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? . Eyes naked ; tibiae unarmed. Abdomen with a series 

 of small abdominal tufts. Gray over ochrey or olive fuscous. The 

 species has a resemblance to Mamestra Distincta, but differs 

 generally by the naked eyes. T. a. line much projected out- 

 wardly below median vein ; claviform pale, outlined in black, its 

 inferior margin a black streak in sub-median fold connecting the 

 two lines. A fine black basal ray. Orbicular outwardly oblique, 

 pale, moderate ; reniform upright, nearly concolorous. Median 

 space tinged with olive ochrey ; basal and sub-terminal fields 

 gray; terminal space olive fuscous. The M-mark of sub-terminal 

 line is well written, preceded by three cuneiform dark marks be- 

 fore the s. t. line itself. Fringes dark, cut with pale opposite the 

 veins. Hind wings fuscous. Thorax gray, with olive fuscous 

 lines on collar and tegulae. Beneath the wings are grayish fus- 

 cous with faint common line and obscure discal dots on second- 

 aries. Expanse 35 mil. 



Washington Territory. Coll. Mr. B. Neumoegen and Mr. Hy. 

 Edwards. 



Melicleptria honesta. n. s. 



Allied to Oregonica. Fore wings with the basal field, the 

 stigmata and the sub-terminal space dark olive, somewhat golden 

 sericeous. Median field light yellow, narrow, the yellow color 

 obtaining narrowly between and about the spots and obtaining 

 inferiorly except along the t. a. line which is followed by an olive 

 shade below the median vein. Sub-terminal line pale yellow, 

 narrow, twice indented. Hind wings black with the discal lunule 

 absorbed by the basal field and its lower end intruding on a 

 mesial white band ; the black border shows an oblique series of 

 small pale spots between the median nervules. Beneath, grayish 

 white ; on fore wings the stigmata, sub-terminal space and a 

 basal streak along internal margin black ; on the hind wings the 

 border is black about anal angle and the discal lunule is tinged 

 with black. Expanse 23 mil. 



Mount Hood. Oreg. Coll. Mr. B. Neumoegen. 



Triocnemis. n. g. 



A noctuid genus from south California allied to Heliotliis 

 and Chariclea, differing by the flattened fore tibiae which have a 

 broad, rounded exterior projection, a very long stout spine near 

 the inner margin, and a short spine at the extremity of the in- 

 ner edge. Eyes naked ; $ antennae simple. Thorax with dis- 

 colorous posterior tuft. Abdomen untufted. 



Triocnemis saporis. n. s. 



White: Head and thorax white, with a brownish tuft be- 

 hind on the thorax. Band of forewings white, bounded by the t. 

 a. line, which makes a sharp sub-median projection and a slight 

 notch on s. c. vein. Median space blackish ; the stigmata indi- 

 cated by white inner ringlets or anterior shades. T. p. line much 



