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College, collection of lly. Edwards, and collection of U. S. National 

 Museum. 



This form may be rather closely related to Mr. Grote's strigilis, 

 which I do uot know. 



Carneades albipennis Grt. 



1877. Grt., Biiir. Bull., iii, 118, Ayrotis. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Gcol. Siirv., vi, 17.5, Agroth. 

 1883. Grt., Pros. Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 15G, Ayroiia. 



9 vUjripcntiis Grt. 

 1880. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi. I'A), Agrotis. 

 1882. Grt., Now List, 25 pr. syu. 



Fuscous to deep blackish brown ; the general appearance very like 

 some forms of insignata, and this form can best be described compara- 

 tively. Smaller, somewhat narrower winged, the transverse lines much 

 more faintly marked and finer; t. i). line usually obsolete ; ordinary 

 spots size and form as in msignata, but concolorous with darkest por- 

 tion of wing (except cell). Secondaries S white, 9 fuscous. This 

 latter character is distinctive of the S[)ecies. 



Expands 31"""; 1.2"3 inches. 



Habitat. — East of Kooky ^Mountains, Canada. 



This is a very pretty and distinct little species, which is easily recog- 

 nizable by the smooth even coloring and dusky, large sized ordinary 

 spots. The white secondaries of the male as compared with the dusky 

 color of the female easily separate the species from all the allied forms 



Carneades spectanda Smith. 



1890. Suiitb, Traus. Am. Eut. Soc, xvii, 54, Agrotis. 



General color a rather bright luteous gray with a glaucus tint over 

 all. Head somewhat darker, with a considerable admixture of black 

 scales. Inferior part of (jollar also dusky, limited by a distinct trans- 

 verse black line above which are white scales. The patagiae are also 

 somewhat darker and margined with black scales. Primaries very 

 smooth in general color, the tenninal space and costal [)ortiou of s. t. 

 space darker, more powdery, cell tilled with black about the pale ordi- 

 nary spots. Basal line black, geminate, distinct. T. a. line geminate, 

 well marked on costa, incurved on costal vein, thence slightly oblique 

 outwardly to internal vein and a long outward curve below. T. p. line 

 geminate, outcurved over reniform, then nearly parallel with outer 

 margin ; inner line narrow, crenulate, distinct ; outer line even, much 

 less evident. S. t. line narrow, pale, sinuate, marked by the darker 

 terminal space. A series of black terminal lunules, and a yellow line 

 at base of fringes. Claviform moderate in size, concolorous, distinctly 

 outlined in black. Orbicular moderate in size, slightly irregular, but 

 hardly oblique, distinctly black ringed and with a very narrow border 

 of pale scales. Reniform moderate in size, of the normal form, with a 

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