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S. spinosae. Guen., Noot. 2, 182, PI. IX, fig. 10 {Heliothis); Anthoecia hir- 

 tella, G. & R., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 6. 19, PI. Ill, fig. 3. PI. VII, fig. 28, tibia, 

 PI. VIII, fig. 38, wing. 



Decidedly different in the armature of anterior tibia from all others in 

 this genus, and I refer it here with considerable hesitation. From lie- 

 Hot his it differs in the vestiture and somewhat in the armature. The 

 armature is more spine than claw like, and the eyes are somewhat nar- 

 rowed — scarcely more so, however, than in separata — and as it has all 

 the superficial characteristics of this genus I leave it here for the pres- 

 ent. Expands f inch, 20 millim. 



Habitat. — New York. 



S. lupatus, Grt. (Heliothis), Can. Ent. 7, 224. 



This species I did not receive until the plates were completed, so I am 

 unable to give figures of either tibia or wing. The anterior tibiae are 

 abbreviated, broadened at tip, and have a long inner and shorter outer 

 claw. It comes thus into the same section with Spinosea, and is cer- 

 tainly no Heliothis, the scaly vestiture alone sufficing to separate it. The 

 insect does not at all resemble anything else in the group, but comes very 

 near to the insect named illiterata by Mr. Grote, and which he now re- 

 fers to Orthosia aurantiago, Guen. A specimen received from Prof. 

 Riley is labelled Pyrrhia illiterata in Mr. Grote's handwriting, and was 

 determined by Mr. Grote for Mr. Riley some years ago. As Heliothis 

 lupatus I have a specimen from Mr. Neumoegen's collection also labelled 

 by Mr. Grote — the two insects are unquestionably identical, and in one 

 case -certainly Mr. Grote has been in error. It is impossible for me to 

 ascertain where the error is, for I have not seen the types of either of 

 the species, but as Mr. Grote has written considerably of Heliothids 

 lately, I assume that his latest determination is most likely to be correct. 

 Heliothis lllinoisensis, French, was also referred by Mr. Grote as a 

 synonym of Orthosia. aurantiago, after an examination of the type as 

 Prof. French informs me. I accept this reference as correct. The spe- 

 cies lupatus is reddish, somewhat as in Char idea umbra, paler at basal 

 half. There is no pale median shade. The usual lines are all distinct 

 and black, the subterniinal being strongly dentate ; the orbicular is small 

 but distinct, and the reniform is large and distinctly bounded. There is 

 a diffuse blackish transverse shade just beyond the middle of the wing; 

 thorax concolorous, with primaries ; secondaries paler, the basal half 

 rather more yellowish ; an indistinct transverse dark line crosses the 

 wing at basal third, and a narrower, more distinct line crosses it at outer 

 third ; abdomen yellowish ; beneath paler than above ; primaries with 

 the orbicular and reniform distinctly marked, and a dark subterniinal 



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