1864.] 525 



darker line, the reniform broad, but slightly excavated externally; 

 transverse posterior line sub-obsolete, forming black dots on the veins, 

 between each of which the line forms an inward undulation ; sub-ter- 

 minal line diffuse, blackish, broadly marked at the costa, immediately 

 below which it is interrupted, thence with a single outward inclination 

 it is continued distinct to internal margin ; fringes long, darker than 

 the rest of the wing. Posterior wings broad, very pale grayish testa- 

 ceous, immaculate, concolorous, very slightly darker shaded along ex- 

 ternal margin. Under surface of anterior wings reddish along the 

 costa, rest of the wing blackish cinereous, paler along terminal margin ; 

 under surface of posterior wings similar to upper surface except along 

 the costa. where they are powdered with reddish and grayish scales ; 

 both pair crossed by a very indistinct blackish line. Palpi and head 

 reddish brown, latter darker ou the vertex ; collar very dark reddish 

 brown, distinctly contrasted with the thorax and togulaj which share ^ 

 the coloration of anterior wings. Abdomen somewhat flattened, dark 

 grayish testaceous above, beneath, with anal tuft, of a more reddish hue. 

 Legs dark grayish, becoming brown ou the tibite and tarsi, latter 

 marked with testaceous at base. % . <i . Exp. 1.40 to 1.50 inch. 



Habitat.— mdd\e States. (Coll. Ent. Soc. Phil.) 



Allied to Noctua clandentiiin, Harris ( Graphlphora lubruans. Walk.) 

 and belonging to the genus Graphiphora of some Authors. It is, how- 

 ever, to this and allied forms that Linnseus' generic term Noctua is at 

 present restricted and should be applied. My correspondence with Mr. 

 Walker has elicited the information that the present species has not 

 been hitherto described. 



Noctua cupida, nov. sp. (Plate 5, fig. 7. % .) 



Anterior wings uniform reddish ferruginous, very spar.sely sprinkled 

 with blackish scales, darker shaded in the sub-terminal space, ordinary 

 lines dark, indistinct. Basal line very fiiint, geminate ; transverse an- 

 terior geminate, faint, dentate below the costa, thence regularly undu- 

 late to internal margin; ordinary spots distinct, annulated with a paler 

 shade, the orbicular very slightly oblique, concolorous with the rest of 

 the wing, reniform moderate, with an evenly blackish center, of the 

 normal shape. Transverse posterior line geminate, very faint, surmount- 

 ed by two pale costal spots, nearly straight, but slightly arcuated at the 



