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variably defined dusky spots and sometimes by darker shades ; just before the anal 

 angle rather prominently marked by white scales. There is a narrow black line at 

 the base of the fringes which are dark and narrowly cut with yellowish. Claviform 

 large, conical, black-ringed, extending across the median space, the apex on the t. 

 p. line. Orbicular large, irregular, oblique, black-ringed, the center concolorous or a 

 little paler, the anterior margin resting on the t. a. line or connected with it by a 

 black shading. Reniform large, extending above and below the cell, rather narrowly 

 kidney-shaped, both ends resting on the t. p. line. Secondaries in the male whitish, 

 becoming blackish at the margins ; in the females more evenly smoky as a rule. 

 Beneath primaries dark smoky brown, powdery ; secondaries whitish in the male, 

 darker in the female, powdery, with an outer line which in *he female tends to become 

 the inner margin of a distinct dark border. 



Expands : i. 20-1. 34 inches = 30-34 mm. 



Habitat. — Lucerne County, Pennsylvania, in April: Hessville, 

 Indiana, August 14. 



Four males and 4 females in fair condition are at hand. Seven of 

 the examples were received from Mr. George Franck and the females 

 are uniformly darker and have the primaries broader than the male. 

 The eighth specimen is a female, received from Mr. Kwiat, which is 

 in all respects like the Pennsylvania males and shows none of the 

 color differences above noted. The species is allied to vicina in wing- 

 form and has a well marked excision below the apex of secondaries. 



Mamestra uliginosa, new species. 



Dull blackish brown to blackish, powdered and marked with white. Head 

 and thorax more gray, powdery, head with one or two transverse darker lines ; collar 

 with a black median line ; patagia with dark margins. Primaries with the maculation 

 all present and more or less relieved. The ordinary spots whitish, more or less con 

 trasting, and form the most obvious features. Orbicular round, moderate in size, 

 with a central dusky spot. Reniform large, broad, upright, oblong, a little con 

 stricted in center, more or less mottled. Basal and s. t. spaces more or less mottled, 

 median space more uniform. Basal line geminate, blackish, filled with whitish scales. 

 T. a. line geminate, outwardly oblique, only a little curved or waved, intervening 

 space more or less powdered but not filled with white. T. p. line makes a rather 

 even and irregular bend over the cell and a little incurve below : it is more or less 

 white-marked but not distinct and tends to become obscure. S. t. line irregular, 

 broken, composed of white scales and not defined. The claviform is black-margined, 

 concolorous, of moderate size, and in no way relieved. Secondaries in the male 

 white, in the female muddy or smoky, with a tendency to yellowish ; fringes white. 

 Beneath, powdery; almost white in the male, dull smoky gray in the female; pri- 

 maries darker in each case, secondaries in the female tending to an outer line and 

 ■discal spot. 



Expands: 1—1.20 inches = 25-30 mm. 



Habitat. — Southern Arizona, Poling; Kerrville, Texas, Dr. Barnes. 



