52 JOHN B. SMITH. 



black scales, within which a few yellowish scales further emphasize it ; the centre 

 darker and n)ore dull than the ground color. Eeuiform large, kidney-shaped, 

 incompletely outlined by black scales, within which is an also incomplete yel- 

 lowish aunulus; the centre darker, but with yellowish scales outwardly. The 

 cell between the ordinary spots is a little darker than the rest of the wing, and 

 there is a very faint indication that a dusky shade line extends through the 

 outer portion of the median space. Secondaries whitish, veins blackish, and an 

 indefined blackish outer border ; a pale line at the base of the gray fringes. Be- 

 neath, primaries smoky, powdery outwardly and along the costa, an incomplete 

 dusky outer transverse line; secondaries white, powdery gray along the costa. 

 witli a broad and rather definite blackish outer marginal baud, and a small 

 blackish discal lunule. Expands 35-36 nnn. ; 1.45-1.50 inches. 



Hah. — Oregon, Colorado. 



Two male specimens of this species are before me at present, one 

 of them from Mr. Graef's, the other from the Hulst collection. I 

 have seen others, collected in Colorado by Mr. Bruce, but have at 

 present no specimens from him. The species is related to riifula and 

 alticola, but is abundantly distinct from both. It is much darker in 

 the ground color, in which respect it diffei's most strikingly from 

 alticola, which has similar secondaries, while rufula, which most re- 

 sembles it in the ground color, has the secondaries entirely smoky 

 fuscous in both sexes. 



Agrotiphila iiicogiiitu n. sp. (PI. ii, fig. 9) — Ground color a dull fuscous 

 luteous, intermixed with gray. Collar with a blackish line near tip surmounted 

 by a gray terminal line; patagiiE with a black submarginal line, dorsal vestiture 

 with gray intermixed. Primaries with the basal space iuferiorly, and the me- 

 dian space much darker than the other parts of the wing, in which gray pre- 

 dominates. Basal line black marked on costa and in the submediau interspace. 

 T. a. line geminate, inner line fuscous, outer line black, included space gray, 

 upright, with a slight inward angle at middle and an outward loop below the 

 submedian vein. T. p. line geminate, outer line fuscous, inner line black, in- 

 cluded space of the pale ground color, very even, almost rigidly parallel with 

 the outer margin after the usual outcurve over the costa. S. t. line gray, distinct, 

 very even, preceded by a series of short, blackish dashes, forming a more promi- 

 nent costal blotch. A black terminal line; fringes of the pale ground color. 

 Claviform concolorous, distinctly black margined, narrow, loop-like; a yellowish 

 streak extends from its tip to the t. p. line. The cell is darker filled around the 

 ordinary spots which are of the paler ground color, with gray powderiugs, and 

 are narrowly black ringed. Orbicular small, semi-oval or V-shaped, open to the 

 costa. Reuiform moderate, lunate in form. Secondaries dull ocherous on the 

 disc, becoming smoky toward all margins, with a dusky terminal line and paler 

 yellowish fringes. Beneath, a rather pale tawny yellow, with an incomplete 

 blackish outer line and a small discal spot, x4.bdomen with an admixture of 

 tawny vestiture, becoming more obvious at the tip. Expands 26-30 mm. ; 1.04- 

 1.20 inches. 



Hab. — Laggan, British Columbia, above timber, 7000 feet, July 

 22, 1890 ; Aug. 10, 1891, Bean, Nos. 462, 492. 



