144 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CALIFORNIAN AGROTIS. 



BY AUG. R. GROTE, A. M., 



Direct 01' of the Museum, Buffalo Society Natural Sciences. 



Agrotis observabilis, n. s. 



$ . Fore tibiae unarmed ; middle and hind tibiae spinose. By the 

 flattened abdomen allied to cupidissima. Fore wings dark blackish 

 brown, with the terminal space paler, somewhat olivaceous. As in 

 exsertisligma, the orbicular is open, triangulate, broadly pale margined, 

 fusing superiorly with a pale subcostal shade extending from the base of 

 the wing above this spot. Unlike exsertisligma, the orbicular and reni- 

 form are black, the ground color of the median space about them being 

 powdered with deep yellow. A black basal dash before the geminate, 

 waved, t. a. line ; the latter interrupted by the subcostal shade and with 

 an interior pale shading. Claviform moderate, pale-edged. T. p. gem- 

 inate, the inner line scalloped, the outer even, enclosing a rather broad 

 pale space ; the line is very slightly sinuate, not depressed opposite the 

 cell. Subterminal line nearly straight, dark, with a very pale powdery 

 exterior shade. Subterminal space darker shaded on costa, relieving the 

 costal dots distinctly. Terminal line dentate. Hind wings dark fuscous 

 with pale interlined fringes. Beneath quite pale, faintly ruddy and sub- 

 irrorate, with common exterior line fading towards internal margins and 

 discal marks. Collar pale, edged behind with black ; tegulae blackish. 

 Expanse 35 m. m. Hab. California (Behrens, No. 376.) 



TINEINA FROM CANADA. 



BY V. T. CHAMBERS, COVINGTON, KENTUCKY. 

 (Continued from p. 12S.) 



Argyresthia Goedartella Auct. 



This beautiful and well known European insect is now for the first 

 time discovered in this country. I quote Mr. Stainton's description from 

 Ins. Brit., v. j,p. 18^. " Head yellowish white. Face and palpi white. 

 Antennae white, annulate with fuscous. Anterior wings white, sometimes 

 suffused with golden, with an oblique golden fascia from the base of the 



