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mucli to add to our knowledge of AVestern Moths. 

 It is allied to another species described by me under 

 the name JDeciplens ; and both have a dorsal ele- 

 vated ridge of scales on the thorax, which is a cha- 

 racter of Lederer's genus Ammoconia. Otherwise 

 the structure is like Agrotis. The present species 

 differs by the distinct black median lines and red- 

 dish shading of the primaries above. 



Agrotis Parentalis, Grote, N.-Am. Ent. i. p. 44; id. Tr, Kan. 

 Acad. Sci. vii. p. 66. 



14. Agrotis Specialis. 



This is a richly coloured, red-brown species, 

 which, from the pattern of ornamentation, would 

 be referred by some entomologists to Ochrojdew^a, 

 a genus which does not seem to possess any struc- 

 tural characters to separate it from Agt'otls. The 

 present species is from California, sent me by my 

 kind correspondent Mr. James Behrens, who has, 

 I believe, reared it from the larva. Its nearest ally 

 is Agrotis TFilsonii, an olive-coloured species de- 

 scribed by me from the same locality. 



Agrotis Specialis, Grote, Bull, BiiflPalo Soc. N. S. ii. p. 62. 



15. Agrotis Vocalis. 



This species has iron-grey fore wings ; the median 

 lines are black, thick, single, dentate, the subter- 

 minal obsolete. Orbicular spot decumbent, pyri- 

 form; reniform incomplete. The hind wings are 

 whitish, with soiled veins and a faint terminal line. 

 The species is found in Colorado. 



Agrotis Vocalis, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 56. 



