JOG NOCTUlPiE. 



indistinct, ex curved, from costa to submcdian fold ; antcmedial line 

 double, the inner line indistinct, brown, the outer black at costa, 

 then represented by a few black scales, somewhat oblique and 

 curved ; claviform defined by black and below by white scales, with 

 a whitish streak defined by black above before it in submediau 

 fold ; orbicular and reniform pale defined by blackish, the former 

 oblique elliptical, open above, the cell before and between them 

 blackish ; postmedial line double, with small black spots at costa, 

 bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some whitish 

 points beyond it on costa ; subtermiual line defined on inner side 

 by some black scales and by a dark shade at costa, somewhat 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; the terminal area slightly 

 darker except at apex ; a waved brown terminal line. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with brown ; cilia white with a dark line at base ; 

 the underside white, the costal area tinged with vinous red, a 

 blackish discoidal spot. 



Hub. U.S.A., California, Sta. Cruz Mts. Exp. 34 millim. This 

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

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



Larva. Head pale brown. Body uniform, shaded with reddish 

 brown, a linear whitish dorsal line ; substigmatical band broad, 

 sharply edged on both sides, yellowish white, contrasted. Shields 

 coneolorous with body. — H. Gr. D. 



2965. Trachea intermedia. (Plate CXIII. fig. 7.) 



Apamea intermedia, Leech, Trans. Eut. Soc. 1900, p. GO. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous mixed with 

 some brown. Fore wing rufous and ochreous irrorated with black, 

 the postmedial area paler except towards costa ; subbasal line 

 double filled in with whitish waved, from costa to submedian fold ; 

 antemedial line double filled in with whitish, waved, oblique ; 

 claviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform rufous 

 with pale annuli defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, 

 open above, the latter elliptical ; an indistinct medial line oblique 

 and waved below the cell ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled 

 in with whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 waved, excurved t;o vein 4, then incurved, oblique between veins 

 2 and 1, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale 

 defined by rufous on inner side, exo.urved below vein 7 and at 

 middle; a terminal series of prominent black lunules ; cilia black 

 and grey with pale line at base. Hind wing whitish uniformly 

 suffused with brown ; the underside whitish, with slight discoidal 

 spot and curved postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Jiah. Japan, Yokohama (Pnjer), 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim. 



2966. Trachea cuneata. (Plate CXIII. fig. 8.) 



Mamestra cuneata, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 486, pi. 50. f. 12. 

 Head and thorax grey-brown slightly tinged with olive and 



