420 XOCTUIDyT.. 



Colorado, Durango (Oslar), 4 6 , New Mexico, Uxp. 34-44 

 millim. 



Larva, (^precationis.') Coquillett, Can. Enf.. xiii. p. 21, & xiv. p. 60. 



Deep green ; two dorsal, a subdorsal, and a stigmatal white line, 

 the last most distinct ; warts green usually tipped with black, each 

 with a short black hair ; head pale green ; two anterior pairs of pro- 

 legs absent. Food-plants, Grasses. 4-6. 



*8236. Syngrapha simplicissima. 



Autographa simplieima, Ottolengui, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. x. p. 74, pi. vi. f. G 

 (iy02) ; Dyar, Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 202. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Fore wing didl brown, 

 the medial area below the cell darker brown ; antemedial line silvery 

 white, obsolete to median nervure, then oblique ; orbicular ahnost 

 obsolete, defined by grey, oblique elliptical ; the stigma below the 

 cell silvery, Y-shaped, very small, the tail very short and ending in 

 a point ; reniform defined by grey, its outer edge indented at 

 middle ; postmedial line indistinct, greyish, bent outwards below 

 costa, then slightly waved, oblique to submedian fold, then erect ; 

 subterminal line indistinct, arising from apex, oblique and slightly 

 sinuous. Hind wing brown with a paler medial band. 



Sah. U.S.A., Washington. Uxj). 30 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



*8237. Syngrapha speciosa. 



Auioffnqjha speciosa, Ottolengui, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. x. p. 73, pi. vi. f. 9 

 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 202. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown mixed with grey. 

 Fore wing chocolate-brown mixed with grey, the medial area below 

 the cell and the area before the subterminal line darker ; subbasal line 

 blackish defined on outer side by white, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; 

 antemedial line blackish defined on each side by white, slightly 

 excurved below costa then almost straight ; orbicular brown on a 

 diffused whitish patch, rather U-shaped; the stigma below the cell 

 silvery- white, Y-shaped, its tail lobed at extremity; reniform with 

 slight pale outline, narrow, some yellowish above it on costa ; post- 

 medial line blackish defined on each side by white, slightly bent 

 outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous ; a whitish 

 band beyond it from costa to vein 3 ; subterminal line blackish, angled 

 o\itwards below veins 7, 6, 4, 3 and excurved below submedian fold. 

 Hind wing pale yellow tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused 

 with brown narrowing to tornus ; cilia white ; the underside pale 

 yellowish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a 

 dark discoidal spot. 



Hab. Canada, Vancouver, Corfield {Livingstone). LJxp. 

 34 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



