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what irregularly outcurved over cell and decidedly incurved below it. S.t. line 

 narrow whitish, irregular, with a distinct W, preceded by sagittate black marks 

 and shades which tend to become lost, and sometimes outwardly emphasized by 

 black scales. A series of black terminal lunules, beyond which the fringes are cut 

 with, yellow. Claviform short; broad, outlined by blackish scales, concolorous. 

 Orbicular of good size, irregularly oval, oblique, incompletely outlined, not so 

 powdery, and sometimes a little paler. Reniform large, broad kidney-shaped, out- 

 lined in black, outwardly relieved by a pale blotch which has somewhat the 

 appearance of a small reniform stuck in the upper outer comer of a very large one. 

 Secondaries pale dirty yellowish, outwardly smoky, with a more or less obvious 

 outer line and discal spot, darker in the female. Beneath, smoky, powdery; sec- 

 ondaries paler; all wings with a more or less well-marked extra-median line and a 

 small dusky discal spot. 



Expands 1.36-1.62 in. = 34-41 mm. 



Habitat: Manitoba; Miniota, May 5, 11, 22; Cartwright, May 24. 



Three males and six females, mostly in fair condition, are under exami- 

 nation, two of them belonging to Mr. Heath, the others received through 

 H. H. Brehme. The species is in some respects intermediate between 

 versuta and riinata, and is characterized principally by having no very strong 

 characters. There is quite a variation in the distinctness of the sagittate 

 marks preceding the s.t. line, one example from Cartwright having the 

 entire series fully defined, while in other examples they are almost entirely 

 absent. 



Hadena ferida nov. sp. 



Ground-color dull rusty brown with black powderings. Head with a dusky 

 frontal line. Collar with two narrow blackish lines. Thoracic disk and patagia 

 more or less marked with dark brown or black scales. Primaries with all the normal 

 maculation present, but not constrasting, and more or less obscured by black powder- 

 ings. Basal line geminate, black, broken, angulated. T.a. line geminate, black, 

 the inner part less marked, outwardly oblique, somewhat curved, with an obtuse 

 angle just below the middle. T.p. line geminate, inner portion somewhat lunulate, 

 outer more even and less distinct, followed by a series of pale venular points; out- 

 wardly bent over cell, then oblique, nearly parallel to the outer margin, except for 

 an incurve in the sub-median interspace. S.t. line yellowish, broken, almost punc- 

 tiform in some examples, a distinct though broken W on veins 3 and 4. A series 

 of black terminal lunules, between which the fringes are cut with yellow. There is 

 a somewhat obscure, diffuse median shade, which is more obvious on the costa and 

 again below the claviform, where the entire median space is somewhat darkened. 

 Claviform pointed, large, extending across the median space, the lower margin form- 

 ing an obvious black bar, the upper margin less conspicuous and sometimes incom- 

 plete. Orbicular very large, oblique, irregularly ovate, incompletely outlined by 

 black scales, a little paler than ground, with a dusky central dot, spot or line. 

 Reniform large, irregular, the upper and lower margins extending beyond the cell, 

 and not defined, more or less marked with yellowish scales, and tending to central 

 lines. Secondaries smoky, paler at base, with a dark terminal line at the base of 



