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1856. Wlk., C. B. Mu8., Hest., x, 415, Pachiiolm. 

 1875. Grt., Psyche, i, 77, 100, Agrotis. 



Ab. ciXEKEA Stgr. 

 18G1. Stgr., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxii, 369, Paclniohia. 



Enst red to deep-red brown ; cell between ordinary spots darker to 

 blackish. Lines often more or less obsolete ; when present broad, single, 

 even. T. a. line unusually remote from base, evenly oblique outwardly ; 

 t. p. line very near to outer margin, somewhat denticulate, its course 

 sinuate; s. t. line indicated only by the boundary of the slightly paler 

 terminal space. Claviform represented by a blackish uiark representing 

 some portion of an outline, never complete. Orbicular concolorous, set 

 into the dark shading of cell, open superiorly. Eeniform moderate, of 

 normal shape, variably complete. Secondaries reddish fuscous ; beneath 

 reddish powdery, with a variably distinct common line and discal dot. 

 Head and thorax concolorous. 



Expands 32-34""" ; 1.30-1.35 inches. 



Habitat. — Labrador, Lapland ; circumpolar. ^ 



A variable species, in which the transverse lines are usually obsolete 

 and only the uuirkings in the cell are visible. The aberration cinera is 

 sufiused with a bluish-gray tint, and the transverse lines are distinct. 



Pachnobia ■wockei Moescbl. 



1862. Moeschl., Wien. Ent. Monatschr., vi, 130, pi. 1, f. 1, 2, Agrotis. 

 1883. Moeschl., Stett. Eut. Zeit., 44, 117 (occurs iu Asia?). 

 scromilana Morr. 



1874. Morr., Pr. Boat. Soc. Nat. Hist., IT, 165, Agrotis. 



1875. Morr., Psyche, i, 42, Agrotis. 

 1875. Grt., Psyche, I, 77=r=carnea. 

 1875. Morr., Psyche, i, 85, an sp. dist. 

 1875. Grt., Psyche, i, 100=carnea. 

 1885. Smith, Ent. Anier., i, 14=:woclcei. 



1885. Smith, Stett. Eut. Zeit., 46, 223=H)0cA-ei. 



Rust or red-brown, basal and terminal space paler, grayish, cell 

 'larker, blackish ; basal line distinct, black, followed by a gray shade, 

 and terminating in an irregular basal dark patch. T. a. line preceded by 

 a gray shade, a distinct acute outward tooth on subcostal vein, variable 

 iu length, then rather evenly oblique outwardly to vein one, beneath 

 which there is an outward curve of variable length ; t. p. line rather 

 even, crenulate, parallel with outer margm ; s. t. line paler, iregularly 

 sinuate, at costa marked inwardly by a large brown patch. Claviform 

 pale, outlined in black, very variable in length ; ordinary spots paler 

 gray or concolorous. Orbicular variable, usually open above, sometimes 

 V-shaped, the lower angle rounded and varying to the typical form of 

 scropuJana where it is complete. Eeniform upright, somewhat con- 

 stricted at middle. Secondaries fuscous ; beneath essentially as in the 

 preceding species; collar interiorly yellowish, tipped with brown. 



Expands 31-37"'"'; 1.25-1.50 inches. 



Habitat. — Mount Washington, Labrador. 



