REVISION OF SPECIKS OF THK GENUS AOKOTIS. 1!) 



tically identical, while the stvh' of nm(;nhition is also tlie same. The 

 difference in size and in ^ronnd c()h)r remains as the most prominent 

 distinctive feature, and these are not always constant. I have referred 

 these western specimens to rujipectus. 

 The species is not common. 



Rhynchagrotis minimalis Grote, 



1870. Grt., No. Am., Eiit. i 4.'), .ti/rolis. 



Ilead, thorax, and primaries brick red, with a faint yellowish tinge, 

 terminal space somewhat ])ah'r; secondaries and body smoky ^vay, 

 fuscous. Palpi laterally dark. Primaries with transverse lines single, 

 dark, followed by a narrow pale shade. T. a. line even, or but slightly 

 wavy, outwardly oblique fnnn costa. T. j). line crenulate, outwardly 

 curved over the cell. S. t. space slightly darker, the course of the s. t. 

 line being marked by the contrast to the paler terminal space. A ter- 

 minal row of dots, fringes concolorous, orbicular small, round, pale, 

 with darker center. Keniform small, dark, a diffuse and somewhat ob- 

 scure median shade, evident below reniform. 



Expands 32-38 ■"■"; 1.32 inches. 



Habitat. — Colorado, Maine. 



This species, of which I have had no male for dis.section, is ordinarily 

 very easily recognized. There are however, an)ong specimens, sent me 

 by Mrs. Fernald, some forms, which while probably rightly referred 

 here, show a much nearer approach to cupida th-du a knowledge of Colo- 

 rado specimens alone would seem to indicate. The species seems not 

 common. 



Rhynchagrotis cupida Grt. 



1864. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii,;V25, pi. '> f. 7, Xoctiia. 

 1869. Grt., Tr;ii)8. Am. Eiit. Soc, ii, 3U'.), Agrotis. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 1»3, Cermth. 

 1878. Grt., Can. Ent., x, 2'M, JgroHa. 

 1878. Lintner, Ent. Cont., iv, 124, Agrotis. 



1889. Bntler, Trans. Eut. Soc, Lend., 1889, 383, Aviathes. 

 relafa Wlk. 



1865. Wlk., C. li. Mu8., Lep. Het Snppl., 3, 710, Graphiphora. 

 1889. Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 1889, 383, pr. syu. 



Var. BKUNNKU'ENNLS Grt. 



1875. Grt., Can., Ent. vii, 187, Agroiin. 

 1878. Grt., Can. Ent. x, 234, an var. pr. ? 



1883. Grt., Proc, Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 155, Agrotis. 



Varies in color of thorax and primaries from drab or clay yellow to 

 dark red brown, more or less powdery. The more usual form is a brick 

 or dull red, abdomen somewhat more gniyish ; secondaries fuscous to 

 blackish, sides of palpi also black. The maculation is often more or le.ss 

 indistinct, but when fully present is as follows : All the lines gem- 



