404 NocTuiDJi:. 



and reniform incompletely defined by brown, the former elliptical, 

 open above, the latter constricted at middle and with its lower part 

 filled in with fuscous ; a brown medial line, oblique and sinuous Irom 

 costa to median nervure, then dentate ; postmedial line double at 

 costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and with two series 

 of black points beyond it on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 defined on inner side by fuscous forming a diffused patch at costa 

 and almost obsolete between veins 7 and 5, angled outwards at 

 vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards on veiu 2 ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with fuscous marks at 

 tips. Hind wing yellow suffused with fuscous except on basal half 

 of costal area and termen ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules ; 

 cilia yellow ; the underside yellow, the costal and terminal areas 

 irrorated with brown, a small discoidal lunule and sinuous post- 

 medial line. 



Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., "West to the Mississippi Valley and 

 Colorado, New York, Schenectady (Livtner), 1 d" , 1 $ type, Penn- 

 sylvania, New Jersey, Elizabeth {Kemp), 1 $ . Kvjp. d 42, $ 44 

 millim. 



3235. Agroperina inficita. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 16.) 



Graphijohora inficita, Wlk. xi. 746 (1857). 



Orthosia helangeri, Mot. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 149 (1874) ; 

 Smith', Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 220. 



Head and thorax bright rufous ; tibiae and tarsi tinged with 

 fuscous ; abdomen pale brownish ochreous, the lateral and anal tufts 

 rufous. Pore wing bright rufous ; subbasal line represented by a 

 slight striga from costa ; antemedial line rufous, oblique, waved, 

 with dark point at costa ; claviform absent ; orbicular very indistinct, 

 small, with pale centre slightly defined by brown, oblique elliptical ; 

 reniform with slight pale annulus faintly defined by brown, rather 

 constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervure ; a 

 rufous medial line very oblique below the cell ; postmedial line 

 slightly defined by pale colour on outer side, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; 

 subterminal line faint, pale, slightly defined by deeper rufous 

 on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; 

 the veins of terminal ai'ea with dark streaks ; a slight dark terminal 

 line. Hind wing rufous sufi'used with brown ; the terminal area 

 darker ; cilia pale rufous ; the underside ochreous, the costal 

 and terminal areas suffused with rufous, a dark discoidal lunule, 

 sinuous postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal band. 



Bah. ignotus, 1 J type ; Canada, Quebec {Kemp), 1 d" , 1 $ . 

 Exp. 38-44 millim. 



