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REVISION OF SPECIES OF THE GENUS AGROTIS. 167 



Carneades feniseca Hiirv. 



1875. Ilarv., Buff. Bull., in, 71, pi. :?, f. G, Agrotis. 

 1875. Grt., Li it N(ictiii(l;i', 25, Agrot'iH. 



Grayish clay yellow ; the transverse lines fuscous, moderately dis- 

 tinct, geminate; basal line evident; t. a. line upiight or but slightly 

 oblique; but little angulate between veins; t. p. line crenulate, nearly 

 parallel with outer margin ; s. t. line diffused, indefinite ; ordinary spots 

 concolorous, illy deliiKMl ; size and shape much as in the preceding spe- 

 cies; claviform faintly indicated in some s[)ecimens. The median shade 

 is distinct, diffuse. Secondaries $ white, 9 dusky; beneath as in tlie 

 pre(;(Mling species. 



Expands ;)4-;>8"'"'; 1.. '35-1. 55 inches. 



Uabitat. — California. 



Distinguished by its uniform luteous gray color, but otherwise in 

 habitus very near to the preceding species. 



Carneades extranea Smith, 



1887. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., x, 459, Agrotis. 



Dark ash gray; the transverse lines distinct; basal line evident; t. 

 a. line faintly geminate, upright, scarcely lunate between veins; t. p. 

 line even, outwardly curved over cell, inwardly slightly sinuate to hind 

 margin. The terminal space is somewhat darker shaded, relieving the 

 concolorous, very irregular s. t. line. Median shade distinct, diffuse, 

 outwardly shaded so as to reach the t. p. line and thus darken the outer 

 third of median space. Ordinary spots concolorous, distinctly out- 

 lined ; orbicular small, round; reniform elongate, upright, rather nar- 

 row; secondaries 9 yellow fuscous, of $ unknown; beneath fusco- 

 luteous, powdery, an indefinite common line and discal luuule, darker. 



Expands .'57' '"; 1.5 inches. 



Habitat. — Montana. 



A single 9 specimen only in Mr. Tepper's collection. It is readily 

 distinguished from all the others of the group by the dark gray color, 

 the distinct ordinary spots, and the outwardly darker median shade. 

 The insect has a casual resemblance to the species of Ammaconia both in 

 maculation and wing form. 



Carueades trifasciata Smith. 



1887. Smith, Pmc. U. S. Nat. Mns., x, 4G0, Agrotis. 

 Deep red brown, slightly irrorate with bluish gray; the transverse 

 lines black. Basal line evident. T. a. line rather remote from base, 

 single, upright, slightly irregular. T. p. line about parallel with outer 

 margin, single, not very even in width, somewhat powdery. S. t. line 

 puuctiform pale, very even. Median shade darkening cell between or- 

 dinary spots, approximating t. p. line inferiorly and connected with it 



