FelTIA STVGIALIS sp. HOV. (Plate I, fig. 16.) 



9 . Head and collar black, latter tipped with dark brown ; thorax black in- 

 termingled with brown anteriorly ; primaries deep purple-black ; except for 

 slight marks on the costa the ordinary lines are obsolete ; near the base of 

 cell a slight patch of ochreous scales, defined outwardly by black, which extends 

 as a black dash to the orbicular ; this latter spot is small, oval, filled with 

 ochreous and broadly margined with black; reniform partially filled with pale 

 ochreous, open towards costa, defined laterally and basally by black, claviform 

 a broad, arrow-shaped black mark, connected with base of wing by a black 

 streak; the position of the s. t. line is marked by an indistinct row of black- 

 ish spots parallel to outer margin ; fringes dusky, shaded outwardly with ochreous 

 and with a pale basal line. Secondaries entirely smoky-brown ; fringes with 

 pale ochreous basal line. Beneath largely smoky, secondaries with the basal 

 half whitish, irridesccnt ; diffuse post median line and discal dots on both wings. 

 Expanse, 45 mm. 



Habitat: Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona (July 1-7). i 9. Type, 

 Coll. Barnes. 



Belongs in the aitiicxa-malcfida group, but is easily recognized by 

 the long basal dash and the dash before the orbicular. 



Ahagrotis tristis sp. nov. (Plate I, fig. 17.) 



S . Thora.x and primaries deep reddish ; maculation, with the exception of 

 the reniform and s. t. line, indistinct; all the lines geminate; basal line black, 

 only slightly marked by the paler filling; t. a. line angled outwardly below 

 costa and almost touching orbicular, then evenly oblique to submedian fold 

 where it forms a slight inward angle; orbicular large, oval, oblique, with pale 

 flesh-colored annulus and partial black border, filled with the ground color ; 

 reniform broad, upright, scarcely constricted, largely filled with blackish and 

 with pale annulus and slight black border; t. p. line very indistinct, outcurved 

 below costa, then slightly waved and parallel to outer margin, both lines de- 

 fined by black points on the veins in the central area ; s. t. line pale flesh-color, 

 rather prominent, in general parallel to outer margin ; faint terminal row of 

 black points and pale basal line to dusky fringes. Secondaries smoky, paler 

 at base with pinkish fringes and faint discal spot. Beneath white, sprinkled 

 wtih smoky brown and suffused along costa and outer margin with reddish; a 

 postmedian line and discal dot on both wings. Expanse, 38 mm. 



Habitat: — Santa Catalina Mts., .\rizona (Chrisman) (Sept.). 

 ^ i S . Type, Coll. Barnes. 



.■\grees generically with cnatica Sm. from vhich it difl^ers in the 

 much brighter coloration, and larger reniform and orbicular. 



