REVISION OF SPi:CIES OF THE GENUS AGROTIS. 189 



Carneades reiia Sinitli. 



1890. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xvii, .'S3, Agroiiii. 



General color varies from a very pale carneous ^ray to a distinct red- 

 dish gray, the change being rather one of intensity than color. Head 

 and thorax iumiacnhite, palpi dark at sides. Primaries with the macu- 

 lation not strongly contrasting, transverse lines sometimes obsolete; 

 in fully marked s[)ecimens basal line distinct, geminate, black. T. a. 

 line very slightly oiitciirved, irregular, geminate; outer line blackish, 

 broad, distinct; inner line faint and more even. T. p. line geminate; 

 outer line punctiform, inner line narrow, crenulated, its course rather 

 even, and not strongly outcurve<l over reniform. S. t. line pale, narrow, 

 very slightly irregular, relieved by a distinct dark, rather narrow i)re- 

 ceding shade. A narrow interrupted dark terminal line. This macu- 

 lation may be wanting in part or entirely. One specimen lacks all but 

 the merest trace of the t. p. line; usually the s. t. line remains distinct. 

 Claviform small, incompletely outlined, in i>ale specimens entirely want- 

 ing. Orbicular large, round, slightly irregular, narrowly pale ringed, 

 a black s[K)t lilling the space between orbicular and t. a. line and an- 

 other dusky shade tilling the interval to the reniform; the color of the 

 included space is very slightly paler than ground color; reniform large, 

 upright, kidney shaped, narrowly outlined in pale, with a leaden gray 

 tilling, becoming blackish interiorly. These ordinary spots are constant 

 in the series examined though the distinctness varies, as does also the 

 color of the tilling between them. Secondaries soiled white to pale 

 fuscous, the ditierence not sexual. Beneath, primaries fuscous, pow- 

 dery, pale at costa, with an outer transverse line visible only at costa 

 and a large discal spot; secondaries much paler, powdery, with a dis- 

 tinct outer shade line and large discal spot. 



Expands 31-33'""'; 1.25-1.3U inches. 



Habitat. — Sierra Nevada, California. 



The series before me, by the kindness of Mr. Edwards, shows quite a 

 long range of variiition within comparatively narrow limits. There is 

 little or no change in ground color nor in the relative position or course 

 of the lines or spots, while the whole transverse maculation may be al- 

 most completely gone and only the ordinary spots remain. In structure 

 it fully agrees with tessellata ami, iiisignata, and with the latter of these 

 si>ecies it is most nearly allied, being closest to the form described as 

 verticaUs by Mr. Grote. It dillers essentially from this, however, in the 

 shape of the ordinary spots, and especially in not having any contrast 

 whatever between median and s. t. space — a marked feature in all the 

 insignata forms. Judging from the number of si)ecimens sent by Mr. 

 McGlashan the species is not uncommon. 



Two specimens referable to this species in Mr. Neumoegen's collec- 

 tion, marked California, without indication of special locality, have 

 the ground color a luteous brown or reddish, with a faint gray shade 



