60 CHAKACTEliS OF L'NDE^ClllBED 



98. PYRALIS SODALIS. Fcem. Purpurascente rufa, subtus cinerea, 

 pal pis gracilibus porrectis caput paullo superantibus articulo 3o 

 minimo, abdomine cinereo lanceolate alas posticas sat superante ovi- 

 ductu exserto, tibiis posticis subfimbriatis, alls anticis apice subrotun- 

 datis lineis duabus transversis nigricantibus angulosis cinereo margi- 

 natis punctis sex costalibus pallide cinereis liuea margin ali uigricante 

 fimbria cinerea rufo interlineata, alis posticis cinereis liuea obliqua 

 obscura. 



Female. Purplish red, cinereous beneatb. Palpi slender, porrect, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint extremely minute. 

 Antennae slender. Abdomen cinereous, lanceolate, extending some- 

 what beyond the hind wings ; oviduct exserted. Legs slender ; hind 

 tibiae slightly fringed. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with 

 two blackish zigzag transverse lines ; first line antemedial, bordered 

 with pale cinereous on its inner side; second postmedial, bordered 

 with pale cinereous on its outer side ; six intermediate pale cinereous 

 costal points ; marginal line blackish ; fringe cinereous, interlined 

 with red ; exterior border slightly rounded, rather oblique ; under 

 side like the hind wings, which are cinereous with a dark oblique 

 postmedial line and have the fringe interlined with red. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 10i lines. 



North America. 



99. BOARMIA CONTRIBUTARIA.. Fccm. Pallide cinerea, nigro 

 conspersa, capite fasciis duabus nigro-fuscis, palpis porrectis extus 

 nigricantibus caput non superantibus articulo 3o brevissimo, alis 

 lineis quatuor nigris obliquis angulosis gutta discoidali nigra linea 

 subtus uigricante submarginali, alis anticis plagis tribus nigricantibus 

 guttis marginalibus nigris, alis posticis linea la obsoleta lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris. 



Female. Pale cinereous, black-speckled. Head with two blackish 

 brown bands, one between the antennae, the other more in front. 

 Palpi porrect, blackish on the outer side, not extending beyond the 

 head; third joint extremely short. Antennae slender. Abdomen 

 shorter than the interior border of the hind wings. Wings with four 

 oblique irregular zigzag black lines, of which the first is obsolete in 

 the hind wings ; a black dot in the disk between the second and third 

 lines ; under side with a blackish irregular submarginal line which is 

 most diffuse in the fore wings. Fore wings with two blackish patches 

 between the second and third lines, and with one beyond the fourth 

 line ; a row of black marginal dots. Hind wings with black marginal 

 lunules. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



North America. 



