420 NOCTUID.B. 



Colorado, Durango (Osla?-), 4 J, New Mexico, JExp. 34-44 

 niillim. 



Larva, {precationh.) Coquillett, Can. Enf. xiii. p. 21, & xiv. p. 60. 



Deep green ; two dorsal, a subdorsal, and a stiguiatal white line, 

 the last most distinct ; warts green usually tipped Avith black, each 

 with a short black hair ; head pale green ; two anterior pairs of pro- 

 legs absent. Food-plants, Grasses. 4 G. 



*8236. Syngrapha simplicissima. 



Aufoqrapha siirqjlicima, Ottolengui, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 74, pi. vi. f. G 

 (iy02) ; Djar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 202. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Fore wing dull brown, 

 the medial area below the cell darker brown ; antemedial line silvery 

 white, obsolete to median nervure, then oblique ; orbicular almost 

 obsolete, defined by grey, oblique elliptical ; the stigma below the 

 cell silvery, Y-shaped, very small, the tail very short and ending in 

 a point; reniform defined by grey, its outer edge indented at 

 middle; postmedial line indistinct, greyish, bent outwards b^low 

 costa, then slightly waved, oblique to submedian fold, then erect ; 

 subterminal line indistinct, arising from apex, oblique and .slightly 

 sinuous. Hind wing brown with a paler medial band. 



Hab. U.S.A., Washington. I^.rj^. 30 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



*8237. Syngrapha speciosa. 



Anfoqrnpha speciosa, Ottolengui, J. Js.Y. Ent. ft>oe. x. p. 73, pi. tI. f. 9 

 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. IS. Am. p. 202. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown mixed with grey. 

 Fore wing chocolate-brown mixed with grey, the medial area below 

 the cell and the area before the subterminal line darker ; subbasal line 

 blackish defined on outer side by white, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; 

 antemedial line blackish defined on each side by white, slightly 

 excurved below costa then almost straight ; orbicular brown on a 

 diffused whitish patch, rather U-shaped; the stigma below the cell 

 silvery-white, Y-shaped, its tail lobed at extremity; reniform with 

 slight pale outline, naiTOw, some yellowish above it on costa ; post- 

 medial line blackish defined on each side by white, slightly bent 

 outwards below costa, then oblique and .slightly sinuous ; a whitish 

 band beyond it from costa to vein 3 ; subterminal line blackish, angled 

 outwards below veins 7, 0, 4, 3 and excurved below submedian fold. 

 Hind wing pale yellow tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused 

 with brown narrowing to tornus ; cilia white ; the underside pale 

 yellowish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a 

 dark discoidal spot. 



Hab. Caxada, Vancouver, Corfield {Livingstone). Exp. 

 34 millim. This species is unknown to rac. 



