248 entomological news. [December, 



line geminate, the inner part vague, the interval gray, the outer blackish 

 and with an even, moderate outcurve. T. p. line geminate, brown, not 

 strongly marked, outcurved over the reniform, then almost parallel with 

 the outer margin. The inner line is narrowly lunulate, the outer puncti- 

 form, the intervening space gray. Median shade vague, diffuse, out- 

 wardly bent between the ordinary spots where it is darkest, then inwardly 

 oblique to the inner margin. S. t. line pale, even or only a little irregular, 

 marked by a preceding brown shade on the costa and a following 

 blackish shade during the rest of its course. This dusky tint shades into 

 the ground color before it reaches the margin. The s. t. line is slightly 

 more emphasized opposite the anal angle, forming a vague paler lunule. 

 There is a broken blackish terminal line and the fringes are also inter- 

 lined with smoky. Claviform very small, outlined with black scales, and 

 beyond it the median space may be a little more reddish in tint. Orbicu- 

 lar moderate or large, oblique, ovate or sub-quadrate, outlined with 

 darker or blackish scales within which is a paler annulus. Reniform 

 large, kidney-shaped, paler than the ground color, outlined by dusky 

 scales within which is a more obvious pale annulus. Secondaries fuscous, 

 a little paler basally and with a vague trace of a median line. The 

 fringes are paler, with a dark interline. Beneath gray, more or less 

 powdery, with a variably evident discal line and spot on all wings. 

 Expanse i-r.20 inches = 25-30 mm. 



Nad.— Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



Two males and one female from Mr. A. W. Hanham, num- 

 bered 297, 298, 299. This is a close ally to M. lustra/is, of 

 which it seemed at first, a small form. It is, however, a narrower 

 winged species, coming nearer to meditata in this respect and 

 with less well pectinated antennae. The markings, while much 

 the same in all essential points, are less distinct. 



The sexual pieces of the male are much better developed than 

 in the older species, a small accessory clasper coming out from 

 below the large, obtuse, heavy main structure. 



I think it more than probable that this species may be labelled 

 lustralis in some collections, for I believe I have seen something 

 very like this labelled " North Dakota " in a collection recently. 



Mamestra naevia n. sp. 



Ground color dirty ash gray, with a smoky suffusion. Head blackish. 

 Collar quite discolorous, yellowish gray, below a darker central line. 

 PatagiEe with a blackish sub-margin, the disc and edges gray-tipped. 

 Primaries with the maculation obscured. Basal line geminate, traceable 

 chiefly by the gray included shade, and reaching to a narrow, short, black 

 basal streak. T. a. line geminate, evenly outcurved, blackish, the 

 included space gray, very imperfectly defined. T. p. line geminate, 

 smoky, the included space gray ; the inner line lunulate, the outer even ; 



