410 >;ocxviD.E. 



l!<!ll. Sympistis lapponica. 



Xocttta Inpjxiiiica, Tlmbg. Diss. Ent. ii. p. 42. f. 10 (1701): Auriv. Bih. K. 



Vct.-Akad. Handl. xv. p. VX pi. 2. f. 2; Sfaud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 21'.); 



Smith. Cut. Nod. X. Am. p. 2'.I4. 

 Anarfa (r>,iis.<a, Lef. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1.^3('., p. 307, pi. 10. f. G, d 



(nee 2); Dup. Lep. Kr. Suppl. iii. pi. 40. f. 7 « ; Hci-r.-Scbaff. Eur. 



Schinett., Nort. fl". 211-12. 

 AiKirta (ciic/n-iiwa, Mosr.-lil. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1S77, p. 498. 



Head and thorax black mixed with white ; tarsi ringed with 

 white ; abdomen black-brown mixed with some white hairs. Fore 

 wing white irrorated with black ; subbasal line double, the outer 

 line interrupted and diffused; antemedial line strong, black, waved, 

 angled outwards in cell ; orbicular and reniform very small, white, the 

 former round with black before it in cell, the latter with black centre ; 

 outer half of medial area black ; po.stmedial line black defined by 

 white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 ; the postmedial area 

 suffused with ])lack with some white points on costa ; subterminal 

 line only defined by the contrast between the black and whitish 

 areas, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle, then incurved ; cilia 

 chequered white and black-brown with series of black striae at base. 

 Hind wing black-brown with whitish patch on costal area beyond 

 middle ; cilia white, brownish at base. Underside of both wings 

 black-brown with whitish band beyond the sinuous postmedial 

 line. 



Ab. 1. tenehricom. Darker ; fore wing not irrorated with grey. 



Hah. GiiiEr.sLxyD (Ilollhoel), 1 $ ; Canada, Labrador (J/ost7<7e/-), 

 1 $, Br. Columbia, Kickitig Horse Pass (Mrs. ^Ichotl), 1 $ ; 

 t^CANDiXAViA, Finmark, Alton Fjord, Zeller Coll; Lapland, Leech 

 Coll. ; NovATA Zembla. Exp. 24-26 millim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 265; Hffm. Raup. p. 137. 



(jrrejush or cinnamon-brown with a dorsal series of black spots ; 

 a pale lateral line and series of oblique lateral streaks. Food-plants : 

 Vuccinium and liirch. 



2612. Sympistis zetterstedti. 



Anarta ai)usi>a, Lef. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ibotj, pi. 10. f. 7, $ ("^^ d)'t 



Dup. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. pi. 40. f. 76. 

 A)ia)ia zeftersicdiii, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1857, p. 204: Hci-r.-ScliiifT. 



Neue Schmett. f. KiO ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 210 ; Smith. Cat. N'oct. 



N. Am. p. 295. 

 Sympistis tfihirica, Alph. Iris, viii. p. 195 (1895); id. Eom. Mem. ix. 



p. 220, pi. 10. f. 11. 

 Atinrta kvUhoffi, Auriv. Bill. K. Vet.-Akad. Handl. xv. p. 20, pi. 2. f. 1, & 



pi. 3. f. 2 (1890). 

 Aiiarta lahradoris, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 219 (1901). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with a few grey 

 hairs ; tar.si with sliglit white rings. Fore wing black-brown over- 

 laid with some white hairs ; subbasal line ill-defined, greyish, oblique, 

 from costa to inner margin ; antemedial line indistinct, defined b}- 

 greyish on inner side, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform very 



