86 NOCTUIDJC. 



f. 11 ; Lr irin.n, .■;rtl Ki-])!. liis. 111. p. 141. (T. 1, 2; Pack. Otii Ann. 

 R«-|it. Gi'ol. Siirv. p. 7H*, pi. (15. f. 6; Saund. Fruit Insectsi, p. li'U, 

 l\: 347-8; Lint. 1st Kept." New York State Ent. p. lit), f. 2(5; Siuitli, 

 Cat. IS'oi-t. N. Am. p. 178. 



Head and thora.x reddish brown mixed with grey-white ; vertex 

 of head whitish ; antennae with the shaft whitish towards base ; 

 tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen j-ellowish white suffused with 

 reddish brown, the crests darker. Fore wing olive-brown tinged 

 with grey, the postmedial area somewhat paler ; aiiteraedial line 

 indistinct, brown defined slightly by whitish on inner side, some- 

 what angled outwards below costa, incurved in cell and bent out- 

 wards above inner margin ; claviforra represented by two small 

 white spots defined by brown ; orbicular small, conical, white 

 defined by brown and with brown point in centre ; reniform a 

 small white iunule defined by brown with white spot above it and 

 three white points below it; postmedial line slight, brown defined 

 on outer side by whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique 

 and slightly sinuous below vein 4, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subtcrmiual line represented by a series of slight white 

 marks defined on inner side by small dentate brown marks, ex- 

 curved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; 

 a slight brown terminal line ; cilia brown with slight pale line at 

 base. Hind wing pale grey-brow^n with a reddish tinge ; cilia with 

 a slight pale line at base ; the underside whitish tinged and irro- 

 rated with brown especially on apical half of terminal area, a slight 

 discoidal point. 



Ah. 1. nitela. Fore wing with the claviform, orbicular, and reni- 

 form obscure without white spots. 



Hah. Canada; U.S.A., South to Georgia and West to Kocky Mts., 

 Massachusetts, Cambridge (Burr/ess), 1 $, New York (Pachard), 

 2 c?, Kye (-BmO, 1 J, i 2, Illinois (Doabledai/), -4^,1 $ , typo 

 and type nitela, Algon, 1 J • Exp. ,'38-42 millim. 



Larva. Head light brown with a curved black stripe on each side 

 from ocelli to occiput. Body sordid whitish, shaded with purplish 

 in the middle ; dorsal and subdorsal diffused whitish lines, lost 

 centrally in the purplish shade; cervical shield and anal plate 

 large, brown with black sides ; tubercles black, a large brown area 

 around iv. ; thoracic feet black. Food-plants : stems of various 

 plants, Ambrosia irijida, Burdock, &c. — H. G. D. 



4401. Papaipema diiplicata. (Rate CXXXIX. fig. 8.) 



Papaipcma duplicatus, Lird, Can. Ent. xl. p. 25 (1908). 



$ . Head and thorax deep bronze-brown, the scales tipped with 

 grey-white ; abdomen greyer mixed with brown. Fore wing deep 

 bronze-brown irrorated with white, some purple-grey suii'usion 

 beyond postmedial line ; antemedial line indistinct, double, obsolete 

 towards costa, incurved from cell to vein 1 and bent outwards 

 above inner margin ; orbicular a faiut round dark spot ; reniform a 



