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smoky; secondaries more yellowish and powdery; all wings with an outer shade 

 band and discal mark, less evident on primaries. 

 Expands 1.15-1.35 in. = 29-34 mm. 



Habitat: Kaslo, B.C., July 27. 



Two males and five females; from Dr. James Fletcher, collected by 

 Mr. J. W. Cockle, after whom the species is named. All the examples are 

 in good condition and no two are alike. The two males are smaller than 

 all the females, although the larger of the two is almost as large as the smallest 

 female. So the males are also darker and less distinctly marked, the orna- 

 mentation in one case, indeed, being scarcely traceable. In all the females 

 all the markings are at least traceable, and in one case every feature is 

 complete, and, in addition, the s.t. space is a little paler than the rest of the 

 wing. The t}'pe of maculation is similar to insulsa, but there is no darkening 

 of the cell and the wings are also too powdery. There are no strong positive 

 characters, and in Hampson's Tables it falls between submolesta and pro- 

 rellaris, neither of them American species. 



Euxoa criddlei nov. sp. 



Head, thorax and primaries mahogany-brown; the head and thorax darker, 

 without markings; primaries with all the transverse maculation lost, except the s.t. 

 line, which is traceable by a line of pale scales edging the darker, more blackish ter- 

 minal space. No trace of claviform. Orbicular faintly indicated by a blackish 

 powdering. Reniform faintly outlined by scattered pale scales interiorly filled with 

 blackish. Secondaries dull yellowish becoming smoky at outer margin, with a dark 

 discal lunule. Beneath, smoky, powdery; primaries darker; all wings with a dis- 

 cal lunule. Abdomen dull smoky. 



Expands 1.40-1.50 in. = 35-37 mm. 



Habitat: Aweme, Manitoba, Aug. 24, 25, Sept. 4. 



One male and two females, in good condition ; from Dr. James Fletcher, 

 collected by Mr. Criddle, after whom the species is named. This is a very 

 simply marked form, and in fact, at first sight there appear to be no markings 

 at all, so feebly are they indicated. In wing form the species is like pastora- 

 lis, with which it will be most naturally associated in the list. In Hampson's 

 Tables the species would fall in next to stigmatilis Sm., to which the new 

 species has but a slight resemblance. 



Euxoa quinta nov. sp. 



Head, thorax and primaries dull ashen gray, the entire surface with uniformly 

 placed brown irrorations, which are quite conspicuous under the glass, and give a 

 soft shading to the insect. Transverse maculation, except s.t. line, brown or black- 



