488 NORTH AMERICAN NOCTUlDiE— SMITH. 



Taeniocanipa subterminata Smith. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 1887, X, p. 476. 



Pale yellowish gray to deep browu red, varying to every possible 

 intermediate shade. Median lines usually distinct, geminate, rarely 

 obsolete. T. a. line outwardly oblique, waved. T. p. line nearly paral- 

 lel with outer margin, very even ; included space paler, outer part of 

 line punctiform. S. t. line always very distinct, pale, outwardly shaded 

 by some darker color than the rest of the wing, in dark specimens with 

 black. Olaviform large, concolorous, more or less completely outlined, 

 always traceable. Ordinary spots large, pale ringed, usually concolor- 

 ous, sometimes paler, rarely darker than ground color. An upright 

 dark shade crosses the median space, beyond which the wiug is usually 

 darker to t. p. line. Secondaries as variable in shade as the primaries. 

 Beneath, pale, powdery, with heavy dark outer line aud large discal 

 spot on all wings. Head and thorax concolorous with primaries. 

 Harpes of male elongate, sides sinuate, subequal, tip oblique and 

 inwardly spinulose. Toward the base are two corneous beak-like 

 processes, arranged Yshape, that form the clasper. Expands 1.4 to 

 1.6 inches (35 to 40 mra ). 



Habitat. — Maine, New Hampshire, New York. 



This very strongly marked species has been heretofore confounded 

 with alia, from which it differs so strongly that it is surprising it has 

 not been heretofore described. It is more common than alia, and^is 

 the form usually in collections as " i/icerto." An obvious difference is 

 that in alia the s. t. line is preceded, while in the new species it isfol- 

 loived by a darker shade. The genitalia differ very markedly. 



Taeniocampa garmani Grt. 

 Can. Eut. xi 2S, 1879. 



Deep dark brown, irrorate with black, terminal space paler. Median 

 lines faint, pale. T. a. line regularly arcuate, t, p. sinuate. S. t. sinu- 

 ate, marked by a black preceding shade. Ordinary spots subequal, 

 slightly paler, somewhat indefinite. Secondaries yellowish fuscous, 

 with obvious discal spot. Beneath, reddish luteous, powdery ; discal 

 spots distinct. Head and thorax coucolorous. Harpes of male slightly 

 curved, subequal, obtusely rounded at tip. Clasper a stout, curved, 

 corneous hook of moderate length. Expands 1.5 inches (38 n,m ). 



Habitat. — Illinois, Iowa. 



A robust species, very different from any of the others in this sec- 

 tion, and readily distinguished. 



Taeniocampa praeses Grt. 

 Bull. Surv. 5, 202 (Peri graph a). 



Dark blackish brown, with a carmine shade, powdered with black. 

 Median lines very faint, slightly paler than ground color. S. t. line 

 somewhat paler, preceded by a darker shade, its course slightly siuu- 



