-04 NOCTl'ID.E. 



vitli its lower odfjp crossing tlio doulilo, wnvrd .iiitonu'dial lino; 

 orliiculiir ol)li(iui' (■llij)tjciil ; rciiiform moderate, its coiitrf suffused 

 with rufous ; postraedial lino dentutc, bent outwards below costa 

 and incurved l)elow vein 4 to lower edfre of reniform ; subtermiiml 

 line j)alc defined on inner side by sliplit dentate brown njarks, 

 angled outwards at vein ') and exeurved at middle; a fine waved 

 black terminal line. Hind wing whitish, nearly uniformly sufTused 

 with brown; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas 

 irroratcd with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous 

 post medial lines. 



Hah. Japan. Yokohama (Prifcr), 4 J , 2 $ (Jonas), 1 2 typo. 

 iv.r/>. 4U-44 millim. 



♦2418. Graptolitha dilatocula. (Plate CII. fig. IS.) 



A'ylina dilatocula, Sinitli, Trans. Am. Ent. See. xivii. p. 42 ( 19(X)) ; Dvar, 

 Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 170. 



cf . Head and thorax black with a purplish-grey gloss ; frons 

 with black bar ; antenna? whitish at extreme base ; tegulne with 

 tlie basal half brown ; pectus clothed with brown hair, irroratcd 

 with grey ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen reddish brown, the 

 dorsal crests black. Fore wing black-brown, the medial, post- 

 medial, and terminal areas sufl'used Avitli purplish grey ; subbasal 

 line double, curved, from costa to median nervure ; a curved black 

 streak Vjelow base of cell defined bj' some ochreous scales above 

 and with ])urplish-grey patch above it ; antemedial line oblique, 

 slightly waved from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; elaviform large, purplish grey defined by black at 

 extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the 

 former rounded. ])urplish grey with traces of rufous annulus, the 

 latter with its outer part suftused with rufous and with pale lunula 

 in centre ; traces of an oblique waved medial line ; postmedial lino 

 double, filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, exeurved 

 to vein 4, angled inwards at vein 2, then exeurved again ; sub- 

 torminal line grey defined by brown on inner side, exeurved at 

 vein 7, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, and incurved at discal and 

 submedian folds ; a waved black terminal line. Hind w ing jiale 

 red-l»roAvn, a discoidal lunule, somewhat sinuous postmedial line, 

 diffused subtcrminal band, and waved black terminal line; the 

 underside i>aler, the costal area redder, a prominent discoidal spot 

 and rather diffused ])ostmedial line. 



■ JIah. r,S,A., Washington, California, iu U.S. Xat, Mas. A'.i;^. 

 52 millim, 



2419. Graptolitha cinerosa. (Plate CII. fig. 19.) 



LUhrtphnnc cinerom, Groto, Bull. U.S. Geol, Geog. SnrT. Terr. t. n. 202 



(1879). 

 Lifhophane grotei, Riley, Pnpilio, ii. p. 102 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct, 



N. Am. p. 229, 

 Xylina u-iiuii]>fg, Smitli, Tmns. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. .31 (1000). 



Head and thorax fuscous irroratcd with grey ; tegula; with 



