AMATHES, 491 



line at base. Hind wing white tinged with yellow ; the underside 

 slightly irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal lunule and curved 

 postmedial line. 



Bab. U.S.A., East and Middle States, Xew York, 2 c? • Exp. 

 34 millim. 



2713. Amathes iiiops. (Hate CVII. fig. 9.) 



Orthosia inops, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 270 (1881) ;. 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 218. 



5 . Head and thorax yellow mixed with rufous ; abdomen white- 

 tinged with ochreous. Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous and 

 irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line brown, waved, from costa 

 to submedian fold ; antemedial line brown, rather diffused, angled 

 outwards below costa, excurved below cell and angled inwards on 

 vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former small,, 

 round, the latter constricted at middle and with its lower part 

 filled in with fuscous ; a rather diffused medial line oblique from 

 costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line 

 bent outwards below costa, then produced to slight streaks on 

 the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line 

 indistinct, pale, defined by dark brown on inner side, very slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine brown 

 terminal line ; cilia dark at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with 

 brown especially towards termen ; a fine brown terminal line ; the 

 underside with the costal and terminal areas tinged with rufous and 

 irrorated with brown, an indistinct discoidal lunule and sinuous 

 postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hah. U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, 1 5 type. Exp. 30 millim. 



2714, Amathes decipiens. (Plate CVII. fig. 10.) 



Ortliosia decipiens, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 269 

 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 217. 



$ . Head and thorax yellow suffused with rufous : abdomen 

 yellow slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing yellow suffused 

 with purplish rufous ; subbasal line very indistinct, rufous, from 

 costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line oblique, waved, in- 

 distinct ; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by rufous, the 

 former round, the latter narrow and strongly constricted at middle, 

 its lower part filled in with pale fuscous ; an indistinct rufous 

 medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell ; postmedial 

 line indistinct, bent outAvards below costa, then slightly waved, 

 incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line yellow defined on inner 

 side by somewhat deeper rufous, angled outwards at veins 6 and 3 

 and inwards at veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of slight rufous 

 lunules ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale yellow. 

 Underside of both wings pale yellow. 



Bah. U.S.A., X. Indiana, 1 5 fype. Exp. 44 millim. 



