REVISION OF SPECIES OF THE GENUS AGROTIS. 1 G5 



Primaries carncons gray ; inaculatioii as l)ofor« C.kms. 



Primaries yellowish gray; traiisverso liues more evident mkdiahs. 



Primaries palo luteous ; transverse lines geminate, distinct feniseca. 



Secondaries in both sexes dnsky ; colors variable. 

 Ordinary spots distinct. 



I*rimarios dark gray ; reniforni narrow rxtkanka. 



Primaries red brown ; reniform large, kidney-shaped tuifasciata. 



Ordinary spots obsnlotc, not distinct. 



Fcrrnginoiis and black; transverse lines single, broad, even, nnnsn.illy ap]>ro\-- 



imate niFASCiATA. 



More uniformly reddish; transverse lines normally distant, t. j). strongly cren- 



nlate COMOSA. 



Vestitnre scaly or mixed ; thorax with divided ant(iiior tuft. 

 Moderately largo species; the primaries trigonate, of moderate width. 

 Claviforra present. 

 Color dark gray ; all macnlation distinct; collar with an indistinct dusky line, 



M KSSOUIA. 



Color reddish ; transverse line of collar distinct black ruuefactalis. 



Color reddish ; collar coucolorous, orbicular elongate, irregular fauna. 



Claviform wanting. 

 Transverse lint^s geminate. 



Basal and median spaces not contrasting in color. 

 Terminal space not darker, median shade diU'use, transverse lines very 

 distinct, coloi- rt'ddish to gray, orbicular nearly obsolete, 



BUUN'XEKJERA. 



Terminal space and shade accompanying s. t. lino distinctly blackish. 

 Median shade distinct, upright, very broad, distinct, diffnse, contrasting. 

 Ground color l)luish ash graj', smooth; secondaries 9 blackish, 



INCAI.I.inA. 



Median shade narrow, vague, indefinite. 



Ground color luteous, secondaries, 9 luteo-fuscons ;,UTUr,ENTA. 



Median shade very prominent, distinct, curved, rather narrow. Color 



reddish gray, powdery anxulipes. 



Basal and s. t. spaces ferruginous, contrasting with the ash gray median 



space MKUDocKi. 



Transverse lines single, color fuscous gray <il'iXQ('Ei.i.\EA. 



Smaller species. 



Wings narrower, more equal, the costa somewhat more convex ; body rather 

 slight. 

 Very dark ash gray, all niaculation like mesaoria, rather indefinite, friahilis. 

 Lighter, more fuscous gray; transverse lines very distinct, somewlit approx- 

 imate Fl'SCIGERA. 



Luteous graj', orbicular whitish, transvi-rse lines unusually distant, 



ounicm.ARis. 

 Wings short and wide, form robust. 

 Color and macnlation like mcs8oria, hnt indistinct; orbicular large, gray; 



reniform obsolete MICKONYX. 



Blackish over ferruginous; macnlation distinct; transverse lines liaie ; t. p. 

 lines unusually even intrita. 



Carneades bostoiiiensis Grt. 



1874. Grt. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1874, 203, Agrotis. 

 187G. Harv. Buff. Bull., iii, 74 pi. o, fig. 7, Agrotis. 



Very dark ash-gray, the lines and ordinary spots obsolete. S. t. line 

 darker, sinuate, usually distinct. The somewhat curved median shade 



