■442 NOCTUID-E. 



angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a grey patch 

 beyond it at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white with slight brown irroration ; the veins tinged 

 with brown ; the terminal area suffused with brown ; the underside 

 with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a discoidal 

 spot and postmedial series of points on the veins. 



Hah. Canada, 1 S type, (Norman) 1 S ; U.S.A., N. and E. States, 

 New York, Evan's Centre (^Bailey), 3 $ , Exp. 40 millim. 



] 782. Sideridis congermana. (Plate XC. fig. 32.) 



Hadena congcrmana, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 106 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct, 

 N. Am. p. 120. 



$ . Head and thorax deep purplish rufous, the latter with yellower 

 dorsal stripe ; abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, deep rufous 

 below. Fore wing deep purplish rufous, the veins fuscous ; a waved 

 yellowish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line oblique, waved, yellowish ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular a 

 small whitish annulus with brown centre ; reniform large, with 

 fuscous centre with some white on it and white annulus somewhat 

 broken up into spots ; postmedial line represented by a series of 

 white points on the veins and yellowish strigce on costa and inner 

 margin, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, 

 some yellowish points on costa beyond it ; subterrainal line yellowish, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate on veins 4, 3, the area beyond 

 it paler and yellower ; cilia intersected with fuscous. Hind wing 

 whitish, suffused with fuscous brown especially on terminal area, 

 the termen red ; the cilia yellow with a red line through them ; the 

 underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused and irrorated 

 with red, a dark discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., iS'.E. and Middle States {Morrison), 1 $ type, New 

 York, Albany {Bailey), 2 § , Colorado. Exp. 40 millim. 



1783. Sideridis rubefacta. (Plate XCI. fig. 1.) 



Ceramica rubefacta, Morr. Can. Ent. vi. p. 249 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Xoct. 



N. Am. p. 120. 

 Mamestra viiidemialis, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 185 (1880), nee Guen. 



Head and thorax deep purplish red-brown, the latter with j-ellowish 

 dorsal stripe ; abdomen purplish red, greyish at base, the anal tuft 

 ochreous. Fore wing deep purplish red, sometimes suffused with 

 fuscous, the costal area slightly irrorated with white ; traces of a 

 waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; an indistinct 

 oblique waved antemedial line ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and 

 reniform with a few grey scales at centre and very indistinct dark 

 outlines, the former small ; an indistinct dentate postmedial line, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some 

 whitish points bej'ond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by 

 some whitish scales with a brownish tinge before them, angled 

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



