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brown shade which obtains between them traversed by tlie black 

 median shade. Terminal dots distinct. Hind wings dark fus- 

 cous ; beneath closely irrorate with discal point. The primaries 

 beneath show the costal edge carneous, otherwise like secondaries, 

 without any apparent line. The thick body squamation beneath 

 has a carneous or ros^^ tinge. 



Expanse 40 mm. Habitat. California (Mr. James Behrens, 

 No. 6fi). 



Agrotis Bostoniensis, n. s. 



'B9. A rather large, stout, mouse-gray, concolorous species, 

 witli the male antennjB bristled beneath, and the fore tibite spinose. 

 Tlie lines and spots on the fore wings are indistinct, the fuscous 

 lines geminate, component lines rather widely separate. Orbicular 

 obsolete ; reniform vaguely outlined, touched by the angulation 

 of the median shade which is more distinct than the lines, and 

 angulated below the spot. T. p. line with its inner component 

 line minutely scalloped, more distinct than the outer line. Sub- 

 terminal line a subcontinuous series of fuscous marks; fringes 

 concolorous. Hind wings dark fuscous in the female, with white, 

 narrowly interlined fringes; in the male nearl}- white, with soiled 

 veins. Beneath with a faint median shade and extremely incon- 

 spicuous discal mark on secondaries. 



Expanse 38 mm. Habitat. Newtonville (Mr. R. Thaxter). 



The specimens were taken September 11th. Mr. Thaxter's 

 numbers are 1057 9, 1058 %. It lias some resemblance to the 

 European A. cinerea, but it is, perhaps, nearest to A. violaris, 

 G. and R. 



I have received also from Mr. Thaxter specimens of Agrotis 

 badinodis, Grote (No. 1063), taken Sept. 11th, and Agrotis geni 

 culata^ Q. and R. (Nos. 869, 870), taken Sept. 8th, in the same 

 localit3^ 



Owing to Mr. Morrison liaving sent me a specimen of Melapor- 

 p)hyria imniortua^ as I understood from his collection, I have 

 erroneously credited him with the species instead of Mr. Thaxter 

 in m}' original description (Bull. Buff. Soc. N. S., 2, p. 75). I 

 have received a specimen since from Mr. Thaxter, under the No. 

 259, collected by him at Newtonville, Mass., June 12th. 



Oligia Ilubner, s. g. 



A slight form allied to Hadena, apparently distinguishal)le by 

 the more curved, divaricate labial [)alpi. Antennae in tlie male 



