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In Semicircularis the anterior black band is nearly evenly 

 arcuate, it is waved in improvisa, and notably drawn in at sub- 

 median fold. There is a black dot on the cell near the t. a. line, 

 marking the orbicular in improvisa, wanting in semicircularis. 

 The apical streak is more continuous and waved in semicircularis. 

 The basal patch is extended to the internal margin in improvisa, 

 but in semicircularis it is confined to the middle of the wing 

 much as in Thyatira. 



NoLA FUSCULA, n. s. 



$ Allied to Miniiscula. Antennae bipectinate. Gray. Head 

 and collar whitish, the latter with a fine black line. Primaries 

 fuscous gray ; median space darker shaded before the t. p. line. 

 Inner line black, fine, roundedly produced at median vein. Outer 

 line preceded by a faint coincident line ; the t. p. line itself is 

 roundedly produced opposite the cell, running inwardly below 

 median vein, thence arcuate to internal margin. S. t. line indi- 

 cated by a diffuse dark shade. Hind wings soiled whitish. Ex- 

 panse, 25 mil. Colorado. This species is larger than Minuscula, 

 from Texas, which it otherwise much resembles. The forewings 

 are darker, the hind wings paler. 



Agrotis Havil^, Gr. B. U. S. G. S., vi., 157. 



A number of specimens collected by Mr. Morrison in South- 

 ern California leave no doubt on my mind that the species is dis- 

 tinct from our Eastern Clandestina. The general color is paler. 

 The head and thorax more decidedly brown ; the t. p. line is fol- 

 lowed by whitish points, the line itself more strongly dentate ; 

 the hind wings are more uniformly fuscous. In fresh specimens 

 the paler marks forming the t. p. line, and the edges of the stig- 

 mata and t. a. line have a whitish cast. 



Agrotis Clodiana, n. s. 



$ All the tibiae spinose ; fore tibiae with longer terminal 

 spines. Eyes naked. Antennae brush-like. Allied to Gravis, 

 but without the distinct stigmata. Forewings of a curious purplish 

 brown, with a shading of yellowish. Orbicular small concolorous, 

 round, with a paler yellowish annulus ; reniform concolorous, 

 transverse, moderate, ringed like the orbicular. Claviform indi- 

 cated, small median shade, blackish, diffuse. Lines illegible ; 

 fringes with a narrow, pale yellowish line at base. Hind wings 

 pale, soiled with fuscous along the margins. Head and color 

 russet brown, collar with a pale line above a deeper shade ; thorax 

 mixed pale and brown. Beneath fore wings dark ; hind wings 

 pale, with discal marks and faint common line. Expanse, 38 mil. 

 Washington Territory. 



A female specimen, also collected by Mr. Morrison, probably 

 belongs here. The fore wings are entirely obscure yellowish 

 brown, with the markings lost. 



Hadena cinefacta. n. s. 



