CONISTRA. 463 



vein 4 and incurved in submedian interspace ; siibterminal line 

 defined on each side by brown, waved, somewhat angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and exeurved at middle, the area bej-ond it rather darker 

 with an oblique blackish striga from apex ; a fine waved brown 

 terminal line. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused and irrorated with 

 fuscous brown, the veins and a fine waved terminal line darker : 

 cilia j)ale ochreous ; the underside pale ochreous tinged with rufous 

 and irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal luuule and diifused 

 sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary (WoUei/-Dod), 1 5; U.S.A., 

 N.E. States, Massachusetts, Newtonville, (Tlmxter), 2 <S type. 

 E^rj). 38 millim. 



Larva, llesembles that of C. morrisoni but richer in colour, the 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines more indistinct, the substigmatal line 

 broader posteriorly and orange-yellow tinted. — H. G. D, 



2674. Conistra valceri. (Plate CVI. fig. 22.) 



Bichaqramma walkeri, Grote. Proc. Ent. Sac. Phil. ii. p. 439, pi. 9. f. T) 

 (1864) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 225. 



Head and thorax bright rufous to purplish brown ; antennse with 

 the shaft white at base ; abdomen pale purplish rufous irrorated 

 with fuscous, the lateral fringes, anal tuft, and ventral surface more 

 rufous. Fore wing bright rufous slightly irrorated with fuscous, 

 sometimes tinged with pale purplish grey and more thickly irro- 

 rated ; the autemedial Hue defined by grej-ish on inner side, erect, 

 slightly incurved and sinuous ; claviform and orbicular absent ; 

 reniform a round white spot on a blackish lunule, usually with 

 white points above and below it, the white marks sometimes 

 obsolete ; a dark medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of 

 cell, then incurved ; postmedial line blackish, slightly bent out- 

 wards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; 

 subterminal line indistinct, pale slightly defined by red-brown on 

 inner side, minutely waved and slightly augled outwards at veins 

 7, 6, 4, 3, the veins beyond it with slight dark streaks ; a waved 

 dark terminal line ; cilia with slight ochreous line at base. Hind 

 wing greyish uniformly suftused with fuscous brown : a fine waved 

 terminal line ; cilia pale ochreous ; the u-uderside greyish or ochreous 

 tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal 

 lunule and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., Maine, New York, 1 5 5 Illinois, Quiney 

 (Pdinfi), 1 c5' , 1 $ , Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 J • 

 Ex}^. 40 millim. 



Larva, llesembles that of C. morrisoni but darker and more richly 

 coloured. Velvety black, dorsal and subdorsal lines indistinct ; 

 substigmatal line clear white, somewhat obliterated at the ends ; 

 cervical shield with subdorsal yellow line ; head broadly edged 

 posteriorly with light brown, — H. G. D. 



