i>t' .intri'ior \\ iiijr-'' rrddisli .ilnni; llic I'osl.i, ;iji(\ .uid l'rinj:c.s, r<'sl n\' llic 

 winj; bliicUisli ciiiciciius, with ii niciliaii hl.K'kisli t r;m.s\ crsi- line iiidist iiicl 

 fxct'pt iit rosta; niulcr surf.-u'c of pitslcrior pair paler tlian tlic upper sur- 

 faee. sliaded witli reddish alon^ the costa, irrorate with lihieU seaU-s and 

 Willi a faiid hIaeUish lraiis\crse hand and diseal s]'H}[. Ih-ad, protliorax 

 Jilid tln)rax reddish ff-rnifrinons, eDiicoiorons with aiderior winjrs, palpi 

 diirl\«'r laterally. Ahdonien flaltiurd, p.dc cinereous, reddisli :i\n\\i^ llic 

 sides and at tin* anus. l*",xp. ^ l.-'M incii. 



Habitat: Middle States. (Coll. Knt. Snc. j'lul.) 



'i'his woidd appear to resemble (irapiiipliiir.i cspansa ;Mid (1. jiicund,! 

 of Mr. \\'.aiker li\ Ihc dcscrijilion of these l.iltcr in llie llritish Miisewni 

 Lists. Ind 1 c.inncl reconcile Ihc dia;^nosis with llie |ii'cscnl S])eeies. 



'rvri-: LoiAirrv: Middle States. 



XlMllKR AND SkXKS OK Tvi'F.S: 



'I'vi'KS tn: IIoloty])e ^, Collection Ainer. I'.nt. .Soc., I'hil.i.; "Type" 9i 

 British Museum. 



Si'KcniKNs 1''xa:minki): about 2(l(i; from, Browns .Mills and I'itmaii, 

 \. .J.; New Brijrhton, I'a.; Concord, Mass.; X. Y.; Yajjliank, L. I., X. Y.; 

 Lafayette, Ind.; Chiea<-(), 111.; Mich.; S. Dak.; Decatur, III.; Dublin Shore, 

 Xovji Scotia; Cartwrifrht, Manitoba. One s])ecimcn, coin)iarcd with llic 

 tvpe in the Anier. Ent. Soc., bv Dr. McDunnouph. 



Genmtai.ic Si.mKs: 20, Browns Mills, X. ,1.; 1, Decatur, 111.; 1, Dublin 

 Shore, X. S. (Total 22). 



GRAPI-II PHOR A \KLATA 



Mas. Ferrugineo-nifa ; palpi _ porreeti, articido 3o hrevi.s.sinio; ab- 

 domen obscure einereuni; alae antieae breviuseulae, latiuseulae, nigro con- 

 spersae, lineis trilnis nigrieantibus vix undulatis, orbieulari et reniformi 

 niagnis nigrieantibus rufescente marginati.s; posticae fuscae, fimbria albida 

 fiisco interlineata. 



Male. Ferruginous-red, dark cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, short, 

 stout, pilose; third joint very short. Antennae smooth. Abdomen dark 

 cinereous, quadrate at the tip, extending hardly beyond the hind wings. 

 I>egs rather slender, slightly pilose. Fore wings rather short and broad, 

 minutel}' black-speckled; orbicular and reniform marks large, blackish, 

 reddish-liordered, of the usual foriu; three slight blackish hardly undulating 

 lines; two on tlie inner side of the orbicular mark and one near the exterior 

 border; marginal points black. Hind wings brown; fringe whitish, inter- 

 lined with brown. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



It may be distinguished from G. ilapsa by the distinct orbicular mark 

 and by the antemedial line, which is much nearer to that mark. 



a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Hawkins. 



Tvpe Localitvs ^'ancouver Island. 



XriMBER AXD Skx?;s of Types: 1 $ . 



Types ix: British Museum. 



Specimexs Examined: See Text. 



LAMPEA CUPIDA form BRUNNEIPENNIS, Grt. 



187.5. Grt., Can. Ent., VII, 187, Agrotis. 



1878. Grt., Can. Ent., X, 234, ciipida var. ?, (Agrotis). 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Sos., p. 144, cupida var. ?, {Aqrotu). 



1890. Sm., Bull. U.S.X.M., XXXVIII, 19, ciifkla var., (Rhyncha gratis) 



1891. Grt., Can. Ent, XXIII, 1.50, (no genus). 



1893. Sm., Bull. L'.S.X.M., XLIV, .52, anchocelioides var., {Rhynchagrotis). 

 189-5. Grt., Abh. X'at. Ver., Bremen, XI^', 17, cupida var., (Agrotis) 



(Lnmprd). 

 1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 638, = ab. 1. of anchocelioides, 



(Triphaenn). 

 1908. Sm., Can. Ent., XL, 286, Rhynchaqrotis. 



