488 



NOCItflDiE. 



with brown, a small discoidal spot and postmedial scries of short 

 streaks on the veins. 



Hab. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 6 . Exp 3G millim. 



*842. Episilia elevata. 



Paclmobia elevata, Smith, Traus. Am. Eat. Soc, xviii. p. 104 (1891) ; id. 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 64. 



(S . Reddish grey. Fore wing with the lines single ; subbasal 

 line incomplete, ill-defined ; antemedial line erect, rather even, 

 excurved above inner margin, interrupted ; claviform a yellowish 

 streak defined by black and produced as a yellowish streak to base ; 

 orbicular and reniform pale gj'cy defined by black scales, the former 

 elongate, produced on inner and outer sides, the latter a small 

 lunule; postmedial line entire, rather even, bent outwards below 

 eosta, excurved to vein 4, then rather unevenly oblique ; subtcrminal 

 line represented by a series of brown dashes in the interspaces on a 

 greyish shade ; an interrupted terminal line. Hind wing whitish, 

 tinged witb fuscous towards apex ; the underside whitish with dark 

 irroration, a discoidal lunule and diffused postmedial line. 



IJab. U.S.A., Colorado (Brace). ^.i'^9. 35 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



843. Episilia tecta. 



Noctua carnea, Treitsch, Scbuiett. Eur. v. 2, p. 216 (1825), nee Thunbg. 

 Noctua tecta, Hiibn. Schmett. Eur., Noct. 1'. 377 (1827); Staud. Oat. Lep. 



pal. p. 138. 

 Noctua ampla, Hiibn. Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 425 (1827). 



Head and thorax ferruginous ; abdomen yellow-brown, with the 

 hair at sides and the anal tuft fulvous. Fore wing ferruginous, 



Fig. SQ.— Ejnsilia tecta, (5". -J. 



suffused with grey on basal, costal, and terminal areas ; the ante- 

 medial line indistinct, oblique, waved, defined by grey on inner 

 side ; claviform elongate, linear, grey defined by rufous ; the cell 

 filled in with rufous, defining the grey orbicular and reniform 

 stigmata, the former open above and somewhat diamond-shaped, 

 the latter constricted at middle ; the postmedial line minutely 

 dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then slightly incurved ; the 

 subterminal line indistinct and slightly angled outwards at veins 7 

 and 4 ; a terminal series of brown stria?. Hind wing pale j'ellow- 



