifera. b*, Fore wing with veins 3, 4 not defined by white BURGaKGnemeet eco anne cs sneatn aa fo coteatesaaensecenas exsul. #?. Fora wing without black streak in end of cell in discal fold. a*, Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure expanding into a spot at lower angle of cell ......... vittata. b°. Fore wing with the white streak on median nervure slender. a4, Fore wing with prominent dark streaks in the interspaces of terminal area. a’, Fore wing with fine black streak in cell above MGA AMP YOY 55/2 Reset a aothce caavse one sec wche sared. 6°, Fore wing without black streak in cell above median nervure. a°. Fore wing with black point in cell above GEIEUE OR VOM 2) coos cates cre neinc teas cate aed scottt. 6°. Fore wing without black point in cell above origin of vein 2. a’, Fore wing with dark streak in the cell in (GUSSET S03 bas sane Rare Meee curvilined. 67. Fore wing without dark streak in the cell iniediscalutoldi ys sit eee ste ee uniformis. b*. Fore wing without or with very ill-defined dark streaks in interspaces of terminal area. a’. Fore wing with whitish streak just above median nervure. a®. Hind wing with the veins and terminal area more or less tinged with brown ............... albilinea. Oe veaadowing pure white.:....0+.+--20-05.-c.eee sce suffusa. 6°. Fore wing with the median nervure prominently Bireakediwith white 4.:..%.:). e022. 2.0. limitata. bl. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a, Fore wing with the veins streaked with white. a*, Hind wing white, sometimes more or less tinged with brown. a*, Fore wing with the median nervure defined below sy ot EOWA ASIA. 2's... ks Qenigavsiossaans oa dh . Hind wing pute aynites 054)... ..cv.<0sssai soissnshs Saves, socan WOCto eae 580 NOCLUID-E. b°. Fore wing without black patch beyond lower angle of cell. - .i..i-+.s-.2<.csueemeemetnes 1, Fore wing not tinged with rufous............... oxy gala. t8. Hind wing white more or less suffused with fuscous. a‘, Fore wing with fuscous shade below median nervure. a’. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 prominently ptreaked with ‘white ...,.:,cesestaicessc) eoswreteme albiradiosa, LEUCANIA. 595 , Fore wing with veins 3,4 not prominently streaked with white. a®, Tegule without Wark lines..................+-- minorata, 6°, Tegulee with two dark lines .................. straminea. ++, Fore wing without fuscous shade below median nervure. a’. Fore wing with the streak on median nervure not forming a white point at lower angle of cell. a®. Fore wing with black point in lower angle Cigale Nate tees sis 6. So Speanses edsee eae pallens, 6°. Fore wing without black point in lower TNL ORO LCG Le peciae tha se ieee seer trate enae impuncta. b°. Fore wing with the streak on median neryure forming a white point at lower angle of cell. odsoleta. b?. Fore wing without fine dark streaks in interspaces of terminal area. a*. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous ...... pudorina. 63, Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous ................6 Sescee itso = ea: lanquida. b'. Fore wing with oblique white fascia from apex ......... niveilinea. 2045. Leucania favicolor. Leucania favicolor, Barrett, Ent. Month. Mag. 1896, p. 100; id. Lep. Brit. v. p. 141, pl. 201. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191. Head and thorax pale olive-brown; abdomen pale fuscous brown, whitish at base, the anal tuft of male ochreous, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing pale olive-brown ; the veins very indistinctly defined by slight brown streaks, the inter- spaces also with indistinct streaks, more prominent on terminal area ; traces of a minute black point in lower angle of cell; traces of a more or less complete postmedial series of black points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, often reduced to points on veins 5 and 2. Hind wing whitish, almost uniformly tinged with fuscous ; the cilia ochreous white; the underside with the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated with fuscous, a postmedial series of slight dark streaks on the veins, some black points on apical part of termen. Ab. 1. Much yellower. Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing bright rufous; the abdomen and hind wing slightly tinged with rufous. Hab. Britarn, Essex, Harwich (Mathew), 1 6, 22. ap. 42 millim. 2046. Leucania rubripallens. (Plate XCVI. fig. 4.) Leucania rubripallens, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 182 (1902); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162. Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with black. Fore wing pale rufous; the veins rufous defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown ; traces of postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2; a 2a2 596 NOCTUIDR. terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with fuscous; the cilia white. Underside of fore wing fuscous, except marginal areas which are yellowish white irrorated with brown, as also the hind wing; both wings with terminal series of black points. Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia, Kaslo (Cockle), 1 9; .U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 ¢. Hp. 34 millim. 2047. Leucania fuliginosa. Noctua fuliginosa, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809). Noctua punctina, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 174 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 75; Wood, Ind. Ent. f. 363. Noctua impura, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 396 (1827); Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 73, pl. 105. f. 3; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 75 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schimett., Noct. ff. 319-20; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191. Leucania dungana, Alph. Hor. Soc, Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 83, pl. 3. f. 56 (1883). Leucania transbaikalensis, Staud. Iris, v. p. 367 (1892). Leucania amurensis, Staud. Iris, v. p. 867 (1892). Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; antenne whitish at base; abdomen pale ochreous, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous; the veins whiter, the median nervure more prominently so, defined by fine red-brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with red-brown ; slight black irroration on costal and inner areas ; a brown shade below median nervure with some black irroration on it; a black point in lower angle of cell; post- medial black points on veins 5 and 2. Hind wing yellowish white nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous brown; the costal area paler ; the cilia white; the underside irrorated with dark brown, some black points on apical part of termen. Ab. 1. transbaikalensis. Fore wing irrorated with red-brown, the dark streaks almost obsolete.—Dauria. Ab. 2. dungana. Much browner or more fuscous; fore wing with the dark streaks indistinct; hind wing nearly uniform fuscous.— W. and E. Turkestan, Tibet. Ab. 3. amurensis. Darker; fore wing with the whitish veins and dark streaks more distinct.— Amur. Hab. Briratn, England, Ireland, Leech Coll.; France ; Denmark ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; N. Iraty; Swepen; Russra, Urals ; Asia Mrnor, Bythinia; Syria; W. Turkestan, Issyk Kul; KE. Turkestan, Kuldja, 1 ¢, 1 9, Kashgar; Tiser, Kuku-noor ; E. Steerra, Dauria, Amur; Japan. wp. 36 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 137, pl. 201. f. 2. Pale greyish ochreous, sometimes tinged with reddish; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines whitish, edged with dark brown, the subdorsal more strongly above; spiracular line brown or dark brown ; head pale brownish with darker markings. Food-plants, Grasses. 9-5. LEUCANIA, 597 2048. Leucania oxygala. (Plate XCVI. fig. 5.) Heliophila oxygala, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 14 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 185. 3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous tinged with brownish, the last with slight dark irroration. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous; the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks ; the interspaces with fine brown streaks except on costal area; a black point in lower angle of cell. Hind wing fuscous, the cilia white ; the underside pale thickly irrorated with fuscous, some black points on termen. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ type. Hay. 36 millim. *2049. Leucania albiradiosa. (Plate XCVI. fig. 6.) Leucania albiradiosa, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1852, i. p. 158; Herr.-Schaff. Neue Schmett. f. 14; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with olive-brown ; abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous, the veins streaked with white, the median nervure and veins 3, 4 more strongly so; the veins defined by fine brown streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown, the discal fold from cell to termen with stronger streak, the median nervure defined below by brown suffusion. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half more or less tinged with fuscous brown; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown. Hab. Russia, Urals; W. Sipura, Altai; W. Turkestan, Issyk Kul; E. Torxssran, Hi, in Coll. Piingeler. Zp. 38 millim. 2050. Leucania minorata. (Plate XCVI. fig. 7.) Leucania minorata, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 75, pl. v. f. 11 (1894) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162. 3. Head and thorax ochreous with an olive tinge; abdomen white irrorated with black, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing olive ochreous; the veins defined by pale rufous streaks; the interspaces towards termen with fine rufous streaks; some diffused black scales below median mere orey sometimes a few on inner margin and as streaks above veins 2,3; a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a black point in lower angle of cell and postmedial points on veins 5 and 2; sometimes traces of a postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; some black points on termen. Hind wing white, tinged with brown and irrorated with black scales, except towards base and costa; the underside with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with black, a small discoidal black spot, post- medial series of short streaks on the veins and eens) series of points. Hab. Canana, Alberta, Calgary ( Wolley-Dod), 3 3, Br. Colgate Revelstoke (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 3, Kaslo (Cockle), 43,32, Vancouver (Livingston), 1 ¢; U.S.A., Oregon, California. Exp. 34 millim, 598 NOCTUID-E. 2051. Leucania straminea. Leucania straminea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 2, P. 297 (1825); Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 346, pl. 32. f. 2; Frr. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. ii. f. 123; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 321-323; Staud. Oat. Lep. pal. p. 191. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; tegule with two dark lines defined by grey ; abdomen ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with a few black scales; the veins defined by fine brown-pink streaks, the interspaces also streaked with brown-pink ; the median nervure defined below by diffused brown- pink ; a slight black point in lower angle of cell; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 and sometimes traces of a complete series bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the disk more or less suffused with fuscous and with some postmedial dark streaks on the veins; the underside sparsely irrorated with black, a discoidal lunule and some points on termen. Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Frey and Leech Colls.; Russia, Urals. Exp. 34-40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vy. p. 144, pl. 202. f. 2. Brownish ochreous freckled with grey; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral lines pale, edged with dark grey ; subspiracular line pale ochreous ; head brownish ochreous. Food-plants: Phragmites and Grasses. 9-5. 2052. Leucania pallens. Noctua pallens, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 510 (1758) ; Olerck, Icon. pl. 4. f. 6; Esp. Schmett. pl. 90. f. 1; Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. p. 234; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 68, pl. 105. f. 1; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. HD ee Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p, 191; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 185. Noctua ectypa, Hiibn. Samm]. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 231 (1827). Heliophila pertracta, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 120 (1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 186. Leucania melania, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 48. Leucania infumata, Alph. Rom. Mém. v. p. 166 (1889). Leucania luteopallens, Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 180 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 162. Head and thorax ochreous, slightly tinged with brown on head Fig. 172.—Leucania pallens, §. }. and tegula; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous, the veins whitish defined by fine brown streaks; the interspaces with fine brown streaks ; a black point in lower angle of cell, sometimes LEUCANIA. 599 almost obsolete ; postmedial black points on veins 5 and 2 some- times present. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, especially towards termen, the veins and*terminal area sometimes tinged with fuscous; the underside white irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and sometimes some postmedial striz on the veins. Ab. 1. ectypa. Fore wing tinged with rufous. Ab. 2. melania. Hind wing grey; fore wing fuscous below.— W. and KE. Turkestan, Tibet. Hab, Canana, Renfrew Co., 3 9, Hastings, 2 ¢; U.S.A., except S. States, New Hampshire, 1 ¢, co-type luteopallens, Massachusetts (Packard), 2 3,49, Newton Highlands, 1 ¢, New York, Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 1 3, California, 1 $3 Brirary, Forres (Salvage), England, Leech Coll., Derry (Salvage); France, Sand Coll. ; Guruany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Swrrzertanp; N. Spain; Iraty; Scanpinavia; Russra, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Rumetia; Srserra ; W. Turkestan, Buchara, Ferghana, Issyk Kul; E. Turxusran, Ili; Moneorra, Uliassutai; Trsxt, Kuku-noor; Amurtann, Ussuri. Exp. 30-88 millim. Larva. Meyyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 140, pl. 202. f. 1. Ochreous or greyish ochreous; dorsal line whitish edged with dark grey followed by a brownish shade; subdorsal line whitish edged above strongly with grey, below by brown; lateral and sub- sptracular lines pale ochreous ; spiracular line grey ; head marked with brown. Food-plant, Grasses. 9-5. 2053. Leucania impuncta. (Plate XCVI. fig. 8.) Leucania impuncta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 83 (1852). Leucania decolorata, Blanch. Gay's Chile, vii. p. 81, pl. 4. f. 9 (1854). Head and thorax ochreous ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsally shghtly tinged with fuscous towards extremity. Fore wing ochreous ; the veins whitish defined by fine pale brown lines; the interspaces with fine pale brown lines; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen slightly tinged with ochreous and fuscous. Hab. Cuiti (Edmonds), 2 3, 2 2, Coquimbo (J. J. Walker), 26,1, Chillan (Hlwes),1 9. Hap. 44 millim. 2054. Leucania obsoleta. Noctua obsoleta, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 233 (1827); Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 77, pl. 105. f.5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 74 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 303-6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p- 191. Head and thorax ochreous, usually tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous; fore tarsi black ringed with whitish ; abdomen whitish, tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, more or less tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ; the veins whitish defined by more or less prominent fine black or brown streaks; the cell and interspaces of terminal 600 NOCIUID.®. half also with dark streaks; a white point at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on the veins, oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of black points; cilia with two brown lines through them. Hind wing white; the veins brown; the terminal area suffused with brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with black, a discoidal point, postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points. Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Corstca; Iraty: Barkan Srarns ; ScanDINAVIA ; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; W. Turkestan, Issyk Kul; Tzzer, Kuku-noor. vp. 38-40 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 70; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 147, pl. 203. f. 1. Pale greyish ochreous, sometimes tinged with reddish or greenish ; dorsal line pale, edged with green; subdorsal line pale or whitish with dark edges; lateral line whitish ; spiracular line darker or green: head marked with brown. Food-plant, Phrag- mites, the larva hiding in the stems by day. 8-9. 2055, Leucania pudorina. Noctua pudorina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 85 (1775); Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 401, 495; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 75, pl. 105. f. 4; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 80; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 329-331. Noctua impudens, Hibn, Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 229 (1827); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 191. Leucania obscurata, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 474 (1892). Head and thorax grey, tinged with purplish pink and irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen more or less tinged with rufous, especially in male. Fore wing grey, tinged with purplish pink and thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins whitish ; a slight fuscous streak above median nervure and vein 4 dilated into a wedge-shaped patch towards tornus ; a wedge-shaped fuscous patch from upper angle of cell to apex and diffused streaks in the interspaces of terminal area between vein 4 and tornus. Hind wing pinkish white uniformly suffused with fuscous, the cilia pinkish. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the veins, costal and terminal areas pinkish ; hind wing pinkish irrorated with fuscous. Ab. 1. obscurata. Darker; fore wing with more and more distinct dark streaks.