400 NOCTUIDJC. 



submediau fold ; claviform moderate, defined by black ; orbicular 

 and reniform large, pale rufous with wbitish annuli defined by 

 black, the former oblique elliptical, open above, the latter open on 

 outer side ; postmedial line dentate, defined by white on outer 

 side, bent outwards below costa, esciirved to vein 4, then oblique, 

 some bluish grey beyond it towards inner margin ; subterminal line 

 white, arising from the white apical patch, slightly excurved at 

 middle and with small black spots on it above veins 4 and 3 ; 

 the veins bej'ond the lower angle of cell streaked with black ; the 

 terminal area red-brown except at apex : a terminal series of black 

 and white lunules ; cilia brown intersected with white. Hind 

 wing white, with postmedial series of black points on the veins ; 

 the terminal area suffiised with brown from apex to vein 2 ; some 

 terminal black lunules ; the underside with the costal area irrorated 

 with brown^ a black discoidal spot. 



Hah. Japan, Yokohama (Pri/er), 4 J , 5 $ , type. Exjy., d" 42, 

 2 46 millim. 



1719. Xylomania alternans. (riate LXXXIX. fig. 22.) 



Hapalia altcrnam, Wlk. x. 3G0 (18.56). 



Xylomiqes tahulata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 181 

 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. 



5 . Head and thorax dark grey mixed with black and white ; 

 frons with black bar ; tcgulse with black medial line ; tarsi banded 

 with black ; abdomen ochreous banded with black. Fore wing 

 dark grey ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submediau 

 fold; auteraedial line double, waved, oblique; claviform with its 

 extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, defined 

 by black, the former with whitish annulus, rather quadrate and 

 open above and below ; postmedial line dentate, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line 

 defined on inner side by white suffusion except at costa, and with 

 blackish marks on it at discal and submedian folds ; the veins of 

 terminal area slightly streaked with black ; a terminal series of 

 small black lunules. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with 

 reddish brown ; cilia whitish ; the underside white irrorated with 

 brown, a black discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial lino with short 

 black streaks on the veins, some terminal black strite. 



Hah. U.S.A., 1 o' , 1 ? type, Xew York, 1 $ , Grote Coll. Exf. 

 40 millim. 



1720. Xylomania patalis. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 23.) 



Xyhmigcs pataUs, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. i. p. 144, pi. iv. f. 11 



"(1873); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 234. 

 Xylomigcs fietcheri, Grote, Can. Ent. xx. p. 130 (1888). 



Head and thorax bluish white mixed with fuscous brown ; frons 

 with black bar ; tegula; with black medial line ; patagia edged 

 with black ; abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing bluish 



