ABENOSTOLA. 285 



4684. Arenostola inquinata. (Plate CXLIII. fig. 15.) 



Nonaffria inquinata, Guen. Noct. i. p. 104 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. 



Am. p. 183. 

 Tapinoatola orientalis, <4ro*e, Bull. U.S Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 583 



(1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 184. 



Head and tegulae red-brown mixed with dark brown ; thorax 

 ochreous tinged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing 

 pale ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, the veins 

 streaked with whitish ; a diffused blackish streak in upper part of 

 cell from base to just beyond upper angle; a slight black streak in 

 submedian fold on medial area ; a rather indistinct strongly 

 excurved postmedial line from vein 7 to end of streak in submedian 

 fold: a terminal series of black striae; cilia ochreous mixed with 

 black and intersected by pale streaks at the veins. Hind wing 

 pale ochreous slightly irrorated with brown except at base ; traces 

 of a curved postmedial line ; a slight dark terminal line ; the 

 underside irrorated with fuscous except the cell and inner area ; a 

 slight dark discoidal striga. 



Hab. Canada, Renfrew Co., 1 S , Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1^,1$ ; 

 U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New York (Doubhday), 1 5 ry pe, 

 Buffalo. Exp. 26 millim. 



*4685. Arenostola variana. 



Tapino&tola variana, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1S75, p. 432; Smith, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 184. 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown ; thorax 

 ochreous tinged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing 

 pale ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, the 

 veins streaked with whitish; a diffused blackish streak in upper 

 part of cell from base to just beyond upper angle ; a slight black 

 streak in submedian fold on medial area; no postmedial line; a 

 terminal series of black striae ; cilia ochreous mixed with black and 

 intersected by pale streaks at the veins. Hind wing pale ochreous 

 slightly irrorated with brown except at base ; a slight dark terminal 

 line ; the underside irrorated with fuscous except the cell and inner 

 area, a slight dark discoidal striga. 



Hab. U.S.A., Michigan, Detroit. Exp. 26 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me. 



4686. Arenostola interlata. (Plate CXLIII. fig. 16.) 

 Nonagria interlata, Wlk. xi. 713 (1857). 



5 . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and dark 

 brown ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous 

 white irrorated with purple-brown leaving pale streaks in discal 

 and submedian folds, the veins with dark streaks ; a black-brown 

 streak in cell towards extremity and a small spot on middle of 

 discocellulars ; a terminal series of small triangular black-brown 



