March, 1903.] Smith: Nkw Noctuid/E for 1903. 21 



these came from Mr. S. T. Kemj) and are marked Utah, July 15 ; but 

 I believe they are from the same lot as those which I owe to Dr. 

 Skinner. The species seems to have been taken in some numbers and 

 examples are in several collections. The general resemblance is to 

 melanopa, but the new form is much darker and the secondaries have 

 the pale area almost completely obscured. In the material before me 

 the female is more obscurely marked than the male. 

 Cosmia venosa, sp. nov. 



CJround color a rusty luteous, varying toward the reddish. Head and thorax 

 concolorous. Primaries powdery, all the veins more or less obviously blackish, the 

 result being a peculiarly sordid appearance. The upper half of the median space is the 

 darkest part of the wing and from this the otherwise indefmed ordinary spots stand out 

 as paler than any other part of the wing. Basal line geminate on the costa, but usually 

 not traceable beyond it. T. a. line single, brown or smoky, more or less outcurved in 

 the interspaces, as a whole a little oblique outwardly. T. p. line single, brown, more 

 or less crenulated, rather widely bent over the cell, and either evenly oblique or a little 

 incurved below that point. S. t. line vague, irregular, concolorous, marked only by 

 a broken and very irregular preceding dusky shade. A narrow brown line at the 

 base of the fringes. Median shade broad, diffuse, smoky, variably distinct, out- 

 wardly oblique from costa to lower margin of reniform, thence rather evenly oblique 

 to the inner margin. Orbicular large, varying from round to oblong or oval, not 

 sharply defined. Reniform large, kidney-shaped, not well defined. No obvious 

 claviform. Secondaries pale, smoky yellowish. Beneath somewhat paler, only a 

 little powdery, both wings with a smoky outer line and a small, hardly contrasting 

 discal lunule. Expands 1. 48-1. 68 inches = 37-42 mm. 



Habitat : Corvallis, Oregon, June 4-29, at light, A. B. Cordley ; 

 Olympic Mts., Washington, C. V. Piper; Victoria, British Columbia, 

 July 7, through Dr. Fletcher. 



Two male and four female examples are before us. The species 

 differs obviously in appearance from the two forms i)reviously de- 

 scribed, in the crenulate t. p. line and the generally sordid, roughened 

 appearance. The vestiture is also looser and more divergent ; but 

 this maybe due in ])art to the fact that none of the specimens are per- 

 fect and all seem to have been caught at light. 

 Scopelosoma Colorado, sp. nov. 



Ground color varies from reddish clay to pale rusty reddish. Head and thorax 

 immaculate, concolorous with primaries. Primaries very slightly powdery, the ordi- 

 nary maculation feebly defined. Basal line may or may not be visible ; if it is, there 

 is a narrow pale line with a scarcely darker defining edge. T. a. line faint, yet ob- 

 vious, whitish, with a narrow smoky edging, a little irregular, but as a whole only a 

 little oblique, nearly rigid. T. p. line geminate, with concolorous center, outer defin- 

 ing line even, hardly darker or altogether wanting ; inner defining line crenulate. 



