352 AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Antennse of male serrate and bristle tufted. 

 Secondaries smoky or dusky in both sexes. 



Front black at sides ; primaries luteous to reddisli ; median sbade distinctly 



angulated; transverse maculation well written verberata. 



Front concolorous at sides; primaries rusty yellowish, very powdery ; me- 

 dian sbade upright; transverse markings broken bicolorago. 



Secondaries yellow or pale in both sexes. 



All the maculation obscure; yellowish-red; median shade not conspicuous; 



size large decipiens. 



All the maculation distinct, well written ; yellowish, with brick-red powder- 



ings; median shade conspicuous; size moderate acta. 



All maculation traceable only ; color straw-yellow ; size small. 



straniinea. 

 Antennse of male ciliate only. 



Costa of primaries a little depressed at or beyond the middle; apex distinct, 

 outer margin a little excised beneath it; inner margin straight or 

 nearly so; the wing elongate. 

 Ground color of primaries rough, powdery; median shade conspicuous. 

 Luteous to rusty brown ; secondaries smoky brown ; size larger. 



antapica. 



Ground color of primaries even, not powdery ; median shade not conspicuous. 



Creamy to dark gray-brown ; secondaries dusky; excision below apes in 



both wings well marked purpurea. 



Reddish to red-brown ; secondaries pale, with a glistening reddish tinge; 



excision below apex in both wings feebly marked fornica. 



Costa and usually the inner margin of primaries arched ; outer margin not ex- 

 cised below apex. 

 S. t. lin. )unctiform. 



Gray, brown or red, with dusky powderings and washes. 



Pale, creamy gray, with smoky markings; primaries in both sexes nar- 

 row aggressa. 



Brown-red, less powdery ; primaries narrower in the female. . -euroa. 

 Smaller, darker, more powdery ; primaries more obtuse in both sexes. 



duscata. 

 Eusty yellowish, with purplish powderings; maculation broken- -ralla. 

 S. t. line continuous. 



Rusty yellowish, rather even in tint; the maculation inconspicuous. 



inops. 



Amatlies verberata Smith. 



1904. Smith, Can. Ent., xxxvi, 153. Orthosia. 



1905. Dod, Can. Ent., xxxvii, 246, Orthosia. 



1906. Hamps., Cat. Phal. B. M., Noct., vi, 480, pi. 107, f. 1, Amathes. 



The types were received from Mr. Dod, labelled " Head of Pine 

 Creek, Calgary, Alberta," at various dates after the middle of Sep- 

 tember. Late'', Mr. Dod records the capture of the species in June, 

 from the same locality. Hampsou adds Gleuwood Springs, Colo- 

 rado, to the distribution, and I now have specimens in my collection 



