190 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF GRAPTOLITHA. 



[Lepidoptera; Noctuidae.] 

 BY HARRISON G. DYAR. 



Graptolitha vivida, new species. 



Ground-color of fore wings whitish gray, the white shading spread- 

 ing throughout the wing, being especially visible in the basal sp^ace, in 

 the stigmata, and beyond the outer line; shaded and powdered with 

 black. Basal dash black, bent upwards nearly to costa, with a black 

 shading below to the inner margin; lines faint, double, waved; clavi- 

 form appearing as an undulation of the inner line; orbicular oblique, 

 nearly rectangular, whitish, black -outlined and with a central brown 

 line; a black shade in the cell, with a line subcostally and on median 

 vein joining the stigmata; reniform large, pale filled, with a central 

 dark cloud and bent line, a little orange tint in the bottom; a subter- 

 minal row of dashes; median line narrow, waved, bent on median vein. 

 Hind wing blackish brown. Expanse 37 mm. 



Two males, Wellington, British Columbia, dated April 2, 

 1903 (G. W. Taylor), and April 25, 1903 (T. Bryant). 



The first specimen is the brighter, the second being much 

 shaded with blackish, obscuring the white of the terminal 

 space. 

 L Type: No. 13417, U. S. .National Museum. 



The species is allied to tepida Grt., and baileyi Grt., but 

 more brightly and contrastingly marked than either. 



Graptolitha pruena, new species. 



Color of the fore wings and thorax glaucous gray. Lines double, 

 dusky, not contrasted ; basal dash bent up at its end toward costa; 

 orbicular reniform in shape, similar to the reniform, narrowly black 

 outlined, the two with a black shade between; claviform showing only 

 at its tip; a median shade line; all the lines form dark dashes on the 

 costa; base of the costa whitish; terminal line a row of dots; subter- 

 minal line flexuous, submaculate. Hind wing grayish brown. Ex- 

 panse 40 mm. 



One male, Calhoun County, Texas (J. D. Mitchell). 



Type: No. 13418, U. S. National Museum. 



Allied to z'in'tlipallens Grt., qnerqucra Grt., and nigrescent 

 Kngel, the green tint somewhat less distinct than in these, of 

 a more steely bluish cast. The species is easily recognized by 

 the costal protuberance of the male, which is larger than in 

 the other species and has its greatest width opposite the base 

 of the reniform instead of beyond it as in the others mentioned. 



