430 NOCTUID.K. 



incurved in cell, then obliquely exeurved; orbicular small, dark, 

 obli(iue ; a siuiU erect V-sha])ed white stigma below the cell ; 

 renlt'orm with slight white aunulus and its centre defined by black, 

 narrow, oblique, an oblique dark bar above it from costa ; postmedial 

 line dark brown defined on outer side by white, indistinctly double 

 on inner half, slightly bent outwards below costa, exeurved to 

 vein 4, then incmwed ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner 

 side 1)V dark brown suffusion, exeurved below vein 7 and angled 

 outwards below veins 4 and 3 ; cilia chequered white and brown. 

 Hind Aving ochreous tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused 

 with brown ; cilia chequered white and bi'own. 



Hah. U.S.A., Wyoming, Yellowstone Pa.ss (Barnes). E.vp. 

 42 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



*82.51. Syngrapha surena. 



Plusia siireiia, Grote, Bull. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 585 (1882) ; 

 Ottolengui, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. pi. viii. 1. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Aiu. 

 p. 255. 



Head and thorax whitish grey with some brown scales ; tegulaa 

 with black lines at middle and near tips ; abdomen grey suffused 

 with brown. Fore wing whitish grey iiTorated with black, the 

 medial area below the cell suffused with black-brown ; subbasal line 

 double, black filled in with wliite, exeurved below costa and ending 

 at submedian fold; antemedial Hue double, black filled in mth white, 

 exeurved below costa, strongly incurved in cell, then oblique and 

 sinuous; orbicular Avith whitish annul us and its centre defined by 

 brown, obliqvie, irregular ; the stigma below the cell silvery, erect 

 V-shaped, filled in with grey, its outer arm rather irregular ; 

 reniform with Avhitish annulus defined at sides by black, narrow, 

 oblique, its outer edge indented at middle ; postmedial line double, 

 black filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique and minutely waved, a whitish shade beyond it from costa 

 to vein 4 ; subterminal line black with some dark suffusion before 

 it, exeurved below vein 7 and angled outwards below veins 4 and 3 ; 

 a fine dai-k terminal line. Hind Aving ochreous tinged Avith brown, 

 the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia white Avith brown 

 spots at the A^eins. 



Ilab. U.S.A., Maine. Orono. Uxj). 38 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



8252. Syngrapha interrogationis. 



Koctua interrogationis, Linn. Sjst. Nat. ed. x. p. 513 (1758); Clerck, Icones, 



pi. 6. f. 7; Esp. Sclimett. iv. pi. 113. f. 1 ; lliibn. Eur. Sclniiett., Noct. 



ff. 281, 854 ; Dup. Lep. l<>. vii. 2. p. 47, pi. 130. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. 



Ent., Ilaust. iii. p. 1(12 ; Frr. Beitr. pi. 130. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. 239. 

 Koct7ta (smula, Fabr. Mar.t. Ins. ii. p. 162 (1787). 



