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Posterior wings whitish, with the veins black, and two diffuse 

 irregular lines, one median the other subterminal. 



Beneath whitish, with black discal dots, the wings are crossed 

 b} 7 three black diffuse common lines. 



Hab. Maine. New Hampshire. 



Collection of H. K. Morrison. 



This insect is highly interesting, as being the second species 

 discovered of the genus Panthea, which until now has had only 

 one representative, the European P. coenobita. 



The two species have much in common, although there is con- 

 siderable difference in ornamentation, in the color of the antennae, 

 and in size. 

 Agrotis fernaldi, nov. sp. 



Expanse 41 mm. Length of body 18 mm. 



All the tibiae spinose. Collar having a black transverse line. 

 Pterygocles gray, edged with brown. Thorax gray. Abdomen 

 yellowish. Anterior wings dark and light gray, shaded in parts 

 with brown, and with all the markings very distinct ; a short 

 basal dash, bej-ond it and at the costa the basal space is shaded 

 with brown ; interior line light gray, with a black accompanying 

 line, outwardly oblique from the costa to the subcostal vein, in- 

 wardly oblique from the subcostal vein to the submedian vein, and 

 below this vein forming a long projecting tooth ; claviform spot 

 outlined in black, ordinary spots large, contrasting, and filled with 

 light gray, the orbicular preceded by a black shade, and the space 

 between it and the reniform black ; exterior line even and con- 

 tinued, black, followed by a light gray shade line; subterminal 

 space dark, terminal space light, and contrasting. 



Posterior wings grayish-fuscous, culminating in a subterminal 

 dark gray shade, terminal space very light. 



Beneath, nearly uniform grayish-fuscous, traces of a median 

 line and discal dots on the posterior wings. 



Hab. Orono, Maine. (From Prof. C. H. Fernald.) 



I dedicate this superb species to its discoverer, the professor of 

 natural history at the Maine Agricultural College. 



Agrotis tristicula, nov. sp. 



Expanse 40 mm. Length of body 19 mm. 



All the tibiae spinose. Antennae in the male serrate. Collar 

 with a heavy, black, transverse line. Head and thorax purely 



