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costal dots distinctly. Tcrniiiiiil line dentate. Hind win^-s dark fus- 

 cous, with pale interlined frinj^es. Beneath quite pale, faintly ruddy 

 and subirrorate, with common exterior line fadin^j towards internal 

 margins and discal marks. Collar pale, edged behiml with black; 

 teguhe blackish." 



" Expanse, 35'""'." 



Uaijitat. — California (Behrens, No. 37G). 



Afterward, in the Bull. ISurv., iv, 171, Mr. Grote says: "Collar witli 

 iil)per half black; lower part reddish or ochery. Costal margin red- 

 dish ; varies by the presence of black on the cell and before tlie orbicu- 

 lar, or its absence when these i)laces are sometimes olivaceous or reddish. 

 A black basal dash ; claviform distinct. The collar is similar to for- 

 malis, but the color is dilferent, being fuscous, overlaid with reddish 

 and olivaceous." 



This species I do not know at all. Mr. (rrote has labeled three dif- 

 ferent species with this name, and neither one agrees with his descrip- 

 tion. In Broc. U. S. Xational ^luseum, x, 4:31, I place this si)ecies in 

 the synoptic table with facida on the faith of a specimen labeled by 

 Mr. Grote and marked type, I believe, in ^Ir. Graef's collection. But it 

 does not at all agree witli the description, which could not possibly 

 have been drawn from that specimen. I have therefore called it (Uh- 

 tracta. 



1 shall expect to find the type of this species the same as Mr. Morri- 

 son's ciscrtistigma. 



Rhynchagrotis facula Grote. 



1876. Grt., Bull. Hiiir. .Soc. Nat. Sci., m, 82, Agrotis. 



1878. Grt., IJiiU. Siirv. iv, 174, Jgrotis. 



18S7. Sinitb, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 451, Agrotis. 



" 9 Dark purple brown; a slight ashen costal shade invades the stig- 

 mata. Kesembles formalis in color and ornamentation. It diifers by 

 the black filling in on the cell, by the absence of the black band and 

 central white line on the collar, which is concolorous with the dark 

 brown thorax, and only shows a superior black edging. The geminate 

 lines occupy their usual position. The orbicular is open. There is an 

 abdominal carina. Hind wings blackish fuscous. These species seem 

 to lead into the cupida group of the genus." 



To Mr. Crete's description I would add that the ordinary spots are 

 narrowly outlined with pale scales : t. a. line complete, oblique with 

 three slight out-curves ; t. p. line punctiform, rather indistinct, evenly 

 sinuate; s. t. line consisting of a series of pale yellow, powdery dots. 



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



Habitat. — California, British Columbia. 



This species is easily recognized by the very uniform dark color, the 

 plump, heavy body, the rather short, robust primaries and short abdo- 



