^^I'gyi'^] IMJOCKEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 207 



Expands 44-53""" (1.70 to 2.12 iiiclies). 



Habitat. — Nortliern, Eastern, and Middle States ; Colorado, Utah. 



The variety JtowimacHlti has the ordinary spots continent, else like 

 the typo form. IIow I came to refer the insect to Hatknn, I can not 

 now nnderstand, since luy uiemorauda show that I knew the eyes were 

 hairy. 



The Museum collection has six specimens in the refrnlar series, 

 others in the duplicates: localities as follows: Bar Harbor, Maine, 

 Aufjust 27 (J. B. S.) ; Albany, New York, Auf;ust 24, September 9 

 (Meske, 0. V. R). Of the variety there are two specimens, tlu' type 

 from Utah, Fort Thornburgh (J. B. S.) ; another from Morrison, Col- 

 orado, July 27 (C. V. K). 



It is perliaps worthy of note that none of the eastern material I have 

 seen has any tendency to the coudueut ordinary spots, while the west- 

 ern specimens show it as a rule. 



The thorax is distinctly crested, the crest divided. 



The male genitalia cousist of a broad harpe, suddenly narrowed and 

 then at tip dilated and inwardly si)inulate. The clasper is from the 

 center of the harpe, rather short and moderately curved, simple. 



Mamestra insolens Grt. 



1874. Ort., Buir. Bull , n, G5; Dianlhcccia. 

 1^81. (Jit.. Can. Eiit., xiii, 1:50; Mameatra. 



$ arieds Grt. 

 I-*79. Grt., Hull. U. S. Geol. Surv. v, 207; Mamestra. 

 issi. (Jrt., Can. Ent., xiii, 130; pr. syu. 



earitta Morr. 

 1874. M(irr., rroc. Bost. Soc. N. IL, xvii, 158; Ticniocampa. 



Luteous gray, transverse lines pale, margined with black. Ordinary 

 sijots large, concolorous or paler, broadly annulate with white. Basal 

 line present. T. a. line outwardly margined with black, somewhat 

 irregularly lunate, outwardly oblique. T. p. line inwardly margined 

 with black, lunulate. T. i>. line concolorous, sometimes marked by 

 yellow scales. Terminal space darker, limiting the line outwardly, while 

 inwardly it is marked by a row of black points. A terminal row of 

 black lunules. fringes long, interlined with gray and black. Seconda- 

 ries pale fnsco luteous, with white fringes. Beneath, both wings pale, 

 with common line and discal dots. Head and thorax concolorous with 

 priniaries. 



Expands 34-43"'"' (1.3G to 1.72 inches). 



Habitat. — California. 



Four specimens are in the collection, all from California (J. B. S., C. 

 V. K.), two of them from S.ui Francisco County, California, August 

 and October (through C. V. I\.). The female has the ovipositor slightly 

 exserted and is usually larger aiid darker than the male. Antenna- of 

 the male serrate, with lateral tufts of bristles to each joint. The male 

 genitalia are distinct. Tiio harpes are broad, curved, and somewhat 



