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geminate, upright, limiting the pale basal space. T. p. line punctifoim, 

 siibobsolete. S. t. line distinct, pale, irregular. Urdiuary spots large, 

 pale, well defined ; orbicular open superiorly. Clavilbrm faintly indi- 

 cated, small. Secondaries pale, outwardly fuscous. i>eneatli pale, pow- 

 dery toward apices and along costal margin ; an indefinite common line 

 and an obsoletely marked discal luuule. Uead and thorax ferruginous. 



Expands 37-40 """ ; 1.5-1. G inches. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



Very distinct by the red color and pale basal space. It shows by its 

 wing form and habitus the relationship of the group to the hostoniensis 

 section of the messona grou[). The cell between the spots is only slightly 

 darker. 



Carneades solitaria Siiiith. 



188.'). Smith, Stett. Eut. Zeit., XLVi, 2-23, Atjrotis. 



Kusty, somewhat yellowish red ; powdered with black scales ; most 

 distinctly in the median space. Transverse lines pale, gray, even, not 

 well defined. S. t. line also gray but little sinuate. Terminal space 

 powdered with black. Claviform obsolete. Ordinary spots distinct, 

 moderate, yellowish. Orbicular rouiul, renifbrm normal. Cell between 

 the spots but little darker. Secondaries blackish. Beneath deej) smoky 

 gray, powdery ; discal lunules evident. Head pale, thorax carneous 

 gray. 



Expands 33""" ; 1.32 inches. 



Habitat. — Labrador. 



A single specimen from Mr. Moeschler, ticketed"? var. conflua.'''' 

 Typical conflua iXo^^ not occur in America so far as I have been able to 

 discover. The present species is certainly not conflua and agrees with 

 no other form known to me. It has the wing form and somewhat 

 similar color ofhasaUs, from which it differs in smaller size, neatly de- 

 fined, ordinary spots and lack of basal pale space, as well as by the 

 blackish secondaries. 



Carneades nostra Smith. 



1890. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xvii, 55, Agrotis. 

 General color a somewhat luteous brown, varying a little in shade. 

 Sides of i)al})i darker, the front sometimes with dark scales. Collar with 

 a somewhat faintly marked median transverse line. Thoracic tuftings 

 gray tipped, sometimes the entire thorax somewhat darker in shade 

 than the ground color. Costal region i)owdered with gray, more broadly 

 at base, terminal space blackish, not greatly contrasting, and somewhat 

 variable in the amount of the dark shading; on ai)ical blotch gray 

 powdered. Basal line present, geminate, not well marked. T. a. 

 line geminate, very slightly oblique, with a distinct outward curva- 

 ture in the interspaces ; the line is sometimes barely traceable, and the 

 two parts are generally equally distinct. T. p. line nearly parallel with 

 the outer margin, the inner line finely crenulated, outer line reduce4 



