sYjStgeapha. 427 



line double, blackish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

 sinuous ; subterminal line black, excurved below vein 7, at middle 

 and below submedian fold ; a whitish terminal line. Hind wing 

 ochreous, the basal area tinged with brown, the terminal area 

 suftused with brown ; cilia white with brown spots at the veins. 



Hab. Alaska, Alter I. {Turner'). Exp. 34 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



8246. Syngrapha excelsa. (Plate CCXXXVI. fig. 19.) 



Autographa excelsa, Otlolengui, J. N.Y. Eiit. Soc. x. p. 71, pi. vi. f. 3 

 (1"J02) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. ]^. Am. p. 202. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore 

 wing grey-white, thickly irrorated with brown ; subbasal line 

 double, blackish filled in with white, from costa to vein 1 ; ante- 

 medial line double, blackish tilled in with white, excurved below 

 costa, angled inwards in cell, then oblique and sinuous ; orbicular 

 with slight whitish annulus, oblique ; a V-shaped white striga below 

 the cell, its lower extremity bent slightly outwards and with a 

 round spot beyond it ; reniform with slight pale annulus, narrow ; 

 ]30stmedial line double, blackish filled in with whitish, bent outwards 

 below costa, then oblique to submedian fold where it is slightly 

 angled inwards, then excurved, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line blackish defined on inner side by a brown 

 shade and on outer slightly by white, excurved below vein 7 and 

 angled outwards below veins 4 and 3 ; cilia chequered white and 

 brown. Hind wing yellowish suffused with red-brown, the terminal 

 area brown ; cilia chequered white and brown ; the underside 

 yellowish thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused 

 with brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the spot bej^ond the stigma absent. 



Hah. Canada, Alberta, Laggan, Banff (Sanson), 1 $ ; U.S.A., 

 New Hampshire, Washington Forest Reserve, State Creek (Mrs. 

 Nicholl), 1 $ . Exp. 34 millim. 



8247. Syngrapha angulidens. (Plate CCXXXVI. fig. 20.) 



Tltisia angulidens. Smith, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. Ill (1891); 

 Ottolengui, J. JSf.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 71, pi. viii. f. 6 ; Smith, Oat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 255. 



Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with black-brown ; pectus 

 brownish white ; legs whitish mixed with black-brown, the tarsi black- 

 brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with brown, the 

 crests blackish. • Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with black-brown, 

 the medial area wdth some black-brown below the cell ; subbasal line 

 black defined on oiiter side by white, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; 

 antemedial line double, black filled in with whitish, angled inwards 

 in cell, then oblique, waved; orbicular defined by black-brown, small, 