—Ussuri. Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; N.Ivatry ; Datmatra; Swepen; Russra, Urals, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Leech Coll.; Anmunta; Asta Mrnor, Bithynia ; KE. Srperra, Amurland, Ussuri. wp. 38-44 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 71; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 134, pl. 201. f. 1. Pale ochreous brown; dorsal line pale edged with blackish, and with a dark line below it; subdorsal line pale or whitish edged with blackish, most strongly above; lateral line dark-edged ; spiracular line fuscous; head pale brown with darker markings. Food-plants : Phragmites and Grasses. 9-4. LEUCANIA. 601 2056. Leucania languida. (Plate XCVI. fig. 9.) Leucania languida, Staud. Irjs, x. p. 284, pl. 9. f. 15; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p- 191. 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous, the last whitish at base; palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing brownish ochreous, the veins slightly irrorated with fuscous; traces of a postmedial series of points bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with ochreous ; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous. Hab. Syria, 1 S$. Ewp. 34 millim. *2057. Leucania niveilinea. (Plate XCVI. fig. 10.) Chloridea niveilinea, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 239 (1894). ¢. Head and thorax brownish ochreous and white; abdomen pale brown, whitish below. Fore wing golden fulvous ; a silvery white subcostal fascia from base ending in a point beyond middle ; a fascia on medial part of median nervure and base of vein 2, where it is met by an oblique fascia from apex, emitting short streaks on its outer side on veins 2, 3, 4,5; a fascia on vein 1 from base to beyond middle ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing pale brown; the cilia white at tips; the underside white slightly tinged with brown. Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, type tT ¢ im Coll. Schaus. vp. 30 millim. 602 NOCTUID 2, ADDENDA ann CORRIGENDA. Page 34. 1168. Scotogramma peculiaris, add (Plate LX XIX. fig. 9.) Page 45. *1183 a. Anarta laerta. Anarta laerta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 20 (1908). Head and thorax black mixed with fuscous-brown hair and scales ; tegule and patagia with pale tips; abdomen black. Fore wing fuscous brown, the cell rather paler ; subbasal line defined by pale colour on inner side, dentate at the veins; antemedial line single, rather evenly excurved; claviform moderate or small, defined by black and sometimes filled in with black ; orbicular round, variable in size and defined by black or filled in with black ; reniform large, black-brown, sometimes constricted at middle ; a dark medial shade approximated below the cell to the postmedial line, which is single, dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then slightly incurved; subterminal line pale, sometimes interrupted, defined on inner side by obscure spots and shades; terminal area darkening to an interrupted black terminal line; cilia pale at tips. Hind wing dirty white, the inner and terminal areas broadly black, connected with the large black discoidal lunule ; the base blackish ; cilia whitish ; the underside with large black discoidal lunule and sometimes a diffused whitish subterminal line. Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Mt. Rainier, Utah, Silver Lake. Exp. 22-27 millim. This species is unknown to me. Page 46. 1186. Anarta mausi, Piing. Soc. Ent. xix. p. 130 (1904). Page 48. *1189 a. Lasiestra albinuda. Scotogramma albinuda, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xi. p. 19 (1903). ©. Dark ashen grey with a fuscous tinge. Fore wing with the lines single, diffused, indistinct ; subbasal line very near base, in- curved below costa; antemedial line erect, irregular, strongly excurved in submedian interspace; orbicular moderate, round, barely traceable; reniform rather small, dark; a medial shade distinct towards costa, obsolescent below cell; postmedial line lunulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then in- curved; subterminal line sometimes represented by some pale scales, defined on inner side by a dark shade, distinct towards costa, obsolescent towards inner margin; a terminal series of dark lunules ; cilia slightly intersected with white and with pale line through them. Hind wing deep fuscous brown; a dark medial, shade followed by some diffused yellowish ; a large black discoidal spot ; cilia pale; the underside whitish or fuscous with darker irroration, a large discoidal spot and postmedial shade. Hab, Canava, Labrador, Rama. Exp, 32-33 millim. This species is unknown to me. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 603 Page 65. *1215. Polia nevia, read (Plate LXX XVI. fig. 5.) Page 65. *1215 a. Poliabilinea. (Plate XCVI. fig. 11.) Hadena bilinea, Wilem. ined. 6. Head and thorax purplish brown mixed with grey ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purple-grey, especially on basal inner area and medial area; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line strong, black, slightly curved ; claviform moderate, incompletely defined by black; orbicular and reniform rather small, with pale brown centres and blue-grey annuli defined by black, the former some- times rather elongate and conjoined by a black streak to the latter, which is somewhat constricted at middle; postmedial line strong, black, incurved and slightly sinuous from vein 6 to inner margin ; faint traces of an irregular grey subterminal line; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing uniform reddish brown; the underside brown suffused with grey, a small discoidal lunule and traces of postmedial line on costal area. Hab. Javan, Tokio, type f ¢ in Coll. Wileman. Exp. 26-30 millim. Page 89. 1252. Polia insolens, add (Plate LXXX. fig. 29.) Page 132. *1303 a. Polia imitata. Mamestra imitata, Mssn. Stiibel’s Reise, p. 141, pl. vi. f. 31 (1890). @. Head and thorax greenish grey ; patagia edged with black ; abdomen grey. Fore wing greenish grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a pale striga below cell defined on each side by black; antemedial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then strongly excurved ; claviform only defined by a clavate white mark beyond it ; orbicular and reniform greenish grey defined by black, the former rounded, the latter open above and below and angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, the area beyond it paler; subterminal line represented by a black striga from costa, then a white line dentate on veins 4,3 and with black beyond it. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous. Hab. KEcuavor, Collanes-am-Altar, 1100’. Ewp. 44 millim. This species is unknown to me; structural characters examined by Prof. Karsch. Page 136. 1309. Polia pisi insert ab. salédalensis, Strand, Arch. Naturv. Christian. xxv. no. 9, p. 11 (1903). Norway, Saltdalen. Page 147. *1325 a. Polia albifluviata. (Plate XCIV. fig. 2. Mamestra albifluviata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905). 3. Head white, palpi except end of 2nd joint, frons and band 604 NOCTUID®. between antenne black ; antennz black, ringed with white at base ; tegule brownish white tipped with black ; thorax black mixed with white, the pectus irrorated with white and the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen black, whitish at base, with sublateral tufts of long white hair, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore wing dark purplish grey; subbasal line white, defined on each side by black patches below costa and cell, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line white defined on each side by black, represented by an oblique striga in cell, an angled mark in submedian interspace, and a medial striga on inner margin; claviform only defined by a clavate white mark beyond it; orbicular and reniform greenish white, very large, extending to costa and connected by a streak above median nervure, the former oblique elliptical, the latter with its lower extremity connected with the greenish-white terminal area, which is slightly irrorated with black and strongly angled inwards above and below middle; postmedial line white defined by black, minutely waved, interrupted, oblique towards costa and below vein 4, some white points on costa beyond it; subterminal black patches on costa, at middle, and above tornus; small white patches on inner margin before antemedial and beyond postmedial line; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas fuscous brown, the latter narrowing to tornus; cilia intersected with white except towards apex; the underside with the costal area irrorated with white, a black dis- coidal spot. Hab. Coromsta, Honda, 1000' (Wheeler), type in Coll. Druce. Exp. 36 millim. Page 147. *1325 b. Polia hieroglyphera. Moma hieroglyphera, Mssn. Stiibel’s Reise, p. 137, pl. v. f. 17 (1890). Head and thorax bluish grey ; tegule with fuscous tips; patagia and thorax with fuscous patches; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white; a small black spot at base and subbasal spots on costa and inner margin ; an antemedial triangular patch on costa and another below the cell; claviform represented by a triangular black patch with oblique mark below it on inner margin ; orbicular and reniform only defined by a black spot before them in cell, a triangular patch between them emitting two arms to costa and a triangular patch beyond them ; postmedial line only represented by a striga from costa, a triangular patch before it below the cell, and a conical patch on inner margin; a V-shaped black mark on costa before apex with a black spot between its arms ; an oblique subterminal black mark at middle and an oblong patch above tornus ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white, the apical area fuscous, narrowing to a point at vein 1. Underside of fore wing fuscous with some whitish on disk; hind wing white, with the costal and apical areas fuscous. Hab, Ecvavor, Antisana, 12,000’. Exp. 36 millim. This species is unknown to me ; structural characters examined by Prof. Karsch. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 605 Page 160. *1348 a. Polia canosticta. (Plate XCIV. fig. 1.) Mamestra canosticta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905). ©. Head and thorax red-brown slightly irrorated with grey, the dorsum of thorax mostly grey; abdomen fuscous brown irrorated with grey. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with grey; subbasal line defined by diffused grey on each side of it, from costa to sub- median fold; antemedial line indistinct, waved, bent inwards in cell, defined by diffused grey patches before and beyond it, forming a large patch on inner margin; orbicular and reniform grey, their centres defined by brown, the former round; an indistinct medial line somewhat oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line defined by patches of grey on outer side, minutely waved, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then in- curved; subterminal line crenulate, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with prominent series of grey patches beyond it, the apical one rather large; a terminal series of grey points; cilia slightly irrorated with grey and with fine pale line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous; the underside pale irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line. Hab. Bouivia (Garlepp), type fin Coll. Druce. Ewp. 42 millim. Page 183. *1385 a. Polia? leta. Hecatera leta, Mssn. Stiibel’s Reise, p. 145, pl. vi. f. 29 (1890). @. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brownish; tegule with black medial line. Fore wing white, largely suffused with pale brown to the postmedial line; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa and cell filled in with white ; antemedial line double filled in with white, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly waved; claviform only defined by a slight white mark beyond it; orbicular and reniform small, with brownish centres and white annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter ill-defined below; postmedial line defined by white on outer side, waved, bent outwards below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined by somewhat wedge-shaped black patches before it below apex, at middle, and above inner margin; a terminal series of black points; cilia chequered grey and black. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous. Hab. Ecvavor, Chaupi, 9500’. Exp. 28 millim. ‘This species is unknown to me; _ structural characters examined by Prof. Karsch, Page 187. *1394 a. Poiia lunolacta. Mamestra lunolacta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 17 (1903). 9. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with black and with some whitish or greenish scales, the head with some grey; tegule with 606 NOCTUIDE, slight medial line, and black line before the tips which are grey ; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing fuscous mixed with black and with some whitish or greenish scales; subbasal line double filled in with creamy or greenish scales; antemedial line double filled in with greenish, obliquely excurved ; claviform small, incompletely defined by black and yellowish or greenish scales ; orbicular small, narrow, oblique, with slight pale annulus defined by black; reniform narrow, with rather prominent white annulus defived by black ;. postmedial line double, the outer line incomplete, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line whitish, defined by black scales or spots on inner side and a lunulate white patch above vein 1, rather irregular; a terminal series of whitish lunules; cilia yellowish at tips. Hind wing fuscous, rather paler at base; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line through them; the underside pale with dark irroration, a small discoidal spot, postmedial line, and terminal shade. Hab. US.A., Washington, Pullman, Idaho. vp. 27 millim, This species is unknown to me. Page 211. *1426 a. Hadena eleistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 3.) Hadena eleistis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905). @. Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with some black; palpi with the 3rd joint black at sides, whitish above; frons with blackish bar with some white above it; tegule with some black near base and white medial line and tips; patagia edged with white; prothoracic crest rufous tipped with white; pectus whitish and olive ; legs white and fuscous; abdomen rufous, brown at base, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing olive- brown, the subcostal nervure, median nervure, and vein 4 to just beyond postmedial line and vein 1 with purplish-white fasciz ; subbasal line represented by oblique white strie from costa and cell, defined on each side by black, the black forming a streak in submedian fold to antemedial line, which is represented by two black points at costa and below the cell by a whitish line very strongly angled outwards on vein 1, defined by black on both sides in submedian interspace and on both sides below vein 1 ; claviform very elongate, and acute at extremity, defined by black and with oblique whitish streak above it; orbicular and reniform narrow and confluent below, with olive centres and yellowish-white annuli defined at sides by black, the former oblique oblong; traces of a postmedial line strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique and placed on an oblique yellowish-white band from apex to vein 1, some dentate black marks before and beyond it with yellowish lunules on them representing the subterminal line; a pinkish band before termen; cilia brown, with black line through them followed by white. Hind wing whitish, the veins, inner and terminal areas ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 607 suffused with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule. Hab. N. Perv, Huancabampba, 9000’, type Tin Coll. Druce. Exp. 36 millim. Page 211. *1426b. Hadena cnistis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 4.) Hadena enistis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905). ©. Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with black and some grey; patagia with white stripes edged with black; abdomen red-brown slightly mixed with grey. Fore wing bright red-brown suffused in parts with black; the subcostal nervure and vein 1 streaked with purple-grey, the median nervure and base of vein 4 with white; subbasal line represented by a slight pale striga from costa and an oblique white striga below cell defined on each side by black; antemedial line pale defined on each side by brown, angled outwards below costa, inwards on median nervure, and out- wards above inner margin ; claviform an ill-defined black patch with traces of pale streak above it on base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform small, with rufous centres and white annuli defined by black, the former rounded, the latter oblique elliptical ; postmedial line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then very oblique and placed on an oblique pinkish-white band from apex to vein 1, a series of dentate black marks before and beyond it interrupted by yellowish-white lunules representing the subterminal line; some white points on costa towards apex; a purple-grey band just before termen, on which there is a fine waved black line; cilia chequered fuscous and brown. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half paler; cilia pinkish with a brown line through them ; the underside whitish, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with purple-pink and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line. Hab. N. Perv, Huancabamha, type t in Coll. Druce. Exp. 40 millim. Page 214. *1431 a. Hadena calographa. Mamestra calographa, Mssn. Stibel’s Reise, p. 140, pl. vi. f. 8 (1890). 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing blackish ; subbasal line represented by black strix from costa and cell defined on each side by grey ; antemedial line represented by two grey spots on costa, then by a black line defined on each side by yellowish, angled outwards on vein 1 and strongly bent inwards to inner margin; claviform only defined by an oblique yellowish streak above its extremity; orbicular and reniform yellowish, the former small, oblique elliptical, and conjoined below to 608 NOCTUID.