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lines obliterate. The subterminal line is best marked, undulate, without 

 cuneiform marks. Ordinary spots faint, discolored, the reniform moderate, 

 short, stained with blackish, annul! indistinct, median shade linear, slightly 

 irregular, outwardly arcuate, not very evident. T. a. line and claviform obso- 

 lete, costal geminate markings as in auxiliaris. Hind wings pellucid smoky, 

 with vague blackish borders and white-tipped fringes. Abdomen like hind 

 wings in tone, beneath paler with whitish stigmatal stripe. Wings whitish 

 beneath, slightly and coarsely irrorate with black ; on secondaries a discal 

 mark, a faint median line on collar. Expanse, 38 m. m. May 12. No. 54. 

 Nearly allied to atixiliaris, narrower winged and smaller. 



Agrotis auxiliaris Orote. May 16. No. 53. The specimen agrees with the 

 tj'pe from Colorado. 



Mamestra marinitincta Harvey. Oct. 10 ; Nov. 5. 



The male has blackish hind wings. The species is allied to Mamestra laud- 

 dbilis (Guen). 



Dianthoecia palilis Harvey. Nov. 10, 11, 16. No. 98. 



Copihadena atricollaris (i^arw^/). March 12,27. No. 92. 



Homoliadena induta Harvey. May 8, 5. No. 74. 



I have recently shown (Can. Ent. 7) that Mr. Morrison's description of retro- 

 versa does not apply to this species. The basal dash is present. It is impos- 

 sible to adopt that name without depriving the description of all value for 

 identification. I believe Mr. Morrison to be greatly in error, although if he 

 were right, the name r.etroversa, must be ruled out as not in any way designat- 

 ing induta. 



Homohadena incomitata n. s. In tone, color and size resembling induta. 



There is no basal dash and no marking except the median lines which difiFer 

 from induta in shape. They meet very nearly at internal margin. The outer 

 line runs inwardly obliquely from its subcostal extension without being qub- 

 medially indented opposite the basal dash, as in induta. The subterminal 

 nervular dashes are subobsolete. The black lines are a little more broken and 

 denticulate than in iiiduta/m some specimens subobsolete. Hind wings with 

 very faint traces of the median line, which induta shows plainly , and is said to be 

 absent in retroversa as in Kappa. Beneath, the line is fragmentary. From the 

 fact that induta has a median line beneath and "retroversa" is said to have 

 none and has a basal dash in fore wings, and " retroversa" is said to have none, 

 there is a chance that Mr. Morrison intended incomitata, which diflFers from in 

 duta in both these points. Mr. Morrison says, however, that he described in- 

 duta. In this case I think Mr. Morrison's description may, with propriety, be 

 discarded, from the facts in tlie case. 



May 3, 4. No. 75. 



