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Agrotis niiirdocki sp uov. -Head and thorax a ratlier bright yellowish 

 red, almost ferruginous, without mark or spot. Primaries with basal and sub- 

 terminal space of the same red brown color as thorax. Median space bright 

 bluish gray, outwardly dark shaded. Terminal space dusky. Basal line faintly 

 marked. T. a. line geminate, very even, with an even, rather small outward 

 curve; inner line brown, outer line broader, black. T. p. line geminate, even, 

 outwardly curved over reniform, slightly incurved beneath ; inner line black, 

 dLstinct, outer line indefinite, incomplete, brown. S. t. line marked by the con- 

 trast hetwecTi the evenly dark terminal space and pale s. t. space, its course ir- 

 regular. A dusky co.stal shade in s. t. space before apex, leaving a paler apical 

 spot. A pale line at base of fringes Claviform wanting. Orbicular large, 

 round concolorous, faintly outlined by a pale ring. Reniform large, kidney 

 shaped, inferiorly dark filled, obscured by the median shade which crosses the 

 spot and then runs rather ditfusely and close to the t. p. line, darkening the 

 outer part of median space. Cell between the spots also dusky. Secondaries 

 whitish, soiled, with a faint reddish sufl'u.sioM. Beneath pale, powdery, disc of 

 primaries darker; an outer line and discal dot to all wings. Expands 1.20 inch. ; 

 30 mm. 



Habitat. — N. W. British Columbia, Utah Territory. 



This very handsome species is readily recognized among its con- 

 geners by the strong contrast between the blue-gray median and 

 reddisli yellow or rusty red basal and s. t. spaces. It has all the 

 characters of the messoria group, but is unique among them all. 

 'J'he specimen now before me is from Mr. Neumoegen. I received it 

 some time since from Mr. Edwards, who had it, I think, from Utah. 

 Some years since I received the first specimen from Capt. Murdock, 

 Fort Thornburgh, Utah, and this specimen is now in the United 

 States National Museum. From Capt. Murdock I received many 

 good species, and it is matter for extreme regret that so good a col- 

 lector in so fine a locality should have lost his life so soon. 



Agrotis qninquelinea sp. nov. — General color fu,scous gray. Head 

 concolorous; collar with a central dusky line; thorax concolorous. Primaries 

 evenly colored, the transverse lines blackish. Basal line distinct, single. T. a. 

 line distinct, upright very slightly angulate; median shade line distinct, broad, 

 very irregular. T. p. line single, narrow, crenulate, its course as a whole very 

 nearly parallel to the outer margin. S. t. line consisting of a narrow dark 

 shade line followed by some pale scales relieving and defining the same; an in- 

 terrupted, very narrow terminal line. Secondaries and abdomen pale smoky 

 fuscous. Claviform wanting, ordinary spots barely traceable, concolorous, reni- 

 form inwardly marked by a small black dot. Beneath pale, powdery fuscous, 

 with an outer line and discal spot on all wings. Expands 1 40 inches ; 35 mm. 



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



This simply marked species is allied in appearance to the Alpine 

 forms tridienla or fusca with the characters referring it to the group 

 mesisoria so far as they can be made out from the single female before 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVII. (7) FEBRUARY, 1890. 



