40 



N0CTU1D.B. 



Ah. 1. clovrensis. Foro wiiii!; with sliglit S'rey markings; hind 

 winj; almost wholly suftuscd with fuscous. — Dovrefold. 



Ab. 2. asiatica. Foro ■wint!; fuscous or grey-brown with slight 

 grey markings, sometimes alnio.st uniform in colour. — E. Siberia. 



Hab. Grinnell Land (Feilden), 1 J ; Gkkenland, 1 $ , Zeller 

 Coll. ; Canada, Hudson's Eay, liopulse Bay (Ilea), 1 d , shore of 

 Arctic Ocean (Sir 7\ liichardson), J (5, 2 $ , type septcntrtonis, 

 Labrador, Zeller & Frey Colls., 5 c?, 3 $ ; Alaska ; Scandinavia, 

 Dovrefield, Lapland, 1 J; JN'ovaya Zembla, Schubert Bay, 1 $, 

 Grote Coll. Exp. 34-38 millim. 



1175. Anarta qnadrilunata. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 13.) 



Annrta quadrilnnata, Grote, Proc. Bost. Sue. xvi. p. 244 (1874) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Koct. N. Am. p. 293. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed -R-ith white, brown, and 

 black hair : tarsi black ringed with white ; anal tuft yellow. Fore 

 wing whitish thickly irrorated with pale brown ; subbasal line 

 indistinct, dark, from costa to submediau fold; aiitomedial line 

 oblique from costa to submedian fold, where it is angled, then erect 

 and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular obsolete ; 

 reuiforra represented by a dark luuule ; postmedial line indistinct, 

 dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 strongly incurved ; traces of a subterminal line, more prominent 

 tow^ards costa and angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of 

 dark spots. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas suffused 

 with fuscous; a black diseoidal lunule and broad terminal band 

 with sinuous inner edge ; cilia white. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 5 type. Exp. 34 millim. 



1176. Anarta leucocycla. 



Anarta leucocycla, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1857, p. 296 ; Moschl. Wien. 

 ent. Mon. 1860, p. 367, pi. 9. f. 6 ; Auriv. Bill. K. S. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 

 1890, p. 19, pi. 1. f. 11 & pi. 3. f. 3; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 219 ; Smith, 

 Cat. Koct. N. Am. p. 293. 



Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white ; tarsi black 

 ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing black-brown 

 sparsely irrorated with white ; an ill-defined waved white subbasal 

 line from costa to vein 1 ; an ill-defined waved white antemedial 

 line ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by white, the former 

 round ; postmedial lino white, strongly dentate, bent outwards 

 below costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points on costa 

 beyond it ; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved at middle ; a waved 

 white terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and ochreous white. 

 Hind wing j-ellowish irrorated with black-brown, the lower part of 

 cell and inner area suffused with black-brown ; a black diseoidal 



