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region, discontinued below the dusty margin of tlie hind wings. Labial palpi 

 dark, third joint concealed. 



Expanse, 35 m. m. Habitat, Colorado Territory (coll. Theo. L. 

 Mead, No. 32). 



Agrotis mimallonisj Orote. 



S . — Ocelli ; antennae long, bristled beneath (borstenformig), tapering ; eyes 

 naked ; head and thorax tliickly haired, caputal squamation directed forwards 

 between the antennae ; all the tibiae spinose ; middle and hind tibiae spurred. 

 Head, thorax and fore wings dull purple red. Primaries with simple orna- 

 mentation. Transverse lines obsoletely geminate, blackish. T. a. line twice 

 slightly waved to vein 1, below which it is outwardly projected to the margin. 

 Orbicular with a blackish central dot alone apparent. Eeniform with a luni- 

 form blackish central shade which is alone noticeable. The transverse lines 

 are marked by black scales on costal region. T. p. line with its inner line 

 alone distinct, this is narrow, continued, equally distinct throughout its length, 

 but little projected, regularly lunulate, blackish. Subterminal line pale, 

 indistinct, near the margin. Ante-apical pale costal dots. Blackish scales 

 about the veins on the terminal space ; terminal line subobsolete ; fringes 

 concolorous. Hind wings pure white, dusted a little apically with ashen 

 scales and a faint ashen terminal line ; fringes white with a faint middle line 

 more apparent apically. Beneath, the hind wings are white, with a discal dot, 

 and determinately powdered with purple and ashen scales over costal region. 

 Fore wings fuscous centrally, with the costal region and terminal margin 

 purplish ; a faint discal dot and two exterior darker shade lines. Feet and 

 tibiae fuscous, dotted with pale marks ; femora and thorax beneath thickly 

 haired, purple-red. Thorax above without crests. Abdomen pale, somewhat 

 ochreous, stained laterally and at the anus with purplish, somewhat flattened, 

 uutufted. 



Expa7ise, 38 m. m. Habitat, New York (coll. Theo. L. Mead, 

 No. 117). 



Agrotis fumalisj Orote. 



(, . — Ocelli ; eyes naked ; antennae long, bristled beneath, tapering ; middle 

 and hind tibiae spurred ; all the tibiae spinose. Habit and ornamentation of 

 violaris. Dusky ashen ; ornamentation simple. Fore wings with the blackish 

 t. a. line nearly jierpendicular, very slightly lunated and notched on the cell. 

 Median shade and orbicular obsolete, lleniforra a lunated blackish stain. T. p. 

 line even, continued, a little roundedly exerted opposite the cell, resembling that 

 of repentis in appearance, formed of regular small lunulations with the black- 



