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inferiorly, then bent inward and darkening the outer third of median space. 

 Orbicular round or nearly so, concolorous, defined by a narrow smoky 

 ring. Reniform moderate in size, kidney-shaped, outlined in brown, 

 concolorous, except for the leaden-gray lower end. Claviform incom- 

 pletely outlined by reddish scales, concolorous, reaches to the median 

 shade, but is scarcely traceable in some examples. Secondaries with the 

 disc smoky, costal margin broadly, the others narrowly yellowish or 

 reddish. Beneath, yellowish to reddish, a little powdery, with a discal 

 lunule and an outer smoky line on each wing. 



Expands i. 35-1. 50 inches =34-38 mm. 



Habitat. — Calgary, Alberta, head of Pine Creek, at treacle, 

 September 17, 2^ and 27, Mr. Dod. 



Two males and two females, in good condition. Both the males 

 expand about 34 mm. and both the females about 38 mm.; but this 

 proportion may not hold. The species is allied to ferruginoides, and is 

 one of several new forms worked out in the course of a revision of the 

 genus which is now in progress. 



Cucullia i?idicta, n. sp. — Ground colour bluish-gray, all the 

 maculation vague. Head darker, smoky brown. Collar smoky at base 

 and with a blackish median line. Disc of the thorax smoky behind the 

 tuft ; but this is not contrasting. Dorsal tufts of the abdomen smoky. 

 Primaries almost concolorous. T. a. line barely traceable, with the usual 

 long teeth. T. p. line marked by a geminate curved line in the sub- 

 median interspace. This is followed by a pale line and by a more 

 obvious blackish-brown line, which extends along below vein 2 to the outer 

 margin. There is a broken, blackish terminal line. The ordinary spots 

 are as m postera, but barely traceable. Secondaries dull yellowish-white 

 at base, smoky toward the outer margin and with a white fringe. Beneath, 

 dark smoky, disc of secondaries whitish, else immaculate. 



Expands 1.80-2.08 inches ^^45-52 mm. 



Habitat. — Calgary, Alberta, South Fork of Sheep Creek, July 12, 

 29, F. H. Wolley Dod. 



One male and one female, the latter much the larger. I have also a 

 $ from Colorado which may be this species, but is not good enough to 

 make the matter certain. The relation is with postera, but all the brown 

 has disappeared, and the maculation is almost gone with it. 



