228 IHE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



smaller, the reniform especially tending to become narrow, oblong, with 

 the angles rounded rather than kidney-sliaped. The secondaries in both 

 sexes nre very evenly blackish, whereas in placida they are decidedly 

 paler at the base, and in no case evenly blackish. The primaries have 

 the appearance of being more densely scalded, and while finely powdered 

 appear more even in general tint. 



There is a large series of both sexes before me from Ft. VVingate, 

 New Mexico, and another, collected by Mr. Buchholz from Yavapai Co., 

 Arizona. Altogether of spread material there are 35 (^ 's and 47 $ 's 

 showing a remarkable uniformity in general characteristics, while yet the 

 terminal space is conttastingly blue in some examples, nearly concolorous 

 in others, and the predominating shade may range from creamy-liiteous to 

 biick-red in one direction and smoky or gray-brown in the other. The 

 ordinary spots are usually a little darker and outlined by rather broad 

 annuli of the groundcolour. 



Rhy7ichagrotis ineiegaiis, Sm. 



An extremely obscure species which is not really well located here, 

 because it has a more obviously divided thoracic crest than the neigh- 

 bouring forms. But the ordinary spots are complete, and all the 

 raaculation beyond the geminate basal and t. a. line is obscure. In the 

 type the colour at base and extending along costal area is red-brown, 

 darkening very gradually. In an example from Kaslo, which I take to be 

 the same, the entire wing is very dark, almost blackish, and all the 

 maculation is gone. More material is needed to tix the best place for 

 this species. 



Rhynchagrotis duaiica, n. sp. 



Blackish-smoky ; head and collar faded, more yellowish, secondaries 

 with a brownish shade. Primaries with all the transverse maculation lost 

 or barely traceable ; ordinary spots small, traceable by slightly paler annuli. 



Exi)ands. — i. 22-1. 36 inches = 30-34 mm. 



Habitat. — Stockton, Utah, IX, X ; California. 



Two (^ 's and 3 ? 's in rather unsatisfactory condition, but obviously 

 different from anything else in this series. It is narrower-winged than 

 nefascia, and with the maculation almost all lost. I have a pair of speci- 

 mens from Montana which are probably the same, but there is enough 

 question about it to prevent my placing them in the type series. 



(To be continued.) 



