428 NOCTUiDJi. 



oblique elliptical ; a V-sliapecl silvery-white stigma below the cell 

 with its apex slightly bent inwards and a small spot beyond its 

 lower extremity ; reniform with slight white annulus and its centre 

 defined by black, narrow, oblique ; an oblique sinuous dark medial 

 shade; postmedial line double, black filled in with white, bent 

 outwards below costa, then oblique, excurved at middle and 

 below submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line black defined on inner side by brown suffusion, 

 excurved below vein 7, angled outwards below veins 4 and 3, 

 then slightly waved ; a series of slight wdiite lunules just before 

 termen defined on each side by dark brown ; cilia chequered 

 dark brown and white. Hind wing fulvous yellow irrorated 

 with brown, the cell and veins suffused. with brown, the terminal 

 area dark brown ; cilia white chequered with brown ; the underside 

 ochreous white irrorated with brown especially on costal and 

 terminal areas, a small black discoidal spot. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing without wdiite spot beyond the stigma. 



Hah, U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce, Oockerell^, 8 $ , South Park 

 (Oslar), Be?, 1$, Gore's Kange (Comsfock), 1 (S , New Mexico, 

 Pecos (Cockerell), 1 $ . :Exj). 34-40 millim. 



8248. Syngrapha pyrenaica, n. sp. (Plate CCXXXVI. fig. 21.) 



Head and thorax pui^plish grey mixed with dark brown and 

 white ; tegulse with two dark brown lines defined behind by 

 white ; patagia with oblique dark bars at middle and near tips 

 defined behind by Avhite ; the dorsal crest tipped with white ; tarsi 

 ringed with white ; abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown, the 

 crests black-brown towards tips. Fore wing pale purplish grey 

 tinged in parts with brown and irrorated with black ; subbasal line 

 double, dark brown filled in with w^hitish, slightly excurved below 

 costa, then oblique and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line double, 

 dark broAvn filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa, 

 bent inwards in cell, then oblique and waved ; orbicular with 

 whitish anniilus and its centre defined by dark brown, oblique, 

 ovoid ; a rather irregular silvery-white V-shaped stigma below the 

 cell defined by dark brown ; reniform wdth slight silvery annulus 

 defined by black-brown and its centre defined by black-brown, 

 oblique bar-shaped ; a sinuous dark brown medial line, oblic[ue to 

 lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line double, 

 dark brown filled in by whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, 

 then oblique and minutely waved, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line black-brown with a brown shade before it, 

 excurved at vein 7, angled outwards below veins 4 and 3, then 

 waved ; a waved whitish line just before termen defined on each 

 side .by brown ; cilia chequered grey and brown. Hind wing 

 ochreous suffused with red-brown, the terminal area darker ; a 

 slight brown postmedial line with paler shade beyond it ; cilia 

 Avhite with a series of brown spots at base ; the underside whitish 



