270 wocTcin.K. 



21i>7. Graptolitha viridipallens. (Plate CII. fig. 27.) 



LHhophatit viridiixiUnii, Groto, Cnn. Ent. ix. n. 215 (1877); id Illiutr. 

 Ewwy. p. hi. j.l. 1'. f. 22 ; Siiiitli, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 22y.' 



cJ. Head and thorax ;:roy-p:re('n : pnlpi stre.-ikcd with black at 

 sides; froiis with bl.ick bar; t«'-uhi> with sli^'ht dark lino noar 

 tips; patn-^ia with bhuk outer edge; pro- and mctathorax with 

 black jxiiiits; Ic^'s irrorated with lilack ; tarsi with black rings; 

 abilomen whitish tin;,'ed with brown. Fore wing grey-green ; 

 subbasal line represented by double stria) from costa and an 

 obli(iuely curved line from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ; ante- 

 medial line ol)liquo, waved ; claviform absent ; orbicular and 

 reniform sliglitly dctined by black, the former kidney-shaped, open 

 above and below, the latter with some fuscous in centre • an 

 oblicjue diffused waved medial line; postraedial line indistinctly 

 double, minutely wared, slightly bent outwards below co.sta and 

 incurved below vein 4 ; a slight dark subterminal line, angkd 

 outwards at vein 7 and exourved at middle; a terminal series of 

 black jioints. Hind wing greyish brown, the cilia white ; the 

 underside whitish with a faint vinous tinge and brown irroration, 

 a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



]Iah. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Xewton (Thaxter), 1 J tj-pe, 

 Ei'2). 42 millim. 



242S. Graptolitha lapidea. 



Xorttui lapidea, Iliibn. Eur. Schnictt., Noct. f. 3S2 (1827); Dup. L^p Fr 

 Suppl. iii. p. aSl. pi. 34. f. 1 ; Mill. Icones, i. pi. 9. «. 3-5; Stand! 

 Cut. Lop. pal. p. 211. 



Hoctua mbincp, Gejer. Eur. Schmett., Noct. fT. 76(»-7 (1834). 



Xpliiia cuprcasiiora, Stand. Cat. Lep. Eur. )>. 120 (1871). 



Aylina kaiUieri, Boisd. Ind. Meth. Add. p. 6 (1829). 



Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi streaked with 

 dark brown at sides ; frons with brown bar ; tegula) with brown 

 lino near tips ; patagia with brown outer edge and some black 

 scales near ui)piT edge ; tibia? streaked with black ; abdomen 

 reddish ])r()wn tinged with grey. Fore wing whitish irrorated and 

 suffused with brown ; a black streak below base of cell ; subbasal 

 •lino represented by an obli(|ue striga from costa ; antemedial lino 

 forming strong and irregular angles outward in and below cell, 

 then more prominoTit and very oblique to vein 1, whore it ter- 

 minates, connected in subnu-dian fold l)y a very short Itlack streak 

 with the postmedial line; orbicular and reniform ill-defined, 

 whitish, connected by a whitish streak on median nervure with a 

 black streak Itelow it, tlie former oblique elliptical, the latter rather 

 narrow; a slight curved medial shade : postmedial lino with daik 

 mark at costa, then indistinct, bent outwards below costa. then 

 stnmgly dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblicpio and highly 

 lUigled inwiu-ds in submcdian fold ; subterminal lino liardly defined 

 excejjt by small dentate brown marks on its inner side, more 



