422 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



Expanse 20 mm. Habitat, Kansas, Prof. Snow. 



Aedophron Snowi, n. s. 



9 . Eyes naked ; tongue stout ; fore tibiae short, with termi- 

 nal and lateral claws; hind and middle tibiae spinose. Wings 

 shaped as in A. rhodites from Europe, and colors the same. The 

 American species is larger and stouter, and has less rose-color on 

 fore wings. Thorax and fore wings pale lemon-yellow, color of 

 Heliothis citrinellus, G. and R.. Fore wings with a light roseate 

 shading beyond the cell, and with the sinuate t. p. line faintly in- 

 dicated in rose-color. Some roseate basal shades and at the place 

 of the t. a. line. Hind wings pale fuscous, with a rosy terminal 

 stain ; fringes pale. Beneath primaries fuscous, with rosy apices; 

 hind wings yellow, with rosy tint near anal angle. Body stout. 



Expanse 32 mm. Hab. Lawrence, Kansas. Prof. F. H. Snow, 

 for whom I name the beautiful species. 



Agrotis Hubner. 



Both of the first two of the following forms were communicated 

 by me to Mr. Morrison of Cambridge, in response to his request 

 to send him new species for his intended paper on the genus. 

 Both were returned by him as varieties of A. auxiliaris, Grote. 

 It is possible that this view will be found correct; still it will be 

 proper to give the forms different designations. 1 have A. auxili- 

 aris from Texas and Colorado. 



Of the first form I have two female specimens before me, collected 

 with a number of other specimens by Mr. Jas. Ridings in Colo- 

 rado; I have also donated one to Mr. Morrison. The color is much 

 paler than auxiliaris, and there is a resemblance in this form to 

 messoria, from which it differs by the more dentate transverse 

 anterior and distincter terminal line, as well as by the darker sec- 

 ondaries and larger size. There is a faint ochrey shading, more 

 visible in the median space. The reniform is smaller, a little 

 blackish stained at base, the claviform shorter and narrower and 

 only visible at apex, compared with auxiliaris. There is no 

 blackish basal dash nor whitening of the vein above it; and no 

 indication of the submedian stripe. Else the markings are much 

 like auxiliaris, while the primaries are more uniform in their 

 neutral tint. The smoky secondaries with white interlined fringes 

 are much as in auxiliaris ; beneath the discal mark is more promi- 

 nent. 



Expanse 42 mm. 



