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Beneath, the anterior wings are blackish, the posteriors white ; 

 both are crossed by a common median line. 



Hab. Florida (Mr. C. J. Maynard). 



This species apparently occurs rather abundantly in the locali- 

 ties where it is found ; on this account we have compared it very 

 carefully with M. Guenee's descriptions of H. festivoides and H. 

 eocesa, which are still unidentified, but it can hardly be either of them. 



Mr. Maynard also captured a number of interesting species, 

 several of which have not been recorded from Florida before. 



We name a few of them : Litoprosopus futilis, G. and R. ; Ta- 

 rache terminimaculata, Grote ; Pseudolimacodes niveicostatus, 

 Grote; Amolita fessa, Grote; Phurys vinculum, Guen. ; Agrotis 

 incivis, Guen. (Anicla Alabamse, Grote). We do not think this 

 species should be separated from the other agrotids on account 

 of the scaly clothing of the thorax, several of the European spe- 

 cies the thorax likewise scaly, or covered with mingled scales and 

 hair ; Harveya auripennis, Grote, in this specimen there is no 

 black stain on the inner margin ; Callopistria mollissima, Guen. ; 

 and Hadena arna, Guen., the latter species is now for the first 

 time identified in our collections. 



Laphygma inflexa, nov. sp. 



Expanse 30 mm. Length of body 13 mm. 



Eyes naked. Tihias unarmed. Head and thoracic parts as in 

 L.frugiperda, Sm. Abb. Anterior wings cinereous gray ; half-line 

 present ; interior line distinct, simple, and angulate ; the costa to 

 the exterior line is shaded with white; orbicular and claviform 

 spots absent, the reniform whitish, of medium size, its annulus black 

 and circular; exterior line black and very prominent, it forms a 

 sharp outward projection on the costa; beyond the cell it is straight 

 and below it drawn in, here forming several short sharp indenta- 

 tions ; the line is followed by a more or less distinct blackish 

 shade line ; subterminal space largely whitish, entirely so at the 

 costa and inner margin; terminal space dark; a black even line 

 at the base of the fringe. 



Posterior winos broad, with a well-marked an^le at the term- 

 ination of the third median branch ; in color they are whitish, iri- 

 descent; the nervules at their termination are tinged with black. 

 Beneath the anterior wings, except along the inner margin, are 

 intense black, without markings ; the posteriors are precisely as 

 above, without any traces of the usual discal dots. 



