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1873. Git., Baft". Bull, i, 99, pr. syn. 



1S81. Riley, ludcx to Mo. Repts., r>'2, pr. syn. 



1882. Riley, Piii)iiio ii, 44, Ayrotis. 



diicens Wlk. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mu8.,Lcp. Het. ix, 20:5, Fvltia. 

 1808. Grt. ami Rob., Trana. Am. Eiit. Soc, ii, 77, pr. syn. 

 1869. Bethnne, Can. Eut. i, 86, pr. syu. 

 1889. Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., 377, pr. syn. 



Ground color gray, with a smoky tinge; costal space, median vein, 

 internal margin and s. t. space more or less densely flecked with white 

 scales. Basal line distinct on costa, outwardly oblique to median vein, 

 then inwardly angulate, distinctly white across tiie subbasal dark 

 space. T. a. line straight from median to submedian vein, then with a 

 wide outward lunation to hind margin. Claviform reaching middle of 

 wing, blackish, surmounted by a pale streak. Cell, except ordinary 

 spots, blackish. T. p. line lunulate, single, often indistinct, its course 

 sinuate. A dark subapical patch. Terminal space blackish. S. t. 

 line marked with deep black spots, strongly indenting the terminal 

 space on veins 3 and 4. Orbicular of the saine color as costal space; 

 reuiform discolorous, yellow, with a somewhat darker center. Second- 

 aries pearly white, veins and outer margins smoky. Beneath, prinia- 

 lies blackish, inner margin paler; secondaries as above. Collar with 

 narrow alternately dark and paler lines; patagiie pale yellowish white, 

 margined with smoky black. 



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



Habitat.— United States and Canada. 



This is one of our most coujmou species, and variable as it is in size, 

 brightness of color and comparative depth of the pale and dark shades, 

 the maculation is yet remarkably constant. Western specimens are 

 as a rule somewhat larger and darker than the eastern material. Char- 

 acteristic is the deep indentation into the terminal space made by the 

 s. t. line on veins 3 and 4, and by this character alone the spe- 

 cies can be distinguished from the others often confounded with it. 

 The white secondaries and generally paler color are also character- 

 istic. 



Feltia jaculifera Gu. 



1852. Gu., Sj). Gen., Noct. i, 262, Jgrotis. 



1869. Riley, First Rept. Ins. Mo., 82 f. 29 h, Agrotis. 



1873. Grt., Buff. Bull, i, 99 = suifjoihica. 



1881. Riley, Index to Mo. Repts., 55 = trkvsa. 

 suhgothica tPack. 



1869. Pack., Guide, 306, f. 238, right-band lig. 

 18o3. Saund., Fruit Ins., f. 329, right band iig. 

 tricosa Lint. 



1874. Lint., Eut. Cont. ill, \b9, Agrotis. 



1875. Ilarv., Butf. Bull, in, 5, Agvotis. 



1882. Riley, Papilio, ii, 44 — var. suhgothica. 



■ 1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xxi, ir>6, au. sp. a\»t. ? 

 1889. Butl., Trans. Eut. Soc, Loud., 1889, 377 =^ jaculifera, type. 



