LYCOPHOTIA. 5G7 



below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some white points on 

 costa towards apex. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale ochreous 

 brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown. 

 Hub. CufLE {Cuming), 1 J' . Exp. 42 millim. 



988. Lycophotia lubricans. (Plate LXXV. fig. 25.) 



Noctua luhricans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 323 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.p 77, 



Graphiphora illapsa, VVlk. xi. 744 (18.57). 



Mamestra associans, Wlk. xv. Ifi83 (1858). 



Agrotis beata, Grote, A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 54 (1883). 



Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; palpi black except 

 at tips ; tegulae with black medial line ; legs grey and black ; 

 abdomen brownish grey, the anal tuft rulbus. fore wing reddish 

 brown, slightly suffused with grey and irrorated with black, the 

 costal area grey with the lines represented by oblique black bars, 

 then obsolescent ; the subbasal line obsolete except on costal area ; 

 the antemedial line slightly angled outwards below costa and 

 excurved below cell ; the medial line excurved at median nervure ; 

 the reuiform small, grey, defined by black, which may be reduced 

 to lines or points ; the postmedial line excurved below costa, 

 angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal lino 

 whitish, more or less i^educed to points especially towards costa, 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing white tinged with 

 brown, especially on costal and terminal areas ; the underside 

 whiter, the costal area irrorated with brown aud tinged with red, 

 a dark discal spot. — -Florida. 



The form illapsa from Canada and the Eastern States has the 

 ground-colour of fore wing much greyer, the lines more distinct, and 

 reddish brown or fiery red suffusion before the subterminal line. 



The form heata from the Western States has the sufi'usion before 

 the subterminal line black-brown. 



Hah. Canada, Hudson's Bay, 1 5 type illapsa ; U.S.A., Eastern 

 States, 2 c5' , 1 5 , Florida, 2 cJ {Doubleday), type and type associans, 

 Texas, Colorado, New Mexico. Hccjp. 38-42 millim. 



989. Lycophotia pulverea, n. sp. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 7.) 



Head and thorax pale brownish grey ; palpi black except at tips ; 

 abdomen whitish, dorsaliy tinged with brown, ventraUy irrorated 

 with dark brown. Eore wing pale grey-brown, ■with a reddish 

 tinge thickly irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct curved blackish 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a very indistinct waved 

 antemedial line ; orbicvdar and reniform with pale ochreous annuli, 

 the former rounded, the latter rather constricted at middle and with 

 slight fuscous tinge in lower part ; postmedial line oven, bent out- 

 wards below costa and incurved below vein 4, with a series of black 

 ])oiiits beyond it from vein ti to inner margin ; su1)terminal lino pale, 

 narrowly defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black 

 lunules and u fine ochreous line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, 



