146 INSCCUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



let, also tibia 1, the tarsi, femur 1 save at basal half, knees, 

 tibia 2 save widely at middle, and torchanters ; hind knees 

 black. Scaly, lower face somewhat rugulose. Propodeum with 

 three sharp median and a lateral carina. Clothing sparse. Club 

 3-jointed, pedicel long, reddish, one half of club. 

 Deeral, jungle, July, 



A NEW NOCTUID FROM OREGON 



(Lcpidoptcra, Nuctuidcc, Acronyctincc) 

 By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Papaipema pertincta, new species. 



Area beyond the curved outer line purplish, an ochreous 

 mark before apex, the subterminal line showing as lightened 

 denticulations, all as in duovata Bird, except that the color is 

 smoother lustrous purplish ; central area light ochreous near 

 the margin, the area above median vein heavily dusted with 

 dark brown; narrow basal area also clear, bounded by the 

 double brown subbasal line ; orbicular and clavif orm spots 

 three, in an oblique line, pale yellow, not white, brown-ringed, 

 the central one the smaller, the upper with an outwardly con- 

 nected brown center; reniform dots four without, two within, 

 and a central zigzag line, all pale yellow, distinctly larger than 

 in duovata and not bicolored. Hind wing dark brownish gray, 

 lighter in the cell, defining a large dark discal lunule. Ex- 

 panse, 33 mm. 



Type, male. No. 22833, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Forest Grove, 

 Oregon, September 5, 1919, bred from Lupinus polyphyllus 

 Lindl. (L. P. Rockwood). 



