125 



f chloropha {Hiibn.), Zutr. 1, No. 37, figs. 73, 74 {Xestia). 

 purpurea Orote? 



\ insciens Walk., C. B. M., Noct., p. 74G. 

 Canada, southward, and California. 



*JODIA, J?M&?ier-(1816). 



Type : Noctua croceago S. V. 



riifag-0 niibn., Zutr. 1, figs. 61, 63, S. 15 ; Verz. S. 234, No. 2341 ; Guen., Noct. 

 1, p. 392 (Xantlda). 

 Atlantic District. 



GLAEAj Hiibner (Teutamen). 



Type : Noctua vacciuii Linn. 



f anchocelioides {Gnen.), Noct. 1, p. 384 {Cerastis). 



Tiatica Orote, 6th Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 33 {Orthosia). 



decliva Orote, 6th Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 34 {Orthosia). 



inulta Orote, 6th Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 34 {OrtJiosia) ; Bui. Buf. Soc. 



Nat. Sci. 2, p. 77, PI. 1, fig. 9. 

 apiata Orote, 6th Ann. Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 34 {Orthosia) ; Bui. Buf. Soc. 



Nat. Sci. 2, p. 77, PI. 1, fig. 8. 

 Olivata Harvey, Bul. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. 2, p. 120. 

 Canada, southward, and California. 



* XANTHIA, Hiibner (Tentamen). 



Type : Noctua f ulvago Linn. 



aiiraiitia^O Ouen., Noct. 1, p. 394, PI. 7, fig. 1. 

 * gilvago {S. V.) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 3, p. 95. 

 t* silago {Hiibn.) ; Walk., C. B. M., Noct., p. 461. 

 ceromatica Oi'ote, Bul. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. 2, p. 70 {Scopelosoma). 

 Canada, southward. 



2 Orthosia purpurea, n. s. 



i ? . — Allied to the European 0. lltura, differing but slightly in general tint, being more pur- 

 plish. The markings are less distinct, the t. a. line not accented on costa, the orbicular smaller, 

 the spots wider apart, the subterminal line a parallel succession of rounded points, not elongate 

 as in the European species. The dark costal shades, which precede the s. t. line in both species, 

 are less prominent in 0. purpurea. The hind wings are paler in the latter species and more 

 warmly tinted. Beneath, the color is light vinous with the common line and discal marks, so 

 evident in lUura, extremely faint. The male antennae have a thick cilial fringing. The pattern 

 of the ornamentation is exceedingly similar in the two species and seems merely to ditler as 

 above given. In 0. purpurea the reniform is concolorous, enclosing a blackish inferior stain ; 

 in my specimens of 0. lUura, this spot is uniformly darker than the wing. 



Expanse, 31, 32 m. m. Habitat, California. Mr. Behrens, No. 3, " Oct. 22d." 



