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distinct and very even. T. p. line, consisting of a series of yellow 

 points preceded by black sagittate marks. Claviform small, black 

 ringed. Orbicular moderate, oval oblique. Reniform large, kidney- 

 shaped, outwardly with some pale powderings. A distinct median 

 shade oblique from costa between the ordinary spots nearly to t. p. line; 

 then close to and parallel with that line to hind margin. Secondaries 

 smoky black, paler toward base. Beneath purplish black, powdery, 

 with distinct outer line and discal spots. Head and thorax coucolorous 

 with primaries; tuftiugs prominent. 



Expands 35 to 42 millimetres=:1.40 to 1.70 inches. 



Habitat. — Eastern and Middle States, Texas. 



Of the variety mixta Mr. Grote says : " the pale powderings are more 

 noticeable, the claviform rounded, all the lines narrower and more dis- 

 tinct, the reniform powdered with whitish." It is from Texas, and has 

 not been seen by me. 



Xylophasia devastatrix Brace. 



1819. Brace, Am. Journ. Sci. i, 154, Phalcena. 

 1862. Harris, laj. Ins., Flint ed., 445, Agrotis. 

 1869. Riley, Ist Kept. Ins. Mo., 83, Agrotis. 

 1873. Grt., Buflf. Bull, i, 108, Hadena. 

 1875. Speyer, Stett. Eut. Zeit. 36, 147, Hadena. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv., 178, Hadena. 



1881. Riley, Supplt. and Gen; Index to Mo. Repts., 56, Hadena. 

 1883. Saunders, Fruit Ins. 329, pp. 341, 342, Hadena. 



ordinaria Wlk. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mu8, Lep. Het. ix, 232, Mamestra. 

 1868. Grt. &. Rob., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii, 77 pr. syn. 

 1877. Grt., Can. Ent. ix, 128 pr. syn. 



1882. Grt., III. Essay, 43 pr. syn. 

 contenta Wlk. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus. Lep. Het. ix, 233, Mameitra. 

 1882. Grt., III. Essay, 43 pr. byn. 



abjecta var. t Gn 

 1852. Gn. Sp. Gen. Noct. i, 194, Mamestra. 

 1875. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 36, 147, Hadena. 



Luteous to ash, to blackish gray, markings black or blackish. A 

 small basal streak, and another at hind margin near base. Basal half 

 line usually distinct, geminate. T. a. line outwardly oblique, sometimes 

 arcuate, curved between veins ; distinctly geminate. T. p. line gemi- 

 nate, the included space paler ; outwardly curved over all cell, thence 

 inwardly oblique to margin, its course rather even ; only slightly den- 

 tate on veins. S. t. line pale, sometimes more or less punctiform ; tol- 

 erably even except at apex, where it bends abruptly inward ; preceded 

 by a series of dark or black sagittate spots, which are sometimes more 

 or less confluent. A row of dark or black terminal lunules. A distinct 

 median shade between ordinary spots, and then near to and parallel 

 with t. p. line, sometimes connected with it by a dark shade oj^posite 

 claviform. Claviform small, black ringed, sometimes with a dusky* 

 shade. Orbicular variable in size and form, dark ringed, sometimes 



