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any that distinguish others. It is a little like fumosa, but has entire 

 secondaries. The absence of black in the basal space excludes it from 

 ferens, which it otherwise resembles in size and general habitus." I 

 hardly dare add anything, as, though I suggested a different species to 

 Prof. Smith, I had it mixed with ferens, small and badly marked speci- 

 mens of which, especially if a bit rubbed, are hard to distinguish from it. 

 It seems to bear the same relationship to ferens that Mamestra negussa 

 does to M. gussata; i. e., the later species lacks the numerous black 

 markings which ci-^racterize the older. Prof Smith has the type, and I 

 have a co-type. 



1 66. H. (X.) cinefada^ Grt. — Rare in Pine Creek at treacle during 

 July. I found it fairly common flying over flowers of Symphoricarpus 

 occidentalis or the western snowberry, on the Red Deer River flat north- 

 east of Gleichen, both before and after sunset, in early July of last year 

 (1904). 



167. H. (X.) unit a, Smith. — (Psyche, June, 1904, p. 54). Described 

 from a single 5 taken near Calgary on June 26th, 1897, probably at 

 treacle. The species is now in the Rutgers College collection. Prof. 

 Smith says : " It resembles and is allied to chief acta, but differs in the 

 uniform bluish ash-gray, the even black bar connecting the median lines, 

 and in the clearer, better defined markings." It stood for five years in my 

 collection labelled " ? chief acta " on Prof. Smith's authority, but the 

 reference always was, and still is, a puzzle to me. Sir George Ilampson 

 and others have accepted the species I held as chief acta without challenge, 

 but- 1 never saw a specimen with the least trace of the " uniform bluish 

 ash-gray," which is so evident in this specimen. 



168. H. (X.) Alberta, Smith.— (Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XL, 8, 

 March, 1903). Described from Calgary. The type is at Rutgers 

 College. I have one ^ and two $ co-types, and a $ co-type is in the 

 British Museum. Seldom at all common. Middle June to middle July, 

 at treacle. Prof Smith says that it is " allied to chief acta.'' It could not 

 possibly be mistaken for that species as I know it. It is a dark leathery- 

 brown insect, sometimes almost black, and the maculation is always 

 obscure. As mentioned above, I had this species standing for some years 

 as sputatrix by some inexplicable error. I certainly never for a moment 

 confused the two. 



i6g. H, ( X.) Barnesii, Smith. — A single $ , in good condition, found 

 by Mr. Hudson under the bark on a poplar tree at Lineham's lower log 



