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synonymy of the species. I am under great obligations to Lord 

 AValsingliam, who aided me in the examinations of these types and 

 wlio has, aince my return from Europe, re-examined them and sent 

 me his notes on the same. 



New "Western Noctuidae, hy A. E. Grote. 



The forms noticed in tliis paper liave been collected by Prof. F. 

 H. Snow, at Idaho Springs, Colorado. 



Agrotls basalis n. s. 



$ 9 • All the tibiae spinose. Male antennae brush-like. By its 

 brown-red color allied to ga gates; but the basal space is shaded with 

 grayish clay color. Lines double, marked by dots on costa. Terminal 

 space dull blackish, contrasting with the rest of the wing. Sul)termi- 

 nal line powdery, pale. Stigmata prominent, discolorous, grayish, with 

 black annuli margined within by a whitish ring. Orbicular well sixed 

 spherical; reniform upright, curved, of the usual shape. Fringes fus- 

 cous. Hind wings smoky fuscous, with pale, interlined fringes ; paler 

 in the male. Abdomen reddish beneath. Head and thorax brown- 

 ish red. AVings beneath with obliterate markings ; costa powdered 

 with red. Three specimens. J^Jj-jxaise 40 mil. 



Agrotis yerxilts Grote, Can. Ent. XI, 57. 



A specimen sent by Prof. Snow is a little smaller than the type 

 and has the orbicular less elongate on the cell, not reaching the 

 reniform. The fore tibiae are unarmed. 



Agrotis muxis n. s. 



S 9 • All the tibiae arinetl ; male antennae brushlike. Of a peculiar 

 lilac gray, rather pale, with distinct ornamentation, recalling euroides. 

 Lines single, black, well written, dentate. Stigmata concolorous ; 

 claviform sharp, outlined in blackish. Reniform and orbicular large, 

 A'ague; cell black between them. Subterminal line broken into shade 

 marks, better marked on costa. Median shade marked below the re- 

 niform. Hind wings pale fuscous with concolorous fringes and dis- 

 cal mark. In the male paler, allowing double extra-mesial shade lines 

 to be visil)le. Beneath with discal lunules and extra-mesial subden- 

 tate common shade line. Palpi dark at the sides. Resembles Fer- 

 naldi, but the lines are narrower, the subterminal line is broken into 

 blackish patches, the extra-mesial line is not angulate on the secon- 

 daries. Eijxinse 35 to 40 mil. 



