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species should be taken there." Later still I have obtained a beau- 

 tiful example taken by Miss Hewlett at Nellie, California. I believe 

 therefore that we here have a California form of the Oregon and 

 Canadian species. It may even prove to be a good species. 



Celsa, race Sierrcc is uniformly a soft bluish gray, rendering it 

 quite distinct from the brownish or blackish-brown northern forms. 

 The sign in all the specimens I have seen is bright golden. 



Type with the author, paratypes with Dr. Van Duzee, Dr. Barnes 

 and American Museum, N. Y. 

 Autographa magnifica new species. 



This beautiful species was taken (if I am correctly informed) by 

 one of the forestry entomologists of the Department of Agriculture, 

 of the Dominion of Canada. It was taken at Ueluelet, Vancouver's 

 Island, which I believe is at the northernmost and wildest part of the 

 island. It is therefore the property of the museum at Ottowa, and 

 I have been permitted the privilege of naming the species. More 

 complete description will be published later, as with others herewith 

 figured. At present it must suffice to say that while allied with 

 octoscripta it is easily separated therefrom by the fact that the 

 ground color is a clear creamy white, causing the lines and marks to 

 show with great distinctness. Expanding 40 mm., it is larger than 

 any example of octoscripta that I have seen. The type, a female, 

 remains with the Ottawa museum. 



I may mention here that I have a male specimen taken in Van- 

 couver's island which is most puzzling, being intermediate between 

 this new form, magnifica, and octoscripta. It is generally speaking 

 much darker than magnifica, possibly due to the fact that the lighter 

 color is profusely dotted with macroscopic black dots, a characteriza- 

 tion however also seen in octoscripta. Nevertheless this may prove 

 to be the male form of magnifica, to which opinion I am more in- 

 clined by the fact that I have never seen octoscripta from the west 

 coast. 



Abrostola microvalis new species. 



This is a species of which I have had a single specimen for nearly 

 twenty years. More recently I have obtained others, and I propose 

 the above name, because in general appearance it is a minute ovalis. 

 A more accurate description will be given later. It expands 24 mm., 

 the female 26 mm. Habitat Texas. 



