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Orbicular small, round, gray, with dark center. Kenilorni moderate, 

 pale. Claviform siiiall, barely outlined. S. t. line narrow, pale, hardly 

 di'lincd, witli a distinct tlion^h not well-delined W on veins ."J and 4. 

 Sc'convlaries white, veins slightly soiled. Beneath, whitish, powdered 

 near costa, with an indetinite common line. 



Expands 30 ' (l.LM) inches). 



Hauitat. — Xew Mexico. 



The species is not in the Museum collection, and I liave seen only a 

 single male specimen, marketl "ty[)o'' by Mr. Grote. It seems to me 

 much more nearly allied to capsularifi than to llincata, to which Mr. 

 Grote compares it, but it is not likely to be contbunded with either. 



The harpes of the <? are loug, slender, curveil, al)ruptly and greatly 

 dilated at tip, where it is inwardly fringed with a row of si)inule3. 

 From base of the harpes arises the rather short, corneous clasper, 

 which divides so that the prongs form a right angle at their point of 

 junction. 



Mamestra prodeniforinis Smith. 

 I8«7. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix,4C4 ; Mu>ne>ilra. 



Fuscous ashen gray, with a paler tingo in basal si)ace, and a dis- 

 tinct, pale bluish shade through s. t. space; t. a. lino single, upright or 

 slightly obli(pie inwardly black, not attaining costa; t. p. line barely 

 traceable, almost upright or very slightly sinuate, blackish, single; s. t. 

 line yellowish, well marked with a prominent W, preceded by sagittate 

 black dashes. A row of terminal black lunules. Claviform narrow, out- 

 lined in black, a tine black line crossing from its tip to the t. [). line. A 

 pale shade surmounts this s[)ot and crosses the median s|)ace. Orbicu- 

 lar narrow, obli(|ue, pale ringed. Eeniform lunate, superiorly a little 

 paler, inwardly marked with black. Cell between the ordinary spots 

 dusky. Secondaries white, with soiled outer margin. Beneath, 

 powilery, without markings. 



Expands 30-35""" (1.20 to 1.40 inches). 



Uabitat. — Southwest Arizona, New Mexico. 



One specimen, Xew Mexico (J. B. S.), collected by Professor Snow, 

 is in the Museum collection. 



The male of thfs species was mistaken by Mr. Grote for the male of 

 his Admctocis oxymorus, and the generic character based on the dill'er- 

 euce in length of S and 9 antenna^, has no existence. In type of 

 maculation and in habitus this species bears a very obvious resem- 

 blance to Mr. Grote's species, but it lacks the distinct yellowish shades 

 of that species. The present form is easily distinguished by its strong 

 resemblance to Progenia, in color as well as markings. 



The sexual structure of the male is remarkably like that of liijuida. 

 The clasper is a little more prominent, and the tip of the harpes is a 

 bttle more drawn oat — else they agree. 



