Dec, 1903 ] Smith: New Noctuids for 1903. 189 



Habitat: Stockton, Utah: New Jersey (!) 



Two female examples in good condition. One of these examples 

 has been in my collection over ten years, bearing a " N. J." locality 

 label ; but from whom I received it is not recorded. I felt certain 

 that this could not be correct and, as I could not identify it with any 

 exotic form accessible to me, I simply waited until I received the 

 example from Utah through Mr. George Franck. This matches my 

 specimen exactly, save that it is fresher and more intense in its macu- 

 lation. The species is a large one, allied to luirgesst, but with the 

 strigate maculation that is not familiar to me in any other form. 



Chytonix parvimacula, sp. nov. 



Ground color dull smoky brown, basal and lower portion of the median space 

 much darker than the other parts of the primaries. Head and thorax mottled with 

 lighter and darker scales, but forming no obvious ornamentation. Primaries with all 

 the markings well defined, but not contrasting. Basal line extending almost across 

 the wing, geminate, inner portion blackish, included space paler. T. a. line black, 

 preceded by a narrow whitish line, outwardly oblique, almost even to the submedian 

 vein, below which it bends inwardly to the margin. T. p. line black, followed by a 

 very narrow paler line, abruptly bent outward on the costa, then with a rather even 

 curve to the inner margin. S. t. line pale, diffuse, irregular, forming a small W cen- 

 trally ; a slight mossy greenish tinge extending on each side of the line. A broken 

 blackish terminal line and the fringe with a smoky interline. The upper margin of 

 a claviform spot is indicated, surmounted by a few greenish scales, and a narrow white 

 bar extends from the end of this indicated spot to the t. p. line. Orbicular of good 

 size, irregularly oval, oblique, narrowly outlined, annulate with gray, center con- 

 colorous. Reniform moderate, a little constricted centrally, lower part somewhat 

 dilated, incompletely outlined and annulate. Secondaries rather dark smoky brown, 

 fringes paler. Beneath whitish, mottled with smoky, both wings with a darker extra- 

 median line ; primaries with a paler terminal area, secondaries with a discal lunule. 

 Expands I.I2 inches = 28 mm. 



Habitat : ' ' Middle California. ' ' 



One male example in fair condition, the label giving no indication 

 of its source or the exact locality where collected. The species has 

 the wing-form oi sensilis rather than palliatricula ; but is more nearly 

 like the latter in maculation and in general appearance. 

 Chytonix laticlava, sp. nov. 



Ground color dull smoky gray ; primaries paler, with a brown tinge in the median 

 space above the submedian transverse bar. Head and thorax mottled, collar with 

 an obscure darker median line ; patagia marked with gray — though this is probably a 

 variable character. Abdomen with the usual tufts. Primaries with the maculation 

 well defined. A short black basal dash which broadens and forks at the outer end ; 

 a short black streak along the inner margin. Basal line marked by geminate dots on 

 the costa. T. a. line well removed from base, single, somewhat diffuse, black, out- 



