2S NocTuiDj;. 



defined l)y brown, its inner part orange, a white central lunule 

 defined by brown, its upper and outer parts white broken up into 

 sjiots f»y streaks on the veins ; a diffused brown mi'dial line, oblitpie 

 from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line doulde, the lines 

 widely separated and with traces of another line between them, 

 bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, 



Fig. (>. — Apa7iiea nictitaiis, J , }. 



then incurved, some minute pale points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and 

 subniedian folds, excurved at middle; a deep red-brown line just 

 before termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing pale rufous suffused 

 with fuscous except at termen; a fine brown terminal line; cilia 

 pale rufous, whitish at tips; the underside whitish, the costal area 

 suffused with rufous, a small dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial 

 line, and diffused subleiminal line. 



Ab. 1. lacens. Larger. 



Ab. 2. er)/tJirosti;/ma. Fore wing with tlie reniform orange. 



Ab. 'S. americccna. iorewing rather more orange-red. — E. States 

 and Canada. 



Ab. 4. interoceanica. Fore wing browner. — W. Canada. 



Ab. 5. pacified. Fore wing greyer. — California. 



Ab. 0. jxiii^scens. Much paler ; fore wing ochreous white tinged 

 with brown. — W. and E. Turkestan. 



JJcth. Canada, Hudson's Bay, Xova Scotia {Redmaii), 4 (S , 

 Kenfrew Co., 13 J, Ontario, (Gibson), 1 2 ? Ottawa (Gibson), 1 J , 

 1 $, Manitoba (Fletcher), 1 $, Aweme (CVicWZe), 2 d, Beulah 

 (Dennis), 1 d" , Alberta, Calgary (WoUetf-Dod), 5c?,] $ ; U.S.A., 

 E. StatcB (Packard, Si>ey,'.r), b d , 3 $', Colorado ( Coc^'m-ZZ), 2 S ; 

 Bkitaix, Leech Coll.; Fkance ; Germany, Zeller & Leech Colls.; 

 Austria; Hungary; Swtizerland, Frey Coll. ; N. Iialy ; Scandi- 

 navia ; Kussia, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Peter-sburg, Zeller Coll., 

 Urals; Armenia; W. Turkestan; Ferghana; "\V. Siberia, Altai ; 

 E. Turkestan, 1 cJ, Thian Shsin, Korla; Tibet, Amdo; E. Sireeia, 

 Amurland, Ussuri: Kamstshatgar; Japan, Hakodate, 2 cJ , Oiwake 

 (Fryer). 2 J, Tokio (Maries), 1 c? , 3 5 ; Cokea, Gensaii (Leech), 

 3 2 ; W. China, Chang Yang (Pratt), 1 ? . Exjp. 34-40 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 135 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 6-5, pi. 192. 



Ochreous grey or pinkish grey ; dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, and 

 spiracular lines pale greyish ochreous ; head pinkish ochreous ; 

 thoracic plate yellow-brown. Food-plants : Grasses. 6-7. 



