68 NOCTTJIDiE. 



diffused black antemedial line on its outer edge : a slight medial 

 rufous shade : the black discoidal spot rather small : a postmedial 

 rufous band defined by the blackish postmedial and subterminal 

 lines, the latter angled inwards to near former at discal fold. Hind 

 wing- black, with the cilia white. Underside of fore wing black, 

 the costal edge yellowish white, the termen white ; hind wing black, 

 with apical white patch extending on costa to before middle. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas {Boll). Exp. 24 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



93. Lygranthcecia inclara. (Plate LVI. fig. 8.) 



Heliotkis inclara, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 122 (1876) ; Smith, Cat. 

 Noct. ]Y. Am. p. 284. 



5 . Head and thorax olive-yellow mixed with whitish : abdomen 

 pale fulvous-yellow, the dorsum black except the 1st and terminal 

 segments. Fore wing pale olive-yellow ; the lines pale and very 

 indistinct ; the antemedial line excurved at median nervure, then 

 oblique ; a blackish discoidal point ; the postmedial line excurved 

 from costa to vein 3, then incurved and with some dark scales on 

 its outer edge ; the obscure subterminal line dark, angled outwards 

 at vein 6 and excurved at middle. Hind wing black-brown. Under- 

 side black ; fore wing with the margins Avhitish, expanding into a 

 patch on inner margin beyond middle ; hind wing with the costal 

 and a large apical area narrowing to a point at vein 2 whitish. 



Fore tibiiE with two claws and two spines on inner side and four 

 claws on outer. 



Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 $ , Grote Coll., Arizona, Phoenix, 1 $ . 

 Exj). 28 millim. 



*94. Lygranthcecia constricta. (Plate LIX. fig. 6.) 



Lygrantlmcia constrkta, H. Eclw. Papilio. ii. p. 128 (1882) ; Smith, Trans. 

 ' Am. Ent. Soc. x. pi. viii. f. 42 ; id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 283. 



Fore wing dark brown ; the medial area slightly paler, defined 

 by pale ante- and postmedial lines, which are interrupted at middle 

 and confluent with each other so that the medial area is divided 

 into two triangular patches ; terminal area broadly brownish grey ; 

 a pale subterminal line. Hind wing dusky, with ill-defined paler 

 medial band and dark discoidal spot. Underside dusky, witli 

 slightly paler areas and dark discoidal spot. 



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

 claws on outer. 



Hah. U.S.A., K. Carolina. Exp. 28 milHm. This species is 

 unknown to me :' figured Irom Prof. Smith's figure. 



*95. Lygranthcecia? approximata. 



Scldnia a'ppro.xiinata, Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het. SuppL i. p. 10 (1898). 



Dull ochreous. Fore wing with the basal area fuscous, darkest 

 towards margins and antemedial line, which is prominent, white,. 



