. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 304 NOCTUIDiB. scales and hair, redder in front; tepiuUc Avith brown line near extremity; pafngia edged by black above; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing red-brown, the ante- and post- medial areas suffused with purplish grey, the costal area irrorated with white; a slight subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an oblii]ue waved anteraedial line; orbicular and reniform forming a broad V or U-shaped mark truncate below, whitish with grey irroration defined by some white, and with ferruginous pa


. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 304 NOCTUIDiB. scales and hair, redder in front; tepiuUc Avith brown line near extremity; pafngia edged by black above; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing red-brown, the ante- and post- medial areas suffused with purplish grey, the costal area irrorated with white; a slight subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an oblii]ue waved anteraedial line; orbicular and reniform forming a broad V or U-shaped mark truncate below, whitish with grey irroration defined by some white, and with ferruginous patch on outer side of reiiiform, some deep brown or blackish suftusiou in middle, at sides, and below it; postmedial line dentate and pro- duced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale points on costa beyond it; terminal area whitish, more or less tinged with brown and ex- tending to inner side of subterminal line at middle, this line being indistinct, pale, defined by a dark brown bar before it towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurvcd at middle ; slight dark streaks on the veins towards termen and a terminal series of dark lunules. Hind wing reddish brown ; the underside gi-ey irrorated and suffused with reddish brown, especially on marginal areas, a large black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous postmedial line. Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Vancouver, 4 S ; , Oregon. Edp. 32 millim. 1G07. StretcMa plusiseformis. Stretchia plusiaformis, H. Edw. Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. v. p. 2(>7 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 208. S. Head pale rufous, the frontal tuft white and deep rufous ; tegulae pale rufous at base, the tips white with three dark brown lines; thorax white, mixed with dark brown hair and scales ; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with dark. Fig. 97.—Stretchia plusicBformis, ^. \. brown ; a slight dark streak below base of cell; a subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a


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