76 NOCTTJIDiB. 



*4384. Papaipema limata. (Plate CXXXVIII. fig. 24.) 

 Fapaipema limata, Bird, Can. Ent. xl. p. SO (1908). 



J . Head and thorax yellow suffused with pinkish ; abdomen 

 white tinged with yellow. Fore wing bright lemon-yellow, the 

 ante- and postmedial areas tinged with pinkish ; subbasal line 

 slight ; autemedial line red-brown, waved, obsolete towards inner 

 margin ; claviform white, formed by two confluent elliptical spots ; 

 orbicular and reniform small, white defined by red-brown, the 

 former elliptical, the latter with its annulus broken up into spots, 

 some pinkish suffusion between them ; postmedial line double, the 

 inner line veiy fine, slightly bent outwards below costa, erect to 

 vein 6, then inwardly oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line only defined by the contrast between the post- 

 medial and terminal areas ; cilia pinkish. Hind wing white tinged 

 with yellow ; cilia pinkish ; the underside yellowish irrorated with 

 pink. 



Hah. U.S.A., Washington, Pullman. Exp. 36 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in 

 Coll. H. Bird. 



*4385. Papaipema latia. 



Hydracia latia, Street Lep. Ehop. & Het., Suppl. 2, p. 6 (189'.)); Dyar, 

 'Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 177. 



Head reddish brown ; thorax rather paler ; abdomen paler. Pore 

 wing yellow suffused with rufous, the postmedial area suffused with 

 purplish brown ; autemedial line purplish, indistinct ; orbicular 

 very small, round, white ; reniform white with a few rufous scales 

 on it ; medial line dark, oblique from costa to median nervure, then 

 inwardly oblique ; postmedial line dark purple, very strong, oblique, 

 and straight from costa to inner margin ; subterminal line sinuous ; 

 terminal area with the veins streaked with purple. Hind wing 

 white tinged with reddish. 



Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, Chicago. Exp. 40 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me. 



4386. Papaipema purpnrifascia. (Plate CXXXVIII. fig. 25.) 



Gortyna purpurifascia, Grote & Eob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i. p. 341, pi. 7. 

 f. 51 (18G8) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 170. 



5 . Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with yellow ; antenna; 

 with the basal joint pure white; tegulas tipped with yellowish; 

 patagia with the outer edge and tips and the tip of mctathoracic crest 

 dark brown ; pectus and legs red-brown, the tarsi with faint whitish 

 rings ; abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, the crests brown. 

 Pore wing yellow more or less suffused with fiery rufous, the post- 

 medial area purplish brown except at inner margin ; subbasal line 

 rufous defined on each side by yellow, waved, from costa to vein 1, 

 a yellow point beyond it in cell ; the autemedial area with some 



