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creiiulate, its course [);inilk»l with, and umisuiilly close to outer mar- 

 gin, inakinj»' the uiediau si)ace very broad. S. t. line narrow, soine- 

 wliat paler, its course sinuate; a terminal row of black dots. The 

 median shade is not well nuirUed and is central to the median s[)ace. 

 Claviform concolorous, not distinctly outlined. Orbicular round, pale 

 <jray. lieniform moderate, kidney-shaped, annulate with gray, centered 

 with ground color. Secondaries pale yellowish fuscous. Beneatli white- 

 ish, powdered, a darker discal lunule. Ilead and thorax concolorous. 



Expands 32""" ; l.L'5 inches. 



IlABiTAT. — Nevada. 



xV well-marked species, with rather narrow wings ; it is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the widely se[)arated median lines and pale orbicular. 

 A single $ is iu Mr. Tepper's collection. 



Carneades micronyx Grt. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 171, Agrolis. 



Primaries fuscous, with a whitish gray cast; transverse lines geminate, 

 indistinct. T. a. lineui)right, very slightly waved. T. p. line faintly lunu- 

 late, about parallel with outer margin. S. t. line concolorous, narrow, 

 sinuate, shaded each side with darker fuscous. Claviform wanting. 

 Orbicular large, round, gray; lieniforni concolorous, incomi)letely out- 

 lined. The median shade darkens the cell between stigmata and runs 

 rather close to t. p. line beneath median vein. Secondaries dark fus- 

 cous. Beneath i>ale fuscous, with common, even, subdentate line and 

 discal marks. Collar with a distinct black transverse line. 



Expands 30"""; l.liO inches. 



Habitat. — California. 



This species is very distinct; the body is heavy, the primaries com- 

 paratively short, obtuse. The obsolescent maculation, the dark ground 

 color, and large round gray orbicular make a combination at once rec- 

 ognizable. Withall, its resemblance to mcssoria is striking. 



Carneades intrita Morr. 



1874. Morn, Proc. Bosfc. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 101, Agrotis. 



1875. Grt., Can. Eut., vii, (i8, Afjrotis. 



Ferruginous, shaded with black. Transverse lines distinct geminate, 

 included space paler. Basal line evident. T. a. line oblique, scalloped 

 between the veins. T. p. line very even, parallel to outer margin. S. t. 

 line narrow, somewhat indefinite, strongly sinuate. Claviform evident, 

 concolorous. Ordinary spots pale ringed, centered with ground coloi', 

 of normal size and shape. The dusky median shade darkens the cell 

 between the ordinary spots, then curves under reniform and runs par- 

 allel with ami close to the t. p. line. Secondaries yellowish fuscous, 

 paler toward base. Beneath, [trimaries smoky, secondaries whitish, 

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