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marked on costa ; a pale streak on subniodian vein tliron^h the cell ; 

 orbicular very small, punctilorni 5 renitorin inuderate, pale, powdered 

 with rusty red; secondaries white, the veins with dusky scales; be- 

 neatli whitish, primaries, with a dusky s. t. shade, broadest at costa; 

 secondaries sprinkled with brownish alony; costa. 



Expands 33""" ; 1.32 inches. 



Uauitat. — Colorado. 



Of this i)ecnliar species I have seen but a very few specimens, all very 

 much alike. The male genitalia are as in placida, and thus confirm the 

 reference of the species to this groni). The jjravid females have the 

 abdomen conic, and at tirst si{>ht do not suj;gest cupida, but a little care 

 will show the evident resemblances even in that sex. There need never 

 be any doubt in the identilication of this species. 



Rhyuchagrotis inelegans Smith. 

 1890. Sinitli, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, xvii, 43, Agrotis. 



General color dull blackish brown ; head and palpi concolorous; col- 

 lar with a reddish suffusion, more marked at the tip and extending to 

 base of costa of primaries •, thorax with base of patagia', and the tips 

 of the small anterior and posterior tufts also more reddish and slightly 

 contrasting; primaries with a slight reddish shading basally along 

 costa, else quite uniform, save that the median space is a trifle darker 

 than the rest of the wing ; basal line geminate, black, distinct; t. a. line 

 geminate, blackish, distinct, outwardly oblique and quite even, a small 

 outward curve only in the interspaces; t. p. line marked by a geminate 

 black spot on the costa, thence indicated only by the slight contrast 

 between median and subterminal space, outwardly well curved over 

 the reuiform, and somewhat incurved below ; s. t. line prominent, a nar- 

 row, slightly irregular line of yellowish white scales, scarcely inter- 

 rupted save toward costa and inner margin; claviform faintly marked ; 

 ordinary spots moderate in size, normal in form, concolorous, outlined 

 by a narrow line of pale scales surrounding each ; secondaries and ab- 

 domen smoky fuscous; beneath fuscous powdery, with a reddish shad- 

 ing, more marked on secondaries; an outer interrupted transverse line 

 and a discal spot on secondaries only. 



Expands 31'""'; 1.25 inches. 



Habitat. — Sierra Nevada, California. 



In structural characters this species is nearest to mirabiUs. The palpi 

 are short, scarcely forming a snout, as in cup id a ; thorax with small 

 anterior and posterior divided crest; abdomen depressed. It is an in- 

 termediate form between the ciipida, crscrtistif/ma, and stcllaris groups, 

 with the wing form of the former, tiie tufting of the second, and the 

 maculation of the third. Its best place is probably next to mirabilis. 

 A single female, in good condition, is before me. 



