230 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



mesial line. Thorax concolorous, collar and tegulse marked with deep 

 brown. Expanse 32 mil. One fresh specimen from Arizona. 



Mamestra bisulca, n. s. 



^ ^ . Eyes sparsely haired, tibi^ unarmed. Antennae of the male 

 bipectinate. Colors of confusa. Brown, shaded with deep brown and 

 white. A deep brown streak from base to t. p. line along submedian 

 interspace. Cell dark brown. Orbicular concolorous, small ; reniform 

 small, more or less white shaded. Median lines near together, feebly 

 indicated by white shades. A deep brown shade on terminal space 

 interrupting s. t. line opposite the cell ; this dark shading intrudes again 

 at internal angle, resolving itself into stripes bordering the veins. Pale 

 dots at base of fringe. Hind wings fuscous with pale fringes. Beneath 

 fuscous, dark, sub-irrorate, hind wings pale inferiorly. No lines ; discal 

 dots. Head and thorax brown ; tegulae with dark edges. Collar pale 

 tipped. Expanse 36 mil. Three specimens ; Arizona. This may not 

 remain in Mamestra, owing to the pectinated antennae. From Mr. Neu- 

 moea:en's collections. 



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Mamestra Trifolii, var. Oregonica. 



Under this name I register Oregon specimens which appear to belong 

 to Trifolii, but differ by the concolorous fore wings, wanting the dark 

 dashes to the subterminal line which has no M-mark, or but a faint one. 

 The hind wings have a faintly yellowish tone. The claviform is reduced 

 and rounded. The dark reniform entirely contrasts. Otherwise I see no 

 differences and we have to do probably with a geographical variety. 

 Kansas specimens are somewhat intermediary. Five specimens of the 

 variety are before me. 



SCHINIA BUXEA, n. s. 



This species has the front flat, eyes naked, palpi ascending, third 

 article distinct, squamation smooth appressed, scales of thorax flattened 

 and broader. Pale yellow, deepening exteriorly to the brown contrasting 

 fringes. Three fine brown lines angulated superiorly cross the outer half 

 of primaries. Hind wings silky, whitish at base, shading to yellowish 

 exteriorly with pale fringes. Body whitish yellow. Expanse 29 mil. 

 Habitat, South-western Texas. 



By its color and contrasting fringes and fine, nearly equidistant, thread- 