®. the latter, which is angled inwards on median nervure and has its centre defined by brown; postmedial line strongly angled outwards below costa and defined by greyish, then placed on an oblique rather irregular yellowish band running from apex to inner margin and connected with termen by a streak at vein 3; a series of pale points just before termen; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind wing white, the veirs and termen tinged with fuscous. Hab. Ecvavor, Antisana, 12,000’. Hap. 38 millim. This species is unknown to me; structural characters examined by Prof. Karsch. Page 248. 1479. Mamestra impia, Piing. Soc. Ent. xix. p. 153 (1905). Page 253. *1486 a. Nephelistis conservulodes. (Plate XCIV. fig. 5.) Nephelistis conservulodes, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. (April 1905). 9. Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown; tegule and patagia edged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with brown, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing golden brown irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, grey, oblique, from costa to vein 1; claviform only defined by an oblique yellow streak above its extremity ; orbicular and reniform purplish grey irrorated with fuscous, with yellow annuli defined by black, the former oblique, open above and its lower part produced to an angle confluent with the reniform, which is rather narrow and oblique ; postmedial line grey and very obliquely excurved from below costa to a small pink-tinged grey patch above vein 5 before the subterminal line, then hardly traceable, oblique and angled inwards on vein 1, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line yellow, slightly sinuous, the area beyond it purple-grey ; a terminal series of small black Junules. Hind wing yellowish white, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; cilia whitish, brown at base. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the costal and terminal areas fiery red; hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with red and irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule. Hab. Cotompta (Wheeler), type fin Coll. Druce. Exp. 40 millim. Page 261. 1498 a. Chabuata chipeta. (Plate XCIV. fig. 12.) Tricholita chipeta, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 202 (1904). 6. Head and thorax whitish mixed with grey-brown ; abdomen whitish slightly tinged with ochreous-brown. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with grey-brown; subbasal line represented by some black scales below costa, the antemedial line by slight traces ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 609 in cell; claviform rather long and narrow, defined by black ; orbicular small, defined by black, its outer edge produced ; reniform represented by a narrow white lunule on discocellulars, a point at lower angle of cell, and an irregular mark angled inwards on median nervure, incompletely defined by diffused black; no trace of post- medial and subterminal lines; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks; some white points on costa towards apex; a fine dark terminal line. Hind’ wing white, the veins and terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a discoidal point. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 1 g co-type. Eup. 34 millim. Page 309. *1578 a. Eriopyga fuliginosa. (Plate XCVI. fig. 14.) Hyphilare fuliginosa, Wilem, ined. ¢d. Head and thorax fuscous slightly mixed with grey; base of palpi and fringes on legs purplish pink; abdomen purplish pink, paler at base, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing fuscous irrorated with grey ; a slight whitish mark on discocellulars ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale fuscous, the inner margin and cilia purplish pink ; underside of both wings with the hair in cell pink. Q. Head and thorax tinged with fuscous; fore wing irrorated with fulvous. Hab. Javan, Yezo, Toshima, type fT ¢ Q in Coll. Wileman. Exp., & 46, 2 56 millim. Page 317. 1591 a. Eriopyga hueca. (Plate XCIV. fig. 13.) Mamestra hueca, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxyvi. p. 198 (1904). 3. Head and thorax ochreous white and ferruginous ; abdomen pale ferruginous. Fore wing ochreous whitish mostly suffused with blood-red; subbasal line represented by white strie from costa and cell, defined by deep red on outer side; antemedial line hardly traceable except from submedian fold to inner margin, where it is white defined by deep red on inner side; orbicular and reniform blood- red with white annuli, the former round, the latter constricted at middle; postmedial line white defined by deep red on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then slightly incurved, approximated to the subterminal line, which is white defined by deep red on each side, dentate; the veins of terminal area with deep red streaks; a terminal series of small red lunules. Hind wing pale ochreous, the veins slightly tinged with red. Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 ¢, co-type. Eup. 34 millim. VOL. Y. 2k 610 NOCTUID.®. Page 322. 1599. Eriopyga brachia, De Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1904, p. 290. Page 348, 1639. Eriopyga conar, insert (syn.) Himella infidelis, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvii. p. 868 (1904), on deser, Page 350. 1643. Eriopyga offwrata, insert Graphiphora communis, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvii. p. 868 (1904), which has priority. Page 359, for Poliodes, Hmpsn. (nec Roths. Lep. 1903) read Poliodestra. Page 363. 1665. Trichopolia serrata should be placed in Eriopyga, after 1566. E. agrotiformis. 8. Arizona (Poling), 1 2. (Plate XCLYV. fig. 11.) Page 522. 1893. Cirphis diagramma, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 324 (1905). List OF UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES. Agrotis saturnus, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. 3, p. 31 (1900) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 166. ? Hriopyga. Wisconsin. Anarta fumida, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 365; Staud. Cat. Lepeipals ps 2s Wo ee eles cron ee oe Amurland, » lamuta, Herz, Ann. Mus. Zool. Pet. viii. p. 82 (1903). N. Siberia. Ceramica maryx, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852). ? Physetica. Australia. Dianthecia capsincoloides, Standf. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 360; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 163. ? near Polia bicruris. Corsica. i incerta, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 258 (1896); id. Cat. Lep. pal. Poet CAs a rasitine oe a8) haat Gears Ree W. Turkestan, s submesta, Moschl. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 294, ploaivit tS: CLSS4) o: esse everest ea eee S. Africa. Diaphone lampra, Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xx. p. 376 (1894); Bartel, Dis pxvlenDc gOS) a7 ere eee E. Africa. “3 libertina, Bartel, Iris, xvi. p. 197(1903). ? = #. ewmela. K. Africa. Hadena abrupta, ‘Ey. Bull. Mose. 1854, iii. p. 189, & 1856, ii. pl. 2. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. pip log. ? near Hadena qeticulata, RAMEE RO AUAL G5 «ye, tS ee Kirghistan. Leucania acontistis, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 9 (1887); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 11, pl. iv. f. 14. ? Gar Ls, WUC mages soc 3s is sia) en ea N. Zealand. SE ——————— ae. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 611 Leucania alopa, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 10 (1887); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 12, pl. iv. f. 16. tamer. blenhewimensis os. ss cies. N. Zealand. , multipunctata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 261, pl. xxvi. f. 11 (1889). ?near Cirphis pilipalpis. Panama. a obumbrata, Lucas, P. Linn. Soe. N.S.W. (2) viii. p. 141 C’80S)> Y?Pnear Oirphisuda i 02362 Sod as Victoria. » phaula, Meyr. Tr. N.Z. Inst. xix. p. 10 (1887); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 11, pl. iv. f. 15. ? near Ls blenhewmeéensis <4. loss a ae N. Zealand. as purdu, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. p. 195 (1883); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 10, pl. iv. cell: Pnear- i) sulcunal. iio h. a oka e N. Zealand. s umbrigera, Saalm. Lép. Madag. p. 258 (1891). Madagascar. Mamestra afra, Baker, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1894, p. 39, pl. i. f. 7; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. ? =Cardepia trrisor. Egypt. R alba, Vallantin, Le Nat. 1893, p. 280; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158. ?near Polia consanguis ...... Algeria. os catephioides, Wik. xxxii. 665 (1865), Type lost. S. Africa, a elsinora, Barnes, Can, Ent. xxxvi. p. 197 (1904), Arizona. as feildent, McLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 112 (1878). rege eiadais ses ee ee ee one Arctic America. a ummiscens, Wik. Entom. v. p. 127 (1870). Type lost. Mt. Sinai. AA imtricata, Saalm. Lép. Madag. p. 269 (1891). Type lost. Madagascar. “a lupa, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 91 (1893); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. | ALS See tc, Ea Se SP ee Persia. 612 NOCTUID. Mamestra mendica, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 272, pl. ix. f. 13 (1894) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 160. ? near £pia silenes. Asia Minor, a mivtura, Wik, Entom. v. p. 126 (1870). Type lost. Mt. Sinai. ordinaria, W1k. xxxil. 664(1865). Type lost. 8. Africa. (Saragossa) secboldi, Staud. Iris, xiii. p. 109 (1900); id. ‘ Cat.. Leps pale p. 160). Soe pment ees Spain. 3, soligena, Moschl. Abh, Senck. Ges. xiv. p. 45, f. 18 (1886). Jamaica. tarara, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 566 (1893) .. Cameroons. tetrica, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 825; Staud. Cat. Lep.pals pYl57) 27ers iis = ischemia Amurland. Melanchra aleyone, Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 24, pl. v. f. 14 (1898). ? Morrisonia near stipata. N. Zealand. asterope, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 24, pl. v. f. 15 (1898). ? Morrisonia near dotata. N. Zealand. celeno, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 26, pl. iv. f. 89 (1898). ? Morrisonia near lignana. N. Zealand. exquisita, Philpott, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 246, pl. xxxii. ” f. 2 (1903). ?near Polia pictula...... N. Zealand. By grandiosa, Philpott, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 246, pl. xxxii. f. 45 (1903): > 2uMaerrisanna. 2) FF ee oe N. Zealand. maya, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 17, pl. iv. f. 31 (1898). ? Morrisonia near dotata. N. Zealand. merope, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 19, pl. v. f. 2 (1898). ? Pola near pictula.. N. Zealand. octans, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 25, pl. v. f. 1 (1898). ? Xylomania near natalensis, N. Zealand. omicron, Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 22, pl. v. f. 42 (1898). ? Hyssia near cucullina. N. Zealand. umbra, Hudson, Tr. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. p. 243, pl. xxx. ” ff. 7-9 (1903). ? Morrisonia ........ N. Zealand. Mythimna imbellis, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 28; id. Cat. Lep. palip: 194. 3? Eraapygades 8 ssf. <6): W. Turkestan. i luteomaculata, Brem. Faun. Nord. Chin. p. 17 (1858), ? == Ourphis flavostigma . ¢ . 6.2% -. -nalweme N. China. Nephelodes rubsolans, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 130 (1852). Type lost. Australia, Noctua digramme, F. de W. Ent. i. p. 201, pl. 5. f. 5 (1820); Staud. Cat-sKep.pal p60, >? Huatan 5.8). eee ee Russia. Orthodes calceolarius, Streck, Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. iii. p. 33 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 164. ? Hriopyga. New York. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA,. 613 Orthodes imora, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 8 (1898); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 164. ? Hriopyga. ¢ Wisconsin. majuscula, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Peep OOS. 2 7) LAG t aie ar ate sees oo» Cuba. Polia obvia, Kv. Bull, Mose. 1856, ii. pl. 2. f.7, & iii. p. 77; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 159. ? =Polia dentina.... Russia. simplex, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 39; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 180 (Mamestra); Ping. Iris, 1902, p. 160, pl. v. 35 NU) OS ee Re Be re W. & E. Turkestan. Segetia biundulata, Motsch. Et. Ent. 1860, ix. p. 33; Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 193. ? = Hriopyga grandis .... Japan. Teniocampa alamosa, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 201 (1904), Arizona. chiklika, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 234(1878); id. 2nd Yarkand Mission, Lep. p. 11, pl. 1.f. 11. ?= Hadula MUTRCUEN hep Bess peiem ic es aS ws oN a ah opaoneneheye Yarkand, styracis, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 357 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 206; Abbot’s figure is in the Boston Soctebyof Natural History... 5.202 02.6. ene U.S.A. 2” 3) ”? » Male ie ‘ Si Oo ST ee ee ee a ee ee ee eee ALPHABETICAL INDEX, [Synonyms are printed in é¢a/ics. } abbas (Mamestra), 102. abdominalis (Cirphis), 489, 525. abdominalis (Leucania), 925. abdominalis (Nonagria), 489. aberrans 229. aberrans (Epia), 229. abrupta (Hadena), 610. abrupta (Neuria), 613. abstracta (Axylia), 538. acadiensis (Anarta), 42. acalus (Hriopyga), 296. acceptrix (Mamestra), 369. accipitrina (Noctua), 105. Acerra, 403. achates (Noctua), 96. achatioides ( Hetero- chroma), 290. achatioides(Proteinania), 290. aconlistis 610. acontosema (Dasygaster), 479. acontosema (Leucania), _ 475. acrapex (Borolia), 569. actinobola (Hadena), 25. acutipennis (Mamestra), 144. Adaphznura, 460. addenda (Monima), 422. addenda (Teniocampa), (Dianthecia), (Leucania), adjuncta Ae adjuncta (Cirphis), 489. (Chariptera), adjuncta (Leucania), 489, adjuncta 110. adjuncta (Polia), 117. (Mamestra), adjuta (Heliophila), 532. admiranda (Dianthecia), 229. adonea (Eriopyga), 353. adonea (Heliophila), 521. adonea (Perigea), 353. adultera (Leucania), 547. adusta (Leucania), 518. advena (Noctua), 110. advena (Polia), 110. aethiops (Anarta), 43. Athria, 60. affurata (Hriopyga), 390, 610. afra (Mamestra), 104, 611. Aglossestra, 225. agnata (Dryobota), 332, 338. agorastis (Mamestra), o7l. agorastis (Morrisonia), a 371. agrotiformis (Eriopyga), 302, 610. agrotiformis (Graphi- phora), 302. agrotiformis (Hadena), 3 agrotiformis gramma), 31. akulus ( Orthodes), 296. alala (Hydreeciodes), 255. alala (Xanthia), 254. alamosa (Tzeniocampa), 613. alba (Mamestra), 611. albiceps (Cerapteryx), 463. albiceps (Hadena), 463. albicolon (Noctua), 238. albicolon (Trichoclea), 278. albicosta (Aletia), 267. (Scoto- albicosta (Axylia), 21. albicosta (Chabuata), 367. albicosta (Cirphis), 507. albicosta (Craterestra), 21. albicosta (Leucania), 507. albidilinea (Noctua), 12. albifasciata (Cirphis), 525. albifluviata (Mamestra), 603. albifluviata (Polia), 605. alhifusa (Hadena), 29. albilinea (Meliana), 583. albilinea (Noctua), 583. albimacula (Noctua), 200. albimacula (Polia), 200. albimargo (Chabuata), 270. albimargo 210. albina (Mamestra), 472. albineura (Heliophobus), 462. albinuda (Lasiestra), 602. albinuda (Scotogramma), 602. albipicta 2305. albipuncta (Eriopyga), 3386. albipuncta (Noctua), 438. albipuncta (Orthodes), 336. albipuncta (Sideridis), 458, albiradiosa (Leucania), 597. albirena (Chabuata), 271. albirena (Noctua), 48, 271 (Orthodes), (Mamestra), albistigma (Cirphis), 043. albistigma (Leucania), D435. 616 albivena (Axylia), 486. albivena (Leucania), 537. albivenata (Cirphis), 505, albivenata 505. albivitta (Borolia), 559. (Leucania), albivitta (Leucania), 559. albivitta (Odontestra), 206. alboguttalis 191. alboguttata (Mamestra), 186. alhoguttata (Polia), 186. albomarginata (Celena), 147. albomarginata (Polia), 147. alboradiata (Cirphis), 536. aleyone 612. Aletia, 436. algida (Anarta), 39. alia (Monima), 430. alia (Teniocampa), 430. aliena (Mamesira), 99. aliena (Noctua), 100, 354. aliena (Polia), 100. alopa (Leucania), 611. alopecuri (Cirphis), 538. alopecurt (Leucania), 538. alpicola (Noctua), 45. alpina (Anarta), 42. alpina (Noctua), 354. altaica (Dianthecia), 50, altaica (Hadena), 99. altaica (Lasionycta), 58. altaica (Polia), 58, 99. (Maquza), (Melanchra), alternans (Hapalia), 400. alternans (Xylomania), 400. altua (Mamestra), 178. alurina (Monima), 430. alurina (leniocampa), 450. Alysia, 278. amaryllidis (Phalena), 459. ambigua (Noctua), 420. amblyeasis (Cirphis), 495. amblycasis (Leucania), 495 amens (Borolia), 558. amens (Leucania), 558. americana (Neuronia), 217 wij. ALPHABETICAL INDEX, americana (Tholera), 217. amnicola (Leucania), DOL. amoeba (Chabuata), 269. ampla (Chabuata), 272. amurensis (Leucania), O96. amurensis (Mamestra), 100. amygdalina (Heliophita), 566. anargyria (Leucania), 438. Anarta, 37. andalusica (Dianthecia), lod andalusica (Mamestra), » andereggi (Cirphis), 536. andereqgi (Leucania), 536. angolensis (Diaphone), 453. anguina (Mamestra), 144. anguina (Polia), 144. angulata (Perigonica), 436. angulifera (Aletia), 266. angulifera (Chabuata), 266. angusta (Mamesira), 369. angustipennis(Leucania), 611 angustus (Bombyx), 427. annulata (Bombyx), 201, annulimacula (Monima), 422. annulimacula (Tenio- campa), 422. anteroclara (Cirphis), 526, anteroclara (Leucania), 526. anthophila ( Celena), 10. anthophila (‘Trichestra), 10. anthracias (Hyssia), 284. anthracias (Leucania), antica (Leucania), 547. antica (Trichoclea), 241. antipoda (Mamestra), 388. anydra (Mamestra), 238. aperta (Noctua), 141. Aplecia, 60. apparata (Borolia), 557. apparata (Leucania), oe VUi. arachnias (Mamestra), 3r arbuticolens (Celena), 9. arbuticolens (Trichestra), arcupunctata (Cirphis), 549. arcupunctata (Leucania), arenaria (Discestra), 16. argentina (Noctua), 111. argillacea (Noctua), 79. argyritis (Leucania), 438. arie (Noctua), 93. arida (Hadena), 288. arietis (Lasionycta), 58. arietis (Mamesira), 58. armata (Mamestra), 25. en (Scotogramma), i armeria (Dianthecia), 202 arotis (Leucania), 387. arschanica (fHadena), 61 arschanica (Polia), 61. artesta (Mamestra), 237. artesta (Trichoclea), 237. arthrolita (Graphiphora), 425. arthrolita 425. arundinicola (Nonagria), (Monima), asiatica (Anarta), 39. asiatiea (Mamestra), 114. asiatica (Monostola), 356. asiatica (Nephelodes), 356. askoldua (Aplecta), 114. askoldensis — ( Tenio- campa), 414. aspersa (Borolia), 566. aspersa (Leucania), 566. Aspidifrontia, 450. asstmilis (Mamestra), assimilis (Polia), 158. assimilis (Teniocampa), 545. asterope (Melanchra), 612. Astrapetis, 60. atalantica (Trichoclea), 239. atavistis (Aspidifrontia), 470. atavistis 470. (Graphania), atlantica 133. atlantica (Polia), 133. atrifera (Meliana), 580. atrimacula (Cirphis), 543. atrimacula (Leucania), (Mamesira), atrinota (Cirphis), 523. atrirena (Polia), 158. atristriga (Persectania), 388. atristriga (Xylina), 388. aulacias (Leucania), 387. aulacias (Persectania), 387. aurarie (Clavipalpula), 433. ; aurarie (Teniocampa), 433. aureola (Leucania), 611. auripicta (Neuria), 207. autumnalis (Agrotis), 218. aversa (Leucania), 386. ae (Aspidifrontia), tae (Hadena), 452. aya (Agrotis), 159. aya (Polia), 159. azteca (Hydracia), 256. azteca (Hydreeciodes), 256. azucara (Eriopyga), 331. azucara (Mamestra), 531. Barathra, 11. _ barrettii (Dianthecia), 79. baruna (Eriopyga), 294. haruna (Mamestra), 294. basilinea (Leucania), 564. baziys (Leucania), 611. beani (Polia), 148. beanii (Mamestra), 148. behensis (Noctua), 194. behrensiana (Graphi- phora), 390. behrensiana(Xylomania), 390. bella (Mamestra), 155. bella (Xylomania), 399. bella (Aylomyges), 399. bertha (Meliana), 586. bicolorata (Heliophila), 586. bicolorata (Mamestra), 170. bicolorata (Meliana), 586. bicrurts (Phalena), 199. