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t cliloroplia {Iliihn.), Zutr. 1, No. 37, figs. 73, 74 {Xcstia). 

 purpurea Grote.^ 



t iusciens Walk., C. B. M., Noct., p. 740. 

 Canada, southward, and California. 



* JODIA, Hilbner {181G). 



Type : Noctua croceago S. V. 



rulago Huhn., Zutr. 1, figs. 61, 62, S. 15 ; Verz. S. 234, No. 2341 ; Guen., Noct. 

 1, p. 393 {Xanthia). 

 Atlantic District. 



GLAEA) Hubner (Tentamen). 



Type : Noctua vaccinii Linn. 



\ anchocelioules {Ouen.), Noct. 1, p. 384 (Cerastis). 



viatica Orote, Gth Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 33 {Orthosia). 



decliva Orote, Gth Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 34 (Orthosia). 



inulta Orote, Gth Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 34 (Orthosia) ; Bui. Buf. Soc. 



Nat. Sci. 2, p. 77, PI. 1, fig. 9. 

 apiata Orote, Gth Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 34 (Orthosia); Bul. Buf. Soc. 



Nat. Sci. 2, p. 77, PI. 1, fig. 8. 

 Olivata Harvey, Bul. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. 2, p. 120. 



Canada, southward, and California. 



* XANTHIA, Hiibner (Tentamen). 



Type: Noctua fulvago Linn. 



aurautia^o Guen., Noct. 1, p. 394, PI. 7, fig. 1. 

 *gilvago (S. V.) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 3, p. 95. 

 t* silago (Eiibn.) ; Walk., C. B. M., Noct., p. 461. 

 ceroinatica Orote, Bul. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. 2, p. 70 (Scopelosoma). 

 Canada, southward. 



2 Orthosia purpurea, n. s. 



S 9 .—Allied to the European 0. litura, differing but slightly in general tint, being more pur- 

 plish. The markings are less distinct, the t. a. line not accented on costa, the orbicular smaller, 

 the spots wider apart, the aubtcrminal line a parallel succession of rounded points, not elongate 

 as in the European species. The dark costal shades, which precede the s. t. line in both species, 

 are less prominent in 0. jmrpurea. The hind wings are paler in the latter species and more 

 warmly tinted. Beneath, the color is linht vinous with the common line and discal marks, so 

 evident in liiura, extremely faint. The male antennae have a thick cilial fringing. The pattern 

 of the ornamentation is exceedingly similar in the two species and seems merely to differ ,as 

 above given. In O. jmrpurea the reniform is concolorous, enclosing a blackish inferior stain ; 

 in my specimens of 0. liiura, this spot is uniformly darker than the wing. 



Expanse, 31, 32 m. m. Ilahitat, California. Mr. Behrens, No. 3, " Oct. 22d." 



