334 NOCTUIDiE, 



whitish, the former oblique elliptical ; medial line siuuous, oblique 

 from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line defined by grey on 

 outer side, oblique from costa to vein 7, then nearly erect, sinuous 

 and with short streaks on the veins beyond it ; subterminal line 

 grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at 

 vein 7 ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown, whitish towards base ; cilia grey with a brown line through 

 them ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas 

 irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and diffused curved 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. candens. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with 

 purple-red, the pale markings rather more distinct. 



Ab. 2. nimia. Pale grey-brown, the pale markings very pro- 

 minent. 



Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia; U.S.A., N. and Centr. States, 7 d , 

 1 5 , type and types nimia, candens, and tecta, New York, Evan's 

 Centre {Grote), 5 J , 1 $ , Trenton Falls (Douhledai/), 1 J, Penn- 

 sylvania, Sharon (Mesl^e), 1 c? , Wisconsin, Kacine ( Westcott), 1 c? , 

 Colorado. E.vp. 32-38 millira. 



6^. Fore wing of male on underside with slight fringe 

 of hair from costa, the cell only clotlied with down- 

 turned hair ; hind wing with some long hair at 

 base, 

 a'. Fore wing with the reniform large, not angled 

 inwards on median nervure. 



a*. Thorax with black spot at base of tegulffi curvirena. 



b*. Thorax without black spot at base of tegul* ... iniractafa. 

 P. Fore wing with the reniform narrow, produced 



above and angled inwards on median nervure... goniostiyma. 



1618. Eriopyga curvirena. 



Orthodes curvirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 374, pi. 5. f. 12 (1852). 

 Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi at sides and frons black ; 



Fig. 83. — Eriopyga curvirena, (^ . \. 



tegulse with small dorsal black spot at base ; abdomen fuscous 

 brown, the anal tuft ochrcous, the ventral surface greyer. Fore 

 wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge ; a pale subbasal line 

 from costa to vein 1 with black points on each side of it ; antemedial 

 line whitish, defined on each by brown, with short black streaks 

 before it on the veins interrupted by white points, and black striae 

 beyond it in and below cell ; orbicular and reniform very large. 



