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which it touches ; below it is lobate \ the exterior line is even and non- 

 denticulate ; it is incepted at about the middle of the costa, strongly 

 produced around the reniform spot, and below it extends obliquely, 

 reaching the inner margin very close to the interior line ; the median 

 shade is indistinctly seen below the reniform spot ; the subterminal line is 

 diffuse and undulate ; a black line at the base of the dark fringe. 



Posterior wings blackish, with a light fringe \ traces of the discal dots 

 and median lines. 



Beneath the wings are yellowish gray, with a very distinct undulate 

 common median line ; discal dots small ; the base and median portions 

 of the anterior wings blackish. 

 Hab. Nebraska (G. M. Dodge.) 



This species is closely allied to our common M. lorea, which also 

 occurs in Nebraska ; the differences will be readily seen from the 

 description. 



I dedicate this insect to my friend Mr. G. M. Dodge, already well 

 known by his interesting contributions to this magazine. 



Copihadena. Nov. genus. 



Under this name I separate from allied genera a little Texan species 

 which has just been described by Dr. Harvey, of Buffalo, as Homohadena 

 atricollaris. The species cannot be referred to Homohadena on account 

 of the slender claw at the extremity of the anterior tibia, and which seems 

 to have been overlooked at the time of description. This new genus is 

 quite remote from the few other genera of Noctuidre which possess the 

 above important structure, as Dicopis, CopipanoUs and Adita ; it is perhaps 

 nearest to Oncocntmis, but the eyes have not distinct hairy lashes and the 

 ornamentation is entirely different. It differs from Homohadena, besides 

 the tibial claw, by the slender thorax and elongate wings ; however, the 

 ornamentation is very similar in the two genera. Homohadena induta 

 Harvey, described at the same time as H. atricollaris, is identical with 

 Homohadena retroversa Morr., from Missouri. Many of the species which 

 are found in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska also extend down into 

 Texas. 



