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NEW NOCTUID^ FROM WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 



By a. R. Gkote. 



The following species are among the collection made by 

 Mr. Morrison last season in Washington Territory: 



Mamestra Liquida, n. s. 



$ ? . Eyes hairy ; abdomen untufted or but very slightly so 

 at base. Allied to Lilacina Lcgithna. Forewings brown with 

 the subterminal space widely shaded with bright lilac gray, the 

 internal margin similarly shaded and also the t. a. line. The 

 costal region of the subterminal interspace is left brown and the 

 light gray shade passes over to apices. The s. t. line itself is 

 pale, distinct, yellowish with the M-mark well indicated, thus dis- 

 tinguishing the moth from Lilacina ; I find, however, that in 

 Legitima the M-mark is variably distinct. Claviform spot out- 

 lined in velvety black ; a blackish mark above and below vein 2 

 on t. p. line ; vein 2 is marked by whitish scales. The median 

 field is tinted with reddish which stains the reniform and extends 

 beyond it. Orbicular, oval, a little oblique, gray with dark centre. 

 Terminal space dark brown ; a dark shade relieves the s. t. line on 

 the inside. Fringes dark, cut with pale. Hind wings yellowish 

 fuscous, with diffuse darker terminal shade ; fringes concolorous. 

 Beneath, the four wings show discal points while the lines are 

 obsolete. Expanse 37 mil. 



This species presents the same pattern as Legitima, the 

 transverse lines are similar. It is not so red, and in the orbicular 

 approaches rather IMacina, while distinct in detail from either. 



Valeria? Conserta, n. s. 



?. Eyes naked ; tibiae unarmed. Abdomen tufted; vestiture 

 coarse ; thorax untufted. Blackish gray. Fore wings suffused 

 with black. Lines black, thick, lost in blackish ground color. 

 Base whitish gray. Inception of transverse anterior line distinct ; 

 the line shows an inward subcostal tooth. Stigmata obsolete. 

 Terminal space gray with a terminal series of black dots at base 

 of fringes. Hind wings soiled with blackish; beneath with a 

 dotted extra mesial line and a discal mark. Collar white at base 

 with a black line. Thorax blackish with the edge of the collar 

 and the tip of the patagia shaded with gray. Abdominal tufts 

 blackish. Expanse 34 mil. 



From the structure of the thorax I am doubtful of the 

 generic references. The species is so easily recognized that I de- 

 scribe it, and without recognizing the male. 



Hadena SEMILUNATA. n. s. 



Eyes naked; tibiae unarmed. Thorax hairy, (the specimens 

 are not well enough preserved to show the tufts.) The species 

 has somewhat the look of an Anarta {Syjnpistis). Fore-wings 

 blackish, with the lines edged with white. Orbicular oblique. 



