70 NOCTUIDJ5. 



angled outwards at vein 7 and at middle; an apical yellow patch. 

 Hind wing whitish tinged with brown leaving an ill-defined terminal 

 whitish band. 



Hah. U.S.A., New York, Illinois (Donhleday), 1 3 type. Exji. 

 36 millim. 



*I375. Papaipema ochroptena. (Plate CXXXVIII. fig. 16.) 



Gortyna ochroptena, Dyar, Can. Ent. xl. p. 77 (1908). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous yellow slightly tinged 

 with rufous. Fore wing pale yellow slightly tinged with rufous, 

 the lines indistinct; subbasal line curved, from costa to submedian 

 fold ; anteraedial line sinuous, bent outwards above inner margin ; 

 claviform represented by two obliquely superposed white spots; 

 orbicular a small white spot ; reniform with white lunule in centre 

 surrounded by white spots ; an oblique line from lower angle of cell 

 to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line yellow defined by brown on 

 inner side, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; an apical yellow 

 patch; a fire brown terminal line. Hind wing white faintly tinged 

 with rufous. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver. Exp. 34 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 



4376. Papaipema merriccata. (Tlate CXXXVIII. fig. ]7.) 



Papaipema merriccata, Bird, Can. Ent. xxxix. p. 270 (1007). 



Head and thorax rufous mixed with some brown ; basal joint of 

 antennae pure white, the pro- and metathoracic crests dark brown ; 

 abdomen ochreous yellow with the crests brown. Pore wing yellow 

 thickly suffused and irrorated with bright rufous, the terminal area 

 deeper rufous ; subbasal line double, rufous filled in with yellow 

 and with some yellow before it, waved, from costa to submedian 

 fold, a white point beyond it in cell ; antemedial line indistinct, 

 double filled in with yellowish ; angled inwards below costa and on 

 vein ], angled outwards at median nervure and strongly bent 

 outwards above inner margin ; claviform a round white spot with 

 white point above it, both defined by black ; orbicular a rather 

 elliptical white spot defined by black ; reniform a narrow yellow 

 lunule defined by rufous with two white spots on its inner side and 

 three on outer all defined by black, and a yellow lunule defined by 

 rufous at middle of outer edge; an indistinct brown medial line, 

 oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then sinuous ; postmedial 

 line double, the inner line indistinct except at inner margin, the 

 outer dark brown ; a yellow spot on it at costa, bent outwards 

 below custa, then very slightly waved, excurved to vein 4, then 



