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tinct, outwardly oblique and quite even ; a small outward curve only in the in- 

 terspaces. T. p. line marked by a geminate black spot on the costa, thence indi- 

 cated only by the slight contrast between median and subterminal space; 

 outwardly well curved over the reuiform, and somewhat incurved below. S. t. 

 line prominent, a narrow, slightly irregular line of yellowish white scales 

 scarcely interrupted save toward costa and inner margin. Claviform faintly 

 marked. Ordinary spots moderate in size, normal in form, concolorous, outlined 

 by a narrow line of pale scales surrounding each. Secondaries and abdomen 

 smoky fuscous. Beneath fuscous, powdery, with a reddish shading, more marked 

 on secondaries ; an outer, interrupted, transverse line and a discal spot on sec- 

 ondaries only. Expands 1.25 inches ; 31 mm. 



Habitat. — Sierra Nevada, Cal. (McGlashan). 



In structural characters this species is nearest to mirabilis in the 

 cupida group ; front smooth, palpi short, scarcely forniing a snout 

 as in cupida, fore tarsi not spinose ; thorax with a small anterior 

 and posterior divided crest, abdomen depressed. It is an interme- 

 diate form betAveen the cvpida, exsertistigma and stellaris groups, with 

 the wing form of the former, the tufting of the second, and the 

 maculation of the third. Its best place is probably next to mirabilis. 



A single female in good condition is before me." 



Agrotis Clemens sp. nov. — Pale luteous gray, with black powdering.s, the 

 vestiture smooth, glistening. Head, collar and thorax concolorous, immaculate. 

 Basal line distinct, geminate, black. T. a. line geminate, outer line broader, 

 more distinct, the lines irregular, and as a whole the line irregularly outcurved 

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

 tween the ordinary spots and is continued vaguely to the hind margin, varying 

 in distinctness. Claviform 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 fuscous. Beneath 

 whitish, powdery, with an outer line and discal spot to all wings. Expands 

 1..50— 1.65 inches ; 38—41 mm. 



Habitat. — California ( Neuraoegen"). 



The specimens before me are all females, and show all the charac- 

 teristic features of the clandestina group of the genus. The species 

 has no close allies in the group, and while evidently referable near 

 to clandestina and havilae in the table, is in some respects rather in- 

 termediate between the type of the group and haruspica. The ab- 

 domen of the $ is not depressed ; there is some resemblance to py- 

 rophiloides in the habitus, which, however, is not likely to prove 

 misleading. 



