138 BULLETIN 38, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Ordinary spots outlined in black, annulate with white ; t. p. line puuctiform and 



somewhat irregular ; secondaries whitish plagigera. 



T. p. line well defined, even; secondaries yellowish oi^ivalis. 



Orbicular rounded, complete. 



Costa concolorous, size snuill, pale colors wiiite •. ridingsiana. 



Costa and pale colors yellowish. 

 Collar concolorous ; thoracic tuft yellow ; apices of primaries rectangular, 



FLAVIDENS. 



Collar yellow inferiorly ; thoracic tnft concolorous; apices of primaries 

 rounded flavicolms. 



Collar white inferiorly, limited l)y a black line; size very large; pale colors 

 suffused with reddish or lilac, very bright; apices of primaries somewhat 

 produced peuexcellens. 



Carneades recula Harv. 

 1876. Harv., Can. Ent., viii, 37, Agrotis. 



Deep smoky brown ; costal and snbmedian spaces, inner margin at 

 base, a snbapical patch and ordinary spots yellow. S. t. line distinct, 

 yellowish, indented as nsnal by the fonr pale streaks, and marked 

 inwardly by black cuneiform dashes. Secondaries white. Beneath 

 white. Head and inferior half of collar white or creamy. Thorax 

 luteous, intermixed with both black and white hair and scales. Ab- 

 domen yellowish white. 



Expands 2o">">; 1 inch. 



Habitat. — Oregon. 



This small and very distiuc species is recognized by the contrast in 

 color of primaries. It must be very pretty when perfect ; but all the 

 known specimens are rubbed and also imperfectly spread. All the ex- 

 amples thus far seen in collections come from Mr. Hy. Edwards. 



Carneades cicatricosa G. «& E. 



1865. Grt. & Eob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iv, 492 pi. 3, f. 4, JgroUs. 



Ground color yellowish white. Costa marked with blackish scales ; 

 in the cell there is only a small triangular spot marking the anterior 

 boundary of the V-shaped orbicular, and a narrow space between spots 

 dark fuscous. T. a. line marked only below median vein ; t. p. line 

 curved over the cell, thence straight to internal margin; extended 

 slightly along the veins ; space between reniform and t. p. line dark. 

 S. t. line well marked, even, scarcely indented on veins 3 and 4; out- 

 wardly marked by the dark terminal space, inwardly by a row of lu- 

 nate spots. Claviform well defined, dusky. Basal space below median 

 vein dusky. Secondaries white. Beneath white. Head and thorax 

 luteous. Collar inferiorly and patagiie near sides, white. 



Expands L'0-31"""; 1.20-1.25 inches. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



It is difficult to describe an insect like this, in which the ground color 

 may be either one thing or the other so far as predominance is con- 

 cerned, and where the maculation is so irregular. The Vshaped orbicu- 



