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Fnpii. — ('olov iiu'liuiug to green; eyes hi'owii, head and body nni- 

 form ; wings, antennae and legs free ; wlien al)()nt to eliange it be- 

 eonies black, length, average 5.5 mm. 



E. STUDrosA. — Black; terminal joint of i]\o antennae as long as 

 the two preceeding ones together. Inhabits Indiana. 



?. Body reticulate with crowded punctures; antennae moniliform, 

 of eight Joints, geniculate ; second joint shortest, thii-d joint hardly 

 longer than the fourth and gradually a little shorter to the ])enul- 

 timate ; ultimate joint about as long as the two preceeding ones 

 together, conic ovate, with a very slight appearance of being tlu-ee 

 jointed ; thorax, anterior segment in breadth at least equal to twice 

 the length ; suture at the scutel not dilated ; scutel obtusely rounded 

 behind, wings hyaline ; nervure much arcuated from the edge, its 

 confluence with the edge about as long as the branch, which is 

 subclavate ; abdomen polished, impunctured, above oval, laterally 

 orbicular; peduncle shorter than the posterior coxae and trochanters; 

 knees and tips of the tibiae honey yellow ; tarsi, particularly the 

 two posterior pairs, whitish. Length less than one tenth of an inch." 

 Boston Journal of Xat. Hist. Vol. 1., No. 3, May, 183G. Page 21-i. 



Says Entomology. Edited by Le Conte. VoL "'ll. P. T21. 



New Western Noctuidae, by A. K, Grote. 



(Concluded I'roiu page 39.) 



Agrotis coxciiis n. s. 



All the til)iae spinose. Allied to C-nigrion; recalls IJiUiana by the 

 brightness of the ocher stigmata. Forewings light lilac gray, smooth, 

 with a blackish tone. Base ocher, bounded by the half line. Orbi- 

 cular light ocher, open to costa, outwardly oldique. Reniform up- 

 right, wide at base, with a deep ocher interior ring. Median lines 

 wide apart. Exterior line evenly scalloped, folloAved by points. Sub- 

 terminal space darker, with blackish costal shade. Subterminal line 

 followed by a pale shade line. Terminal space like s. t., gray at api- 

 ces. Disk between and about the stigmata clouded with rich bku-k- 

 ish brown. Claviforni indicated. Median shade apparent below reni- 

 form. Head and collar bright ocher; tegulae brownish ocher; dorsum 

 very pale dusty ocher. Hind wings with a pale ochery ground shaded 

 with fuscous. Beneath, pale, with common continued scalloped line 

 and discal lunules open on primaries. Abdomen light brownish ocher; 

 breast light brownish; palpi dark brown at sides. Expanse 40 mil. 

 Agrotis olivalis n. s. 



All the tibiae spinose. Allied to r id/')} (/sit. Dark olive with clear blu- 

 ish white stripes and markings. Collar with a niesial dark line. 



