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sometimes annulate with wliite. Keniform npri^lit, moderate in size, 

 somewhat constricted at middle, annulate with white, somewhat li<rhter 

 than <;round color. Secondaries fuscous, toward base paler, lieneath, 

 smoky, jjowdery, no distinct line or s|)ot. Head ami thorax concolor- 

 ous with i)rimaries, white mottled. Fata^iie white, margined with 

 black. 



Expands 27 to 28"'"' (1.08 to 1.12 inches). 



Habitat. — New Mexico, Oregon, California. 



A single specimen (New Mexico^ J. B. S.) is in the Museum collection. 



This is a well-marked species, which can not be easily mistaken. The 

 prominent white lines and jteculiar sordid ground color are distinctive. 

 Variolata bears some resemblance to it, but belongs to another group 

 with xery distinctly d'llerent genitalia. 



Mamestra cuneata (lit. 



1873. Grt., Buff. Bull., I, 139, pi. 4, f. 9; Mamentra. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 150; Mamestra. 



Ash gray, with fuscous shadings. Median space distinctly fuscous. 

 Median lines distinctly genunate, included space pale. Kasal line 

 present, pale, terminating in a lunate black dash. T. a. line with a 

 rather even, outward curve. T. p. line sinuate, essentially parallel to 

 outer margin. S. t. line defined by the somewhat tlarker terminal 

 space, more or less marked with yellow scales, and with a distinct 

 yellow spot near hind angle. Through the pale s. t. line is a row of 

 black venular dots and a variably distinct fuscous ])owdering, forniing 

 a dark patch on costa. Beyond the reniform in the median space there 

 is an irroration of yellow scales, variably distinct. Claviform concolor- 

 ous, distinctly outlined, often spanning the median space and connect- 

 ing the lines. The ordinary spots are large, black-lined, of the pale 

 ground color, and therefore contrasting to the darker median space. 

 Orbicular oval oblicpie. Keniform kidney-shaped. A row of terminal 

 black lunules. Fringes unusually long. Secondaries dark fuscous. 

 Beneath, smoky fuscous, i)o\vdery, with obsolete lines and discal spots. 

 Head and thorax concolorous with primaries, collar with a black line, 

 patagia' black margined. 



Expands 27 to 30""" (1.08 to 1.20 inches). 



Habitat. — California, ^Vashington, Vancouver. 



Kather broader winged, more robust than any of the preceding, and 

 not to be confounded with them. The large pale ordinary spots, the 

 distinct yellow spot on s. t. line, and the long fringes, are not easily 

 mistaken. 

 Nine si)ecimens are in the ]\Inseum series, oth^irs in the duplicate 

 material: California (C. V. K., Meske, J. B. S.); Vancouver (J. B. S.). 



