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sub-lunulate ; space beyond the black discal streak clear fuscous. Fringes 

 pale cut with fuscous, opposite the ends of nervules ; terminal line dis- 

 tinct. Hind wings pale at base, smoky outwardly ; beneath fuscous, with 

 distinct terminal lines and fringes cut with fuscous. Thorax lined with 

 black on tegular and collar. Expanse 34 m. m. May 7, Belfrage, No. 

 246. 



I describe the type of this genus, the only one of the species which 

 has the orange shadings. A paper is being prepared with a plate of the 

 species, which are difficult to separate without illustration. 



Aletia kostia, n. s. 



Smaller than argillacea. It differs by the stigmata being expressed by 

 white dots, of which two super-posed, express the reniform. The ordinary 

 lines are very narrowly white margined, appearing guttate. Hind wings 

 blackish ; fore wings darker than in argillacea. The t. p. line is at first 

 sight more distinct than in its common ally. Easily recognized by the 

 above characters. Belfrage, No. 535. 



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Caradrina conviva, u. s. 



A small species of the size of grata {rasilis Morr.) Palpi black at 

 the sides. Pale yellow brown, or fawn color. Lines dotted. T. p. line 

 widely geminate. Subterminal line a blackish shade. Fringes blackish 

 T. a. line incomplete, strongly dentate. Reniform ill defined ; a blackish 

 shade above it on costa indicates the median shade ; a dot indicates the 

 orbicular. Terminal line black, interrupted. Hind wings white, glisten- 

 ing, immaculate, beneath stained along costal region and above here a 

 little tinted. Thorax and head above like fore wings, abdomen pale. 

 Expanse 21 m. m. Belfrage, No. 539. 



Mamestra brachiolum, n. s. 



$ $ . Very near the Californian M. cuneata Grote, differing as follows : 

 There are no yellow shades beyond the subterminal line, which is more 

 distinctly waved in the female ; the claviform is present, absent in its ally ; 

 the thorax is purely fuscous and the whole insect darker than in the Cali- 

 fornian species ; in the male at least the orbicular is more rounded, the 

 t. p. line is straighter, not inwardly bent below the median vein, hence the 

 lines are inferiorly wider apart than in cuneata. Else the two species are 

 very similar. Expanse 28 m. m. Belfrage, No. 102. In this species 

 the ovipositor is concealed as in cuneata. 



