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the costa is stiaij^lit. The speciineu under examination I believe came 

 from Moeschler by the courtesy of Mr. Cramer. I have never seen 



anotlier aiiythiuj;' like it. 



Carueades obeliscoides Gu. 



ISO'S. Gu., Sp. Gen. Noct., ii, 21):?, Jijrolis. 



18.">G. Wile, C. R. Mils. Lop. Hot., X, :«!, AfjroHs. 



l«7d. Gruef., Bull. Bklu. Eut. Soc, i, i)=obcnnca. 



obeliscal Wlk. 

 185G. Wlk., C. B. Mus. hep. Hot., x, 3:23, Ayrotis. 



sexaliUs Grt. 

 1873. Grt., Buff. Bull, i, 100, Agrotis. 

 1875.'Git., Buff. Bull., ii, 203, pr. ayn. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 102, jir. syn. 

 1878. Gr:u;f., Bull. Bkln. Eut. Soc, i, O=obelisca. 



Ked brown, or darker; median space deei)er brown; cell black ; costa 

 to t. p. line white or pale gray. Transverse lines distinct, geminate; 

 t. a. not crossing costa, oblique, curved between veins; t. p, oblique, 

 sinuate, slightly creuulate. S. t. line i)ale, interrupted very irregular; 

 terminal space somewhat darker; a slightly darker costal i)atcb pre- 

 ceding s. t. line. A black basal dash. Claviform rather large, dis- 

 tinctly outlined, surmounted by a broad paler streak. iStigmata distinct, 

 usually round and generally complete; outlined in black; a distinct 

 white annulus, the center coucolorous. Keniform large, complete, pale 

 or white, a coucolorous lunule toward inner margin. Secondaries fus- 

 cous; often jialer toward base. Beneath variable, powdery with dis- 

 cal, and s. t. common transverse shade lines, discal lunules usually 

 evident, llead and thorax coucolorous; collar with a somewhat indis- 

 tinct transverse line. 



Expands 31-37"""; 1.20-1.50 inches. 



llABiTAT. — East of Rocky Mountains. 



Easily distinguished from all others of the group by the large trig- 

 gonate ])rimaries, the white costa, strongly arched in most specimens, 

 and large discolorous reniform. 



Carneades iufelix Smith. 



1890. Smitli, Tr;ln^s. Aui. Eut. Soc, xvii, [u, Ayrolis. 

 General color red-brown, varying in shade. Head and collar infe- 

 riorly either gray or yellow, with a ferruginous admixture, contrasting; 

 a black transverse line across the middle of the collar limits the pale 

 space superiorly, and above this line the collar is coucolorous with 

 thorax. Thoracic disk in the specimen even, coucolorous; in another 

 the entire color is darker, the tuftings are gray tipi)ed, the patagiie 

 with gray powderings and margined with black. Primaries with cos- 

 tal region discolored yellow, with a ferruginous or an ash-gray powder- 

 ing, gradually merging into the ground color before the inception of 

 the t. p. line. Basal line whitish, loop-like, cutting a disk out of the 



