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transverse median series consists of six white spots arranged in a curve. 

 The two spots nearest the costa are subovate and elongated, the next, 

 opposite the end of the cell, is minute; the next two are large and collo- 

 cated, the upper one subquadrate, and the lower one subovate. The 

 sixth spot, which is located upon the inner margin, is triangular, and is 

 bisected by the submedian nerve. There are three submarginal lines, the 

 middle one being the most conspicuous. The posterior wings are trav- 

 ersed by a relatively broad median band of white spots indented out- 

 wardly upon the nervules. This is followed by a series of narrow fuscous 

 spots, and these are succeeded by a band of darker markings. There 

 are two submarginal series of very narrow white lines. The underside is 

 marked as upon the upperside, but the submarginal white lines are 

 widened enormously, covering the entire outer margin, and the interven- 

 ing dark spaces are reduced to narrow lines. Expanse 32 mm. 



This is one of the smallest species of the genus, and with t lie- 

 exception of JV. Goochi Trim., from Natal, the smallest species 

 hitherto described from the African continent. 



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NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID/E. 



(Plate X.) 



By JOHN B. SMITH, New Brunswick, N. J. 



The following diagnoses of new species of Noctuidae are merely 

 preliminary to the fuller descriptions which have been prepared 

 for the "Transactions" of the American Entomological Society. 

 Not so much pour prendre le temps, as to furnish a text for the 

 plate given herewith, and which is made from a photograph of 

 the types to test the possibilities of this method of illustration. 

 The figures are about one-fifth less than natural size. 



Mamestra fuscolutea n. sp. ; first row 3rd figure. Dull, somewhat 

 fuscous clay yellow, resembling trifoJii in this respect. The s. t. line is 

 rather prominent, whitish, with a feebly marked W, which is emphasi/ed 

 by the whitish streaks on veins 3 and 4, crossing the line. The irregular 

 ordinary spots are distinctly white ringed. It is an ally of trifo/ii and 

 chart aria, and has a vague resemblance to Hadcna devastatrix from the 

 series of sagittate spots preceding the s. t. line. Expanse 35 40111111.: 

 1.40 i. 60 inches. 



Hub. Colorado, Bruce; two female specimens No. 284, 20.1. 



OllCOCliemis nigrocaput n. sp.; first row, 4th figure. Head very deep 

 limwn or blackish, collar faintly pink at base, bounded by a narrow black 

 transverse line. Color whitish, powdery, the veins blackish ; a black 

 basal dash, and a black streak from the orbicular to the outer margin, 

 broken at the reniform in the male, continuous in the female; secondaries 



