422 ON SPECIES OF HADENA SMITH. 



Xylophasia morna Strk. 



1879. Strk., Kept. Chief Eng., 1878-79, v, p. 1861, Hadena. 



" $ Expands If inches. Head and thorax cinnamon colored. Abdo- 

 men of same color, but paler. 



'' Upper surface of primaries same color as head and thorax 5 darkest 

 from discal spot inward ; markings all more or less indistinct. T. a. line 

 deeper reddish and double. T. p. line apparently single. Reniform 

 indistinct, its lower part on the median nervule filled with a gray or 

 lead-colored spot, which is the only mark of any prominence. Exterior 

 margin of wing bordered with a dark shade ; fringe same color as the 

 last. Secondaries reddish white, with broad smoky border exteriorly; 

 fringe pale. 



•' Under surface primaries shining cinnamon color, paler than above 

 but devoid of dark border. 



" One male at Rio Blanco, near its headwaters." 



I have seen nothing that agrees with the above description, but it 

 would seem to be related to lateritia, or more particularly cogitata, from 

 which, however, it differs obviously. 



Xylophasia sputatrix Grt. 



1873. Grt., Buff. Bull, i, 190, Hadena sputator. 



inaignita VVlk. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het. xi, 729, Apamea. 

 1873. Grt., Buff. Bull, i, 190, u. b. 1. 



Blackish deep brown, rarely with a more reddish brown shade through 

 center of wing. Median lines obsolete S. t. line punctiform, the spots 

 consisting of scattered yellowish scales, a more or less obvious black 

 preceding shade. Claviform small; traceable. Orbicular moderatej. 

 oval, often obsolete, sometimes white powdered. Reniform pale pow- 

 dered, its outer portion pale, blotchy, forming a distinct contrast to the 

 dead black brown of the rest of the wing. Secondaries smoky fuscous, 

 with pale yellowish or pinkish fringes. Beneath with reddish and 

 black powderings. Primaries with paler terminal space ; secondaries 

 with distinct line and discal spot. Head and thorax concolorous witb 

 primaries; tuftings small. Abdominal tuftings distinct. 



Expands 40 to 43 millimetres, 1.60 to 1.70 inches. 



Habitat. — Eastern, Middle, and Northern States; Canada. 



Readily distinguished by the dull blackish brown color, the macula- 

 tion obsolete, and the reniform contrastingly pale marked. It is not 

 uucommoD. 



Xylophasia plutonia Grt. 

 1883. Grt., Can. Ent. xv, 9, Hadena. 



Blackish brown, a paler shade at base, and less distinct beyond reni- 

 form to t. p. line. A distinct deep black streak along inner margin 

 Dear base. Median lines obsolete. S. t. line a series of elongate black 



