232 NOCTUIDJE. 



the terminal area striated with black ; the underside pale reddish 

 brown irrorated with silvery grey, traces of postmedial and sub- 

 terminal lines. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalisco {Schumann), 1 c? , Godman-Salvin Coll. 

 Exp. 46 millim. 



8031. Zale coracias. (Plate CCXXX. fig. 4.) 



Anthracia coracias, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 19 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. 373. 

 Anthracia comix, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 19, pi. 15. f. 8 (1852); Smith, Cat. 



Woct. N. Am. p. 373. 

 Hoynopiera ciiierea, Morr. Can. Ent. vii. p. 148 (1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 



N. Am. p. 371. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown glossed with silvery 

 grey ; pectus reddish brown ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing 

 black-broAvn suffused with silvery blue and irrorated with black, 

 tinged in parts with red-brown especially on postmedial area ; 

 slight double subbasal black strife from costa ; antemedial line 

 indistinct, double, black, waved ; a double waved blackish medial 

 line ; a black point in middle of cell ; renif orm defined by black 

 and with a jmtch of brownish grey beyond it; postmedial line 

 indistinctly double, black, oblique to below vein 7, incurved at 

 discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then oblique and sinuous ; sub- 

 terminal line black, rather diffused, excurved at vein 4, then 

 incurved and sinuous ; the terminal area striated Avith black ; a 

 series of black and white points before termen. Hind wing 

 reddish brown suffused with silvery blue except on costal area, in 

 submedian fold and on inner margin ; three very indistinct sinuous 

 dark lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line black, sinuous, strong, 

 arising at vein 6 ; the terminal area striated with black and with a 

 series of black and white points just before termen ; the underside 

 grey suffused with reddish brown. 



5 . Wings blacker with hardly any reddish tones. 



Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., Eastern and Central States, 1 d , S $ , 

 Georgia, 2 c? , Florida (Douhledai/), 2 6,1 $ , Texas, New 

 Mexico. Hip. 38-42 m,illim. 



8032. Zale janisca. (Plate CCXXX. fig. 5.) 



Homoptera janisca, Sehaiis, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 40 (1901). 

 Homoptera duJcinfielclia, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 40 (1901). 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some 

 greyish ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral siu'face of abdomen 

 brownish white irrorated with brown, the fore and mid tarsi 

 black ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with 

 blackish ; an indistinct double sinuous stibbasal line from costa to 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double, sinuous, 

 inwardly oblique below the cell ; a black point in middle of cell ; 

 reniform defined on inner side bv blackish suffusion and with white 



