June, 1910.] Smith : New Noctuid^. 93 



smoky to blackish, secondaries paler, with blackish powderings and a tendency 

 to an extra-median line. 



Expands, 1.12-1.20 inches = 28-30 mm. 



Habitat. — Stockton, l]\^amiX, 5-15 (Spalding) ; Bozeman, Mon- 

 tana, VIII, 31, IX, 6 J^mf^ Sta.). 



Four male^«fid two females, all in good condition. The species 

 at first sight resembles stricta Wlk., and is probably confused with it 

 in collections. It is, however, decidedly larger, stricta averaging 

 less than inch, and is a much more evenly marked and smoother 

 species. In this respect it is nearer to spiculosa, which it also re- 

 sembles' more nearly in color and, finally, the narrow whitish out- 

 line of orbicular and filling to the ordinary lines is characteristic, if 

 not equally marked in all the specimens. 



Mamestra nipana, new species. 



Ground color reddish fawn-gray, with darker, smoky brown shadings. 

 Head and thorax a little mottled, but without definite markings or shadings. 

 No obvious dorsal tuftings on abdomen. Primaries without conspicuous mark- 

 ings ; the outer part of the median space is, on the whole a little darker, the 

 s. t. space, on the whole a little paler than the rest of the wing. All the 

 lines and markings traceable but none are well defined. Basal line geminate, 

 incomplete, a few black scales usually connecting it with base in the submedian 

 space, and black scales may extend beyond it at this point. T. a. line gemi- 

 nate, outwardly oblique and outcurved between veins, very obscurely defined. 

 T. p. line very even, only a little outcurved over cell, almost evenly oblique 

 below. Median shade a little darker, narrower, parallel and close to t. p. 

 line, crossing and a little darkening the reniform. S. t. line pale, narrow, 

 broken, a little irregular. A series of small black terminal dots followed by a 

 yellowish line at the base of the long concolorous fringes. Claviform small, 

 barely indicated by dark scales in some specimens, altogether lost in others. 

 Orbicular obscure, moderate in size, concolorous, incompletely outlined by 

 darker scales or a paler annulus within its margin. Reniform moderate in 

 size, with a somewhat darker brown border inwardly, and outwardly with two 

 whitish dots at the forking of the submedian vein. Secondaries smoky, with 

 a brown tinge, darkening outwardly to a brown line basing the paler fringes. 

 Beneath reddish gray, powdery, veins with whitish scales ; primaries with an 

 obscure discal lunule and an outer line ; secondaries more whitish except along 

 costa, with a dusky lunule and incomplete extra-median line. 



Expands, .96-1.10 inches = 24-27 mm. 



Habitat. — Arizona: Baboquavaria Mts., Pima Co., VII, 15-13, and 

 southern Arizona (Poling), Minnehaha, Yavapai Co., VIII, 11 (Hut- 

 son). 



Six females, all in good condition. In general pattern and wing- 



