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by brown. Hind wing oebreous yellow, the basal area tinged with 

 brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia brownish 

 white ; the underside with the discoidal spot distinct. 



Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Mt. Hood, Dalles. Exjp. 42 millim. 

 This species is unknown to me. 



8241. Syngrapha rectangula. (Plate CCXXXVI. fig. 14.) 



Plusia rectangida, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Am. iv. p. 306 (1837) ; Ottolengui, 

 J. N.Y. Eiit. Soe. s. p. 68, pi. viii. f. 12 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 254. 



riusia onorttiorum, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 353 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 254. 



Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white, the tegulsewith 

 slight white line at middle and white tips, the patagia with white 

 bars at middle and tips, the dorsal crest ochreous grey tipped with 

 black and white ; pectus and legs brownish grey, the tibiae and tarsi 

 black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey suffused with brown, 

 the crests black-brown tipped with white. Fore wing grey suffused 

 with brown and irrorated with black, the basal area, the inner half 

 of antemedial area, basal half of postmedial area and terminal area 

 except at apex silvery-white ; subbasal line black defined on each 

 side by silvery- white, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line black, defined on inner side by silvery-white, angled outwards 

 below costa and inwards in cell, bent inwards at vein 1 ; orbicular 

 silvery- white defined at sides by black, oblique bar-shaped; a silvery- 

 white stigma below the cell giving off two claws below ; reniform 

 defined by white except below, with black marks in its extremities 

 and strongly constricted at middle where there is a black spot beyond 

 it ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by silvery- white, 

 bent outwards below costa, oblique and slightly waved below vein 6, 

 excurved at middle, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line black, defined on inner side by brownish suffusion and 

 on outer side by silvery- white, excurved below vein 7, angled out- 

 wards below veins 4 and 3 and below submedian fold ; a waved 

 black terminal line ; cilia chequered black-brown and white. Hind 

 wing w'hitish, the basal area suffused with reddish brown, the ter- 

 minal area with dark brown leaving a whitish postmedial shade ; 

 cilia white chequered with dark brown at base ; the underside with 

 slight blackish discoidal lunule and diffused postmedial line before 

 the whitish shade. 



Ab. 1. mortioorum. Fore wing with only one claw on lower edge 

 of stigma, the outer claw reduced to a small detached round spot. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing without spot beyond the stigma. 



Hah. Canada, Orillia {Bush), 3 2 j Br. Columbia, Fraser R. 

 {St. Joliii), 1 5 > Sicamous Junct. {Miss Sicarclo), 1 $ ; U.S.A., 

 Northern and Eastern States, New York {Douhleday'), 3 S type 

 onortuorum, New Jersey, Valley {Grote)^ 2 d" . Exjp. 38-40 millim. 



