E in OP VGA. 347 



fli. Fore wing vviih the postmedial line 

 ininutely dentate, with dark jDoints 

 beyond it on the veins. 

 a". Fore wing grey - brown tinged \vi(li 



purplish red imiformis. 



h^. Fore wing ochreous grey-brown more 

 or less tinged witii rufous. 

 «<". Hind wing with the terminal half 

 largely .suffused with brown. 

 (1*^. Fore wing without medial shade ... (iffurafa. 



If. Fore wing with medial shade J'lirJ'urata. 



IP. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 terminal area slightly tinged with 



brown oroha . 



c®. Fore wing pale rufous ; hind wing with 



the terminal area not tinged with brown, thcriaidis. 

 h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line 

 dentate, witliout ])oints beyond it on 



the veins j^oliotis. 



(•'. Fure wing with the postmedial line not 



dentate tmieolora. 



1>K Hind wing uniform brown. 



«•'. Fore wing with the renif(.rm filled in with 



rufous 'viU(L%. 



h-\ Fore wing with the reniform filled in with 

 pure white. 



a'''. Fore wing with the lines obsolete tertulia. 



b'\ Fore wing with the lines present ; some 

 small dentate black marks before sub- 

 terminal line adonea. 



1638. Eriopyga contrahens. 



Cclmm contrahens, Wlk. Can. Nat. & Geol. v. p. 255 (18t)0) ; Smith, Cat. 



Noct. N. Am. p. 200. 

 Mamestra thecaia, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 59. 

 Graphiphora contrahens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. 



p. 180 (1878). 



Head and thorax g^reyish ochreous mixed with dark brown ; 

 abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with browu. Fore wing 



ochreous, largely suft'ussd 

 and irrorated with fus- 

 cous brown, leaving the 

 inner area and an oblique 

 fascia from apex pale ; 

 the veins irrorated w^ith 

 grey ; subbasal line dark, 

 defined by ochreous on 

 outer side, waved, from 

 costa to submedian fold ; antcmedial lino double, filled in with 

 ochreous, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform small and rather 

 indistinct, with dark centres and pale annuli, the former round ; 

 postmedial line defined by ochreous on outer side, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points 

 beyond it on costa ; an oblique pale fascia from apex to vein 5 ; no 

 trace of subterminal line ; a terminal series of small black lunulcs ; 

 cilia with ochreous line at base and intersected with ochreous. 



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