286 NOCTUID^. 



1538. Hyssia violascens, n. sp. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 28.) 



$ . Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen paler. Fore 

 wing purplish grey, almost entirely suffused with pale reddish 

 brown to the postmedial line ; antemedial line oblicjue from costa 

 to submedian fold, where it is angled, then angled inwards on 

 vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform greyish, large, incompletely defined 

 by black scales, the former rather oblique elliptical, the latter with 

 some rufous on it, its outer edge formed by the waved black post- 

 medial line, which is bent outwards below costa and oblique below 

 vein 4, the area beyond it greyer with reddish-brown patch and 

 some pale points on costa and fuscous patches in discal and sub- 

 median folds ; subterminal line indistinct, grey, waved, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, the veins 

 beyond it with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of black 

 lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the veins and apical area 

 tinged with brown ; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged 

 with brown, a dark discoidal- spot. 



Hah. N. China, Foochau {Leech), 1 § type. Exp. 40 millim. 



1539. Hyssia modesta. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 29.) 



Dianthoecia modesta, Morr. Prec. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 114 (1874); 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 130. 



Head, thorax and abdomen purplish grey mixed with dark brown ; 

 palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with dark 

 brown ; the area between the medial and postmedial lines suffused 

 with brown ; subbasal line brown, curved, from costa to submedian 

 fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved ; claviforra obsolete ; orbi- 

 cular small, slightly defined by brown ; reniform very ill-defined, 

 reddish with some black in its lower part and sometimes a white 

 point on its lower outer side ; medial line oblique from costa to 

 lower angle of cell, then slightly angled inwards on submedian 

 fold ; postmedial line slightly waved, excurved from costa to 

 vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, and with some pale points 

 beyond it on costa; snbterminal line represented by a series of 

 small black-brown spots, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle and with a dark mark before it at costa. Hind wing 

 fuscous brown ; cilia grey at tips ; the underside grey thickly 

 irrorated with brown, a discoidal point and curved postmedial 

 line. 



Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., Middle and Central States, New England, 

 Massachusetts, Newtonville ( Thaxter), 2 5 > New York, Evan's 

 Centre, 1 d . Ex£. 28-32 millim. 



