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NOCTUIDJB. 



scales and hair, redder in front ; togula; with brown line near 

 extremity ; patagia edged by black above ; tarsi with pale rings ; 

 abdomen red-brown. Fore wing rod-brown, the ante- and post- 

 medial areas suffused with jjurplish grey, tlie costal area irrorated 

 with white ; a slight subbasal line from costa to subinedian fold; 

 an obliijuc waved antcmedial line ; orbicular and reniform forming 

 a broad V or U-shaped mark truncate below, whitish with grey 

 irroration defined by some Avhite, and with ferruginous patch on 

 outer side of reniform, some deep brown or blackish suffusion in 

 middle, at sides, and below it; i)ostmedial line dentate and pro- 

 duced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and 

 incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it ; 

 terminal area whitish, more or less tinged with brown and ex- 

 tending to inner side of subterminal line at middle, tliis line being 

 indistinct, pale, defined by a dark brown bar before it towards 

 costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle ; 

 slight dark streaks on the veins towards termen and a terminal 

 series of dark lunules. Hind wing reddish brown ; the underside 

 grey irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, especially on 

 marginal areas, a large black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Vancouver, 4 d" ; U.S.A., Oregon. 

 Exp. 32 millim. 



1667. StretcMa plusiseformis. 



Stretchia plusisformis, H. Edw. Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. v. p. 2G7 (1874) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208. 



S . Head pale rufous, the frontal tuft white and deep rufous ; 

 tegulae pale rufous at base, the tips white with three dark brown 

 lines; thorax white, mixed with dark brown hair and scales ; 

 abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with dark 



Fig. 97. — StretcMa plusiesf or mis, (^ . \. 



brown ; a slight dark streak below base of cell ; a subbasal line 

 from costa to siibmedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, 

 obsolescent on inner area ; orbicular and reniform confiuent below 

 and forming a broad U-shaped mark, indented below, whitish 

 irrorated with brown, defined at sides and below by a dark brown 

 line with slight rufous suffusion round it, the reniform with ferru- 

 ginous mark on outer side and dark striga at lower angle of cell ; 

 postmedial line indistinct, minutely waved, well separated from 

 reniform, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, pale, defined by black-brown on inner side, 



