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Bicarnea or C-nigrum, while quite different from 

 either. The head and collar are bright ochre, the 

 teguloe brownish ochre. The stigmata contrast with 

 the blackish primaries, which have an overlying 

 lilac-grey cast. All the tibise are spinose. With 

 Jlillicma and M'dleri, it is one of our handsomest 

 species in the genus. 



Ayrotis Concliis, Grote, N.-Am. Ent. i. p. 43 ; id. Tr. Kan. Acad. 

 Sci. vii. p. 66. 



9. Agrotis Semiclarata. 

 This species, of which I figure the male type, has 

 been collected by Mr. H. K. Morrison in Washing- 

 ton Territory. It is allied to Vcmcoiwerensis and 

 Gravis from the West Coast. The species is note- 

 worthy from the sharp division, on the hind wings 

 beneath, of the brownish costal region and the white 

 inferior portion of the under surface, on which latter 

 there is no darker border. The Eastern allies of 

 these three Western species appear to be Volubilis, 

 Stlgmosa, and Venerabilis. 



Agrotis Semiclarata, Grote, Can. Ent. viii. p. 132. 



10. Agrotis Clodiana. 



This species has a resemblance to the group of 

 Gravis ; it is larger, with longer wings, the mark- 

 ings more effaced. The fore wings are of an odd 

 shade of purplish broAvn with a tinge of yellowish ; 

 the fringes have a narrow pale yellowish line at 

 base. Head and collar russet-brown, the latter with 

 a pale line above a darker shade. The female has 

 the fore wings entirely obscure yellowish brown, 



