OF WASHINGTON. 331 



21. Markings rather distinct, head and cervical shield dark red-brown, 



9. Carneades perexcellens 



Translucent, marks obscured; head and cervical shield black 

 lined 10. Carneades diver gens 



22. Body roughened, uniformly blackish 14. Mamestra quadrilineata 



Body smooth, normal 23 



23. Subdorsal line obscured, dorsal line pale 13. Mamestra rubefacta 



Subdorsal line as distinct as dorsal one, spaces shaded, 



17. Hadena cuculliformis 



24. Thorax and joint 12 enlarged ; a black subdorsal spot on joint 6, 



21. Oligia grata 

 Thorax and joint 12 not unusually enlarged 25 



25. Substigmatal line absent 26 



Substigmatal line distinct 27 



26. Red-brown and yellowish; subdorsal line distinct, 



12. Mamestra detracta 



Green with brown mottlings; no lines 18. Hadena relecina 



Translucent, sordid, no marks 28 



27. Substigmatal line broad, filled in with red mottlings 30 



Substigmatal line narrow, yellow .....33. Jodia rufago 



28. Head red-brown, dorsum red shaded 22. Macronoctua onusta 



Head pale brown, body uniform 32. Glcea inulta 



29. Substigmatal line broad, white 7. Carneades ivilsonii 



Substigmatal line narrow, white or yellow 31 



Substigmatal line sharply narrowed in incisures, white, partly 



green tinted 19. Hadena genet rix 



30. Substigmatal line broad, its edge sharp 31. Glcea olivata 



Substigmatal line moderate, diffused, not sharp. 34. Xylina carbonaria 



31. Substigmatal line below spiracles, red edged above, 



20. Hadena adnixa 

 Substigmatal line above spiracles centrally, not red edged, 



28. Tceniocampa pacifca 



32. Feet absent on joints 7 and 8 33 



Feet absent on joint 7 34 



Feet all present, though anterior ones often small 35 



33. Green with white lines (see species of Plusia}. 



Purple brown with white blotches 37. Plusiodonta compressipalpis 



Uniformly brown without marks 38. Thalpochares carmelita 



34. Pale brown with dark lines; feet of joint 8 small, 



39. Euclidia cuspidea 

 Green; feet of joint 8 like 9 and 10 50. Hypena modesta 



35. Feet on joints 7 and 8 small ; marked like bark of tree, 



44. Eubolina integerrtma 

 Feet all about alike 36 



36. Green with white or red lines 37 



Olivaceous, brown mottled, Substigmatal line red centered 27 



