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Hab. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



One male and two females from Mr. Hanham, all somewhat 

 different in ground color. The male is a little the brightest, with 

 a tendency to fawn. One of the females has evident mossy 

 yellow scales along the s. t. and t. p. lines and in the basal space, 

 while the other has a distinct reddish shading throughout, over 

 which black scales are arranged so as to tarnish and give the 

 wing a sordid appearance. 



The species closely resembles a small detracta throughout, and 

 as such I was at first inclined to consider it ; but the uniform 

 small size and vague dissimilarity led me to examine the sexual 

 parts of the male which, while similar in type, proved very dif- 

 ferent in detail. In this species the clasper is much longer, 

 even, hook-like, with a pointed tip ; the harpes have the tip 

 very much shorter and more abruptly bent, while the lower 

 membraneous process is closely set inside with sharp-pointed 

 conical processes. It is more than likely that other specimens 

 from this same general locality are confused with detracta in 

 collections, and I may be responsible for some of these mistakes. 



Mamestra intentata n. sp. 



Ground color varying from pale ashen to very dark fuscous gray, black 

 powdered. Head without obvious markings. Collar with a somewhat 

 vague median darker line and a darker tip. Patagiae. with broken sub- 

 marginal black lines. The disc is strongly powdered. Primaries with 

 all the maculation broken and powdery, the median space with a yellow- 

 ish suffusion which is most obvious in the snbmedian interspace Basal 

 line black, geminate, the included space whitish or with a yellow shading, 

 well marked to the submedian vein. T. a. line geminate, the defining 

 lines broken, black, included space whitish or yellowish, as a whole a 

 little outwardly oblique, with moderate outcurves in the interspaces. 

 T. p. line geminate, blackish or smoky, the inner part slightly lunulated, 

 the outer even and followed by white dots on the veins ; included space 

 with yellowish or reddish tint. As a whole the line is strongly bent on 

 the costa over the reniform, then inwardly oblique, with a slight incurve, 

 but practically parallel with the outer margin. S. t. line pale, somewhat 

 contrasting, broken, irregular, and shaded on both sides with black or 

 smoky. A series of black terminal dots. The fringes are paler, with a 

 dusky interline and cut with smoky on the interspaces. There is a black 

 median shade, fairly well marked on the costa and darkening the inner 

 edge of the reniform ; then it becomes obscured to the submediar. inter- 

 space, where it reappears and remains distinct to the inner margin. The 

 claviform is large, broad, dusky, extending about half way across the 

 median space, which is luteous or red marked beyond it. Orbicular 



