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attaiiiiiipf the t. a. line; t. a. lino sinuate, outwardly oblique; t. p. lino 

 very even, i)arallel to outer niirgin; s. t. line narrow, interrn|»te(l, 

 irreffularly sinuate, marked by a row of preceding sagittate black 

 dashes. A row of black terminal Uinnles. A pale line at base of 

 fringes. Claviforin wanting. Orbicular small, oval, concolorous or a 

 little paler, black ringed, sometimes connected with the t. a. line. 

 Reniform ni)riglit, rather narrow, pale, with sometimes a dark center. 

 Secondaries i)ale luteo fuscous, outwardly darker. Beneath, somewhat 

 reddish, powdery, with outer line and small discal spot. 



Kxpands .U-.W"'" (1.21 to 1.32 inches). 



IIaihtat. — California, Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska. 



Two specimens are in the Museum collection: Arizona, Colorado 

 (J. B. S.). 



This is a well distinguished form, recognizable by the even, pale t. p. 

 line, and the narrow, upright, pale reniform. 



IIari)es of male gradually broadening toward tip, where they are 

 superiorly longer, the ends squarely cut ot!'. Clasper rather long, and 

 at base slender, twisted, at tip beak-like. 



Mamestra goodelli Grt. 



1875. Grt.,Can. Eut., vii,2-2.3; Mamestra. 



Dull sordid fuscous brown, with the lines obliterated or but feebly 

 marked. Sometimes there are local brownish or green shades, not 

 detinitely marked, and so variable that they are not describable. The 

 basal line is usually i)resent; t. a. obsoletely geminate, outwardly con- 

 vex, indented on the veins; t. p. line crenulate, parallel with outer 

 margin; s. t. line indetinite, pale, irregular, preceded by a dusky shade. 

 Clavitbrm black tilled, but usually indetinitely limited and somewhat 

 variable in size. Ordinary spots concolorous or somewhat paler, black 

 ringed, moderate or small in size, and somewhat variable in shape. 

 Cell usually a little darker between these marks. Secondaries paler, 

 smoky fuscous. Beneath, variable in shade, with a common outer line 

 and discal spot, which are also variably distinct. 



Expands 28-:U' (1.12 to 1..30 inches). 



Hahi'I'A'I'. — Canada: Northern, Eastern, and .Miildle States, west to 

 Nebraska. 



Five sjiecimens are in the Museum collection: Holderness, New 

 Hampshire, duly IC (C. V. R.); New Hampshire, July 20 (d. S. N. M.); 

 Sharon, New York, August -1 (Meske) ; Lewis County, New York, July 

 10 (C. V. R.); New Y^ork (J. B. S.). 



An iibscure species, decideilly varial)le in size and maculation. It 

 varies in the distinctness of the median lines, the shade of the ground 

 color, the prominence of tlu; claviforin, which is sometimes barely 

 traceable, though usually black and contrasting, and also in the amount 

 of black around the ordinary s|)ots. Tiie fortn fr();n Nebraska is more 

 sordid and evenly marked than the eastern specimens, but seems other- 



