652 NOCTUIDiE. 



abdomen white suffused -with brown, the crests on basal segments 

 black, on 4th segment rufous. Eore wing olive-brown, the basal 

 area white, the medial area bluish white except inner half below 

 submedian fold: two small black spots at base; a double waved 

 snbbasal black line, excurved at middle and interrupted at sub- 

 median fold, with another oblique waved line beyond it from 

 subcostal nervure to vein 1, the white extending to this outer line ; 

 a double irregularly waved antemedial black line filled in with 

 white, the outer line interrupted in places ; orbicular and reniforra 

 white defined by black, the former round, the latter with black 

 lunula in centre ; a double waved medial line, bent outwards in 

 cell where the outer line is interrupted ; a double postmedial line 

 filled in with white, the inner line interrupted by the reniform, 

 slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, 

 minutely dentate at veins 4, 3, 2, then incurved and angled 

 outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa ; an 

 irregularly dentate black subterminal line, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and middle, incurved at discal and submedian folds, a few 

 white scales on its outer edge ; a series of large terminal spots 

 ^\ith white lunules on them ; cilia chequered brown and white. 

 Hind wing white usually tinged with brown, the terminal area 

 suffused with brown narrowing to tornus ; an indistinct discoidal 

 pj)ut and traces of postmedial line ; a fine dark terminal line ; 

 cilia white with a brown line near base from apex to vein 2 ; the 

 underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black 

 discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial curved line, waved from 

 costa to vein 5. 



Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., 1 d , 3 $ , Maine to Georgia. Exii. 34- 

 36 millim. 



*3542. Cerma marina. 



Cerma marina, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxviii. p. 22(i (19C6). 



Head and thorax brownish grey irrorated with black and the 

 scales tipped with grey ; patagia with some green ; abdomen 

 whitish sufi'used with grey. Pore wing dark brownish grey 

 irrorated with black and amethystine scales, the medial area slightly 

 darker; subbasal line grey defined on each side by black scales, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line grey defined on 

 outer side by black scales, oblique, irregularly sinuous, interrupted ; 

 claviform moderate, sufi'used with blackish ; orbicular and reniform 

 large, irrorated with green and incompletely defined by black, the 

 former round, the latter constricted at middle ; a broad dittused 

 medial shade ; postmedial line blackish defined by greyish on outer 

 side, bent outwards below costa, then irregularly dentate, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale, punctiform, 

 irregular ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia intersected with 

 grev. Hind wing dirty grey or whitish, tr.ices of a subterminal 

 line towards tornus ; cilia darker ; the underside fuscous towards 

 base, a dark bar from middle of costa and postmedial line. 



