278 XOCTUID.K. 



some white points on costa before the subterminal line, which is 

 n-jirosenti'd ])\ a sericH of siniill fiiscous dentate marks jin^lcd out- 

 wunls at vein 7; a terminal neries of slight Maik htria. Hind 

 wing whitich uniformly HufTused with palo rufous; cilia whitish at 

 tips; tlic MiidtTside white tin^red with rufous and slightly irroratcd 

 with hrown, a large hlackisli discoidal lunule. 



J/(il). U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, California {Keinj>\ 1 J . Kfji. 46 

 inillim. 



Larva. Head testaceous, reticulate with greeni.sh. iJody uni- 

 lormly cylindrical, grei-n ; dorsal, subdorsal, and suhstigmal lines 

 narrow. l)roken, alike; the suhstigraatal line may be spotted with 

 red. Tubercles white. Feet {;rcen. Feeds on oak. — H. (I. 1>. 



2441. Graptolitha merci. 



Xylina merekii, Rmbr. Ann. «oc. Ent. Fr. i. p. 20.3, pi. 9. f. fi(1832); 



Diip. Lip. Fr., iSiippl. iii. p. 42'", pi. 37. f. 4 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. I'll. 

 yiictiia ripagina. Geyer, Eur. Schinett.. Noct. f. 840 (1834). 

 2ioctua simplcj; Frr. Neue Bcilr. iii. j)!. 2.")0. f. 1 (1839). 



Head and thorax grey mi.xed with fuscous; teguloD with black 

 medial line; i)rotboracic crest tipped with rufous; tibia> streaked 

 •with black ; abdomen reddish grey -brown. Fore wing violaceous 

 grey irroratcd and suflTused with fuscous ; the veins streaked with 

 black; a fine black streak below base of cell ; subbasal line rei)r('- 

 sented by two oblique striae from costa; antemedial line very strongly 

 angled outwards in the interspaces, in submedian fold and above 

 inner margin to the postmcdial line, and inwards on the veins; 

 reniform rei)resentcd by a curved streak below end of cell ; post- 

 medial line strongly dentate, indistinct except below vein 2, bent 

 outwards below costa. exeurved to vein 4, then strongly angled 

 inwards in submedian fold and outwards on vein 1 ; slight oblitjue 

 subterminal shades from below apex and vein 2. Hind wing grey- 

 brown with a slight reddish tinge; cilia white at tips ; tlie under- 

 side whitish irroratcd with brown, a <liscoidal spot and somewhat 

 dentate ])ostmedial liiie. 



J/af). S. Fr\nck, 1 cJ , 1 $ ; Cokstc.v ; Switzkrland, ? Valais ; 

 HcNo.vKY : ]{rL(iAKi.\. B.v/K 50 millim. 



Litrvii. Kirby. Butt. & Motlis Eur. p. •_'.'>(). 



Yellowish green dotted with white ; the lines yellow. Food- 

 plant, .\lder. 



♦2442. Graptolitha itata. ( Plate CIII. fig. 8.) 



A't/finn itata, Smilli, J. N.Y. Eut. Soc. vii. p. 231 (1899); Dynr. Cat. 

 licp. N. Am. J). 170. 



$. Head and thorax grey-white with slight dark irroration ; 

 abdomen pale brownish. Fore wing grey-white with hliglit dark 

 irroration, the markings almost ob.solete, subbasal line ab.sent; 

 antemedial line exeurved in cell, angled outwards in submedian 



