Sept., igii.] Smith: New Species of Noctuid.e. 135 



segments. Fore wing with termen crenulate ; . . . " The venation 

 offers nothing that is pecuhar. The species I have called : 

 Antitype uintara, new species. 



Ground color a dull dark luteous. more or less black powdered, in fresh 

 examples reddish or even with a carmine flush ; but that seems to fade out in 

 most examples leaving a smoky or even blackish suffusion that gives the fore- 

 wings a mottled appearance. Head and thorax with an intermixture of rusty, 

 red and blackish, forming no definite maculation. Primaries with all the 

 lines present, varying from red to brown or black. Basal line geminate, 

 broken ; upper half of basal space dark, lower half of the luteous ground, 

 more or less powdered. T.a. line geminate, nearly upright, the outer element 

 distinct, lunate or outcurved in the interspaces, inner element obscure, 

 powdery, broken. T.p. line crenulate and somewhat irregular, as a whole 

 outcurved over cell and only a little incurved below ; the inner element usually 

 black, the outer powdery and followed by a row of white or whitish venular 

 dots which are sometimes conspicuous. A dift'use dusky median shade some- 

 times darkens almost the entire median space. S.t. line very irregular, 

 marked by the contrast between the dusky s.t. space and the terminal space 

 which is of the ground color. There is a series of distinct, rather large 

 terminal lunules, a pale line at the base of the broad tan-brown fringes and a 

 series of dusky lunules at tip of fringes, giving them a crenulate appearance. 

 Claviform wanting. Orbicular small, of the ground color, indefined, varying 

 a little in form but usually almost round. Reniform moderate or rather large, 

 broad kidney-shaped, of the ground color except for a central mark, not 

 distinctly outlined. Secondaries whitish and semi-transparent at base, with a 

 broad almost blackish outer border, the veins blackish : a small blackish discal 

 spot. Beneath, yellowish, powdery, with a distinct discal dot and a continuous 

 extra-discal blackish line on all wings, which also darken outwardly so that 

 the two pairs are unusually similar. 



Expands 1.00-1.17 mches ^ 25-29 mm. 



Habitat.— San Diego, Calif., XI, II, III; Witch Creek. Cali- 

 fornia, II, 3-14. 



Fourteen examples, all males and in fair to good condition. The 

 species belongs to the typical section of the genus in which the 

 antennae of male are ciliated, the joints only a little marked. The spe- 

 cies is chunky in appearance and resembles at first sight some of the 

 small rather broad winged species of Mamcstra, like cimeata. A 

 fresh specimen with the carmine reddish tint well-marked is really 

 handsome; but the dull, powdery, discolored forms look sordid. 



Perigea andrena, new species. 



Head, thorax and primaries a soft dark smoky gray, the head and thorax 

 sparsely mingled with whitish scales giving a vague irrorate appearance. 



