416 ON SPECIES OF HADENA SMITH. 



Xylophasia vultuosa Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1875, 420, Hadena. 



Somewhat reddish-luteous, becoiuiug darker, more brownish toward 

 costal region. A brownish bhick basal streak and another along hind 

 margin to t. a. line, broader and better marked Basal line geminate, 

 marked in costa only. T. a. line geminate, more or less indistinct, out- 

 wardly arcuate, with inward dents on veins, that on vein 1 long and 

 well marked, included space often white shaded below vein 1. T. p. 

 line brown, lunulate, interrupted, often obsolete, followed by a series 

 of geminate black venular dots, which when alone present are readily 

 mistaken for the t. p. line itself. $. t. line marked only as usual in the 

 group. A row of terminal black lunules. Veins white marked in s. t. 

 space. A well marked brown median shade darkening the cell between 

 stigmiita and scalloped or lunuhxte below that point. Claviform very 

 small, i^oorly marked. Orbicular narrow, elongate, pale, with brown 

 central dot; reniform narrow, upright, constricted, more or less indef- 

 inite; a dusky central line. Secondaries blackish, fringes paler ; be- 

 neath dusky, powdery, with dis'tinct outer line and discal spot. Head 

 and collar inferiorly concolorous with primaries. Thorax darker, 

 patagiae dark brown, with paler margin ; dorsal tuft distinct and also 

 paler. 



Expands 37 to 41 milimetres, 1.50 to 1.65 inches. 



Habitat — Canada, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. 



The $ 9 are usually well marked and somewhat larger than the S S 

 in which the color is usually paler, and the maculation through median 

 space is often if not usually obsolete. The above description applies 

 to well-marked $ $ . 



Xylophasia apatniformis Gn. 



18.52. Gn., Sp. Geu. Noct. i., 137, Xylophasia. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus. ix.. 176, Xylophasia. 

 1873. Grt., Buff. Bull, i., 109, Hadena. 



conienta Wlk. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het. ix., 233, Mamestra. 

 1868. Grt. and Eob., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. ii., 78, pr. syn. 



Eather pale chocolate brown, usually even, more rarely powdered. 

 The maculation is precisely as in imlMiosa, except that the basal streak 

 is less marked ; theclaviform, though small, is distinct, and the reniform 

 is larger, black filled, and outwardly white marked. Secondaries smoky 

 or blackish, paler at base, and with yellowish fringes. Beneath, pow- 

 dery, with outer line and discal lunule ; primaries with disc darker; 

 costal and broad terminal space paler. Head and thorax concolorous, 

 the tuftiugs distinct. 



Expands 40 to 47 millimetres, 1.60 to 1.90 inches. 



Habitat — New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. 



Closely allied to vultuosa, but obviously distinct by the much darker 

 ground color and the diiferently shaped reniform. 



