264 NOCTIJID^. 



with its lower edge crossing the double, waved antemedial line ; 

 orbicular oblique elliptical ; reniform moderate, its centre suffused 

 with rufous ; postraedial Hue dentate, bent outwards below costa 

 and incurved below vein 4 to lower edge of reniform ; subterminal 

 line pale defined on inner side by slight dentate brown marks, 

 angled outwards at vein 5 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved 

 black terminal line. Hind wing whitish, nearly uniformly suffused 

 with brown ; the underside Avhitish, the costal and terminal areas 

 irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous 

 postmedial lines. 



Hah. Japan, Yokohama (Fryer), 4 J , 2 $ (Jonas), 1 $ type. 

 JEiVjp. 40-44 millim. 



*2418. Graptolitha dilatocula. (Plate CII. fig. 18.) 



Xylina dilatocula., Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 42 (1900) ; Dyar, 

 Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 170. 



<S . Head and thorax black with a purplish-grey gloss ; frons 

 with black bar ; antennae whitish at extreme base ; tegulse with 

 the basal half brown ; pectus clothed with brown hair, irrorated 

 with grey ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen reddish brown, the 

 dorsal crests black, Fore wing black-brown, the medial, post- 

 medial, and terminal areas suffused with purplish grey ; subbasal 

 line double, curved, from costa to median nervure ; a curved black 

 streak beloAV base of cell defined by some oehreous scales above 

 and with purplish-grey patch above it ; antemedial line oblique, 

 slightly waved from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; claviform large, purplish grey defined by black at 

 extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the 

 former rounded, purplish grey with traces of rufous annulus, the 

 latter with its outer part suffused with rufous and with pale lunula 

 in centre ; traces of an oblique waved medial line ; postmedial line 

 double, filled in with greyish, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, angled inwards at vein 2, then excurved again ; sub- 

 terminal line grey defined by brown on inner side, excurved at 

 vein 7, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, and incurved at discal and 

 submedian folds ; a waved black terminal line. Hind wing pale 

 red-brown, a discoidal lunule, somewhat sinuous postmedial line, 

 diffused subterminal band, and waved black terminal line ; the 

 underside paler, the costal area redder, a prominent discoidal spot 

 and rather diffused postmedial line. 



. Hah. U.S.A., Washington, California, in U.S. IN'at. Mus. Exi^. 

 51^1 millim. 



2419. Graptolitha cinerosa. (Plate CII. fig. 1 9.) 



Lithopkane cinerosa, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog, Surv. Terr. v. p. 202 



(1879). 

 Lithojjhane grotei^ Riley, Papilio, ii. p. 102 (1882) ; Smitli, Cat. Noct. 



N. Am. p. 229. 

 Xylina Winnipeg, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 31 (1900). 



Head and thorax fuscous irrorated with grey ; tegulce with 



