REVISION OF SPECIES OF THE GENUS AGROTIS. 85 



mata faint, shaded with ochery, moderately lar«;e. Subterininal line 

 nearer the external marjj^in and more even than its ally, preceded by 

 <lark points. Hind \vin<;s pale fuscous, with yellowish irinjies. Deneath 

 much as in manifestokiheti, common line and discal points. One si)ec- 

 imen, Erie County, New York. (Collected by A. R. Grote, in July.)" 



An apparently well-marked species with a resemblance to some forma 

 of pcrconjlua and probably somewhat intermediate in size and appear- 

 ance between that species and phyUophora. Not known to me in nature. 



Noctua phyllophora Grt. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Bull. Soc. N. «ci., Ii, Gl, .I'potis. 



IBH'J. Butler, Trans. Eiit. Soc, Loud., 1889, 38-i, Amathfs. 



dahlH Beth. 

 1868. Both., Can. Ent., i, 80, (iraphiphora. 



Bri,i,'ht red brown, somewhat ron;;hly scaled ; s. t. space and an in- 

 delinite median shade, darker; at base and alon^- costa i)Owdered with 

 l)Iuish j;ray. Basal line distinct, gray; t. a. line genunate included 

 space paler, oblicpns thrice outwardly (uirved in its course; t. p. line 

 geminate, lunulate, outer line more or less punctiforin, its (;ourse sinu- 

 ate. A row of gray vennlar dois follows the outer part of the t. p. 

 line. S. t. line irregularly dentate and sinuate, marked by the contrast 

 between s. t. and terminal space. Claviform wanting; ordinary spots 

 large, of normal shape, indistinctly outlined, paler, centered with 

 ground color. Secondaries smoky ; beneath uniform smoky, powdered 

 with red. Thorax concolorous. 



Expands 37-40"""; 1.50-1.00 inches. 



Habitat. — Northern, Middle, and Eastern States.. 



A broad-winged form, perfectly distinct from any other species 

 structurally allied. Its chief peculiarities have been already referred to. 



l\[r. Butler cites aJtcrnnta, i'ari.v, and rariafa as synonyms, but this is 

 a wild reference. Those species are not even generically identical with 

 the present. 



It has been usual to refer this as Guenee's var. A. of <lahlii, but a care- 

 ful comi)arJson of the description shows that this species could not have 

 been intended, but that a large specimen of rxihifcra must have served 

 as model for the descri[)tion. 



Noctua rubifera (Jrt. t 



187r>. Git., Can. Ent., vii, '207, •J-J7, I'l. i. f. 14, Agrolis. 



riihii Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Eut., vll, 'J07, Jfiroi'm. 



dahlH, var. A. ; Gn. 

 1852. Gn., Sp. Gen., Noct., i, 332, Xoctua. 

 1856. AVllc, C. B. Mns. Lep. Ilet., X, 393, (iruphiphora. 



Dark brown red, varying in depth; s. t. and sometimes terminal 

 si)ace darker; color very smooth, even. All the lines distinct; median 

 lines geminate, of a darker shade of brown. Basal line distinct; t. a. 

 line outwardly oblique, very little ontwardly curved between veins; t. 



