Sept., igii.] Smith: New Species of Noctuid.^. 137 



correct disposition of the matter. Among the species referred to 

 Andropolia, we find, first of all A. divcrsilincata Grt., to which Polia 

 illcpida Grt., $, is cited as a synonym. Andropolia illcpida Grt., c?, 

 nee $, has Polia resoluta Sm., as a synonym. With this disposition 

 of the subject I can scarcely agree. Mr. Grote described his Hadcna 

 divcrsilincata from a single male collected by Packard, and that type 

 I saw in the Cambridge collection : a badly patched example, covered 

 with mildew, and Mr. Grote seems not to have recognized the species 

 again at any time later. Certainly when, two years thereafter, he 

 described Polia illcpida, he makes no reference to Hadcna divcrsi- 

 lincata, and he then had both sexes before him. This is not a rare 

 species and Mr. Grote labelled up a number of specimens of both 

 sexes, one of which, a female, is now before me. After seeing types 

 of both species I united them in my Catalogue. 



Hampson in his monograph separates the two species as follows: 



Forewings with median lines distinct diversiliiicata 



Forewings with median Hnes almost obsolete illcpida 



and this is in line with Mr. Grote's original descriptions. He also 

 brings out a difference in the ground color of primaries, making 

 diversilineata gray-white, thickly irrorated with black, while illcpida 

 is pale gray, suffused and irrorated with red brown. He had before 

 him when he made this separation the male type of illcpida, and of 

 diversilineata there were i d" and 5 9. 



I have before me at present, a series of 7 c? and 13 9 which 

 divide rather nicely into two groups, 3 d' and 3 $ having a reddish 

 suffusion through the primaries and giving, as a whole, an impression 

 of red, while the others lack all this tingeing and give, as a whole, a 

 decided impression of blue gray, with whiter secondaries. In both 

 series there are specimens in which the median lines are distinct and 

 continuous, and others in which they are practically obsolete, with all 

 sorts of intermediate stages. Furthermore, in the males the lines are 

 generally less distinct and more have them obsolescent, than in the 

 females. None of the ornamental characters in Hampson's descrip- 

 tions mark permanent differences, and the only thing that does re- 

 main is the reddish shading of illcpida as against the blue gray of 

 diversilineata. I have both forms from Colorado but the bulk of my 

 divcrsilincata series is from Arizona and New Mexico. It is also 

 interesting to note that the type locality for diversilineata is Manitou 



