408 NocxuiD.i-;. 



orbicular and reuiform with slight rufous annuli, both rather 

 triangular in form, the latter defined bj' blackish on inner side ; 

 postmedial line indistinct, waved, defined by rufous on outer side, 

 bent outwards below costa, cxcurvedto vein 4, then incurved, some 

 pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line rufous, slightly 

 defined liy blackish on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing 

 jjale, tinged with purplish pitdv and thickly irroratcd with fuscous ; 

 traces of a subterminal band towards tornus ; the underside with 

 black disooidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and some terminal 

 lunules. . 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Sanzalito, 1 d" type. Exp. 42 raillim. 



*1732. Perigrapha transparens. (Plate XC, fig. 10.) 



Perigrapha transparens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. 



p. 582 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 208. 

 Orthosia hamifera, Grote, Can. Ent. xx. p. 130 (1888) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 



N. Am. p. 218. 



5 . Head and thorax crimson mixed with some brown and grey ; 

 palpal joints and frons at sides black ; antennae with the basal 

 joint white below ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen dark brown 

 with crimson-tinged lateral fringes, anal tuft, and ventral surface. 

 Fore wing pale rufous thickly irrorated with black and tinged with 

 crimson, especially at base and the fringe on inner margin ; subbasal 

 line obsolete ; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, waved ; 

 stigmata moderate, with fuscous centres defined by ochreous ; the 

 claviform hardly traceable, the oi'bicular oblitjue elliptical ; traces 

 of a medial shade oblique from costa to median nervure ; a curved 

 double postmedial series of black points on the veins : subterminal 

 line only indicated by the area beyond it being very slightly darker, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing 

 nearly uniform dark brown slightly tinged with crimson, the cilia 

 crimson ; the underside pale tinged with crimson and irrorated 

 with blackish, a discoidal lunule. 



Bah. U.8.A., Washington, California, in U.S. Xat. Mus. Exp. 

 40 millira. 



Sect. IV. Antennre of male with bristles and cilia. 



*1733. Perigrapha ducinfieldi. 



Perigrapha didwfieldi, Schaus, J. N.Y. Eat. Soc. xi. p. 23G (1903). 



(5 . Head and thorax rufous, the scales slightly tipped with 

 white ; palpi at sides and tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen 

 pinkish rufous. Fore wing pale pink-brown irrorated with fuscous ; 

 a slightly curved stibbasal line from costa to sitbmedian fold : a 

 double curved antemedial line ; orbicular represented by a dark 

 point ; a fuscous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of 



