Sept., iQii.] Smith: New Species of Noctuid^. 145 



and palpi, blackish at sides : else head and thorax uniformly of ground. 

 Primaries without contrasts, the usual maculation very finely written. Basal 

 line geminate, tending to become lost, usually marked by a pair of oblique 

 dusky streaks below median vein. T.a. line geminate, tending to obsolescence, 

 and entirely lost in some specimens ; in the best case broken, nearly upright, 

 a little outcurved between the veins. T.p. line usually reduced to a narrow 

 pale line and a series of small black venular dots, as a whole broadly bisinu- 

 ate : in some examples the pale line tends to obtain a definite margin at some 

 parts of its course. S.t. line narrow, pale, continuous, almost parallel with 

 outer margin. Small black terminal dots in some specimens only. An 

 oblique dusky median shade is marked over the costal region in all specimens 

 and is lost in the reniform or only vaguely traceable below it, close to the t.p. 

 line. Orbicular concolorous or a little darker, narrowly pale ringed, moderate 

 in size, oblique, oval. Reniform a little darker than ground, narrowly pale 

 ringed, narrow, very much elongated. Secondaries whitish, semi-transparent, 

 veins a little soiled. Beneath whitish, powdery along the costal and apical 

 region, primaries with a dark discal spot and extramedial line ; secondaries 

 with costal spot only. 



Expands i. 36-1. 48 inches = 34-37 mm. 



Habitat. — San Diego, California, in early March. 



Six males and one female in fair condition only, received through 

 l\Ir. H. H. Brehme. The female is a little darker than any of the 

 males and the ordinary spots are a little more relieved; but other- 

 wise there is no difference. The angulation of the primaries is well 

 marked and the indications are that in perfect specimens the fringes 

 are crenulated. 



STRETCHIA Hy. Edw. 



In re-arranging the species referred to this genus in our lists, 

 divided by Hampson among Perigrapha, Strctchia, Xylomania and 

 Monima, I was struck with the remarkable constancy of the species 

 when properly separated out and with the ease with which a little 

 carelessness or lack of sufificient material, may give an erroneous im- 

 pression. 



For convenience I list all the species mentioned here as Strctchia, 

 and give the order in the apparent relation of our own species. 



S. prima Sm. Only a single male example from Sierra Nevada; 

 very unlike any other of the species. 



S. normalis Grt. Fifteen examples, nearly equally divided as to 

 sex and practically alike, though they range in locality from British 

 Columbia to middle California, and six widely separated points are 

 represented. The only difference is in the amount of contrast and 



