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90. Lygranthcecia brevis. (Plate LYI. fig. 6.) 



Anthcecia hrevis, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 530, pi. vi. f. 4 (1864) ; 



Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 283. 

 Anthc&cia brevis, var. atrites, Gri'ote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 530, pi. vi. 



f. 5 (1S64) ; id. Ball. BiifF. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 119 (1873). 



S . Head and thorax orange-fulvous mixed with whitish ; 

 abdomen pale orange, the dorsum black except the 1st and last three 

 segments. Fore wing ochreous whitish, largely sufi'used with red- 

 brown and black ; the basal area rufous, bounded by the pale ante- 

 medial line, which is angled inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; a 

 diffused brown discoidal spot ; the pale postmedial line excurved 

 from costa to vein 3, then incurved and with a rufous band beyond 

 it with its outer edge angled outwards at vein 6 and excurved 

 below middle ; some blackish points on termen ; cilia chequered 

 with brown. Hind wing black-brown, with yellowish spots beyond 

 the discocellulars and below end of cell ; cilia yellowish white. 

 Underside of fore wing yellowish, with black streaks in and below 

 cell and discoidal spot conjoined to the postmedial band ; hind wing 

 with some black below base of cell conjoined to the discoidal spot 

 and the postmedial band. 



5 . Hind wing without the yellow spots. 



Fore tibiee with two claws and one spine on inner side and three 

 claws on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., New York, Massachusetts, Hlinois, Iowa, Colorado, 

 1 S ■) {Cockerell) 1 $ , New Mexico. Ex]). 26 millim. 



91. Lygranthcecia septentrionalis. (Plate LVI. fig. 7.) 



Ornia sepfentrionalis, Wlk. xv. 1744 (1858) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 284. 



2 . Head and thorax yellowish mixed with brown ; abdomen 

 black-brown, the extremity tinged with yellowish. Fore wing 

 black-brown, suffused in part with ochreous and rufous ; the ante- 

 medial line pale, excurved at median nervure and angled inwards 

 at vein 1 ; an ochreous spot in middle of cell sometimes conjoined 

 to one below the cell ; an obscure dark discoidal spot ; the post- 

 medial line pale, excurved from costa to vein 5, then incurved ; an 

 obscure ochreous apical spot and indistinct subterminal line angled 

 inwards in discal fold, then -excurved. Hind wing black-brown. 

 Underside of fore wing with whitish spot in end of cell conjoined to 

 a spot below it and a spot beyond end of cell. 



Fore tibife with two claws and one spine on inner side and three 

 claws on outer. 



Hah. U.S.xi., Illinois (Douhleday), 2 § tj-pe. E.vy. 28 millim. 



*92. Lygranthcecia siren. 



Heliothis siren, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het. p. 122 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 285. 



Head and thorax reddish yellow ; abdomen black above, yellowish 

 below. Fore wing greyish yellow ; the basal area rufous, with the 



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