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. bicruris (Polia), 195. bifascia (Axylia), 21. bifascia (Craterestra), 21. bifasciat& (Cirphis), 523. bifasciata (Leucania), 523. bifida (Mamestra), 129. bilinea (Hadena), 603. bilinea (Polia), 603. bilineata (Borolia), 575. bimaculatus (Bombyz), 416. bimaculosa (Noctua), 114. bistrigata (Leucania), 504. bisulca (Mamestra), 373. bisulca (Morrisonia), 373. biundulata (Segetia), 615. blanduwja (Caradrina), 351. blenheimensis (Leucania), 592. blenna (Noctua), 92. bohemanni ( Anarta), 192. bohemanni (Polia), 192. boisduvali (Noctua), 540. boltert (Mamestra), 156. bolteri (Polia), 156. bombycina (Hadena), 203. Borolia, 556. bovina (Mamestra), 472. brachia (Eriopyga), 322, 610 brachiola (Polia), 84. brachiolum (Mamestra), 84. brantsi (Cirphis), 553. brantsii (Leucania), 553. brassicze (Barathra), 12. brassice (Noctua), 12. breccieformis (Noctua), 228. Brithys, 447. bromias (Melanchra), 370. bromias (Morrisonia), 370. brunneago (Noctua), 79. bryoptera (Lasionycta), 55. bryoptera (Mamestra), 5d. bulgeri (Hadena), 215. bulgeri (Mamestra), 215. byssina (Borolia), 569. byssina (Leucania), 569. caduca (Mamestra), 169. celeno (Melanchra), 612. cerulea (Agrotis), 445. cerulea (Physetica), 445. 617 cesia (Noctua), 445. cxesia (Sideridis), 443. calberlai (Hadena), 152. calberlai (Polia), 152. calcatrippa (Noctua), 212. calceolarius (Orthodes), 612. calgariana (Cirphis), 528. calgariana (Leucania), 528. californica (Dryobota), 390 callida (Heliophila), 481. calligrapta (Neuria), 468. calligrapta (Strigania), 468. calographa (Hadena), 607. calographa (Mamestra), 607. cana (Apamea), 102. cana (Hadena), 73. canadensis (Mamestra), canaraica (Leucania), 531. candens ( Orthodes), 333. candida (Xylomania), 396. candida (Xylomiges), 396. canescens (Mamestra), 7S). canities (Polia), 80. canosticta (Mamestra), 605. canosticta (Polia), 605. cappa (Noctua), 168. cappa (Polia), 168. capsella (Teniocampa), 298. capsincola (Noctua), 195. capsincoloides (Dian- theecia), 610. capsophila (Dianthecia), 195. capsophoba (Dianthecia), 195. capsularis (Dianthecia), 229. capsularis (Epia), 229 carbonaria (Anarta), 43. Cardepia, 234. earicis (Leucania), 545. caricis (Noctua), 492. carminata (Monima), 425. carminata (Teniocampa), 425. carneago 262. carneago (Aanthia), 262. (Chabuata), 618 carneigera (Eriopyga), ol7. carneigera (Hypotrix), 317. carnipennis (Monima), 410 carnipennis ( Tenio- campa), 410. carpophaga (Noctua), 199. carpophaga (Polia), 195. castaneipennis (Monima), 415. castaneipennis phora), 415. Catephiodes, 36. catephioides (Mamestra), 611. cauta (Hydrecia), 256. cauta (ILydreeciodes), 256. cavernosa (Hyssia), 289. cavernosa (Mamestra), 285. cedica (Conservula), 253. centeana (Lasiestra), 51. Cerainica, 446. Cerapteryx, 462. cerasi (Noctua), 419. (Semio- cerauntias (Ichneutica), 590. ceraunias (Leucania), 599. cervina (Mamestra), 63, 472. cervina (Polia), 63. cespitis (Noctua), 218. cespitis (Tholera), 218. Chabuata, 259. chalcia (Polia), 154. Chareas, 216. chartaria _ (Discestra), 15. chartaria (Mamestra), 15. chenopodit (Noctua), 28. chilensis (Leucania), 383. chilika (Tsniocampa), 613. chipe'a (Chabuata), 608. chipeta ( Tricholita), 608. chloris (Apamea), 218. cholica (Trichoclea), 239. christophi (Dianthecia), YO. christophi (Epia), 234. chrysospila (Polytela), 458. chrysozona (Noctua), 169. ciliata (Cirphis), 545. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. ciliata (Leucania), 515. cincta (Bombyx), 404. cinereicollis (Cirphis), 539. cinereicollis (Leucania), 539. cinis (Leucania), 536. ciniva (Mamestra), 185. ciniva (Polia), 185. cinnabarina (Mamestra), 176. cinnamomea (Megasema), 32. cinnamomea (Monima), 432. circulus (Cirphis), 508. circulus (Leucania), 508. circumeincta (Mamestra), 176. circumdata 403. circumdata (Perigrapha), 403. (Orthosia), circumvadis (Epia), 231. circumvadis (Mamestra), 231. Cirphis, +78. citrinotata (Borolia), 563. citronella (Meliana), 588. citronella (Neleucania), 588. clara (Dianthecia), 433. clarescens (Cirphis), 519. clarescens (Leucania), 519. claripennis (Epia), 229. clauda (Conservula), 251. clauda (Nephelistis), 25). claudicans (Leucania), 6il, Clavipalpula, 433. claviplena (Mamestra), 65. enivetti (Polia), 146. Cocytia, 447. cenosa (Leucania), 538. cognata (Xylomania), 392. cognata (Xylomiges), 302. collecta (Leucania), 492. colleti (Dianthecia), 131. collinita (Noctua), 427, 431. columbia (Polia), 81. columbia (Teniocampa), &l. comis (Mamestra), 178. comina (Cirphis), 520. comma (Noctua), 520. commoides (Cirphis), 482. commoides (Leueania), 482. communis (Graphiphora), 610. complicata (Leucania), 542. composita (Chloantha), 386 compsias (Hyssia), 283. compsias (Leucania), 235. compta (Cirphis), 531. compta (Leucania), 531. compta (Noctua), 200, 202. compta (Polia), 202. conar (Agrotis), 348. conar (Eriopyga), 348, 610. concinna (Noctua), 200. configurata (Barathra), ll configurata (Mamestra), ll confinis (Chareas), 218. confluens (Eriopyga), 338. confluens (Mamestra), 99. confluens (Teniocampa), 430. - confusa (Auchmis), 382. confusa (Hecatera), 173. confusa (Morrisonia), 382. contusa (Polia), 173. congener (Noctua), 520. congenitalis (Nephelistis), 250. congermana (Hadena), 442. congermana (Sideridis), 442. congrua (Cirphis), 501. congrua (Noctua), 501. conizera (Chabuata), 265. conigera (Noctua), 235. Conisania, 472. conjugata (Lasionycta), 55. conjugata (Scotogramma), 59. consanguis (Hadena), 102. consanguis (Polia), 102. conservulodes (Nephi- listis), 608. consimilis (Leucania), o47. consopita 305. consopita (Graphiphora), 305. (Eriopyga), conspersa (Noctua), 201. conspersa (Polia), 201. conspicillaris (Noctua), 398. conspicillaris (Xylo- mania), 308. constipata (Perigea), 186. contempta (Eriopyga), 295. contempta (Teniocampa), 295. contigua (Noctua), 95. contigua (Polia), 93. contracta (Hadena), 190, contracta (Noctua), 427. contrahens (Celena), 347. contrahens (Eriopyga), 347. contrahens(Graphiphora), contraria 446. contribulis (Noctua), 92. convecta (Leucania), 547. Copimamestra, 11. cordigera (Anarta), 45. cordigera (Noctua), 43. corghossi (Hadula), 244. corrugata (Cirphis), 549. (Mythimna), corrugata (Leucania), 549. corrupta (Dianthecia), D) corsica (Polia), 170. costalis (Cirphis), 479. costalis (Leucania), 550. costigera (Agrotis), 109. costigera (Polia), 109. Craterestra, 17. crenulata (Cirphis), 546. erenulata (Dyschorista), 320. crenulata (Eriopyga), 320. crini (Brithys), 445. crini (Noctua), 448. crista (Hriopyga), 323. crista (Mamestra), 333. cristifera (Acronycta), 106. eristifera (Polia), 106. Crocigrapha, 436. crocosticta (Eriopyga), 292. crocosticta (Himella), 292. crotchi (Polia), 71. crotckii (Mamestra), 71. ALPHABETICAL INDEX, crucialis (Xylomiyes), 394. crucifer (Mamestra), 212. cruda (Monima), 420. cruda (Noctua), 420. eruegeri (Borolia), 565. cruegeri (Leucania), 565. crydina (Mamestra), 70. cryptargyrea (Cirphis), 499. eryptargyrea (Leucania), 499. cucubali (Noctua), 194. cucubali (Polia), 194. cucullina (Hyssia), 279. cucullina (Xylocampa), aid. culea (Hriopyga), 304. culea (Mesogona), 304. culta (Mamestra), 60. culta (Polia), 60. cuneata (Mamestra), 145. cuneata (Polia), 1438. Cuphanoa, 409. cupreata (Borolia), 575. cuprescens (Polia), 163. curialis (Barathra), 12. curtalis (Copimamestra), 14, cuvialis (Xylomania), 395. curialis (Xylomiges), 395. curta (Leucania), 488. curta (Mamestra), 44. curtica (Eriopyga), 296. curtica (Teniocanpa), 296. curvata (Eriopyga), 308. curvata (Mythinna), 308. curvilinea (Leucania), Z. curvilinea (Meliana), 582. curvirena (Hriopyga), Dot v . curvirena (Orthodes), 534. curvula (Leucania), 492. eynica (Eriopyga), 389. cynica (Orthodes), 319, 320, 330. cyperi (Leucania), 537. dactylidis 545. Dargida, 208. dasuta (Cirphis), 493. Dasygaster, 473. datis (Celena), 187. datis (Polia), 187. davexa (Mumestra), 178. dealbata (Dianthecia), 201. dehilis (Hadena), 369. decepta (Trichoclea), 240. (Leucania), 619 deceptura (Xylina), 385. decisissima (Cirphis), 499. decisissima (Leucania), 499. declinans (Mamestra), 151. decolor (Neuronia), 218. decolorata (Leucania), 599. decolorata (Mamestra), decreta (Lasianobia), 276. decreta (Mamestra), 276. defessa (Mamestra), 33. defessa (Scotogramina), definiens (Craterestra), 23 definiens (Heliothis), 23. deliciosa (Dianthecia), 51. deliciosa (Lasiestra), 51. demissa (Apamea), 112. demotica (Mamestra), 241, demotica (Trichoclea), 241. denotata (Leucania), 492. densa (Polia), 165. densa (Scotogramma), 165. dens-canis (Noctua), 99. dentatella (Trichopolia), 362. denticula (Cirphis), 549. denticula ( Leucania), 549. dentigera (Hadena), 25. dentigera(Leucania), 386. dentina (Noctua), 140. dentina (Polia), 140. depulsa (Hadena), 190. deserticola (Aglossestra), 225. deserticola (Cirphis), 534. deserticola (Leucania), 534. designata (Leucania), 492. desnuda (Mamestra), 329. desperata (Mamestra), 132: determinata (Mamestra), 8L. determinata (Polia), 81. detracta (Hadena), 65. detracta (Polia), 65. dharma (Cirphis), 516. dharma, (Leucania), 516. dia (Cirphis), 522. dia (Heliophila), 522. diagramma (Cirphis), 022, 610. 620 diagramma (Leucania), 522. dianthi (Noctua), 25. dianthi (Scotogramma), 25. Dianthecia, 60. Diaphone, 453. Diataraxia, 60. diatrecta (Cirphis), 488. diatrecta (Leucania), 488, dichroma (Noctua), 443. dictyota (Mamestra), 151. dictyota (Polia), 151. differens (Hadena), 252. differens (Nephelistis), 252. diffusa (Leucania), 583. digramme (Noctua), 612. dilatata (Mameséra), 118. dilatata (Polia), 118. dilecta (Hyssia), 287. dilecta (Perigea), 287. dimmocki (Mamestra), 132. dione (Ichneutica), 590. dione (Leucania), 590. diopis (Borolia), 573. diplogramma (Eriopyga), 305. diplogramma (Himella), 305 dipterigid ia (Mamestra), 161. dipterigidia (Polia), 161. discalis (Mamestra), 67. discalis (Polia), 67. Discestra, 14. discolor (Mamestra), 133. discolor (Polia), 80. discolor (Scotogramma), 80 disjungens (Graphania), 469. apengens (Heliophobus), 469. disparilis (Mythimna), 304. dissecta (Hadena), 212. dissectus (Heliophobus), 212. dissimilis (Noctua), 99. disticha (Caradrina), 287. disticha (Hyssia), 287. distincta ( Achatia), 77. distincta (Aletia), 263. distincta (Chabuata), 263. distincta (Mamestra), 247. distincta (Polia), 77. ALPHABETICAL INDEX, distincta (Scotochrosta), 220. distincta (Thargelia), 220. distributa (Mamestra), 63. ditissima (Hriopyga),328. ditissima (Gortyna), 328. divergens (Hriopyga), 308. divergens (Mythimna), 308 dives “(Phalena), 95. dodget (Mamestra), 178. dodi (Polia), 150. dodii (Mamestra), 150. doira (Mamestra), 167. doira (Polia), 167. dolens (Nesia), 815, 324. dolosa (Xylomania), 396. dolosa (Xylomiges), 396. dominica (Noctua), 448. Donachlora, 590. dorsalis (Leucania), 530. dotata (Dasypolia), 380. dotata (Mamestra), 330. dotata (Morrisonia), 380. doubledayi (Dianthecia), 443 dovrensis (Anarta), 39. dovrensis (Dianthecia), 50. dovrensis (Lasiestra), 50. dubiosa (Symira), 578. ducinfieldi (Perigrapha), 408. ei (Perigrapha), Tite (Caradrina), 270. dulcinea (Chabuata), 270. dunedinensis (Leucania), 591. dunedinensis (Spelotis), 591. dungana (Leucania), 596. duplicata (Cirphis), 506. duplicata (Leucania), 506. dyschoroides (Eriopyga), 307. dyschoroides (Hadena), 307. dysodea (Noctua), 169. dysodea (Polia), 169. earina (Teniocampa), 86. eboriosa (Cirphis), 479. eboriosa (Leucania), 479. echii (Noctua), 228 ectrapela (pia), 230. ectrapela (Mamestra), 230. ectypa (Mamestra), 155. ectypa (Noctua), 598. ectypa (Polia), 155. edwardsi (Trichoclea), 242. edwardsii ( Trichoclea), 242. egena (Hadena), 238. eleeistis (Hadena), 606. elegans (Bombyx), 453. ella (Teniooditean 431. elsinora (Mamestra), 611. elvesi (Lasiestra) 51. elwesi (Hadena), 51. emmedonia (Nephelodes), 8. emmedonia (Noctua), 358. encausta (Brithys), 449. encausta (Noctua), 449. enervis ( Orthodes), 344. “nee (Agrotis), 536 Epia, 226. Epineuronia, 216. epundoides (Dasygaster), 477. Erana, 7. erecta (Anthophila), 186. erecta (Celena), 186. erecta (Polia), 186. eremistis (Discestra), 16. eremistis (Mamestra), 16. Eriopyga, 291. Eriopygodes, 353. eriza (Monima), 410. eriza (Semiophora), 410. eros (Dianthecia), 290. erythrolita (Graphi- phora), 390. erythrolita (Xylomania), 390. esopis (Celena), 192. esopis (Polia), 192. etacta (Anarta), 41. euclidias (Eriopygodes), 355. euclidias (Leucania), 350. eugrapha (Dasygaster), 473. eumela (Diaphone), 453. eumela (Noctua), 453. Eupsephopactes, 208. Eurypsyche, 556. euryte (Apamea), 305. euryte (Eriopyga), 305. eutherma (Leucania), 611. evanida (Teniocampa), 427. eversmanni (Mamestra), eversmanni (Polia), 128. evicta (Cloantha), 374. evicta (Morrisonia), 374. evidens (Chelonia), 453. evidens (Noctua), 441. evidens (Sideridis), 441. evingi (Persectania), 386. ewingti (Xylophasia), 386. exanthemata (Aletia), 268. exarans (Leucania), 611. excavata (Eriopyga), 312. exempta (Leucania), 550. eximia (Dianthecia), 444. eximia (Sideridis), 444. exoul (Leucania), 580. expansa (Graphiphora), 358. exquisita (Melanchra), 612. exsanguis (Leucania), 92 exsul (Meliana), 580. extensa (Noctua), 73. extenuata (Leucania), 530. exterior (Leucania), 492. extincta (Borolia), 570. extincta (Leucania), 527, 529, 533, 542, 554, 570. extincta (Mamestra), 99. extranea (Leucania), 547. exusta (Ceramica), 446. facilis (Graphiphora), 476. falclandica (Cirphis), 554. falklandica (Leucania), 554. fallovi (Apamea), 34. farcta (Cirphis), 484. Jarcta (Heliophila), 484. Sarkasti (Hadena), 141. Farkasti (Noctua), 29. Sarnhami (Mamestra), 130. farnhami (Polia), 130. fasciata (Arylia), 485. fasciata (Borolia), 572. fasciata (Cirphis), 485. Jasciata (Hecatera), 189. fasciata (Hyssia). 288. fasciata (Polia), 129. fasciata (Ulolonche), 288. Jasciculata (Hadena), 413. fasciculata (Monima), 413 fausta (Monima), 421. fausta (Orthosia), 421. ALPITABETICAL INDEX. favicolor (Leucania), 599. fea (Eriopyga), 293. fea (Meristis), 293, 295. feildeni (Mamestra), 611. JSerrea (Mamestra), 176. Jerrealis (Mamestra), oie ferrealis (Polia), 177. ferrigera (Monima), 418. Serrigera (Teniocampa), 418. ferrilinea (Borolia), 573. Serrilinea (Leucania), 573. ferrisparsa (Hadena), 109. ferrisparsa (Polia), 109. ferrosticta (Monima), 415. ferrosticta (Semiophora), 415, JSerruginea (Neuronia), 218. jicita (Hadena), 190. jidelis (Himella), 335. jiligramma (Noctua), 198. filigramma (Polia), 198. jirma (Noctua), 428. Jissilis (Scotochrosta), 221. fissilis (Thargelia), 221. fistula (Chabuata), 261. jistula (Tricholita), 261. flabilis (Borolia), 571. flabilis (Heliophila), 571. jflaminea (Melia), 378. flammea (Meliana), 678. jflummea (Noctwa), 461. flammea (Panolis), 461. flaviannula (Monima), 422. flaviannula (Tenio- campa), 422. flavicincta minor( Noctua), 169. flavidentula (Mamestra), 360 flavidentula (Poliodes), 360. flavigera (Eriopyga), 315. flavigera (Hypotriz), 315. flavivibica (Noctua). 198. flavostigma (Cirphis), 509. flavostigma, var. inornata (Leucania), 510. Jlavostigma (Xanthia), 509. flecki (Leucania), 438. jletcheri (Xylomiges), 400. floccida (Noctua), 265. florida (Discestra), 15, 621 florida (Mamesira), 15. florifera (Polytela), 455, florifera (Polytelodes), 455. florigera (Polytela), 458. jlorinda (Perigea), 18. JSolia (Mamestra), 171. formosana (Aletia), 518. formosana (Cirphis), 518. Jfornax (Agrotis), 324. fragilis (Cirpbis), 546. Fragilis (Spelotis), 546. Jraterna (Aletia), 268, fraterna (Chabuata), 268. friburgensis (Eriopyga), 316. friburgensis (Orthodes), 316. fuliginosa (Eriopyga), 609. Suliginosa (Hyphilare), 609. fuliginosa (Leucania), 596. Juliginosa (Noctua), 596. fulminans (Perigonica), 434. Sulminea (Bombyx), 208. Sulva (Xanthia), 262. fulvida (Kriopyga), 316. fumida (Anarta), 610. Jurca (Mamestra), 131. furea (Polia), 131. furcata (Leucania), 472. Sfurcifera (Borolia), 572. furcula (Mamestra), 127. furcula (Polia), 127. furfurata (Eriopyga), 350. Furfurata (Himella), 350. Surva (Conservula), 252. furva (Nephelistis), 252. furvilinea (Mamestra), 164. furvilinea (Polia), 164. fuscatus (Bombyx), 427. fuscibarbata (Eriopyga), 310. fuscilinea (Leucania), 7 fuscirufa (Polia), 103. Suscolutea (Mamestra), 239 fuscolutea (Trichoclea), € fusculenta (Mamestra), 71. garmam. (Graphiphora), 426. garmani (Monima), 426. §22 gasiva (Amathes), 142. gasiva (Polia), 142. gavisa (Mamestra), 153. gavisa (Polia), 153. gemina (Noctua), 96, 416. geminatus (Bombyx), 416. geniste (Noctua), 95. gigantea (Eriopyga), 315. gigantea (Himella), 310. glaciata (Mamestra), 119. glaciata (Polia), 119. glauca (Noctua), 141. glauca (Polia), 141. glaucescens (Aspidi- frontia), 451. glaucistis (Eriopyga), 331 glaucopis (Polia), 106. glaucovaria (Apamea), 99 gloriose (Bombyx), 457. gloriose (Polytela), 457. Glottula, 447. gnata (Mamestra), 86. gnata (Polia), 86. goliath (Dichona), 116. goliath (Polia), 116. goniophora (Mamestra), 191: goniophora (Polia), 191. goniosigma (Cirphis), 515. goniostigma (Eriopyga), 335. goniostigma (Himella), 330. goodelli (Mamestra), 153. goodelli (Polia), 153. gothica (Monima), 413. gothica (Noctua), 413. gothicina ( Orthosia), 414. gracilis (Monima), 431. gracilis (Noctua), 431. gracilis ( Orthosia), 417. gresert (Haderonia), 243. graminea (Dargida), 209. gramiuea (Hadena), 209. graminis (Bombyx), 462. graminis (Cerapteryx), 462. graminis (Noctua), 216. yraminivora (Hadena), 9 graminivora (Dargida), 210. graminosa (Erana), 8. grandiosa (Melanchra), 612. grandirena (Agrotis), PAR aJIO, ALPHABETICAL INDEX. grandis (Eriopyga), 307. grandis (Hadena), 94. grandis (Mythimna), 307. grandis (Noctua), 114. grandis (Polia), 94. Graphania, 468. Graphiphora, 409. grisea (Alyssia), 277. grisea (Manobia), 277. grisea (Mythimna), 488. griseata (Mamestra), 74. griseata (Polia), 74. griseipennis (Hyssia), 278. griseipennis (Mamestra), 278. griscocincta (Orthodes), 344 griseofasciata (Leucania), 486. griseovariegata (Noctua), 461. guenet 203. guenei (Polia), 203. gussata (Hyssia), 282. gussata (Mamestra), 282. Hadena, 208. hadeniformis (Maimestra), 30. hadeniformis gramma), 30. Hadenine, J. Haderonia, 60. Hadula, 243. hamara (Celena), 178. hamifera (Cirphis), 498. hamifera (Leucania), 498. hamifera (Orthosia), 408. Harmodia, 60. harveyi (Leucania), 583. FHecatera, 60. Heliophila, 590. hepatica (Noctua), 111. herbimacula (Celena), 176. herrichi (Cirphis), 540. herrichii (Leueania), 540. heterodoxa (Leucania), 521. hethlandica (Dianthecia), 2 (Dianthecia), (Seoto- hibernicus (Cerapteryx), 462. hihiset (Teniocampa), +30, hiemalis (Xylomania),— / 390. hiemalis (Xylomiges), 390 % hieracii (Noctua), 170. hieroglyphera (Moma), 604. hieroglyphera (Polia), 604. ; hilaris (Epineuronia), 216 hilaris (Noctua), 140. Himella, 291. hirtipes (Zosteropoda), 589. hispanica (Leucania), 487. hodeva (Hecatera), 185. hodeva (Pola), 185. hollandiz (Dasygaster), 476. homopterana (Leucania), 566. , homoscia (Mamestra), 378. homoscia (Morrisonia), 37 hoplites (Craterestra), 20 hoplites (Mamestra), 20. hordei (Noctua), 218. howra (Leucania), 564: hueca (Eriopyga), 609. hueca (Mamesira), 609. humeralis (Noctua), 96. humidicola (Cirphis), 530. humidicola (Leucania), 530. humilis (Mamestra), 202. hywophora (Euplexia), 7. hyalophora (Thyrestra), 7 Hydreeciodes, 253. Hyphilare, 436. Hypobarathra, 221. hypopheea (Cirphis), 553. hyposcota (Hriopyga), 349. Hypotrix, 291. Hyssia, 278. Ichneutica, 590. I-cincta (Perigrapha), 404. I-cinctum (Noctua), 40+. icterias (Hypobarathra), icterias (Xylina), 222. ignescens (Eriopyga), 343, ignescens (Himella), 343. ignita (Cirphis), 517. illabefacta (Mamestra), 150 alaudabilis (Mamestra), 181. alloba (Agrotis), 151. illoba (Polia), 151. imbecilla (Eriopygodes), 354, imbecilla (Noctua), 354. imbellis (Mythimna), 612. imbrifera (Aplecta), 68. imbrifera (Polia), 68. imitata (Mamestra), 603. imitata (Polia), 603. ammaculata (Tenio- campa), +16. immiscens (Mamestra), 611. imora (Orthodes), 613. impar (Eriopygodes), 355. impar (Mythimna), 355. imperfecta (Cirphis), 519. imperfecta (Leucania), impia (Hadula), 248. impia (Mamestra), 248, 608. impingens (Anarta), 44. wmplexa (Noctua), 34. implexa (Scotogramima), 34. impolita (Mamestra), 30. impolita (Scotogramma), 30, impressa (Noctua), 195. impudens (Noctua), 600. impuncta (Leucania), 599, 611. impura ( Hecatara), 102. impura (Noctua), 596. inanis (Chabuata), 268. inanis (Leucunia), 268. incana (Mamestra), 203. inceptura (Xylina), 385. incerta (Dianthecia), 610. incerta (Monima), 427. incerta (Noctua), 427. incineta (Eriopyga), 297. incincta (Mamestra), 297. incisa (Neuria), 207. inclyta (Polytela), 458. incommoda (Hadula), 249, incommoda (Mamestra), DAG: ALPHABETICAL INDEX. inconcinna (Lasionycta), 54. inconcinga —_ (Scoto- gramma), 54. inconspicua (Chabuata), 261. inconspicua 554. inconspicua (Leucania), 554. inconspicua (Tricholita), 261. (Cirphis), inconstans (Hyssia), 279. inconstans (Spelotis), 279. inculta (Hadena), 190. incurva (Mamestra), 184. incurva (Polia), 184. indicans (Hapalia), 181. indistincta (Leucania), 544. indurata (Xylomania), 395. indurata (Xylomiges), 395: ineana (Borolia), 568. ineana (Leucania), 568. infans (Monostola), 357. infans (Nephelodes), 307. infecta (Celena), 176. infensa (Morrisonia), 376. infensa ( Orthosia), 576. inferior (Perigrapha), 365. inferior (Stretchia), 365. infernalis (Mamestra), 323. infidelis (Himella). 610, infidelis (Morrisonia), 3795. injima (Leucania), 567. infirma (Eriopyga), 340. infirma (Orthodes), 297, 320, 335, 340. inframicans (Cirphis), 497. inframicans (Leucania), infrargyrea (Cirphis), 502. infrargyrea (Leucania), 502. infructuosa (Xylina), in fumata 598. infuscata (Scotogramma), 49, (Leucania), §23 aw) ingravis (Mamestra), 108. ingravis (Polia), 108. inneaa (Perigrapha), 186. innocens (Mamestra), 169. inornata (Cirphis), 510. inquieta (Apamea), 29. tmsciens ( Orthosia), 430. insecuta (Cirphis), 534. insecuta (Leucania), dd4. insignis (Euplexia), 368. insignis (Morrisonia), 368. insolens (Dianthecia), 89. insolens (Polia), 89, 603. insolita (Hadula), 248. instabilis (Noctua), 427. instabilis ( Orthodes), 430. insueta (Cirphis), 521. insueta (Leucania), 521 insularis (Cirphis), 486. isularis (Leucania), 486. insulicola (Cirphis), 531. insulicola (Leucania), 531, 541. intentata (Mamestra), 184. intentata (Polia), 184. interciliata (Borolia), 5957. interciliata (Leucania), 097. intermedia (Hecatera), 170. intermedia Aa intermissa (Hadena), 29. intermissa (Leucania), 534 (Orthosia), internata (Leucania), 611 intractata (Eriopyga), 335. intractata (Teniocampa), 330. intricata 611 invalida (Mamestra), 96. invalida (Polia), 96. iole (Hriopyga), 343. tole ( Orthodes), 343. (Mamestra), irregularis (Cirphis), 538. irregularis (Epia), 228 irregularis (Noctua), 228. 624 trreqularis 538. irrisor (Cardepia), 235. irrisor (Mamestra), 235. irrorata (Axylia), 486. irrorata (Hriopyga), S41. (Nonagria), irrorata (Leucania), 486. irrorata ( Orthodes), 341. isoloma (Mamestra), 27. isoloma (Scotogramma), or italo-gallica (Leucania), jaliseana or his), 528. Jaliscana (Leucania), 528. jamaicensis (Eriopyga), 321. janeira (Eriopyga), 329. Jjaneira (Mamestra), 329. gocosa (Valleria), 174. jordana (Cirphis), 537. jordana (Leucania), 537. juncicola (Cirphis), 532. Juneicola (Leucania), 532. guncicolor (Nonagria), 591. Juncimacula (Mamestra), 69. juncimacula (Polia), 69. qunctus (Bombyx), 419. kala (Hadena), 104. kenteana (Dianthecia), 51. knyvetti (Hadena), 146. kachlini (Hecatera), 169. korghossi (Mamestra), 244. labeculis (Leucania), 489. lacrimosa (Mamestra), 249. laerta (Anarta), 602. leta (Hecatera), 605. leta (Polia), 605. l-album (Cirphis), 504. l-albwm (Noctua), 504. lama (Mamestra), 114. lampra (Diaphone), 610. lamptera (Agrotis), 313. lamptera (Eriopyga), 313. lamuta (Anarta), 610. lanaris (Dyschorista), 319. ALPHABETICAL INDEX, lanaris (@riopyga), 319. lanceata (Leucania), 499. langquida (Hadena), 102. languida (Leucania), 601. languida (Mamestra), 69. languida (Polia), 69. laniata (Cirphis), 496. laniata (Leucania), 496. lanuginosa (Anarta), 39. lapidaria (Heliophila), 482. lappo (Noctua), 141. larissa (Mamestra), 144. Lasianobia, 274. Lasiestra, 47. lasiomera (Cirphis), 491. Lasionycta, 53. latenai (Hadena), 140. latex (Aplecta), 112. latex (Polia), 112. latifasciata (Apamea), 19. latiuscula (Cirphis), 542. latiuscula (Leucania), 542. laudabilis 181. laudabilis (Polia), 181. lauta (Lasianobia), 275. lauta (Mamestra), 275. lebruni (Apamea), 165. lebruni (Polia), 165. legitima (Apamea), 149. legitima (Polia), 149. leineri (Conisania), 472. leineri (Noctua), 472. lepida (Noctua), 431. lepidula (Mamestra), ( Hecatera), i7. lepidula (Polia), 77. Leueania, 590. leucanioides (Dasygaster), 476. leucocycla (Anarta), 40. leucogramma (Borolia), 559. leucogramma (Dianthe- cia), 82. leucogramma ciodes), 257. leucogramma (Polia), 82. leucographa (Noctua), 99. leuconota (Polia), 170. leucopera (Eriopyga), 345. leucopera (Himella), 345. leucophea (Noctua), 203. leucophea (Pachetra), 203. leucopis (Hydreeciodes), 257. (Hydree- leseosphenia (Cirphis), 490. leucosphenia (Leucania), leucosta (Cirphis), 490. leucosta (Leucania), 490, leucosticha (Cirphis), odl, leucoshigmn (Borolia), 5 72 ~_e eal (Leucania), 5 72 a. leucostigma 140. levini (Borolia), 556. lewinti (Leucania), 556. libera (Xylophasia), 94. libertina (Diaphone), 610. ligata (Heliophila), 570. ligata (Hydrecia), 178. lignana (Hadena), 333. lignana (Morrisonia),383. lignifusca (Hadena), 369. ligniplena (Dasygaster), 474 (Noctua), ligniplena (Xylina), 47. lignisecta (Xylina), 377. lilacina (Mamestra), 150. lilacina (Polia), 150. limbata (Apamea), 437. limbhata (Mythimna), 306. limbata (Sideridis), 437. limitata (Leucania), 585. limitata (Meliana), 585. lindigi (Eriopyga), 325. lindigi (Leucania), 325. linearis (Leucania), 567. lineata (Cirphis), 536. lineata (Leucania), 536. lineatipes (Cirphis), 525. Me (Leucania), 525. linita (Borolia), 566. linita (Leucania), 566. liquida (Mamestra), 132. liquida (Polia), 132. literata (Cucullia), 78. literata (Polia), 78. lithargyria (Noctua), 437. lithargyria (Sideridis), 437. lithias (Mamestra), 378. lithias (Morrisonia), 378. lithophilus (Helicphobus), 466. lithophilus (Strigania), 466. littoralis (Leucania), 594, lizetta (Monima), 416. lizetta (Orthosia), 416. lobata (Eriopyga), 332. lodebar (Eriopyga), 317. lodebar (Orthodes), 317, 318, 320. lolit (Bombyx), 216. longiclava (Mamestra), 167. longiclava (Polia), 167. longicornis (Hadula), 246. longicornis (Mamestra), 246. longipennis (Meliana), 578. lorea (Hydrecia), 178. lorea (Polia), 178. loreyi (Cirphis), 492. loreyi (Noctua), 492. lota (Noctua), 416. lubens (Mamestra), 106. lucina (Craterestra), 18. lucina (Mamestra), 178. lucina (Stibera), 18. lunolacta (Maimestra), 605. lunolacta (Polia), 605. lupa (Mamestra), 611. lurida (Dianthacia), 56. Jurida (Lasionycta), 56. lustralis (Dianthecia), 64. lustralis (Polia), 64. luteago (Noctua), 79. luteago (Polia), 79. luteocincta (Dianthecia), 198. luteola (Anarta), 43. luteola (Scotogramia), 49. luteomaculata (Mythim- na), 612. luteopallens (Leucania), 598. lutina (Leucania), 267. lypra (Dianthecia), 106. lypra (Polia), 196. macrolepia (Eriopyga), 314. macrosaris (Cirphis), 4 macrosaris (Leucania), 494. ’ madere (Mamestra), 170. maderz (Polia), 170. magdalene (Mamestra), 233. Magellana, 37. magellana (Dianthecia), 164. magellana (Polia). 164. magnolti (Dianthacia), 197. VOL. VY. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. magnolii (Polia), 197. Maguza, &. mia (Graphiphora), 272. major (Chabuata), 272. major (Noctua), 272. majuscula (Orthodes), 615. Mamestra, 60. mamestrina (Epunda), 107. mainestrina (Polia), 107. mananii (Dianthecia), 443. mandarina (Dianthecia), 194. mania (Mamestra), 156. mania (Polia), 156. Manobia, 276. maori (Mamestra), 886 marea (Mamestra), \7 marea (Polia), 172. margiana (Odonte'ia), 219. margiana (Thargelia), Zag: ale marginalis (Eriopyga), 546. marginalis (Hinella), 346. marginosa (Noctua), 212. marinitincta (Mamestra), marinitineta (Polia), 188. marmica (Hecatera), 182. marmica (Polia), 182. marmorosa (Noctua), 26, maryx (Ceramica), 610. mausi (Anarta), 46, 602. maya (Melanchra), 612. media (Craterestra), 19. media (Hadena), \9. mediana (Bryophila), 9 jaediana (Polia), 189. mediofusca (Leucania), 510. mediolugeus (Tento- campa), 428. medioruta (Eriopyga), 245). mediorifa (Himella), 295. meditata (Dianthecia), 2 meditata (Polia), 82. megadia ( Leucania), 522. megera (Scotogramma), 165. megala (Chareas), 462. 625 megaproctis (Cirphis), 532. megarena (Mamestra), 178. melaleuca (Noctua), 398. Melanchra, 60. melania (Leucania), 598. melanochroa (Dianthe- cia), 198. melanogaster (Eriopyga), 312. melanogaster (Orthodes), melanopa (Anarta), 40. melanopa (Noctua), 45. melanopasta (Borolia), DTH. : melanopasta (Leucania), 574. melanopis 299. melanosticta (Eriopyga), 326. melanostrota D64. Melia, 576. Meliana, 576. melianoides 562. melianotdes DO. membrosa (Anarta), 41. mendax (Epia), 232. mendax (Hadena), 232. (Eriopyga), (Borolia), (Borolia), (Leucania), mendica (Mamestra), 612. mendosica (Scoto- gramma), 30. meridionalis (Hadena), PAT merope (Melanchra), 612. mesoglauca (Mamestra), 162. mesoglauca (Polia), 162. mesomelana (Agrotis), 165. mesomelana (Polia), 163. mesostrigata (Hriopyga), 333. mesotrosta 547. mesotrosta (Leucania), 547. metaphxa (Cirpbis), 552. Meterana, (0. Metopiora, 452. micacea (Cirphis), 508. micacea (Leucania), U8. michelseni ( Agrotis), 465. michelseni (Scriptania), 464, 465 (Cirphis), 2s 626 micrasta (Leucania), 446. micrasta (Physetica), 446. microdon (Hadena), 26. microgonia (Cirphis),/33. micropis (Borolia), 574. wmicrosticha (Cirphis), 529. mimica (Leucaniv), 521, minmula (Anarta), 46. mimuli (Anarta), 44. minians (Nephelodes), 308, miniosa (Monima), 418, miniosa (Noctua), 418. minorata (Epia), 230. minorata (Leucania), 597. minorata (Mamestra), 230. minuseula (Adaphenura), 460. minuscula (Daphenura), 460, mista (Mamesira), 147. mista (Polia), 147. misteca (Leucania), 542, mitis (Agrotis), 280. mixtura (Mamestra), 612. mocoides (Cirphis), 554. mocoides (Leucania), 554. moderata (Agrotis), 280. moderata (Cymatcphora), 319, moderata (Eriopyga), 319. moderata (Hyssia), 280. moderata (Leucania), 583. modesta (Cirphis), 531. modesta (Dianthecia), 286. modesta (Hyssia), 286. modesta (Leucania), 551. modifica (Teniocampa), 804, mi ens ( Caradrina), 157. moerens (Polia), 157. meschleri (Anarta), 38. meesta (Eriopyga), 324. moesta (Nesia), 314, 324. mohosa (Hecatera), 83. mohosa (Polia), 83. mongolica (Dianthecia), 51. mongolica (Mamestra), 110. mengolica (Polia), 110. monilis (Eriopyga), 330. monilis (Hadena), 330. Monima, 409. Monosca, 356. Monostola, 356. ALPHABFTICAT, INDEX, montana (Lasiestra), 48. montana (Polia), 48. monticola (Mamestra), 170. montium (Leucania), 545. inooret (Leucania), 525. morosa. (Morrisunia), 384. morosa (Xylophasia), 384, Morrisonia, 366. mortua (Mamestra), 104, mortua (Polia), 104. mossambicensis \Dia- phone), 453. mucens (Morrisonia), 371. mucens (Septis), 371. mulina (Eriopyga), 293. mulina (Leniocampa), 293. multi faria (Xylina), 371. multilinea (Cirphis), 482. multilinea (Leucania), 482. multipunctata eania). 611. munda (Movima), 416. munda (Noctua), 416. muricina (Acerra), 863 muricina (Stretchia), 363. musculina (Dianthecia), 289. musculina (Hyssia), 289. musicalis (Noctua), 38. mutans ( Hadena), 369. mutans(Morrisonia), 369. (Leu- mutilata (Mamestra), 148. mutilata (Polia), 148. mutina (Apamea), 261. mutina (Chabuata), 261. myrtilli (Anarta), 42. myrtilli (Noctua), 42. mys (Monima), 423. mys (Stretchia), 423. mystica (Mamestra), 115. mystica (Polia), 115. Nesia, 291. nevia (Mamestra), 65. nevia (Poh), 65, 603. nagaensis (Hadena), 108. nagaensis (Polia), 108. naini¢a (Cirphis), 486. nainica (Leucania), 486, nana (Noctua), 201. nana (Phalena), 26. nana (Scotogramnmia), 26. nanus (Bombyx), 420. nareda (Leucania), 499. natalensis (Apamea), 401. natalensis (Xylomania), 401. nebulosa (Cirphis), 500. nebulosa ( Leucunia), 500, nelulosa (Noctua), 114, nebulosa (Polia), 114. nebulosus (Bombyx), 427. nefusta (Leucania), 531, negussa (Mamestra), 86. Neleucania, 576. neoterica (Mamestra), 66. neoterica (Polia), 66. Nephelistis, 250. nephelistis (Dasygaster), 475. Nephelodes, 356. nepos (Leucania), 264. neptis (Leucania), 583. nervata (Hadena), 469. nervina (Apamea), 160. nervina (Polia), 160, Neuria, 208. Neuronia, 216. nevade {(Mamestra), 98. nevadze (Polia), 98. nexa (Mythimna), 354. nigerrima (Mamestra), 104. nigrescens (Dianthecia), 443. nigrilinea 485. nigrilineosa {Leucania), 507. nigripars (Eriopyga), 827. nigripars (Himella), 327. nigrisparsa (Borolia), 570, nigrisparsa (Leucania), 70. nigrojasciata (Leucania), 520. nigro-lunata (Anarta), 45. niyropuncta (Celena), 9 nigropuncta (‘Trichestra), 9 (Leucania), nigrovenalis (Leucania), 425, nigrovenalis (Monima), 425. nimbosa (Aplecta) 115. nimibosa (Polia), 115. nimia ( Orthodes), 333. niphadopa (Hyssia), 283. niphadopa (Leucania), nisus (Dianthecia), 195. nisus (Epia), 231. nisus (Noctua), 231. nitens (Noctua), 111. —— Sh CUO ee, eee eee | nitens (Orthodes\, 344. nivaria { Anarta), +4. niveicosta (Meliana), 587. niveicosta (Nelewcania), 587. niveiguttata (Hyssia), » 288: niveiguttata (Mamesira), 258. niveilinea 601. niveilinea (Chloride), 60L. niveipuncta (Eriopyga), 320. niveipuncta (Mamestra), niveopicta (Craterestra), 8 (Leuzania), niveopicta (Perigea), 18. Noctuids, 1. noctuifurmis (Chabuata), 274. noctuiformis (Orthodes), Pers nordenscjoldi (Mamestra), 465, nordensejoldi tania), 465. norma (Dianthecia), 401. norma (Xylomania), 401. normalis (Acerra), 405. normalis (Perigrapha), 405. normant 441. normani (Sideridis). 441. notata (Chabuata), 259. notata ( Tricholita), 259. nova (Cardepia), 235. nova { Trichoclea), 235. noverca (Mamestra), 155. noverca (Polia). 155. nugatis (Mamestra), 68. nugatis (Polia), 68. nullifera (Agrotis), 281. nullifera (Hyssia), 281. nummosa (Miselia), 197. nun-atrum (Noctua), 414. (Serip- (Perigrapha), oaxacana( Leucania), 571. obliqua (Bombyx), 419. obnigra (Mamestra), 178. obscura ( Aletia), 264. obscura (Chabuata), 264. obscura (Mamestra), 157, 170. obscura (Polia), 157. ohscurata ( Leucania), 600. obscurata (Mamestra), 111. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. obscurior (Leucania), 583. obscurior (Mamestra), 178. obscurus ( Agrotis), 333. obsoleta (Leucania), 599. obsuleta (Noctua), 599. ovtusa (Eriopyga), 800. obtusa (Teniocampa), 300. obumbrata (Leucauia), 611. obusta (Cirphis), 479. obusta (Leucanw), 479. obvia (Polia), 613. occidenta ( Copimamestra), ochracea (Lasionycta), 59. ochracea ( Noctua), 195. ochracea (Xylomiges), 59. ochrea (Dianthecia), 201. ochroleuca (Noctua), 461. ochrostigma (Hudena), 73. ochrota (Eriopyga). 300. ochrota (Himella), 300. ochthistis (Mamestra), 380. ochthistis (Morrisonia), 380. ociosa (Celena), 269. ociosa (Chabuata), 269. octans (Melanchra), 612. ocularis (Noctua), 417. odiosa (Agrotis), 424. odiosa (Mamestra). 238. odiosa (Monima), 424. Odontetia, 219. Odontestra, 205. odontites (Noctua), 26. cenistis (Hadena), 607. olbiena (Noctua), 79. oleracea (Noctua), 135. oleracea (Polia), 135. olivacea (Mamestra), 178. olivacea (Polia), 178. olivocincia (Hecatera), Wale olivocincta (Polia), 171. omicron (Melanchra), 612. omoplaca (Mamestra), 382. omoplaca (Morrisonia), 382. Onychestra, 223. opaca (Cirphis), 546. opaca (Leucania), 546. operosa (Borolia), 563. operosa (Leucania), 553. opima (Monima), 428. opima (Noctua), 428. 627 optima (Haderonia), 245. optima (Hadula), 245. orbica (Kriopyga),-318. orbiculata (Hyssia), 289. orbiculata (Mamestra), 289. ordinaria 612. oregona (Cirphis), 526. oregona (Leucania), 526. oregonica (Mamestra), 29. orida (Mamestra), 33. orida (Scotogramma), 33. orientalis (Dianthecia), AS orientalis (Glotiula), 456. orientalis (Polia), 75. orientalis (Polytela), 456. oriza (Celena), TE. oriza (Leucania), 571. oriza (Polia), 75. orizaba (Leucania), 542. orizabena (Hadena), 83. orizabena (Polia), 83. ornata (Mamestra), 285. oroba (Agrotis), 351. oroba (Eriopyga), 351. orobia (Eriopyga), 299). orobia (Mamestra), 299. orophila ( Agrotis), #33. orthosioides (Palpoiima), 432. orthosotoides phora), 432. oviduea (Eriopyga), 298. oviduca (Teinivcanpa), 297, 298, 343. oxygala (Heliophila), 597. oxygala (Leucania), 597. (MM: . (Mamestra), (Seimio- Pachetra, 203. pacifica (Graphiphora), 151 pacifica (Monima), 429. pacifica (Teniocampa), 429. palilis (Dianthecia), 166. palilis (Polia), 166. pallens (Leucania), 598. pallens (Mamestra), 136. pallens (Noctua), 598. pallescens (Eriopyga), 309. pallescens (Himella), 309. pallida (Diantheeia), 196. pallida (Noctua), 419. pallida ( Orthosia), 431. pallida (Teniocampa), 427. 628 pallidicosia (Leucania), 267. pallidior (Teniocampa), 427, 431. pallidior (Xylomania), 391. pallidior (Xylomiges), 891. palliseea (Cirphis), 529. palliseca (Leucania), 529. Palponima, 432. pampa (Leucania), 527. pancratii (Brithys), 447. pancratti (Noctua), 447. pannosa (Apamea), 160. pannosa (Polia), 160. Panolis, 451. paracausta (Mamestra), 370. paracausta (Morrisonia), 370. paranica 142. paranica (Polia), 142. paromeea (Monima), 429. parvula (Mamestra), 63. parvula (Polia), 63. passa (Mamestra), 101, passa (Polia), 101. pastea (Cirphis), 550. Pastona, 60. patalis (Xylomania), 400. patalis (Xylomiges), 400. patricia (Heliophila), 585. patricia (Meliana), 585. paupera (Perigea), 240, 297. pavida (Hadena), 99. pectinata (Meliana), 576. pectinata (Mythimna), 357. pectinata (Nephelodes), 5 dt : pectinata (Perigrapha), 407. pectinata (Teniocampa), 407. pectinatus (Nephelodes), (Mamestra), peculiaris (Mamestra), 34. peculiaris(Scotogramma), 34, 602. pelistis (Mamestra), 384. penicillata (Leucania), oU4, pennitarsis AST. pennitarsis (Polia), 119. pensilis (Dianthecia), 145. pensilis (Polia), 145. (Hadena), ALPHABETICAL INDEX, peracuta 386. perbrunnea (Eriopyga), » 8 odd. (Morrisonia), perbrunnea phora), 318. percisa (Leucania), 525. percussa (Borolia), 564. percussa (Leucania), 564, perdentata (Hadena), 129. perdentata (Pouia), 129. peredia (Teniocampa), 350. peregrina (Hadena), 92. peregrina (Polia), 92. perforata (Kriopygz), 302. (Graphi- perforata (Téniocampa), 302. perfusea (Eriopyga), 297. Perigonica, 454. Perigrapha, 403. peritalis (Xylomania), 392. perttalis (Xylomiges), 392. perlubens (Xylomania), 397. perlubens (Xylomiges), 397. permiata (Noctua), 99. perplexa (Lasiestra), 52. perplexa (Noctua), 195. perplexa (Scotogramma), 52. perpura (Orthosia), 44. persa (Lasiestra), 52. persa (Mamestra), 52. persecta (Borolia), 574. Persectania, - 86. persicarie (Noctua), 105. persicariz (Polia), 105, perta (Celena), 77. pertracta (Heliophiia), 598. petersent (Rhizogramma), 14. peterseni (Trichorhiza), 14. petita (Mamestra), 178. pexa (Hydrecia), 254. pexa (Hydreeciodes), 254. phea (Anarta), 45. pheea (Cirphis), 541. phea (Leucania), 541. phexochroa (Borolia), 572. haula (Leueania), 611. hilochrysa, 458. phlebitis (Cirphis), 537. phlebitis (Leucania), 537. phoca (Dianthecia), 48. phoea (Lasiestra), 48. phragmitidicola (Cir- phis), 483. phragmitidicola (Leu- cania), 586. phricias (Mamestra), 385. phricias (Morrisonia), 389. Physetica, 444. picta (Ceramica), 446. picta (Mamestra), 446. pictula (Dianthecia), \74, pictula (Polia), 174. picturata (Dianthecia), 227. picturata (Epia), 227. pilipalpis (Cirphis), 480. pilipalpis (Heliophila), 480. pini (Noctua), 461. piniperda (Noctua), 461. pinna (Leucania), 567. pisi (Noctua), 136. pisi (Polia), 136, 603. placida (Cirphis), 552. placida (Mythimna), 552. placida (Noctua), 170. plagiata (Agrotis), 258. plagiata (Tiracola), 258. playifera (Agrotis), 258, plana (Leucania), 558. planalis (Agrotis), 301. planalis (Kriopyga), 801. plebvia (Noctua), 114, 140. plenu (Frana), 367. plena (Morrisonia), 367, plicata (Mamestra), 86. plicata (Polia), 86. plusizformis (Stretchia), 364. polemusa (Cirphis), 524. polemusa (Leucania), 524, Polia, 63. poliastis (Mamestra), pohastis (Polia), 181. Poliodes, 359, 610. Poliodestra, 610. poliostigma (Hadena), 141. poliotis (Eriopyga), 352. polychroa (Mamestra), 368. polygona (Tmetolo- phota), 471. polymita (Noctua) 198 Polymixis 60. polyodon (Mamesira), 88. pelyrabda (Cirphis), 507 polysticha (Cirphis), 527 polysticha (Leucania), 527. polystrota (Cirphis), 529, Polytela, 456. Polytelodes, 454. pomerana (Mamestra), 472. popularis (Bombyx), 216. popularis (Tholera), 216. populeti (Bombyx), 417. populeti (Monima), 417. porosa (Monima), 412. porosa (Orthosia), 412. postiea (Cirphis), 535. postica (Leucania), 535. postica (Trichoclea), 241. potaninti (Mamestra), 207. potanini (Odontestra), 207 preecipua (Hadula), 246. precipua (Mamestra), 246. preclara (Leucania), 565, predita (Noctua), 126. predita (Polia), 126. aaa (Heliophilis), eee als (Meliana), 588. preeses (Perigrapha), 407. pretermissa (Dianthacia), 190. prima (Perigrapha), 404. prionistis (Mamestra), 334. prionistis (Morrisonia), 384, procincta (Hadena), 209. procinctus (Hupsepho- pactes), 209. prodeniformis (Mames- tra), 127. prodeniformis (Polia), 127. prodenus (Cerastis), 344. proleuca (Leucania), 21. prominens (Cirphis), 487. prominens (Leucania), 487. 506. promulsa (Lasiestra), 49. pronulsa (Mamestra), 49. Pronotestra, 224. propria (Leucania), 471. propria (Tmetolophota), ae7/iL- ALPHABETICAL INDEX. propulsa (Raphia), 2 proteastis (Mamestr st 375. Proteinania, 290. proxima (Cirphis), 504. proxima (Leucania), 004, proxima (Noctua), 140. proxima (Polia), 73. pryeri (Cirphis), 481. pryert (Leucania), 498. pseudargyria (Cirphis), 481. pseudargyria (Leucania), 481 Pseudorthodes, 291. psittacus (Mamestra), 174 psittacus (Polia), 174. ptilodonta (Scotogram- ma), 28. ptilodonta (Trichopolia), 28. ptochica (Mamestra), 101. ptochica (Polia), 101. ptyonophora (Cirphis), 491. pudorina (Leucania), 600. pudorina (Noctua), 600. puerilis (Eriopyga), 344. puerilis (Mamestra), 344. pugnax (Noctua), 29. pulchella (Graphiphora), 406 pulchella (Perigrapha), 406. pulchella (Xylomania), 399. pulchella 399. pulchra (Leucania), 499. pulverulenta (Mamestra), 58. pulverulenta 420. pumila (Dianthecia), 199. pumila (Polia), 199. punctifera (Leucania), 542. punctina (Noctua), 596. punctivena (Dasygaster), 41 Fc punctosa (Cerastis), 264. punctosa (Chabuata), 264. punctosa (Cirphis), 559. punctosa (Leucania), 491. punctosa (Simyra), 539. punctula (Eriopyga), 329. punctiulata (Spelotis), o47. (AXylomiges), (Noctua), 629 punctulum 329. purdii (Leucania), 611. purpurigera (Eriopyga), 327. purpurigera (Hypotriz), 327. (Eriopyg), purpurissata (Eurois), 70. purpurissata (Polia), 70. pusilla (Noetua), 420. pusilla (Polia), 88. pusilla (Thargelia), 88. putrescens (Cirphis), 540. putrescens (Noctua), 540, putrida (Cirphis), 544. putrida (Leucania), 544. pyrastis (Cirphis) 518. SAL (Pachetra), 203. pyropis (Eriopyga), 342. pyrrhias (Cirphis), 494. pyrrhias (Leucania), 494. quadrannulata (Cirphis), quadrannulata (Mames- tra), ddd. quadrata (Mamestra), 138. quadrata (Polia), 138. guadrilineata (Celena), 187. quadrilineata (Mamestra), 183. quadrilineata (Polia), 183. quadrilunata (Anarta), 40, quadriposita (Hadena), 141. quadristigma (Himella), 348, radiata (Aspidifrontia), 450. radiata (Borolia), 566. radiata (Leucania), 566. radix (Agrotis), 182. radix (Polia), 132. rainieri (Lasionycta), 54. rainierit (Mamestra), 5+. ranunculina (Nectua), ravida (Noctua), 203. rectilinea (Chabuata), 273. rectilinea (Mamestra), 178. rectilinea (Noctua), 95. regnatrix (Philochrysa), 459. 630 reliqua (Eriopyga), 303. religua (Leniocampa), 303. remota (Cirphis), 555, remota (Leucania), 55d. renati (Epia), 233. renati (Mamestra), 233. renigera (Celena), 176. renigera (Polia), £76, renisigna (Celena), 190. renisigna (Polia), 190. repanda ( Opigena), 195. repentina (Mamestra), 33. repentina (Scotogram- ma), 33. repetita (Hypobarathra), 22) repetita (Xylophasia), Sy) reticulata (Hadena), 212. reticulata (Noctua), 212. reversa (Aletia), 477. reversa (Dasygaster), 477. revicta (Monima), 426. revicta (Teniocampa), 426. rhabdophora (Borolia), 558. rhabdophora (Leucania), 558. rhadata (Eriopyga), 322 rhadata (Mamestra), 322 rhodina (Mamestra), ne rhodocomma (Leucania), 520. rhodopleura (Mamestra), 174. rhodoptera o71. rhodotrichia (Eriopyga), 309. richardsoni (Anarta), 39. richardsont (Hadena), 39. rileyana (Morrisonia), 372. rimosa (Heliophila), 571. riparia (Cirphis), 533. riparia (Leucania), 533. rivorum (Cirphis), 527. rivorum (Leucania), 527. rivosa (Noctua), 194. rivularis (Noctua), 194. rohsont (Aplecta), 114. robusta (Mythimna), 489. rogenhofert (Mamestra), 113. rogenhoferi (Polia), 113. ropilla (Celena), 341. ropilla (Eriopyga), 341. (Borolia), ALPHABETICAL INDEX. rorida (Monima), 410. rorida ( Orthosia), 410. rosea (Leucania), 586. rosea (Mamestra), 440. rosea (Meliana), 585. rosea (Sideridis), 440. roseilinea (Cirphis), 523. roseilinea (Leucania), 523. roseola (Cirphis), 484. roscola (Leucania), 484. roseosuffusa (Mamestra), 189. roseosuffusa (Polia), 189. rubefacta ( Ceramica), 442. rubefacta (Sideridis), 442. rubens (Celena), 76. rubens (Polia), 76. rubeolans (Nephelodes), 612. rubescens 376, rubescens (AXylophasia), 376. (Morrisonia), rubor (Eriopyga), 345. rubor ( Orthodes), 345. rubra (Meliana), 588 rubrescens ( Apaimeda), 420. rabrescens (Borolia), 563. rubrescens (Monima), 420. rubrica (Graphiphora), 393. rubrica (Xylomania), 393. rubricosa (Bombyx), £18. rubrifusa (Polia), 85. rubripallens (Leucania), D90. rubripennis (Leucania), dederd Oli. rubripennis (Meliana), O77. rubripuncta (Eriopyga), 338. rubripuncta (Himella), 338. rubrisectz (Cirphis), 553. rudis (Aletia), 264. rudis (Pastona), 191. rudis (Polia), 191. rufannulata (Noctua), 419. rufescens (Aspidifrontia), 452. rufescens (Leucania) 516. rufescens (Teniocampa), rufipennis (Chabuata), 268. rufipennis (Cirphis), 506. rufipennis (Leucania), 506. rufipennis (Mythimna), 268. gb (Cirphis), l rufistrigosa (Leucania), 5 rufula (Dianthecia), 303. rufula (Eriopyga), 308. rufula (Leucania), 506. rufula (Mamestra), 106. rugosa (Mamestra), 188. rugosa (Polia), 188. rukavaare (Mamestra), 136. rupestralis (Pyralis), 45. rupestris (Noctua), 45. rupicapra (Leucania), 536. ruplilinea 215. ruptilinea 215. (Dianthecia), (Hadena), sabulorum 247. sahulorum 247. seccharivora (Leucania), 547. sadales (Mamestra), 154. sadales (Polia), 154. salebrosa (Cirphis), 517. sulebrosa (Leucania), 517, 533. salsole (Hadena), 92 saltdalensis (Polia), 603. sancta (Dianthecia), 231. sanguinata (Chariclea), 455. sanguinata (Metopiora), 453. saponarie (Noctua), 212. sarca (Leucania), 581. sarca (Meliana), 581. sarcistis (Cirphis), 527. (Hadula), (Mamestra), sarcophea (Cirphis), 528. sarcostriga (Borolia), 570. satanella (Mamestra), 138. satanella (Polia), 138. satellitioides (Chabuata), 274. satellitioides 274. saturnus (Agrotis), 611. saucia (Noctua), 29, (Orthodes), saxea (Stretchia), 366. saxea (Xylina), 366. schneidert (Mamestra), 9 schneideri (Polia), 129. scirpi (Cirphis), 545. seirpt (Leucania), 5435, scirpicola (Leucania), 566. scottii (Leucania), 582. scotti (Meliana), 582. scotochlora (Polia), 116. scotochroma (Mamestra), Scotogramma, 24. screlingia (Lasionycta), 56 Scriptania, 464. scripta (Mamestra). 467. scripta (Strigania), 467. secedens (Eriopyga), 312. secedens (Himella), 312. secedens (Plusia), 193. secedens (Polia), 193. secta (Cirphis), 524. secta (Leucania), 524. sectilis (Morrisonia), 372. sectilis (Xylophasia), 72. sedilis (Lasionycta), 57. sedilis (Scotogramma), 57. seeboldi (Mamestra), 612. segregata (Mamestra), 146 segregata (Polia). 146. sejuncta (Dianthecia), 233. selama (Mamestra), 87. selama (Polia). 87. semiaperta (Hydrecia), 9) semicana 518. semicircula (Leucania), 2 (Leucania), semifusca (Craterestra), 92 seminaria (Mamestra), 187. Semiophora, 409. semipallida (Aspidi- frontia), 451. semiusta (Cirphis), 551. semiusta (Leucania), 551. semivittata (Leucania), 592. ALPHABETICAL INDEX, senatoria (Hyssia), 281. senatorta (Mamestra), 281. senescens (Leucania), 542, separata (Leucania), 547. septentrionis (Anarta), 39. sepulchralis 538. serena (Polia), 170. serena (Noctua), 170. serrata (Trichopolia), 363, 610. serratilinea (Mamestra), (Leucania), serratilinea (Polia). 88. servilis (Hadena), 19V. sesamiodes (Borolia), 575. siccanorum (Mamestra), 223. siccanorum (Onychestra), 923 sichima (Polia), 161. sicula (Cirphis), 537. sicula (Leucania), 537. Sideridis, 436. sieversi (Teniocampa), 410. signata (Chabuata), 260. signata (Nepheledes), 260. silenes (Epia), 233. silenes (Noctua), 235. silenides (Mamestra), 224. silenides (Pronotestra), 224, similis 556. simillima (Leucania), 523. simillima (Neuria), 206. simillima (Odontestra), 206. simplaria (Leucunia), 531. simplex 304. simplex (Cirphis), 503. simplex (Leucania). 503. simplex (Polia), 613. simplex (Xylomania), (Eurypsyche), (Acronycta), singularis 509. sinuosa (Cirphis), 535. sinuosa (Leucania), 535. sistens (Humichtis), 280. skelloni (Hadena), 368. (Leucania), 631 skrelingia (Phlogophora), 56. sminthistis 280. sociabilis 240. sociabilis 240. sode (Hadena), 32. sod (Scotogramma), 32) softa (Mamesira), 139. softa (Polia), 159. soligena (Mamestra), 612. solita (Leucania), 482, 529, 530, 539, 544, 586. spalax (Mamestra), 89. spalax (Polia), 89. sparsus (Bombyx), 431. spartti (Noctua), 95. specifica (Alysia), 281. spectabilis (Agrotis), 258. speyeri (Polia), 162. speyert (Trigonophora), 162. (Hyssia), (Mamestra), (Trichoelea), sphagnea (Mamestra), 367. spiculusa (Mamestra), 175. spiculosa (Polia), 175. spinacie (Noctua), 135, 169. splendens (Mamestra), 136. splendens (Noctua), 134. splendens (Polia), 134. spoliata (Xylina), 371. spreta (Bombyx), 461. spurcata (Xylina), 369. spurcilinea (Eriopyga), 339. stabilis (Monima), 419. stabilis (Noctua), 419. stabilis (Semiophora), 429. staudingeri (Anarta), 38, stellata (Borolia), 565. stellata (Leucania), 565. steniptera (Borolia), 569. stenoyrapha (Leucania), 483. stenoptera (Meliana), 578. stenoptera (Monima), stenoptera (Teniocampz), 420. 632 stenotis (Polia), 168. steropastis (Mamestra), 388. steropastis (Persectania), 388. stevensit (Polia), 116. stigmosa (Mamestra), 31. stigmosa (Scotogramma), 31. stipata (Morrisonia), 379. stipata (Xylina), 379. stolata (Leucania), 585. stolata (Meliana), 5895. stolida (Hadena), 102. stramen (Leucania), 531. straminea (Leucania), 598. straminea {Mamestra), 12. Stretchia, 363. stretchia (Polia), 166. stretchit (Scologramma), 166. striata (Leucania), 534, stricta (Hudena). 176. stricta (Polia), 176. Strigania, 466. strigicollis (Hecatera), 181. styracis (Taniocampa), 613. suasa (Noctua). 99. suasa (Polia), 99. suavis (Mamestra), 131. suavis (Polia), 151. subapicalis (Mamestra), 397. subarschanica (Hadena), 62. subarschanica (Polia), 62. subcontiqua (Mamestra), 93. subdita 48. subdita (Lasiestra), 48. subdolens (Graphiphora), 359. subfuscula (Anarta), 57. subfuscula (Lasionycta), SH sulyecta (fladena), 173. subjecta (Polia), 173. subjuncta (Hadena), 97. subjuncta (Polia), 97. submarginalis ( Helio- phobus), 207. d submarginalis (Odontes- tra), 207. submarina (Anarta), 89. (Dianthecia), ALPHABETICAL INDEX, submarina — (Scoto- gramina), 39. submedianata (Scoto- gramma), 27. submoesta (Diantheecia), 610. subnitens (Leucania), 498. subnotata (Monosca), 309. subolivacea (Eriopyga), 325. subpicta 180. subpicta (Polia), 180. subplumbea (Bombyx), 417. subpunctata (Heliophila), 542. subsetaceus (Bombyx), 427. subsignata 502. subsignata (Leucania), 502. subsocia 270. suhsocia (Teniocampa), 270. substituta (Leucania), 562. subterminata (Crater- estra), 22. subterminata (Tenio- campa), 426. subvelata (Apamea), 23. subvelata (Craterestra), 23 subviolacea (Hadena), 60. suffusa (Anarta), 43. suffusa (Leucania), 584. suffusa (Meliana), 484. suffusa (Teniocampa), 64. sulcana (Leucania), 593. sutrina (Mamestra), 139. sutrina (Polia), 139. sylviana (Noctua), 453. (Mamestra), (Cirphis), (Chabuata), syngenesie (Noctua), 228. syrissa ( Trickolita), 259. syzygia (Scriptania), 464. tabulata (Aylomiges). 400. tacoma (Mamestra), 137. tacoma (Polia), 187. tacuna (Borolia), 562. tacuna (Leucania), 562. Teniocainpa, A409. Teniopyga, 453. tancrei (Hadula), 243. tancret (Mamestra), 248.. tangala (Cirphis), 510. tangala (Leucania), 510. tarara (Mamestra), 612. tartarea (Graphiphora), . 381. tartarza (Morrisonia), | 381, taunensis (Mamestra), 141. tayaudi (Leucania), 530. tecta (Orthosia), 333. telifera (Noctua), 461. teligera (Mamestra), 144. temperata (Bryophila), 385. temperata (Morrisonia), B85, tenebra (Meliana), 587. tenebra (Polia), 87. : tenebrifera (Leucania), 580. tepeca (Hadena), 137. tephroleuca (Dianthecia), 199. tephroleuea (Polia), 199. terminata (Perigrapha), 406. terminata (Teniocampa), 406, terranea (Craterestra), terranea (Perigea), 19. tersa (Hriopyga), 294. tersa (Perigea), 294. tertia (Perigonica), 435. tertialis (Nephelodes), 357. tertulia (Eriopyga), 353. tertulia (Perigea), 353. tetera (Leucania), 583. tetrica (Mamestra), 612. texana (Heliophila), 570. texturata (Hadena), 213. texturata (Mamestra), 218. thalassina (Noctua), 96. thalassina (Polia), 96. thapsi (Noctua), 114. 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Trichorhiza, 13. tricuspis (Bombyx), 462. trifascia (Eriopyga), 304. trifascia (Teniocampa), (Leu- Pe (Leucania), 547. trifolii (Noctua), 28. tri i (Scotogramma), ae (Noctua), 427. trimaculosa (Noctua), trimenda (Noctua), 92. trinidadensis (Atdia), 36. trisema (Anarta), 37. tristis (Noctua), 45. tritonia (Cirphis), 542. trocas (Mamestra), 330. turbida (Mamestra), 169. turbida (Noctua), 520. turbida (Xylina), 368. turca (Eriopyga), 306. turca (Noctua), 306. turcella (Leucania), 306. turpis (Hadula), 245 turpis (Pkhebophilus), 245. typhlodes (Cirphis), 495, t big (Leucania), on Soe 212. VOL. ALPHABETICAL INDEX. uda (Cirphis). 488. uda (Leucania), 488. Ulolonche, 278. umbra (Melanchra), 612. umbrigera (Leucania), 611. umbrosa (Polia), 85. umbrosa (Scotogramma), 5. uncifera (Hadena), 214. uneifera (Prodenia), 214. undicilia (Apamea), 102. unica (Hadena), i unica (Hadula), 2 unica (ietieanin)) an unicolor (Mamestra), 105, 212. unicolor (Noctua), 111. unicolora (Agrotis), 352. unicolora (Kriopyga), 302. uniformis (Dianthecia), 79. uniformis (Eriopyga), 349. uniformis (Lasiestra), 50. uniformis (Leucania), 583 uniformis (Meliana), 583. uniformis( Scotogramm«a), 50 uniformis (Teniocampa), odd. unipuucta (Cirphis), e unipuncta (Noctua), 547. ursina (Lathosea), 362. ursina (‘T'richopolia), 362, U-scripta (Mamestra), 237. U-scripta (‘Trichoclea), Deis usta (Cirphis), 501. usta (Leucania), 501. ustistriga (Morrisonia), 377. ustistriga (Xylina), 377. utahensis (EHriopyga), 300. utahensis (Teniocampa), 300. valesicola 536. v-album (Leucania), 402. y-album (Xylomania), 402. vana (Agrotis), 580. vana (Meliana), 580. (Leucania), 633 variabilis (Stretchia), 365. var ee (Mamestra), var ‘olati (Maiestra), 118. variolata (Polia), 118. vau-media (Mamestra), 180. yau-media (Polia), 180. vau-orbicularis (Mames- tra), 102. vau-orbicularis (Polia), 102. vecors (Eriopyga), 344. vecors (Orthodes), 344. velata (Celena), 344. vellerea (Nephelistis), 253. vellerea (Teniocanpa), 200; 251. velutina (Chabuata), 267. velutina (Cirphis), 520 velutina (Leucania), 267 20. venalba (Borolia), 567. venalba (Leucania), 567. venata (Polia), 104. venata (Teniocampa), 420. verna (Noctua), 28. vestigialis (Bombyx), 203. vexata (Xylina), 369. vicina (Mamestra), 144. vicina (Polia), 144. vidua (Mamestra), 134. vidua (Noctua), 45. vidua (Polia), 134. vigas (Hadena), 187. vigasia (Chloride), 291. vigasia (Proteinania), 291. vigens (Hrana), 8 vindemialis (Ceramica), 445, vindemialis (Mamestra), vindemialis (Physetica), 445, vinobarbata (Eriopyga), 311. viola (Poliodes), 361. violans (Nephelodes), 358. violascens (Eriopyga), 340. violascens ( Himelia), 340. violascens (Hyssia), 286. violascens (Polivdes), 361. violascens (Xylina), 361. virescens (Chera), 278. 2T 634 virgula (Eriopyga), 542. virgula (Teniocampa), 342, viriata (Apamea), 19. viridis (Dianthecia), 367. viriditincta (Mamestra), 7 viscarie (Dianthecia), ~. vitellina (Noctua), 440. vitellina (Sideridis), 440. vitiosa (Apamea), 3875 vitiosa (Morrisonia), 875. vitis (Dicopis), 77. vittata (Leucania), 581. vititata (Meliana), 581. vittigera (Mamestra), 205. vittigera (Odontestra), 205. vidtula (Mamestra), 183. 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Scansores and Coccyges : con- taining the families Rhainphastide, Galbulide, and Bucconide, by P. L. Sclater; and the families Indi- catoride, Capitonide, Cuculide, and Musophagide, by G. E. Shelley. Pp. xii. 484: 13 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891, dvo. Ld. ds. Vol. XX. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori. Pp. xvii., 658. Woodcuts and 18 coloured Plates. [ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891, Svo. 1/. 10s. Vol. XXI. Catalogue of the Columbe, or Pigeons, in the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori. Pp. xvii., 676. 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, Svo. 1/. 10s. Vol. XXII. Catalogue of the Game Birds (Péerocletes, Galline, Oristhocomi, Hemipodic) in the Collection of the British Museum. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Pp. xvi., 585. & coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1/. 6s. 6 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued. Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicarie (Rallide and Heliornithide) and Alectorides (Aramide, Eurypy- gide, Mesitide, Rhinochetide, Gruidez, Psophiide, and Otididee) in the Collection of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ] 1894, 8vo. 20s. Vol. XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicole in the Collection of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xii., 794. Woodcutsand 7 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo. 1/. 5s. Vol. XXV. Catalogue of the Gavie and Tubinares in the Collection of the British Museum. Gavie (Terns, Gulls, and Skuas), by Howard Saunders. Tubinares (Petrels and Albatrosses), by Osbert Salvin. Pp. xv., 475. Woodcuts and 8 coloured Plates. [With Syste- matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo. 1d. Ls. Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Platalew, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcz, and Impennes in the Collection of the British Museum. Platalez (Ibises and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks), by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Steganopodes (Cormorants, Gannets, Frigate-birds, Tropic-birds, and Pelicans), Pygopodes (Divers and Grebes), Alcz (Auks), and Im- pennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Pp. xvii., 687. Woodcuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With Sys- tematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, vo. 11. 5s. Vol. XXVII. Catalogue of the Chenomorphe (Pala- medez, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratite in the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori. Pp. xv., 636. 19 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo. li. 12s. A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. [Nomen- clator Avium tum Fossilium tum Viventium.] By R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. :— Vol. I. Pp. xxi., 303. [With Systematic Index.] 1899, 8vo. 10s. Vol. II. Pp. xv., 312. [With Systematic Index, and an Alphabetical Index to Vols. I. and II.] 1900, 8vo. 10s. Vol. Ill. Pp. xii., 367. [With Systematic and Alpha- betical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 10s. Vol. IV. Pp. xii., 391. [With Systematic and Alpha- betical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 10s. (ns a ee a ee a ee ee BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 7 List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. By George Robert Gray :— Part III., Section I. Ramphastide. Pp. 16. [With Index.] 1855, 12mo. 6d. Part III.. Section II. Psittacide. Pp. 110. [With Index.] 1859, 12mo. 2s. Part IIL., Sections II].and IV. Capitonide and Picide. Pp. 137. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. ls. 6d. Part IV. Columbse. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 1856, 12mo. Is. 9d. Part V. Galline. Pp. iv., 120. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1867, 12mo. 1s. 6d. Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific Ocean in the Collection of the British Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 72. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 8vo. 1s. 6d. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Eggs in the British Museum (Natural History) :— Vol. I. Ratite. Carinate (Tinamiformes—Lariformes). By Eugene W. Oates. Pp. xxiii., 252. 18 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ] 1901, 8vo. 30s. Vol. Il. Carinate (Charadriiformes—Strigiformes). By Eugene W. Oates. Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1902, 8vo. 30s. Vol. III. Carinate (Psittaciformes — Passeriformes). By Engene W. Oates and Capt. Savile G. Reid. Pp. xxiii., 349. 10 Coloured Plates. [With Syste- matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 25s. REPTILES. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbzenians in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii, 80. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1844, 12mo. Is. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &¢.:— Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872, 4to. 2s. 6d. Part II. Kmydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia,and Amphis- beenians. Pp. vi. 41. 25 Woodcuts. 1872, 4to. 3s. 6d. Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S., &e. Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873, 8vo. 4s. 8 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311. 73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15s. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His- tory). Second Edition. By George Albert Boulenger :— Vol. I. Geckonide, Eublepharide, Uroplatide, Pygo- podide, Agamide. Pp. xii., 436. 32 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 20s. Vol. Il. Iguanide, Xenosauride, Zonuride, Anguide, Anniellide, Helodermatide, Varanide, Xantusiide, Teiide, Amphisbenide. Pp. xiii, 497. 24 Plates. With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885 vo. 20s. ae Vol. III. Lacertide, Gerrhosauride, Scincide, Anelytro- pide, Dibamide, Chameeleontide. Pp. xii., 575. 40 Plates. [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. 1/. 6s. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., &¢. :— Vol. I., containing the families Typhlopide, Glauconiide, Boide, Ilysiide, Uropeltide, Xenopeltide, and Colu- bride aglyphe (part). Pp. xiii., 448 : 26 Woodcnts and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 17. 1s. Vol. IL, containing the conclusion of the Colubride aglyphe. Pp. xi., 382: 25 Woodcuts and 20 Plates. [ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1894. 8vo. 17s. 6d. Vol. III., containing the Colubride (Opisthoglyphe and Proteroglyphe), Amblycephalide, and Viperide. Pp. xiv., 727: 37 Woodcuts and 25 Plates. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3 volumes.] 1896, Svo. 1/. 6s. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 281. [ With Geographic, Systematic, and Alphabetical Indexes. ] 1858, 12mo. 4s. BATRACHIANS. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 160. 12 Plates. [With Systematic, Geographic, and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1858, 8vo. 6s. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 9 FISHES. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Second edition. Vol.I. Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the British Museum. Vol. I. Containing the Centrarchide, Percide, and Serranide (part). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xix.,394. Woodcuts and 15 Plates. [ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo. 15s. Catalogue of Fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. Pp. vil., 196. [With a Systematic Index.] 1854, 12mo. 3s. 6d. Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish in the Collection of the British Museum. By J.J. Kaup, Ph.D., &. Pp. iv., 80. ' 4Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s. MOLLUSCA. Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Partl. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. Pp. xii., 230. 121 Woodcuts. 1857, 8vo. ds. List of the Shells of the Canaries in the Collection of the British Museum, collected by MM. Webb and Berthelot. Described and figured by Prof. Alcide D’Orbigny in the “Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries.” Pp. 32. 1854, 12mo. Is. List of the Shells of Cuba in the Collection of the British Museum collected by M. Ramon de la Sagra. Described by Prof. Alcide d’Orbigny in the “ Histoire de ]’Ille de Cuba.” Pp. 48. 1854, 12mo. Ls. List of the Shells of South America in the Collection of the British Museum. Collected and described by M. Alcide D’Orbigny in the “ Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale.”’ Pp. 89. 1854, 12mo. 2s. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen. Described by Philip P. Carpenter. Pp. xvi. 552. 1857, 12mo. 8s. List of Mollusca and Shells in the Collection of the British Museum, collected and described by MM. Eydoux and Souleyet in the “Voyage autour du Monde, exécuté “pendant les années 1836 et 1837, sur la Corvette ‘La ‘“‘ Bonite,’”’ and in the “ Histoire naturelle des Mollusques “ Ptéropodes.” Par MM. P. C. A. L. Rang et Souleyet. Pp. iv., 27. 1855, 12mo. 8d. 10 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Catalogue of the Phaneropneumona, or Terrestrial Operculated Mollusea, in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. L. Pfeiffer. Pp. 324. [With an Alphabetical Index. ] 1852, 12mo. 5s. Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. By Dr. Louis Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 192. Woodcuts. 1855, 12mo. 2s. 6d. Catalogue of the Auriculide, Proserpinide, and Truncatellide in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. 1s. 9d. List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. Part II. Olivide. Pp. 41. 1865, 12mo. Is. Catalogue of the Conchifera, or Bivalve Shells, in the Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes :— Part I. Veneride, Cyprinide, Glauconomide, and Petricolade. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s. Part JI. Petricoladz (concluded); Corbiculade. Pp. 217-292. [With an Alphabetical Index to the two parts.] 1854, 12mo. 6d. BRACHIOPODA. Catalogue of Brachiopoda Ancylopoda or Lamp Shells in the Collection of the British Museum. [Jsswed as ‘“ Catalogue of the Mollusca, Part IV.”] Pp. iv., 128. 25 Woodents. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1853, 12mo. 3s. POLYZOA. Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British Museum. Part ILI. Cyclostomata. By George Busk, F.R.S. Pp. viii, 39. 38 Plates. [With a Systematic Index.] 1875, 8vo. 5s. CRUSTACEA. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. By C. Spence Bate, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [With an Alpha- betical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 1/. 5s. ARACHNIDA. Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon the Collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. By T. Thorell. Pp. xxxvi., 406. [With Systematic List and Alphabetical Index.] 1895, 8vo. 10s. 6d. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 11 INSECTS. Coleopterous Insects. Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum :— Part VI. Passalide. By Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 23. 1 Plate. [With Index.] 1852, 12mo. 8d. Part VII. Longicornia, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv., 174. 4 Plates. 1853, 12mo. 2s. 6d. Part VIII. Longicornia, II. By Adam White. Pp. 287. 6 Plates. 1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d. Part IX. Cassidide. By Charles H. Boheman, Professor of Natural History, Stockholm. Pp. 225. [With Index.] 1856, 12mo. 3s. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lycide. By Charles Owen Waterhouse. Pp. x., 83. 18 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ] 1879, 8vo. 16s. Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira in the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xvi., 234: 1 Plate. [With a Topographical Catalogue and an Alphabetical Index. ] 1857, 8vo. 3s. Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries in the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xiii, 648. [With Topo- graphical and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1864, d8vo. 10s. 6d. Catalogue of Halticide in the Collection of the British Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S. Physapodes and (#dipodes. Part J. Pp. xii, 301. Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s. Catalogue of Hispide in the Collection of the British Museum. By Joseph S. Baly, M.E.S.,&c. Part I. Pp.x., we 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858, vo. 6s. Hymenopterous Insects. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo. :— Part I. Andrenide and Apide. Pp. 197. 6 Plates. 1853, 2s. 6d. Part IJ. Apide. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1854. 6s. 12 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the British Museum—continued. Part III. Mutillidee and Pompilide. Pp.206. 6 Plates. 1855. 6s. Part IV. Sphegide, Larride, and Crabronide. Pp. 207- 497, 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856. 6s. Part V. Vespide. Pp.147. 6 Plates. [With an Alpha- betical Index.] 1857. 6s. Part VI. Formicide. Pp. 216. 14 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858. 6s. Part VII. Dorylide and Thynnide. Pp. 76. 3 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859. 2s. List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the Typical Specimens in the British Museum. Vol. I, Tenthredinide and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby. Pp. xxviii., 450. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. 1/. 18s. Dipterous Insects. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S. Part VI. SupplementIII. Asilide. Pp. ii., 507-775. 1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d. A Monograph of the Culicide, or Mosquitoes. Mainly com- piled from the Collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the Investigation into the cause of Malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. By Fred. V. Theobald, M.A., &c. :— Vols. I., II. (pp. xviii., 424; viii., 391: 318 woodcuts), and Atlas of 37 coloured and 5 collotype plates (pp. viii., with explanations of plates). 1901, 8vo. 37. 3s. Vol. IIT. Pp. xvii., 359: 17 plates, 1 diagram, and 193 illustrations in text. 19038, 8vo. 1J. Is. A Monograph of the T'setse-Flies (Genus Glossina, Westwood), based on the Collection in the British Museum. By Ernest Edward Austen. With a chapter on Mouth-parts by H. J. Hansen, Phil. Doc. Pp. ix., 319: 9 plates (7 coloured), 16 woodcuts, 1 map. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 15s. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY.) 13 Lepidopterous Insects. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalene in the British Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. :— Vol. I. Catalogue of the Syntomide in the Collection of the British Museum. Pp. xxi., 559 : 285 Woodcuts. [ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, dvo. 15s. — Atlas of 17 Coloured Plates, 8vo. 15s. : Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Noline, Litho- siane) in the Collection of the British Museum. Pp. xx., 589: 411 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1900, 8vo. 18s. — Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (xviii—xxxv.), 8vo. 15s. Vol. III. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Arctiane) and Agaristide in the Collection of the British Museum. Pp. xix. 690: 294 woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. lds. Atlas of 19 Coloured Plates (xxxvi-liv.), 8vo. 16s. Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Noctuide. Pp. xx., 689: 125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s. ——Atlas of 23 Coloured Plates (lv.—lxxvii), 8vo. 16s. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum :— Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xii., 74. 78-100 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index.] 1881, 4to. 27. 10s. Part VI. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xv., 89. 101-120 Coloured Plates. [WithaSystematic Index. ] 1886, 4to. 2/. 4s. Part VII. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. iv., 124. 121-188 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List. ] 1889, 4to. 27. Part VIII. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri District. By George Francis Hampson. Pp. iv., 144. 139-156 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List.] 1891, 4to. 27. Part IX. The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon. By George Francis Hampson. Pp. v., 182. 157-176 Coloured Plates. [With a General Systematic List of Species collected in, or recorded from, Ceylon.] 1893. Ato. 20. 2s. Catalogue of the Collection of Palzarctic Butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza Leech. By Richard South, F.E.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr. Leech. 1902, 4to. 17. 14 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Calalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 303. 3 Plates. 1869, 8vo. 7s. 6d. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycznide in the British Museum. By W. C. Hewitson. Pp. 15. 8 Coloured Plates. 1862, 4to. 1/. 1s. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker. 12mo. :— Part XXII. Geometrites. Pp. 499-755. 1861, 3s. 6d. Part XXIII. —————— _ Pp. 756-1020. 1861, 3s. 6d. Part XXIV. —————— _ Pp. 1021-1280. 1862, 3s. 6d. Part XXV. -————— Pp. 1281-1477. 1662, 3s. Part XX VI. ——————__ Pp. 1478-1796. [With an Alphabetical Index to Parts XX.-XXVI.] 1862, 4s. 6d. Part XXVII. Crambites and Tortricites. Pp. 1-286. 1863, 4s. Part XXVIII. Tortricites and Tineites. Pp. 287-561. 1863, 4s. Part XXIX. Tineites. Pp. 562-835. 1864, 4s. Part XXX. Pp. 836-1096. [With an Alpha- betical Index to Parts XXVII.-XXX.] 1864, 4s. Part XXXI. Supplement. Pp. 1-321. 1864, 5s. Part XXXII. — — Part 2. Pp. 322-706. 1865, 5s. Part XXXIIJ.———— Part 3. Pp. 707=1120. 1865, 6s. Part XXXIV.———-—— Part 4. Pp. 1121-1533. 1865, 5s. 6d. Part XXXV. Part 5. Pp. 1534-2040. [With an Alphabetical Index to Parts XXXI- XXXV.] 1866, 7s. Neuropterous Insects. Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker. 12mo. :— Part II. Sialide—Nemopterides. Pp. ii., 193-476. 1853, 3s. 6d. Part Ill. Termitide—Ephemeride. Pp. ii., 477-585. 1853, 1s. 6d. Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen. Part I. Termitina, Pp. 34. 1858, 12mo., 6d. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 15 Orthopterous Insects. Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. PartI. Phasmide. By John Obadiah Westwood, F.L.S., &. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 4to. 31. Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariz in the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. ds. 6d. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c. :-— Part II. Locustide (continued). Pp. 225-423. 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Part VI. Pp.210. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 5s. Part Vil. Pp.213. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 6s. Part VIII. Pp. 220. [With Alphabetical Index. | 1873. [6s. 6d. 16 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE VERMES. Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal Worms, contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 132. 2 Plates. [With an Index of the Animals in which the Entozoa mentioned in the Catalogue are found, and an Index of Genera and Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s. ANTHOZOA. Catalogue of Sea-pens or Pennatulariide in the Collection of the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &e. Pp. iv., 40. 2 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 1s. 6d. Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection of the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodeuts. 1870, 8vo. 3s. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) :— Vol. I. The Genus Madrepora. By George Brook. Pp. xi., 212. 35 Collotype Plates. 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[Witha List of Species.] 1863, 8vo. 3s. 6d. Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Second edition, Part I. Andrenide and Apide. By Frederick Smith, M.E.S. New Issue. Pp. xi., 236. 11 Plates. (With Systematic and Alpha- betical Indexes.] 1891, 8vo, 6s. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 17 Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicide, and _Vespide in the Collection of the British Museum. By Frederick Smith, V.P.E.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] - 1858, 12mo. 6s. A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston, M.D., Edin., F.R.C.L., Ed., Lu.D., Marischal Coll., Aber- deen, &c. Pp. 365. Woodcuts and 24 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1865, 8vo. 7s. Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A. Pp. xvii., 202. Woodcuts and 16 Plates (2 Coloured). [With Table of Contents, Tables of Distribution, Alphabetical Index, Description of the Plates, &c.] 1892, 8vo. 12s. 6d. List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum; with Synonyma and References to figures. 12mo.:— Part V. Lepidoptera. By J. F. Stephens. 2nd Edition. Revised by H. T. Stainton and E. Shepherd. Pp. iv., 224. 1856. Is. 9d. Part VI. Hymenoptera. By F.Smith. Pp.134. 1851. 2s. Part VII. Mollusca, Acephala and Brachiopoda. By Bets bs Gray. Pp: iv., 167. > 1851) 3s. 6d. Part VIII. Fish. By Adam White. Pp. xxiii. 164. (With Index and List of Donors.) 1851. 3s. 6d. Part IX. Eggs of British Birds. By George Robert Gray. Pp. 143. 1852. 2s. 6d. Part XI. Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects. By H. Denny. Pps iv., 51. ..1852.,, 1s: Part XII. Lepidoptera (continued). By James F. Stephens. Pp. iv., 54. 1852. 9d. Part XIII. Nomenciature of Hymenoptera. By Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 74. 1853. Is. 4d. Part XIV. Nomenclature of Neuroptera. By Adam White. Pp. iv.,16. 1853. 6d. Part XV. Nomenclature of Diptera, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv., 42. 1853. 1s. Part XVI. Lepidoptera (completed). By H.T. Stainton. Pp. 199. [With an Index.] 1854. 3s. Part XVII. Nomenclature of Anoplura, Euplexoptera, and Orthoptera. By Adam White. Pp. iv., 17. "92855. . 6d. 17801 B 18 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE PLANTS. Illustrations of the Botany of Captain Cook’s Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. “ Endeavour” in 1768-71. By the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.R.S., and Dr. Daniel Solander, F.R.S. With Determinations by James Britten, F.L.S., Senior Assistant, Department of Botany, British Museum :— Part I.—Australian Plants. 101 Copper-plates [after paintings by F. P. Nodder], with 31 pages of descrip- tive text. 1900, fol. 25s. Part II.—Australian Plants, Pt. Il. 142 Copper-plates (pls. 101-243) [after paintings by F. P. Nodder, James Miller, J. F. Miller, and John Cleveley], with 41 pages of descriptive text (pp. 35-75). 1901,fol. 35s. Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853-61 :— Vol. I. Dicotyledons. By William Philip Hiern, M.A., F.L.S., &e. :— Part I. [Ranunculacez to Rhizophoracee.] Pp. xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch. Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera. ] 1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d. Part II. Combretacee to Rubiacew. Pp. 337-510. [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 4s. Part III. Dipsacew to Scrophulariacee. Pp. 511- 784. [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 5s. Part IV. Lentibulariacez to Ceratophyllex. Pp. 785- 1035. [With Index.] 1900, 8vo. 5s. Vol. II. Monocotyledons, Gymnosperms, and Crypto- gams :— Part I. Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms. By Alfred Barton Rendle, M.A., D.Sc. F.L.S., Assis- tant, Department of Botany. Pp. 260. [With Index of Genera.] 1899, 8vo. 6s. Part II. Cryptogamia. Pp. 261-566. [With Table of Errata, and General Index to the whole work. ] 1901, 8vo. 6s. Vascular Cryptogams ... By William Carruthers, F.R.S. Mosses ‘ aa ... 5, Antony Gepp, M.A., F.L.S. Hepatics ... ia .» 4, FE. Stephani. Marine Algze ae .- 5, Ethel 8. Barton. Freshwater Alge ... o-. 5). We. West; EGS. and "Ges: West, B.A. Diatomaceze Ss .«. 5, Thomas Comber, F.L.S. Lichenes ... aps soe Py) ERAS WR GLnIOS Fungi ae ree ... ,, Annie Lorrain Smith, Mycetozoa ive a ... 5, Arthur Lister, F.R.S. oor = BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19 A Monograph of Lichens found in Britain : being a Descrip- tive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum. By the Rev. James M. Crombie, M.A., Wi:S., E.Gi8, &e. Part I. --Pp, viii., 519 : 74 Woodcuts. [ With Glossary, Synopsis, Tabular Conspectus, and Index. ] 1894, 8vo. 16s. A Monograph of the Mycetozoa: being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum. By Arthur Lister, F.L.S. Pp. 224. 78 Plates and 51 Woodcuts. [With Synopsis of Genera and List of Species, and Index.] -1894, 8vo. Lis. List of British Diatomacesze in the Collection of the British Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &. Pp. iv., 55. 1859, 12mo. Is. FOSSILS. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.8. :— Part I. Containing the Orders Primates, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. Pp. xxx., 268. 33 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 5s. Part II. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder Artiodactyla. Pp. xxii., 324. 39 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 6s. Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders Perissodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Ambly- poda. Pp. xvi.,186. 30 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 4s. Part IV. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder Proboscidea, Pp. xxiv., 235. 32 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 5s. Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata, and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345. 55 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Generaand Species, including Synonyms. | 1887, 8vo.6s. Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Naturai History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii., 368. 75 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891 Svo. 10s. 6d. - 20 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S. :— Part I. Containingthe Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Pro- terosauria, Pp. xxviii, 309. 69 Woodcuts. [Witb Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888, 8vo. 7s. 6d. Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia. Pp. xxi., 307. 85 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.| 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d. Part 111. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii., 239. 53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d. Part IV. Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia; and Supplement. Pp. xxiii, 295. 66 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms,and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species to the entire work.] 1890, 8vo. 7s. 6d. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. :— Part I. Containing the Elasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii., 474, 13 Woodcuts and 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1889, 8vo. 21s. Part II. Containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii), Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi, and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodcuts and 16 Plates.’ [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic Index of Generaand Species.] 1891, Svo. 21s. Part III. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondyli, Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli (in part). Pp. xlii., 544. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ] 1895, 8vo. 21s. Part IV. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the Suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. Pp. xxxix., 636. 22 Woodcuts and 19 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1901, 8vo. 21s. Sts eM © BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 21 Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of British Oligocene and Eocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum. By Richard Bullen Newton, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 365. [With table of Families and Genera, Bibliography, Correlation-table, Appendix, and Alphabetical Index.] 1891, 8vo. 6s. Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Austra- lasian Tertiary Mollusca. By George F. Harris, F.G.8., &e. Pp. xxvi.,407. 8 Plates. [With Table of Families, Genera, and Sub-Genera, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. 10s. Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History) :— Part I. Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con- sisting of the families Orthoceratidz, Endoceratide, Actinoceratidz, Gomphoceratide, Ascoceratide, Poterioceratidz, Cyrtoceratide, and Supplement. By Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxxi., 344. 51 Woodcuts. [ With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.| 1888, Svo. 10s. 6d. Part II. Containing the remainder of the Suborder Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Lituitide, Trochoceratide, Nautilide, and Supplement. By Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S8. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood- cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms. | 1891, 8vo. lds. Part 111. Containing the Bactritide, and part of the Suborder Ammonoidea. By Arthur H. Foord, Ph.D., F.G.S., and George Charles Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. Pp. xxxiii., 303. 146 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index of Genera and Species, and Alphabetical Index. ] 1897, 8vo. 12s. 6d. List of the Types and Figured Specimens of Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History). By G. C. Crick, F.G.S. Pp. 103. [With Index.] 1898, 8vo. 2s. 6d. A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, with their Synonyms and the Range in Time of each Genus and Order. By Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Pp. xii, 155. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5s. 22 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History) :— The Jurassic Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.G.S., F.Z.S. Pp. [viii.,] 239 : 22 Woodcuts and 11 Plates. [ With List of Species and Distribution, Bibliography, Index, and Explanation of Plates.] 1896, 8vo. 10s. The Cretaceous Bryozoa. Vol. I. By J. W. Gregory, D.Se., F.G.S., F.Z.S. Pp. xiv., 457: 64 Woodcuts and 17 Plates. [With Index and Explanation of Plates.] 1899, 8vo. 16s. Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History), with an account of the morphology and systematic position of the group, and a revision of the genera and species. By Robert Etheridge, jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.L.S. (of Eton College). Pp. xv.,322. 20 Plates. [With Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, Table of Contents, General Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1886, 4to. 25s. The Genera and Species of Blastoidea, with a List of the Specimens in the Britis: Museum (Natural History). By F. A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., of the Geological Department. Pp. x.,°70.% 1 Woodeut, 1899, Svo. ds: Catalogue of the Paleozoic Plants in the Department of Geology and Paleontology, British Museum (Natural History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.S.- Pp. viii., 288. [With a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 1886, Svo. ds. Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). By A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., University Lecturer in Botany and Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge :— Part I. The Wealden Flora. Part I. Thallophyta— Pteridophyta. Pp. xxxviii., 179. 17 Woodeuts and 11 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1894, 8vo. 10s. ; Part Il. The Wealden Flora. PartII. Gymnosperme. Pp. viii., 259. 9 Woodcuts and 20 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1895, 8vo. 15s. Part III. The Jurassic Flora. Part I. The Yorkshire Coast. Pp. xii. 341. 53 Woodcuts and 21 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &e.] 1900, 8vo. 20s. Part IV. The Jurassic Flora. Part II. Liassic and Oolitic Floras of England (excluding the Inferior Oolite Plants of the Yorkshire Coast). Pp. xv., 192. 20 Woodeuts and 13 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1904, 5vo. 10s. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). BB GUIDE-BOOKS, Etc. A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. With 58 Woodcuts, 2 Plans, 2 views of the building, and an illustrated cover. Pyetl9. 1903, 8vo. 3d: Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). 7th Edition. Pp. 126. 65 Woodcuts and 4 Plans. Index. 1902, 8vo. 6d. Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Depart- ment of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). 4th Edition. Pp. iv.,119. 101 Woodcuts. Index. 1898. 8vo. 6d. (Out of print.) Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Kchinoderma, and Worms), Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. Pp. iv., 130. 125 Woodcuts, Plan and Indexes. 1901, 8vo. 6d. Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera or Sponges, Hydrozoa, and Anthozoa) in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). Pp ELV.» sto 82 Illustrations, Plan, and Index. 1902, 8vo. 1s. A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History). 7th Edition. [By Henry Woodward. | Pp. xii., 103. 116 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and Index.] 1896, 8vo. 6d. (Out of print.) A Guide to the Fossil Reptiles and Fishes in the Department of Geology and Palzeontology in the British Museum (Natural History). [By Henry Woodward.] Pp. xiv., 129: 165 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and Index.] 1896, 8vo. 6d. A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrates and Plants in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History). [By Henry Woodward.] Pp. xvi., 158. 182 Woodcuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, Introduction, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. Ls. The same, in two parts :— Part I. Mollusca to Bryozoa. Pp. xii., 64. 107 Wood- cuts. [With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and Introduction.] 1897, 5vo. 6d. Part Il.. Insecta’ to Plants, &c. .Pp. ix., 64*=158: Woodcuts 108-182. [With List of Illustrations and Index to the two parts.] 1897, 8vo. 6d. 24 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi in the Depart- ment of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). By Worthington G. Smith, F.L.S. Pp. 82. 938 Woodcuts. With Table of Diagnostic Characters, and Index. [Second Edition.] 1898, Svo. 4d. eA Guide to the British Mycetozoa exhibited in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). By Arthur Lister, F.L.S. [Second Edition.] Pp. 42. 44 Woodcuts. Index. 1903, 8vo. 3d. A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural History). [By L. Fletcher, M.A. rbd Pp. 32. Plan. 1903, 8vo. 1d. The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals, British Museum (Natural History). [By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.8.] Pp. 32. With a Plan of the Mineral Gallery. 1903, 8vo. 2d. An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural History)... By “a .Fletcher, -M:A,,°.E_R.S. Pips gieese 41 Woodeuts. With Plan of the Mineral Gallery and Index. 1903, 8vo. 6d. An Introduction to the Study of Rocks. By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. 118. [With plan of the Mineral Gallery, Table of Contents, and Index.] 1898, 8vo. 6d. An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the Meteorites represented in the Collection on January Ist, 1904. By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Pp. 109. [With a Plan of the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the Meteorites represented in the Collection.] 1904, 8vo. 6d. Handbook of Instructions for Collectors, issued by the British Museum (Natural History). With Illustrations. Second Edition. Pp.138. Index. 1904, 8vo. Is. 6d. Hints on Removing and Preparing Skins of Mammals. Pp. 11. Text illust. [2nd Edition.] 1903, 8vo. 4d. 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