Two new species of Graptolitha

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PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

TWO NEW SPECIES OF GRAPTOLITHA.

[Lepidoptera; Noctuidae.]

BY HARRISON

G. DYAR.

Graptolitha vivida,

new

_species.

Ground-colorof forewings^whitishgray, thewhite shading spread- ingthroughoutthewing, beingespecially^visibleinthe basal_sp^ace, in the stigmata, and beyond ^{the outer line;shaded and} powdered^with black. Basal dash_black, bent upwards nearly ^tocosta, withablack shadingbelow to the inner margin; lines faint, double, waved;^clavi- form _appearingas an undulation ofthe inner _line;orbicular oblique, nearly rectangular, whitish, black -outlined and witha central brown

line; ablack shadeinthe _cell, with aline subcostally and on median vein joining the stigmata; reniform large, pale filled, with a central darkcloud and bent line, alittle orange ^{tint in the}bottom;^{a subter-} minalrow _{of dashes;}medianlinenarrow, waved,^bentonmedianvein.

Hind wing ^{blackishbrown.} Expanse³⁷

mm.

Two

males, Wellington, ^British

Columbia,

dated April 2,

1903 (G.

W.

_Taylor),

and

_{April 25,} 1903 (T. Bryant).

The

first

specimen

^{is the} brighter, the second being

much shaded with

_{blackish, obscuring} the white of the terminal space.^L

Type: No.

^{13417, U. S..National}

Museum.

The

_species is allied to tepida ^Grt.,

and

baileyi Grt., but

more

_brightly

and

contrastingly

marked

than either.

Graptolithapruena,

new

_species.

Color of the fore wings and thorax glaucousgray. Lines _double, dusky, not contrasted_; basal dash bent up ^{at its end} toward costa;

orbicular reniform in shape, similar^to the reniform, narrowly black outlined, thetwowith a black shade between; claviform showingonly atits tip;a median shade line; allthe lines form dark dashes on the costa; baseof the costa whitish; terminal line a

row

of dots; subter- minal line flexuous, submaculate. Hind winggrayish brown. Ex- panse⁴⁰

mm.

One

male,

Calhoun County, Texas

_(J. D. _Mitchell).

Type: No.

13418, U. S. National

Museum.

Allied to z'in'tlipallensGrt.,

qnerqucra

^Grt.,

and

_nigrescent Kngel, the green ^tint

somewhat

less distinct than in these, of a

more

steely bluish ^cast.

The

_species^iseasily recognized

by

the costal protuberance ^of the male,

which

is larger

than

in the other _species

and

has its greatest width opposite the base of the reniform instead of

beyond

^{it asinthe othersmentioned.}