DTPIITlIEn.V. '^07 



Russia, St. Petersburg? {Sievers) ; Japax, Tsu-sliima (Hoist), 

 1 J . ^.r/?. 3S-53 mll'lim. 



Larva. Kirby, Bult. & Moths Eur. p. 15'); Hffin. Raup. p. 1'=', pi. 22. 

 f 1-1 



Hairv witli tufts of balr on 4th and llth somites ; brownish 

 ^■rev, tlie incisures blue, dorsal line whitish intersected bv transverse 

 whitish lines on dorsal surface ; lateral stripe reddish 3'ellow. 

 Food-plants, Piiius and other trees. 8-9. 



81S0. Diplithera acronyctoides. (Plate CCXXXIV. fig. 5.) 



Audela acronyctoides, Wik. Can. Nat. & Geol. vi. p. 37 (1861) ; Smith, Cat. 



Noct. N. Am. p. 31. 

 Panthca Iciicomelana, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 428. 



Head white, the antennae and vertex brown ; ])alpi and sides of 

 frons black; thorax white mixed with brown, the tegulte brown 

 except at tips, the patagia Avith oblique black bars at middle and 

 ti])s, the pro- and metathorax witli blackish patches; tibite and 

 tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen ochreous white with 

 diffused brown segmental bands. Fore wing creamy white irro- 

 rated with a few brown scales ; a black-brown subbasal line from 

 costa to vein 1 ; a strong waved black-brown antemedial line ; a 

 small spot in middle of cell conjoined to the strong waved black- 

 brown medial line, incurved at submedian fold; reniform small, 

 defined by black-brown ; postmedial line black-brown, sinuous, 

 anp-led outwards at veins 5, 4, 3, then incm-ved to near the medial 

 line and excurved below submedian fold ; subterminal line black- 

 brown, strong and oblique from costa to discal fold, its outer edge 

 anj'-led below vein 7, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incm-ved 

 and waved; some brown suffusion before termen from apex to 

 vein 4 and a terminal series of brown spots. Hind wing white 

 tinged with brown ; a diffused oblique antemedial brown line ; a 

 brown discoidal spot ; postmedial line indistmct, brownish, Avaved, 

 excurved beyond lower angle of cell ; a sul)terminal brown band 

 incurved below vein 3 and ending on termen at vein 1 ; a terminal 

 series of small brown spots ; the underside whiter with the markings 

 much more distinct. 



Hah. Caxada, Quebec, Rouge R., Ontario, Orono, 1 $ ; U.S.A., 

 Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Buffalo, 1 J , Wisconsin. Exp. 

 38 millim. 



*8181. Diphthera grisea. (Plate CCXXXIV. fig. C.) 

 Fanthea grisea, Wileman, Entoin. lUlO, p. 345. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed Avith black ; 

 antenniB brown ; palpi, lower part and sides of frons black ; a black 

 line behind the tegube ; ]«itagia with two oblique black bars towards 

 tips ; metathorax Avith a black bar ; pectus and legs grey-while, 



