D,,. ,899.] Smith: Naw Noctuids and Notes. 229 



In all ten specimens are before me, varying only in the relative dis- 

 tinctness of the maculation. In one example everything is clear cut 

 and every line and shade recognizable at a glance ; in another all save 

 the s. t. line and the ordinary spots is obscured, and between these 

 extremes the others range. 



The species resembles tepida most nearly in type of maculation ; 

 but it is much larger and the more obscure examples remind one of 

 the antennata type. The male characters are distinctive and confirm 

 the superficial points of distinctness from other species. 

 Xyiina dentilinea sp. nov. 



Ground color a dirty ashen gray with an admixture of smoky shadmgs. Head 

 brown^ n f ont, a black line rising on each side at the base of the antenna and ex- 

 Sin oHicuely'to the middle of the collar on each side. This ^-^ ^^^^ - 

 feriorly by a reddish shading and superiorly by ^^-hU.sh scales The ^b-- ^^^ 

 a little smoky and is not well marked, the tuft being loose and diffuse Pnmaries 

 with AemTrlings fairly evident. The basal line is marked by a blackish lunule 

 It thTttal spaci The t. a. line is geminate, black, ^^^e inner ne..e 

 brownish and hardly visible. The intervening space hghter gray. I----^^^'^^ 

 forms one large outward tooth in the middle of the submedian mtersp ce. On the 

 n enalvein \ forms an angle from which the line extends outward to the m,dd of 

 he n ernal margin. The t. p. line is broken, not complete m any ^Pe-- ^^fo^ 

 L black followed by a whuish or gray shading which is lost opposite th cell. As 

 Twhole the line seems to be rather abruptly bent over the cell, it becomes more dis- 

 It bltth':: oin. and is rather strongly incurved in the submedian i.e.pace 

 where it is usually connected with the outward tooth from the t. a. line the s. t. 

 hnesr^egular, broken, indicated principally by shades and dashes and charactr- 

 tkaUv marked by a roundish spot in the submedian interspace, which pre- 

 des U and beyond which an oblique dash crosses vein two to the upper margin. 

 Tht mlrkt prLent in all the specimens and if the wings be t.ned - - e^^ 

 ..pward the n.rk -s the appearand of an e . - ^P^^^^^ ^- -_^„5 



3:r^;:::yr:i:^:ain:::-.e:s:Siine. The .nges .e ,^^ 



SsHortl^^'ls there is a -^ obvious iire^ansj^e^.s 

 best marked on the costa and internal margin. Secondaries w^iit h at ba^e be g 



of the outer margin. Expanse, 1. 30 to 1. 5 2 inches :=. 3^ to 38 mm^ 



Habitat: Senator, Arizona, Dr. Kunze. Denver, Colo., at light, 

 Mr. Bruce. Garfield Co., Colo., Mr. Bruce. Fort Collins, Professor 



Gillette. rp, „fpr- 



Six specimens representing both sexes are before me. The reler 



