522 



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form whitish, defined by black, the former minute, elliptical, only 

 separated from the latter by the medial shade which is excurved at 

 middle ; the postmedial line indistinct, dentate, and with black 

 points at the veins, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; 

 the subterminal line obscurely defined by the area beyond it being 

 sufiused with fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 3, 

 4, and traversed by short black streaks between veins 2-G and 

 above 7 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white ; the 

 costal and terminal areas down to vein 2 irrorated with fuscous ; 

 the veins tinged with fuscous towards termen ; some slight post- 

 medial black streaks ou the veins and small terminal black lunules 

 from apex to vein 2. 



Hab. Amueland, Ussuri, 2 S • Exp. 42 millim, 



*90G. Lycopliotia planifrons. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 3.) 



Affrntis planifrons, Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc. xyii. p. 42 (1890); id. 

 Cat. Noct." N. Am. p. 65. 



Elui.^h ash-grey ; palpi blackish at sides ; tcgulis tipped with 

 black. Pore wing with the inner area tinged with vinous red, 

 especially on medial area; a black streak below base of cell; the 

 subbasal line single, black, strongly dentate ; the antemedial line 

 single, broader at costa and inner margin, somewhat oblique and 

 strongly dentate in the interspaces ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular 

 defined by black, elongate, the ends drawn out to the antemedial 

 line, and the reniform, which is narrow, lunulate and darkened by 

 the broad diffused medial shade ; postmedial line broad, distinct, 

 crenulate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved ; the postmedial area darker towards the subterminal line, 

 which is only defined by this dark shade ; a terminal series of black 

 lunules. Hind wing white, the veins and termen slightly tinged 

 with fuscous ; the underside pale with dark irroration, a distinct 

 discoidal spot and postmedial line on costal area only. 



JJab. Canada, N.W. Br. Columbia. Eap. 34 millim. This species 

 is unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in Brooklyn 

 Inst. Arts & Sci. 



*907. Lycophotia fidelis. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 4.) 



Lycophotia ficlclis, de Joan. Ball. Sue. Ent. Fi*. 1903, p. 29. 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed largely with dark brown and 

 black ; palpi blackish at sides ; head with black bar between 

 antennae ; tcguloe with black line ; patagia edged with black ; 

 abdomen grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing bluish grey, the 

 veins streaked with black and irrorated with white scales, the 

 discal and submedian folds with slight rufous streaks ; a black 

 streak below base of cell ; the subbasal line represented by an 

 oblique striga from costa, the antemedial by a striga from costa and 

 slight angle above inner margin ; claviform elongate, incompletely 



