NORTH AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 
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KOTES OX SOME X0CTEI03E, WITH DESCRIPTIOXS 
OF XEW^ OEXERA AXD SPECIES. 
BY JOHN B. SMITH. 
Cernia olivacea n. sp. — Ground color an olivaceous gray, with bluish 
green and white powderings. Head and thorax irregularly mottled, with a con- 
siderable admixture of black scales. Basal line distinct, black, followed by a 
white line. T. a. line black, preceded by a white line with long outward teeth 
on the subcostal and median veins, an incurve in submedian interspace, with 
another long tooth on the internal vein. T. p. line is irregular, rivulous, in gen- 
eral course a rather even outcurve. S. t. line indefinite, the space between t. p. 
line and outer margin being irregularly blotchy; an even dusky terminal line. 
Fringes pale, cut with fuscous. Claviform concolorous, defined by a black semi- 
circle below the orbicular and a vague black pow’dering from the horns of this 
to the t. a. line. Orbicular moderate in size, round, concolorous, defined by a 
greenish annulus edged with black scales, and with a whitish central dot. Reni- 
form large, somewhat constricted medially very incompletely defined in black, 
with greenish powderings which extend to the costal margin. Secondaries 
smoky fuscous, somewhat paler basally, with a small discal lunule and a faint 
extra median line. Beneath, primaries blackish powdery, paler along inner 
margin ; secondaries whitish, with a dark discal lunule and a powdery outer 
margin. Expands 1.20 — 1.28 inches; 30 — 32 mm. 
Hab . — Colorado ; Sierra Nevada, Cal. 
I have seen three specimens of this very distinct species, all males. 
Two are from Mr. Edwards, one of them rather rubbed, the third is 
from ]\Ir. Bruce’s collecting, sent several years ago to Mr. Cramer, 
now in collection United States National Museum. In this specimen 
the green has faded to the sordid yellow so commonly assumed by 
this color in the noctuids, but in maculation there is absolutely no 
difference. It is much larger than the eastern C- cora, and the de- 
tails of maculation differ quite widely while the pattern remains 
similar. It is fully congeneric with our eastern species, without 
meaning to assert its distinctness from Bryophila. 
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Pacliiiobia ciiieraseens ii. sp. — Pale luteous gray ; sometimes with a 
slight reddish suffusion, sometimes quite well powdered with black scales. Head 
and thorax concolorous. Basal line distinct, rigid, single. T. a. line single, 
blackish, oblique, outwardly angulated below the costa, nearly straight through 
the cell, outcurved in the submedian and marginal interspace. T. p. line single, 
blackish, distinct, only a little outcurved over the cell, finely crenulated. S. t. 
line concolorous, marked by a defined blackish preceding shade, which fades into 
the ground color before the t. p. line. A broken brown terminal line, followed 
by a faint yellowish line at base of fringes. Claviform wanting; orbicular round 
