REVISION OF Sl'ECIES OF THE GENUS AGliOTlS. 'J3 



Noctiia sieirae Ilarv. 

 187G. TI;irv., Can. Eiit., viii, :!7, AfjrotiH. 



Even smoky brown, ;ill maciilation obsolete. The transverse lines 

 are so faintly indicated as to be hardly perceptible. In course tbey 

 seem much like those of haruspica, bnt are much more even, not scab 

 loped or crenulate. The ordinary spots also are but faintly outlined, of 

 the same <?eneral form and size as in the preceding;. The secondaries 

 are smoky ; beneath as in haruHpka. 



Expands 40-42""", l.GO-1.08 iiu;hes. 



>IABITAT. — Sierra Nevada, California. 



Somewhat more sordi<l in color than haruspUa., and with the trans- 

 verse lines different and less distin(;t, but otherwise a very close ally. 



Noctua cletueiis Smith. 



1890. Sinitli, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xvii, 41, Jt/rolin. 



Pale luteous j^ray, with black ])owderiii<;'s ; the vestiture smooth, glis- 

 teiiinf;'. Head, collar, and thorax, concolorous, immacidate. Basal line 

 distinct, geminate, black; t. a. line, geminate; outer line, broadi r, more 

 distinct, the lines irregular, and, as a whole, the line irregularly out- 

 curved and bent in the interspaces. T. p. line, distinctly geminate, in- 

 terrui)ted; the inner line consisting of a series of irregular lunate spots; 

 outer line, an almost evenly curved series of distinct venular dots; s. t. 

 line pale, very slightly and irregularly sinuate, the line marked by a 

 distinct, dusky preceding shade; a series of blackish terminal dots. A 

 diffuse median shade darkens the cell between the ordinary spots, and 

 IS continued vaguely to the hind margin, varying in distinctness. Clav- 

 iform wanting. The ordinary spots are vague, indefinite, of a very 

 slightly paler shade than the ground color; the reniform marked with 

 dusky. Secondaries pale smoky, somewhat whitish; the veins fus- 

 cous; beneath whitish, powdery, with an outer line and discal spot to 

 all wings. 



Expands 38-41'""', 1.5U-I.G5 inches. 



Habitat. — California (Neunuegen.) 



The specinu^ns before me are all females, and show all the character- 

 istic features of the cUoidcsfina group of the genus. The species has 

 no close allies in the group, and while evidently referable near to clan- 

 (U'.sfina and haviUv in the table, is in some respects rather intermediate 

 between the type ot the group and hariispica. The abdomen of the 9 

 is not depresse«l. There is some resemblance to pyrophUoides in the hab- 

 itus, which, however, is not likely to prove misleading. 



