304 Descriptions of New Nocluce, etc. 



The following forms of North American Noctuoe seem to 

 be either imperfectly described or new to science : 



Agrotis rufipectus, Morrison. 



$ . Antennae simple, ciliate. Head and collar disconcolorous, dark 

 brown (reddish brown in the type) ; collar with a narrow pale edging. 

 Thorax and fore wings concolorous, grayish over purplish or fuscous 

 brown. Lines narrow, dark, well written. Basal line distinct. Trans- 

 verse anterior line with the inner line obsolete, slightly dentate at costa, 

 indentated on submedian fold ; the line is comparatively straight. Median 

 space wide; no claviform ; orbicular concolorous, rounded, incompletely 

 annulate; reniform stained by the diffuse median darker shade, edged 

 more distinctly than the other spot, and more complete. Transverse pos- 

 terior line slightly waved, accentuated by dots or points, not much ex- 

 serted, outer line obsolete. Terminal space paler than the rest of the 

 winy, contrasting with subterminal. Beneath paler, costa of both wings 

 powdered with reddish. A continued broad exterior common line. Cel- 

 lular mark on hind wings extended. Abdomen beneath and lateral hairs 

 reddish. Hind wings above pale fuscous, concolorous, with line hardly 

 noticeable. Exp. 31 mil. Lewis Co., N. Y., July 29, Mr. W. W. Hill, coll. 



In this species the fore tibioe, I believe, are unarmed. The 

 type which I have before me, was sent to Mr. Morrison for 

 description, at his request for new material in this genus, and 

 is briefly described by him in the Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist, XVII, 165. The species may be known by its single, 

 tine, scalloped transverse lines on the primaries, and the dis- 

 colorous head and thorax. It seems to be allied to A. collaris 

 and Jormulis. 



Agrotis perconflua, n. s. 



This form is stouter than covflua and brighter colored. Fore tibia? 

 armed. Palpi at tips, upper surface of head and collar pale, contrasting. 

 Palpi and breast rusty brown. Fore wings bright red brown, paler at 

 base and vaguely paler along costa, with a purply tinge over median 

 nervules. Lines indistinct, broken, obsoletely geminate. No claviform 

 perceivable. Ordinary spots pale as in conflua, reniform stained interiorly. 

 The black t. p. line is broken into cuneiform marks. Terminal space 

 coucolorous with subterminal. Subterminal line very distinct, pale, pre- 

 ceded by black dots, and by a narrow dark shade on costa; fringes con- 

 colorous. Hind wings pale fuscous, with discal mark and pale fringes. 

 Beneath pale, with the costal regions of both wings reddish; common 



