THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 22o 



In the material before me is a nice series of 8 (^ 's and 7 2 's from 

 Mr. J. W. Cockle, taken at Kaslo, B. C , July to September, and ihey 

 indicate a very pretty range of variation, similar in scope to that in 

 formalis. The collar may or may not be black-tipped, a distinctly black 

 tip being rare, and the black filling of cell and basal streak may be totally 

 absent. In the latter case there is usually an intensification of the red- 

 brown that brings out the pattern almost as well as the black. 



Other localities represented in the material are Pullman, Washington; 

 Corfield, Vancouver ; Stockton, Utah ; Monterey, California. 



Rhynchagj-otis c7-emilata^ Sm. 



This is a darker, more purplish-brown species, in which the costal 

 region is not contrastingly paler, and is crossed or marked by the median 

 lines. The collar is not noticeably black-tij)ped, but is inferiorly paler, or 

 is crossed by a pale transverse line, which may be black edged. All the 

 examples before me are from Pullman, Washington ; Stockton, Utah, or 

 Placer Co., California, and tliose that are dated are in July. 



RJiyfichagroiis exsertistigma^ Morr. 



A dull luteous-brown, sordid looking species wiih black-tipped collar. 

 The costa is of the P'alest wing colour, but not contrasting, and the pale 

 costal coloration does not fill the orbicular. That spot is V-shaped and 

 open to the costa; but while its defining line is pale, the core of the spot 

 is of the darker colour of the ^ving, giving the in-^ect a very characteristic 

 appearance as compared with its allies. As in the other species, the 

 amount of black varies, but in this form a completely black-filled cell is 

 the exception, while the uniform colour, free from contrasts, is the rule. 

 My examples are from California, Washington and Oregon. 



Rhynchagrotis /cetuia, Grt. 



This is an ally of the preceding, even more sordid-luteous in colour, 

 motiled with fuscous, and with the orbicular tending to close superiorly. 

 I have only a single defective example from Corvallis, Oregon. It is also 

 recorded from Washington and California. 



Rhynchagrotis discoidaiis, Grt. 



Dull gray-brown in colour, mottled with smoky, the s. t. space darker 

 than the other parts of the wing, cell blackish between the ordinary spots, 

 orbicular round or oval rather than V-shaped, but incomplete superiorly 

 and open to the costal colouring. I have it from various points in 

 California, Stockton, Utah, and Fort Wingate, New Mexico. Dates are in 



