220 KOCTCID-B. 



Sect. II. Antonmc of male cilintcHl. 



:i'M i. Hillia iris. 



Ki'-fiia in.i, Zt'lt. Iii9. Lnpp. j). IMl 0"^^''; Staud. Cat. I><>p. pal. p. 20.'». 

 .V.«.'«i rranU, llorr.-Sohaff. Kur. Sc-hmett. ii. p. 301, Noct. ff. 131, 139 



(184r)); Smith, Cat. Ncx-t. N. .Vin. p. 147. 

 Orthojtia sfiniMtjiia, Wlk. xi. p. 74'^ (l.*tr)7). 

 Ai/rotia erilnianni, Musclil. Stott. cut. Zeit. xxxv. p. 158 (1874). 

 Hndena scntM-en», Orote, Can. Knt. x. j). 235 (1878). 

 Hiulena vigilann, Grote, Hull. Giv>l. Surr. iv. p. 170 (1878). 

 Orthosia schildci. Stand. Rom. M6in. vi. p. 510 (181)2). 



Hoafl and thorax deep purple-hrown, some of the scales tipped 

 with j^rcy ; tei;:uhc rufous at base with dark medial line and j?rey tips ; 

 pectus and legs grey and brown, the tarsi black ringed with grey ; 

 abdomen grey suffused with fuscous, the anal tuft rufous, the 

 ventral surface suffused witli jnirplish. Pore wing fuscous suffused 

 with purjjlish red and slightly irrorated with white, chietly on the 

 veins ; eub])asal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian 



Fig. 70. — Hillia iris, (f. {. 



fold ; antemedial line almost obsolete, double, waved ; claviform 

 usually represented by a black point at its extremity : orbicular 

 oblique oblong, strongly defined by black at sides and open aViove 

 and below : riMiiform strongly defined by black on inner side with 

 white annulus and white lunule in centre ; ^lostmcdial line only 

 defined by dark suffusion beyond it, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale ])oiiits beyond in on 

 costa: subterniinal line whitish, punctiform, defined by ferruginous 

 on inner side and strongly by black between veins 3 and 1 ; angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing ochreous 

 grey suffused with fuscous; tlio underside tinged with ])ur]»lish red, 

 a discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial lino, and subterminal band all 

 ehowing through to upperside. 



Ab. 1. crassis. (Iround-colour pale grey ; tegula' edged with 

 black; fore wing Avith purplisli-brown suffusion on costal area to 

 subterminal line ; the subbasal and antemedial lines double and 

 di.stinct; orbicular grey with some brown in centre: a brown 

 medial line from cell to inner margin ; jiostraedial line distinct, 

 defined by grey on outer side, minutely dentate and produced to 

 grey and black streaks on the veins ; subterminal line with slight 

 dentate blackisli marks before it at middle ; hind wing greyer. 



Hub. Canada, Hudson's Hay, Albany II., 8t. Martin's Falls 



