4S2 . NOCTUIDiE. 



winp: ochreous suffused M-ith fuscous except basal area ; cilia 

 reddish ochreous ; the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous, 

 the costal area suffused with rufous and the terminal area with 

 fuscous towards tornus, a discoidal spot and diffused sinuous 

 postniedial line. 



Ab. 1. ferriKjineoulcs. Fore wing without fuscous suffusion on 

 terminal half, the markings rufous and more distinct ; hind wing 

 ochreous, the inner area slightly tinged with fuscous, the termen 

 with rufous ; the underside with the discoidal spot and postmedial 

 line indistinct. 



Hah. Canada, Orilla {Bush), 2 S , type spurcata ; U.S.A., Eastern 

 States to Pennsylvania and West to Mississippi, {Douliltday) 2 (S , 

 type and type ferni(jineoide.s; (Hnr/en) 4 c? , 1 $, (Padard) 2 (5, 

 Massachusetts, lieverlev, 1 J , Cambridge, 2 J , jN^ew York, Schonec- 

 tadv, 2 c?, 12, Lewis Co. ( W. W. Bill), 1 J , Center ( W. W. 

 mil), 1 d , 1 2 . Exy. 32-40 millim. 



2700. Amathes helvola. 



Bomhyx helvola, Linn. Svst. Nat. ed. x. p. 507 (1758) ; Clerck, Icones, 



pi. 4. f. 8; Staizd. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 206. 

 Noctua rufina, ScliifT. VVien. Yerz. p. 86 (1776): Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., 



Noct. f. 184; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 473, pi. 130. f. 3. 

 KociMa catenata. Esp. Schniett. iv. \^. 1:23. f. 1 (1788). 

 Noctua 2iunica, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 687 (1792). 

 Orthosia sibirica, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 46. 

 Orthopia cinnamomca, Fuchs, Soc. Ent. xviii. p. 3 (1903). 



Head and thorax bright chestnut ; palpi redder at sides ; antennae 

 Avhiti.sh at base ; the hair on pectus and fore tibite whitish ; 

 abdomen pale rufous, brownish at base. Pore wing bright chestnut 

 slightly tinged with grey, except on ante- and postmedial areas ; 

 subbasal line indistinct, grey, from costa to submedian fold ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, grey, ohli(jue from costa to submedian fold ; 

 orbicular and reniform indistinct, greyish defined by chestnut, the 

 former rather oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at middle ; a 

 diffused rufous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of 

 cell where it is angled ; ])0stmedial line indistinct, grey defined by 

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

 waved, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish 

 denned on inner side by small maculate rufous marks, slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing 

 pink suffused with fuscous except costal area and termen ; cilia 

 pink ; the underside whitish linged with pink, the apical half of 

 costal and terminal areas irrorated with pink, traces of a curved 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1 . sibirica. Paler ; fore wingyellowish. — Altai, W. Turkestan. 



Ab. 2. cinamomca. Fore wing much more suffused with grey, 

 the brown postmedial area darker. 



Uah. Brixain, Leech Coll. ; Frvxce; Germany, Zellcr, Frey, and 

 Leech Colls. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; 



