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over all, aud the cell between the ordinary spots more distinctly dusky. 

 Otherwise the maculatiou is practically identical, and I can not think 

 that we have here a distinct species. 



Carueades insignata Wlk. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., X, 330, Agrotis. 



18d9. Butler, Tnuis. Eut. Soc, Loud., 1889, 379, AtjroHs. 



declarata Wlk. 

 1865. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het. Suppl., xxxii, 063, Mamcstra. 

 \nri2. Grt., 111. Essay, 43, Agrotis. 

 1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 156, Agrotis. 

 1885. Sauud. Cau. Ent., xvii, 32, Agrotis. 

 1883. Biitl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., L-^81), 379 pr. syn. 



tritici t Gn. 

 1852. Gn., Sp. Gen. Noct., i, 22is, Agrotis. 

 1889. Butler. Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 1889, 379 pr. syn. 



decolor Morr. 



1874. Morr., Proc Buff. Soc Nat. Hist., xvii, 162, Agrotis. 



1875. Morr., Can. Ent., vii, 214, Agrotis. 

 1877. Morr., Buff. Bull., in, 212, Agrotis. 



campestris Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Eut., vii, 118, pi. 1, f. 6, Agrotis. 

 1875. Grt., Proc Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1875, 423, Agrotis. 

 1875. Morr.. Cau. Ent., vii, 214 = deco/or. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 227 = decolor. 

 1877. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iii, 118, Agrotis. 

 187S. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv, iv, 175, Agrotis. 

 1889. Butler, Trans. Eut. Soc, Loudon, 1889, 379 pr. ayu. 



var. VERTiCALis Grt. 

 1880. Grt., Bull, Bklu. Ent. Soc, in, 29, Agrotis. 

 1885. Smith., Can. Ent., xvn, 6 =^ declarata. 



Ground color from carneous gray to deep blackish or bright rust red 

 brown; terminal space alwaj^s, median space usually a shade or two 

 darker than other i)arts of wing; cell between ordinary spots and to 

 t. p. line black or blackish brown ; lines geminate, variably distinct, 

 and varying in course, especially t. a. line. IS. t. line variably distinct, 

 l)ale, sometimes only marked by the limit of the dark terminal space. 

 Claviform distinct, outlined, variable in size and shape. Ordinary si)ots 

 very large, concolorous, outlined in black, annulate with yellow scales. 

 Secondaries dusky to dark fuscous. Beneath' powdery, variable in 

 shade, a more or less incomplete common line aud discal lunule. 



Expands 31-34" ■■ ; 1.25-1.35 inches. 



Habitat. — Nova Scotia, Canada, northern United States east of 

 Rocky Mountains. 



A very decidedly inconstant species. Thirty or more specimens are 

 before me, and except for the variety verticalis no two are alike. It 

 is diflBcult to describe such a species as this, which varies so in color, 

 and even in maculation. The wings are comparatively rather short, 

 broad, trigonate, the apices rectangular. The ordinary spots are al- 

 ways very large and distinct, contrasting against the dark filling of 



