REVISION OF SPECIES OF THE GENUS AGROTIS. 1G9 



Carueades niessoiia Ilairis. 



1841. Harris, Kept. lus. Mass., Agroth. 



ISO'J. Harris, Iiij. Insects, Flint ed., 444, .iijrotis. 



18f^5. Rilc-yi I^'it. Amer., i, 176, Aqrolia. 



fipinsa Gn. 

 1852. Gn., Sp. Gen. Noct., I, 261, Agroiis. 



1880. Grt., Hnll. Geol. Surv., vi, :m\, Agrot'm. 



1889. IJntl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lon«l., 1881>, :]7l), pr. syn. 



spissa Wlk. ? nee. Gn. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mils., Lep. Hot., x, 327, Agroiis. 

 1877. (Jrt., Can. Ent., ix, 28, pr. syn. 



I y car urn \ Grt. 

 1874. Grt., Can. Ent., VI, 155. 



cochraui Riley. 

 1868. Riley, Trairio Farmer, Jnly, 1868, A gratis. 

 1860. Riley, First Rept. Ins. Mo., 75, Agrotis. 

 1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 155, pr. syn. 



1881. Riley, Sn))plt. and Index to Mo. Rept., 76, pr, syn. 



1881. Grt., I'apilio, i, 126, pr. syn. 



1882. Riley, Papilio, ii, 41, Agrotis. 

 repcntis Grt. and Rob. 



1868. Grt. and Rob., Trans. Am. Ent. Soe., I, 350, pi. 7, f. .58, Agrotis. 

 1873. Grt., Hnir. IJnll.,!, i)6, Agrotin. 

 1S73. Grt., IJnir. Bnll., Il, 53= vochrani. 

 1881. Grt., Papilio, I, 126 = wiessorm. 



halanitis Grt. 

 1873. (Jrt., lintf. Bnll., i, 07, pi. 3, f. 14, Agrotis. 



Dark ash gray with a hitcons tint, to a somewhat smoky red brown ; 

 the transverse lines always distinct, black, the ordinary spots always 

 deliued. T. a. line variable in course and direction, and somewhat iu 

 the extent of the outward carves between veins. Usually the line is 

 oblique. There are two small anjjnlations above the median vein, and 

 two wide outward curves below. T. p. line obsoletely s^'mi'iate, crenu- 

 late, i>arallel to outer margin, or somewhat more upright. S. t. line 

 pale, sinuate, marked by a more or less evident «hirker terminal and 

 s.t. shade, the latter narrow. The median shade is distinct, cro.ssing 

 outer half of reniforni and usually darkening it inferiorly, then 

 running parallel and very close to t. p. line. Orbi(;ular round, con- 

 colorous, distinctly and completely outlined by a narrow black line. 

 Keniform large, kidney-shaped, the sides often relieved by yellowish 

 scales. Claviform always obvious, and usually distinct, of variable 

 size, but usually short. Secondaries, 9 various shades of smoky to 

 yellowish fuscous; S paler, often whitish, with darker outer margins. 

 Beneath powdery, with more or less evident common line and discal 

 spots. Thorax coucolorous, collar with a narrow black line. 



Expands 31-40"""; 1.2."3-I.O() inches. 



Habitat. — United States and Canada. 



This species found from Atlantic to Pacific, and from Canada to the 

 Southern States, is at once the most constant and one of the most 



