430 NOCTUID^. 



incurved in cell, then obliquely excurved ; orbiculav small, dark, 

 oblique ; a small erect V-shaped white stigma below the cell ; 

 reniform with slight white aunulus and its centre defined by black, 

 naiTow, oblique, an oblique dark bar above it from costa ; postmedial 

 line dark brown defined on outer side by white, indistinctly double 

 on inner half, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner 

 side by dark brown suffusion,, excurved below vein 7 and angled 

 outwards below veins 4 and 3 ; cilia chequered white and brown. 

 Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused 

 with brown ; cilia chequered white and brown. 



Hah. U.S.A., Wyoming, Yellowstone Pass {Barnes). Exp. 

 42 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



*8251. Syngrapha surena, 



Flusia sitrena, G-rote, Bull. Geol. & Geog. Siirv. Terr. vi. p. 585 (1882) ; 

 Ottolengui, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. pi. viii. i. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Aiu. 

 p. 255. 



Head and thorax whitish grey with some brown scales ; tegulae 

 with black lines at middle and near tips ; abdomen grey suffused 

 with brown. Pore wing whitish grey irrorated with black, the 

 medial area below the cell suffused with black-brown ; subbasal line 

 double, black filled in with white, excurved below costa and ending 

 at submedian fold; antemedial line double, black filled in with white, 

 excurved below costa, strongly incurved in cell, then oblique and 

 sinuous; orbicular with whitish annul us and its centre defined by 

 brown, oblique, irregular ; the stigma below the cell silvery, erect 

 V-shaped, filled in vdth grey, its outer arm rather irregular ; 

 reniform with whitish annulus defined at sides by black, narrow, 

 oblique, its outer edge indented at middle ; postmedial line double, 

 black filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then 

 obliqvie and minutely waved, a whitish shade beyond it from costa 

 to vein 4 ; subterminal line black with some dark suffusion before 

 it, excm-ved below vein 7 and angled outwards below veins 4 and 3 ; 

 a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown, 

 the terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia white with brown 

 spots at the veins. 



Hah. U.S.A., Maine. Orono. JExp. 38 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



8252. Syngrapha interrogationis. 



Noctua interrogationis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 513 (1758) ; Clerck, Icones, 



pi. 6. f. 7 ; iSsp. Schraett. iv. pi. 113. f. 1 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schinett., Noct. 



ff. 281, 854 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. yii. 2. p. 47, pi. 136. f. 2 ; Steph. 111. Brit. 



Ent., Haust. iii. p. 102 ; Frr. Beitr. pi. 130. f. 1 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. 239. 

 Noctiia cemula, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 162 (1787). 



