SYNGRAPIIA. 423 



by brown. Hind wing ocbreous yelloAV, the basal area tinged with 

 ])rown, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia brownish 

 white ; the underside with the discoidal spot distinct. 



Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Mt. Hood, Dalles. Exp. 42 millhn. 

 This species is luiknown to me. 



8241. Syngrapha rectangula. (Plate CCXXXVI. lig. 14.) 



Plusia rectavgula, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Am. iv. p. 30(5 (1837) ; Ottolengui, 

 J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 68, pi. viii. f. 12 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 2.54. 



Plusia mortuorum, Giien. Noct. ii. p. 353 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 251. 



Head and thorax blaek-brown mixed with white, the tesruhe with 

 slight white line at middle and white tips, the patagia with white 

 bars at middle and tips, the dorsal crest ochreous grey tipped with 

 black and white ; pectiLs and legs brownish gre}^, the tibiae and tarsi 

 black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey suffused with brown, 

 the crests black-brown ti^^ped with white. Fore wing grey suffused 

 Avith brown and irrorated with black, the basal area, the inner halt" 

 of antemedial area, basal half of postmedial area and terminal area 

 except at apox silvery- white ; subbasal line black defined on each 

 side by silverj^- white, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line black, deHned on inner side by silvery-white, angled outwards 

 below costa and inwards in cell, bent inwards at vein 1 ; orbicular 

 silvery-white defined at sides by black, oblic[ue bar-shaped; a silvery- 

 white stigma below the cell giving off two claws below ; reniforni 

 defined by white except below, with black marks in its extremities 

 and strongly constricted at middle where tliere is a black spot be^'ond 

 it ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by silvery- white, 

 bent outwards below costa, oblique and slightly waved below vein G, 

 excurved at middle, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line black, defined on inner side by brownish suffusion and 

 on outer side by silvery-white, excurved below vein 7, angled out- 

 wards below veins 4 and 3 and below submedian fold ; a waved 

 black terminal line ; cilia chequered black-brown and white. Hind 

 wing whitish, the basal area suffused with reddish brown, the ter- 

 minal area with dark brown leaving a whitish postmedial shade ; 

 cilia white chequered with dark brown at base ; tlie underside with 

 slight blackish discoidal lunula and diffused postmedial line before 

 the whitish shade. 



Ab. 1. mortuorum. Fore wing with only one claw on lower edge 

 of stigma, the outer claw reduced to a small detached round spot. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing without spot beyond the stigma. 



Hah. Canada, Orillia {Bush), 3 $ , Br. Columbia, Fraser 11. 

 {St. John), 1 2 , Sicamoits Junct. {Miss Ricanlo), 1 2 ; U.S.A., 

 Northern and Eastern States, New York {Doubleday), 3 S type 

 mortuorum, New Jersey, Valley ( Grotc), 2 J . Exp. 38-40 millini. 



