482 KocTuiDJi;. 



wing- ochreoiis suffused with fuscous except basal area ; cilia 

 reddish ochreous ; the underside ochreous irrorated with fuscous, 

 the costal area suffused with rufous and the terminal area with 

 fuscous towards tornus, a discoidal s^wt and diffused sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. ferrugineoides. Fore wing without fuscous suffusion on 

 terminal half, the markings rufous and more distinct ; hind wing 

 ochreous, the inner area slightly tinged with fuscous, the termen 

 with rufous ; the underside with the discoidal spot and postmedial 

 line indistinct. 



Hab. Canada, Orilla (-B((.s/i), 2 c^ ,tj\^e sjmrcata; U.S.A., Eastern 

 States to Pennsylvania and West to Mississippi, (Douhleclay) 2 S, 

 type and type ferrugineoides, ( Hagen) 4 c5' , 1 2 , {Packard) 2 S , 

 Massachusetts, Beverley, 1 S , Cambridge, 2 d" , New York, Schenec- 

 tady, 2 J , 1 2 , Lewis Co. ( W. W. Hill), 1 6 , Center ( W. W. 

 Hiil), 1 c? , 1 2 . E^^T- 32-40 millim. 



2700. Amathes helvola. 



Bomhyx helvola, Linn. Sjst. Nat. ed. x. p. 507 (1758) ; Clerek, Icones, 



pi. 4. f. S; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 206. 

 Noctua rufina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 86 (1776); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., 



Noct. f. 184; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 473, pi. 130. f. 3. 

 Noctua catenata, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 123. f. 1 (1788). 

 Noctua jpunica, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 687 (1792). 

 Orthosia sibirica, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 46. 

 Orthosia cinnamomea, Fuchs, Soc. Ent. xviii. p. 3 (1903). 



Head and thorax bright chestnut ; palpi redder at sides ; antennae 

 whitish at base ; the hair on pectus and fore tibise Avhitish 

 abdomen pale rufous, brownish at base. Pore wing bright chestnut 

 slightly tinged with grey, except on ante- and postmedial areas 

 subbasal line indistinct, grey, from costa to submedian fold ; ante 

 medial line indistinct, grey, oblique from costa to submedian fold 

 orbicular and reniform indistinct, greyish defined by chestnut, the 

 former rather oblique elliptical, the latter constricted at middle ; a 

 diffused rufous medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of 

 cell where it is angled ; postmedial line indistinct, grey defined by 

 rufous on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 waved, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish 

 denned on inner side by small maculate rufous marks, slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing 

 pink suffused with fuscous except costal area and termen ; cilia 

 pink ; the underside whitish tinged with pink, the apical half of 

 costal and terminal areas irrorated with pink, traces of a curved 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. sibirica. Paler; fore wing yellowish. — Altai, W. Turkestan. 



Ab. 2. cinamomea. Fore wing much more suffused with grey, 

 the brown postmedial area darker. 



Hab. Beixain, Leech Coll. ; France ; Geemany, Zellcr, Froy, and 

 Leech Colls.; Austria, Leech Coll.; HuNGAEr; Swixzerlanx) ; 



