726 noctuid^;. 



rufous marks, somewhat aDgled outwards at veins 7, 6. excurved 

 at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black 

 striae slightly defined on inner side by white ; cilia brown with 

 some whitish at middle. Hind wing yellowish white, the termen 

 suffused with ochreous ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside 

 yellowish white with slight ochreous bar from costa beyond 

 middle. 



5 . Fore wing wholly brown and grey except the basal area 

 which is obliquely suffused with white and a quadrate white patch 

 on middle of costa, its lower edge indented by the minute orbicular, 

 its outer edge angled outwards above the reniform but not confluent 

 Avith the postmedial white patch ; hind wing more uniformly tinged 

 with ochreous brown. 



Bab. U.S.A., Texas, Kerrville, 1 $ , Shovel Mts., Black Jack 

 Springs, Utah, Stockton, New Mexico, Hot Springs, Arizona, 

 Tucson (Oslar), 4 d , Huachuca Mts.; Mexico, Jalapa (Hoege), 

 1 c?, Vera Paz {Champion), 2 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica 

 (Goss, Eaye), 1 d , 1 $ , Runaway Bay (WalsingJwm), 1 c? ; Cuba, 

 Santiago (Schaus), 1 g , 3 $ ; Haiti (Tiveedie), 2 rf , 3 $ type. 

 Exp. 22-24 millim. 



B. Fore wing of male normal. 

 a. Fore wing with the ground-colour not greyish. 

 a 1 . Fore wing not uniform black-brown glossed with 



grey. 

 a 2 . Fore wing not fuscous with the basal area ochreous 

 white. 

 a 3 . Fore wing with the basal half not yellow and the 

 terminal half black-brown. 

 a 4 . Fore wing of male not yellow with the terminal 

 area dark brown, of female black with yellow 

 patches on costal and inner areas. 

 a 5 . Fore wing not ochreous yellow with the ter- 

 minal area brown in both sexes. 

 a e . Fore wing of male not yellow with the terminal 

 area brown, of female brown with pale patches 

 on costa. 

 a" . Fore wing not yellow with red markings. 

 a 8 . Fore wing not whitish with broad dark 

 ante- and postmedial bands. 

 a 9 . Fore wing without ante- and postmedial 

 dark marks on costa. 

 a 10 . Fore wing whoDy yellowish white except 

 terminal area. 



Hind wing white rufescens. 



Hind wing pale yellow with terminal 



red-brown band ruficineta. 



b ] °. Fore wing with the inner area dark except 



towards tornus major. 



b 9 . Fore wing with more or less developed 



ante- or postmedial dark marks on costa 



often connected with the dark inner area 



especially in female. 



a 10 . Fore wing with the whole inner area 



dark except towards tornus. 



