466 NORTH AMERICAN NOCTUID^E SMITH. 



To again preseut the differences between the species, we add the fol- 

 lowing table: 

 Stouter, shorter winged ; primaries with a geminate white spot below aud beyond 



reniform NI veiguttata 



Less stout; primaries somewhat more ample, outer portion of median space darker. 



Very pale gray, dark portions blackish, reniform contrasting, yellow fasciata 



Mouse gray, dark portions umber browu, reniform concolorous or slightly darker, 



MODESTA 



Ulolonche niveiguttata Grt. 

 Buf. Bui. 1, 140, pi. 4, f. 1G, Mamestra. 



Sordid fuscous brown, powdery, the median lines irregular, inter- 

 rupted, indistinct. S. t. line prominent, pale, outwardly diffuse, marked 

 with yellow aud white scales. A row of pale terminal dots. An indis- 

 tinct dark basal streak. Olaviform small, black marked. Orbicular 

 large, irregular, concolorous, imperfectly defined in black. Reniform 

 large, upright, concolorous, outwardly marked with yellow; interiorly 

 the outer angle is invaded by a large geminate white spot, character- 

 izing the species. Secondaries dark blackish brown. Beneath dusky, 

 powdery, without lines or spots. Head aud thorax concolorous. Ex- 

 pands .90 to 1 inch (23 to 25"""). 



Habitat. — California, Arizona. 



An easily recognizable form ; the distinct geminate white spot on 

 primaries, aud diffuse pale s. t. line are characteristic. A specimen 

 from Arizona differs in having a rosy shade through primaries. The 

 underside is paler, with distinct outer line aud discal spot. 



Ulolonche fasciata Smith. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, x, 471. 



Gray in basal and s. t. space, with fuscous powderings; in median 

 space even, with a bluish tint; terminal space darker. Basal line evi- 

 dent, geminate. T. a. line geminate, brown, straight from costa to 

 submedian interspace, then with a long inward, followed by au equally 

 long outward tooth. T. p. line geminate, even, outwardly bent over 

 reniform, tbeu evenly oblique to hind margin. S. t. line marked at in- 

 ception by a dark preceding costal shade, thence indefinite, and trace- 

 able only by the faint contrast between s. t. and terminal space. A 

 black shade fills the outer portion of median space, making a somewhat 

 V -shaped blackish shade in wing. Orbicular obsolete. Keniform large, 

 contrasting, yellow, oblong. Secondaries blackish, paler at base. Be- 

 neath pale, with black irrorations, an incomplete outer line aud a broad 

 powdery median fascia. Head and thorax concolorous, bluish gray. 

 Expands 1 inch (25 mm ). 



Habitat.— New Mexico. (Prof. F. H. Snow, No. 51.) 

 A very bright and distinctly marked species. The dark V-shaped 

 outer portion of median space, with the large, yellowish reniform, is 

 characteristic and distinctive. 



