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tenn 25-jointed, third joint but little longer than fourth, the last five 
joints but little longer than wide; sides of the superclypeal” area de- 
pressed; clypeus round on anterior margin; mesonotum shining, im- 
punctate, except anterior lobe, which finely punctured; scutellum with 
well-scattered, small punctures; mesopleura shining, impunctate; meta- 
thorax smooth, shining, without an areola; posterior femora rather 
robust; posterior tibie tapering from base to apex; first joint of hind 
tarsi a little longer than 2. .3; tarsal claws simple; stigma angulate 
beneath; first abscissa of radius a little longer than second, but not 
as long as the oblique transverse cubitus; second transverse cubitus 
about equal to the second abscissa of radius; second cubital cell pointed 
at base beneath; basal nervure bent; transverse median more than 
half its length beyond basal nervure; abdomen impunctate; lateral 
carine of first dorsal segment more or less developed. Color, reddish- 
yellow; antennz, eyes, black spot enclosing ocelli, middle lobe of 
mesonotum. scutellum, metathorax, mesopleura and mesopectus; spot 
on apical dorsal segments of abdomen, sheath, black; apex of hind 
tibie and their tarsi infuscated; wings hyaline, iridescent, apical third 
a little darker, nervures and stigma pale brown; dorsulum of abdomen 
and legs with short reddish-yellow pubescence. 
Habitat—Geneva, Nebraska. Type in the collection of the 
University of Nebraska, paratype in author’s collection. 
This species is quite distinct from I. abdominalis Cress. the 
only other species of this genus, being known at once by the 
different color—abdominalis has the head and thorax black. 
One Day’s Collecting, with a Description of a new 
Noctuid. 
By ALEx. Kwiat, Chicago, IIl. 
On Decoration Day, May 30, 1908, the writer, with Messrs. 
Beer and Kidlica, went on a collecting trip to Hessville, Ind., 
where we were joined by Will Hartman, Jr., who resides there, 
making a party of four, all Lepidopterists. 
Hessville, Indiana, is just four miles east of the Illinois line 
and about four or five miles south of Lake Michigan. It is 
not strictly in the sand dune region, although there are occa- 
sional blow holes and shifting ridges. Generally speaking, it 
may be described as a succession of sloughs and sandy ridges, 
the latter usually covered with stunted oak, hop elm, cotton- 
wood, the small-leaved poplar, some willow, birch, sassafras, 
