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able distance beyond what we would consider typical. With only a 

 few examples at hand a new species is indicated : with a good series 

 the existence of a very distinct form is obvious, and this I have called 

 speratina. 



It is somewhat larger, more heavily built and, on the whole, paler, 

 more ashen gray in color than the type : the maculation is more dif- 

 fuse, less definite and altogether more obscure than is usual in eastern 

 examples. 



Expanse as in the type. 



Habitat. — Denver, Colorado, in July; Dr. Barnes. 



Acronycta caesarea, new species. 



Head, thorax and primaries ashen gray, powdery, the dusting smoky olivaceous 

 with a slight bronze lustre. Base of antenna with white scales and a white line at 

 base of collar. Primaries with the median space a little paler than the rest of the 

 wing, the markings fairly distinct, hut the impression on the whole is one of uni- 

 formity. Basal line geminate, powdery, blackish, both portions equally defined. 

 T. a. line geminate, black, the parts equally defined, included space broad, very- 

 even and outwardly oblique. The veins through the basal space are black marked 

 and there is a little inward tooth from the middle of the t. a. line, but no basal streak 

 or dash. T. p. line with a long outcurve over the cell and a well-marked incurve 

 below; geminate, the inner portion smoky, partly lunate, the outer chiefly marked by 

 the darker shade of the s. t. space, which, indeed, extends to the fringes. A vague 

 s. t. line or shade is indicated by some irregular whitish blotches. Orbicular round, 

 whitish with a dusky center. Reniform of good size, broadly kidney-shaped with a 

 whitish spot and a central lunule. Secondaries uniform smoky, the veins a little 

 darker ; discal spot and shade of under side faintly visible. Beneath, primaries very 

 dark smoky, somewhat blotchy; secondaries whitish, powdery along the costa, the 

 veins blackish, a broken blackish outer band and a distinct discal spot. 



Expands: .95 inches = 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Essex County Park, N. J., May 20. 



One good male from Mr. W. D. Kearfott. The species is smaller 

 and narrower winged than retanlata, which it otherwise resembles in 

 a general way. The very uniform ashen gray and the small ordinary 

 spots will further serve to distinguish the species. 



Aplectoides speciosa, variety arctica Zetterstedt. 



Hampson, in his monographic work, makes " Ab. 2 arctica. 

 Small and dark with the markings indistinct. Alpine and Arctic. " 

 I have seen alpine specimens that agree with this characterization ; 

 but have in hand now a male example from Mt. Rainer, Washing- 

 ton, which is very dark, almost blackish, the markings indistinct, but 

 equals in size the typical form. Besides being indistinct, or better 



