510 xocniD.E. 



with brown, a sllglit cliscoklal spot and rather diffused postmcdial 

 and su1)terniinal lines. 



Ab. 1. Fore wini"- with the upper part of the stigma forming a 

 detached 2)oint in eell. 



Alj. 2. j\lueh more red-brown ; fore wing with tlie goklen areas 

 much reduced, the point in cell separate from the stigma, some 

 golden scales on discocellulars, the wedge-shaped mark before the 

 sub'"crniinal line golden yellow ; hind wing red-brown, the cilia 

 pinkish. — Mendocino. 



Jlab. Canada, Hudson's Bay, Albany E., St. Mai-tin's Falls 

 {Barnston), 2 J , Ontario, Orillia {Bash), 1 S , Alberta, Calgary 

 (Wonrif-Dod), 4 J, 2 $, High E. {Baird), 2 <S , Vancouver L, 

 Cowiehan Bay (Livijir/ston), 2 J ; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, and 

 Middle States, 4 c? type, Virginia, Oregon, Portland, Colorado, 

 California, Mendocino, 1 J • J^j'J}- 34—40 millim. 



Laroa. Thaxter, Papilio, iii. p. 18. 



Early stages similar to E. contexta. Food-plants, Grasses. 



8334. Phytoinetra nichollae. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 2.) 



9 . Head yellow tinged with fiery red ; thorax red-browai mixed 

 Avith 3'ellow ; abdomen j'ellow stift'used wdth red-brown. Fore wing 

 red-brown ; the costal area, the inner area be3'ond the antemedial 

 line, and the terminal area except towards apex golden-yellow 

 suffused with nifous ; a curved red-brown subbasal striga from 

 Costa ; antemedial line double, red-brown, excurved below costa and 

 inwardly oblique below the cell; an oval silvery-white spot defined 

 by blackish below middle of cell, expanding outwardly, a similar 

 small elliptical s])ot beyond its lower exti'emity ; a blackish brown 

 point at upjier angle of cell and faint oblique, brown line from lower 

 angle to inner margin ; postmedial line brown, oblique to vein 0, 

 angled inwards at discal fold and oblique from vein 5 to inner 

 margin ; a rather wedge-sliaped silvery- white mark below vein 

 from the postmedial to the subterminal line, which is strong black- 

 brown and oblicjue from apex to discal fold, then slighter, excurved 

 at vein 4 and waved to inner margin, defined on inner side by 

 whitish towards apex ; a rather diffused brown line before tenucn 

 and a brown teniiinal line ; cilia yellowish, red-brown at tijis. 

 Hind wing glossy yellowish suffused with bi-own ; cilia yellowisli ; 

 the underside ])ale oehreous slightly tinged with red-brown, a small 

 brown discoitlal spot. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Pass D. Hope {Mrs. Nicholl), 

 1 $ tyi^e. Exp. 40 millim. 



8335. Phytometra contexta. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 3.) 



Kusia contexta, Grote, Bull. Biiflf. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 193 (1873); Ottolongui, 

 J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. pi. vii. f. 12; Sinilli. Cut. Noct. N. Am. p. 24S. 



cJ . Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with yellow ; abdomen 



