170 N0CTUIDJ5. 



and traces of a curved diffused postmedial line ; the underside with 

 the discoidal spot and postmedial line more distinct. 



Hah. Bulgaria; Russia, Sarepta (Christoph), Zeller & Leech 

 Colls.; Armenia, 1 J , 1 5; Kurdistan, Malatia ; Asia Minor, 

 Pontus, 1 cJ , Bithynia ; Palestine ; Persia ; W. Siberia. Exp. 

 36-40 miUim. 



Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 161 ; Hffm. Eaup. p. 73. 



Green, the segmental incisions yellow ; head black. Food-plant: 

 Euphorbia. 5-6, gregarious. 



Sect. III. Aiitennre of male laminate. 



A. Fore wing witli more or less prominent dark streaks below 



base of cell and above and below vein 5. 

 «. Fore wing acutely produced at apex, the irroration and 



streaks bright red-brown henrici. 



b. Fore wing less produced at apex, the irroration and streaks 

 darker brown. 

 ft 1 . Fore wing with the veins of terminal area defined by 



slight brown streaks Colorado. 



b 1 . Fore wing with the veins of terminal area not defined 

 by brown streaks. 



« 2 . Hind wing white albovenosa. 



L-. Hind wing ochreous grey scepistriata . 



B. Fore wing without dark streaks below base of cell and above 



and below vein 5. 



a. Fore wing nearly uniform rufous, the costal edge white... atbicosta, 



b. Fore wing with the costal edge not white. 



ft 1 . Fore wing pale rufous thickly irrorated with rufous... confuso,. 

 b x . Fore wing ochreous white sparsely irrorated with 



rufous conspersa.. 



3775. Simyra henrici. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 13.) 



Leitcania henrici, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 10 (1873); Smith 

 & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 175, pi. x. f. 7 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 34. 



Leucania evanida, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 10 (1873). 



Ablepharm fumosum, Morr. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 275(1873). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with red-brown. 

 Fore wing white faintly tinged and irrorated with red-brown, the 

 veins of teminal half faintly defined by slight rufous streaks ; a 

 pale rufous fascia from above median nervure at origin of vein 2 to 

 near termen above vein 4, a slight fascia in submedian fold from 

 base to beyond middle and a slight fascia above vein 7. Hind wing 

 silvery white. 



Ab. 1. fumosa. Almost entirely suffused with slate-grey. 



llab. Canada, Ottawa (Gibson, Saunders), 2 $ , 1 $ ; U.S.A., 

 Massachusetts, New York, 3 J , 1 5 , type and type evanida, Kansas, 

 California, New Mexico, Albuquerque (Oalar), 2 $ , Roswell (Cock- 

 < n 11), 1 $ ; Cuba, 1 d , Grote Coll. Exp. 36-46 millim. 



Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat, Mus. xxi. p. 176. 



Larva. Head shining black, marked with white above mouth, a 

 V-mark over clypeus, a band on vertex of each lobe and on sides. 



