472 NORTH AMERICAN NOCTUID^ — SMITH. 



ceded, t. j>. line followed Iry a pale shade. Both lines are slightly arcu- 

 ate and more or less dentate or augulate on veins, but in this respect 

 the variation is so great that it is useless to attempt description. Usu- 

 ally the lines are rather close together, but even this is not constant. 

 The t. p. line is followed by a row of distinct venular points. S. t. line 

 pale, hardly sinuate, preceded by a somewhat darker shade. A row of 

 dark terminal lunules, ofteu f.tiut or obsolete. Ordinary spots concol- 

 orous or slightly darker, narrowly pale ringed, orbicular very oblique. 

 Secondaries yellowish, fuscous. Beneath, powdery. Secondaries with 

 indefinite outer line and discat spot. Head and thorax concolorous. 

 Harpes of male broad, slightly narrowing to the obtusely rounded tip. 

 Clasper double, a curved, somewhat beak-like hook, and behind is a 

 much longer corneous process, slightly bent only at tip and nearly 

 attaining the tip of harpes. Expands 1.16 to 1.28 inches (29 to 32 rara ). 



Habitat. — Northern United States, Nova Scotia, and Canada. 



The broad primaries, with usually approximated and distinct black 

 lines, distinguish this species. In the male there is also a dense patch 

 of fine hair on the underside of primaries, just beyond and below the 

 middle. This is in addition to the silky hair clothing the discal cell. 



Orthodes enervis Gn. 



Gn., Noct. Ill, 420; id. I, 376 (vecors); Wlk. C. B. Mus. Lep. Het. x, 444; Morr. C. E , 



1874, 6, 253 (Pseudorthodes). 



Far griseoclncta Harv., Buff. Ball., 1873, 2, 12) ; Morr., C. E., 1874, 6, 253 (pr. var.); 

 nitens Git. Papilio 1883, in, 31. 



Red brown, varying greatly iu shade, often powdered with white 

 scales. Median lines rarely distinct, ofteu obsolete; blackish. T. a. 

 line outwardly oblique, lunate. T. p. line crenulate, parallel with and 

 rather close to outer margin ; ofteu accompanied by a pale shading. 

 A dusky shade through outer portion of median space, augulate below 

 reniform. S. t. line marked by a preceding black shade, often empha- 

 sized by pale scales, never distinct. Orbicular wanting. Reniform 

 usually marked by white scales, rarely paler red. Secondaries smoky 

 fuscous, fringes pale. Beneath, powdery, with common outer line, 

 usually incomplete on primaries, and a distinct discal lunule on second- 

 aries. Head and thorax concolorous. Harpes of male snbeqnal, some- 

 what curved, obtusely rounded at tip. The clasper is a long, broad, 

 curved, somewhat spoon like process, unlike any other form known to 

 me. Expands .90 to 1.25 inches (23 to 32 1 "'"). 



Hibitat. — Atlantic States to District of Columbia. 



A remarkably variable form, easily known by the obsolete orbicular 

 white marked reniform, and the dark shade preceding s. t. line. Griseo- 

 clncta I have not seen, and am not certain it is properly referred as a 

 variety. Both Mr. Grote and Mr. Morrison so place it, and thev are 

 probably right. 



