174 BULLETIN 38, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Cariieades annulipes Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, xvii, A(j7-otis. 



General color ashen gray with a reddish shade, Avith blackish pow- 

 derings. Palpi darker at sides, head somewhat pallid in front, collar 

 with a very vagae transverse line composed of dark powderings. Thorax 

 evenly and not heavily powdered. Primaries with the dark i)owderings 

 becoming more i^rominent ontwardly, slightly snftnsing tlie outer part 

 of median space and becoming most prominent as a heavy smoky brown 

 shade before the s. t. line, the terminal space dusky but not so dark as 

 the outer part of s. t. space. Basal line apparently single, brown, not 

 very distinctly marked. T. a. line geminate, evenly outcurved, slightly 

 irregular; the outer part of the line is distinct, brown, rather broad, 

 the inner vague, not well marked superiorly, but easily traced through 

 the lower part of its course. Median shade very distinct, brown, rather 

 definitely limited, very nearly parallel with the t. a. line. T. p. line dis- 

 tinctly geminate, rather widely outcurved over reniform and slightly 

 incurved below ; inner line distinctly crenulate, outer line somewhat 

 vague except through costal region. S. t. line pale, somewhat diffuse 

 and very even, starting from the pale apical space. Claviform wanting. 

 Orbicular and reniform slightly j^aler, not outlined, very vague and in- 

 definite, at first sight apparently wanting. Secondaries smoky whitish, 

 somewhat iridescent. Beneath whitish, powdery, primaries darkest 

 and with trace of an outer line ; secondaries more powdery along costa 

 and without outer line or discal spot. 



Expands 29"""; 1.16 inches. 



Habitat. — Oregon. 



A very distinct species of which I have only one 9 specimen in good 

 condition. It has all the characters of the messoria group, and accord- 

 ing to the tabular arrangement conies nearest to hrunncUjera. It is, 

 however, decidedly smaller than that si)ecies and the color is more 

 gray ; the prominent median shade, and the dusky terminal jjarts of 

 the wing are distinctive. The tarsi are ringed with brown, the legs 

 also of the same grayish white as the underside. 



The type I have deposited in the U. S. National Museum. 



Carneades murdocki Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Traus. Am. Eut. Soc, xvii, 49, Agrotis. 



Head and thorax a rather bright yellowish red, almost ferruginous, 

 without mark or spot. Primaries with basal and subterminal space of 

 the same red brown color as thorax. Median space bright bluish gray, 

 outwardly dark shaded. Terminal space dusky. Basal line faintly 

 marked. T. a. line geminate, very even, with an even, rather small 

 outward curve ; inner line brown, outer line broader, black. T. p. line 

 gemwate, (iyep, Qutwiw41^ curyed over reniform, slightly jucurved 



