AU('I1\N\KA. 299 



utifler.side with the costal area slightly irroratcd with bi'owii, 

 posimedial dark points on veins 8 to (J. 



llah. Canada, Manitoba, Aweme {Griddle), \ 2; U.S.A., Maine, 

 Massacliusetts, Wisconsin, 1 $ , Illinois, S. Dakota, Volga, 1 $ . 

 Exj). 30-44 millini. 



4711. Arclianara alameda. (I'late CXLIII. fig. 30.) 



Sojiagria ulaiuedu, Smith, Proc. Ent. Sac. Wash. v. p. 318 (i90o). 



S-. Head and thorax dull red-brown with a fuscous tinge ; 

 abdomen more ochreous. Fore wing dull lod-brown suti'used with 

 dark brown, the veins slightly streaked with black ; antemedial 

 line obsolete ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform scarx-elj' traceable : 

 postraedial line represented by a series ot black points ; a slight 

 dark terminal line and and a tine pale line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing ochreous tinged with fuscous ; the underside ochreous tinged 

 and irrorated wiih fuscous, a dark postmedial line. 



$ . More ochremis, fore wing with the antemedial line sometimes 

 traceable, erect, waved; postmedial points large and dehned by 

 some white scales ; the reniform with ochreous centre, indistinctly 

 defined ; hind wing yellowish with an indistinct postmedial line. 



Uah. U.S.A., California, Alameda Co., 1 $ . Emi). J 32-37, 

 $ 37-39 millim. 



4712. Archanara algae. 



^octua akjcB, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. ltd. ff. 1, 2 (1789). 



Noctua aruvdlidtf, Hubn. luir. Sclmiett., Noct. If. 380--7 (1808), Tiec Fabr. 



^'oiM.ffria canncB, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (1810) ; l)up. Lep. Fr. vii. 



pt. 1, p. 87, pi. 10(3. f. 'i, andSupiil. iii. p. 3(Jl, pi. 33. f. 2 ; Hcrr.-Scliilli'. 



Eur. Schinett.. Noct. ff. 3.34-5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 187. 

 Koiiagria rtis^a, Ev. Bull. Mose. 18-17, iii. p. 79. 



Head and thorax bright rufous ; fore legs browner above ; 

 abdomen ochreous suffused with brown. Fore wing bri<2;ht rufous 

 slightly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins with slight dark streaks, 

 the median nervure with stronger fuscous streak ; a dark point at 

 lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of black points on the 

 veins excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal 

 line faintly defined by fuscous suffusion beyond it, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle ; a strigiform black terminal line. Hind 

 wing rufous suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia rufous; the 

 underside pale rufous suffused ami irrorated with brown, traces of 

 a curved ])ostmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Tale brownish ochreous slightly tinged with rufous. 



Bab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; Fuance, Sand Coll. ; Germany, 

 Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Austria ; Hungary ; Switzerland ; 

 x<^. LiALY ; Sweden; IIussia, Livonia, Sarepta. ii^.rp. 30-44 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 1 1 1 ; liai-rett, Lep. Brit. v. p. 79, pi. 194. f. I. 



Greenish ; tubercles black ; head brownish ; t horacic ])lato 

 greenish white. Food-plant, in stems of Ti/phu latij'olia. 5-6. 

 Pupa. Usually with head upwards. 



