Mr. A. U. Grote on the Moths of New }[txico. 53 



Telea Polyphemus, var. oculea. 



Mr. Ncumoegen has described this variety from Arizona. 

 The ocellus on fore wings is ringed with blue behind, and set 

 in a cloud of black as on hind wings in the usual form. The 

 specimen collected by Prof. Snow has the black cloud reduced 

 as compared with Mr. Neumoegen's Arizonian types. 



Agrotis bimarginalis, n. s. 



Allied to variata and observabilis. Head and thorax rich 

 orange-brown ; a broad pale leather-brown or fawn-coloured 

 costal stripe to terminal posterior line ; terminal space frosted 

 with white. Rest of the wing deep brown, shaded with black. 

 Terminal posterior line even ; stigmata obscured by the blackish 

 shading ; subterminal space black on costa. Hind wings pale 

 fuscous ; abdomen brownish terminally. Beneath with dots 

 and a common even exterior shade band. No. 924. Expanse 

 36 millim. 



Agrotis circutndata, n. s. 



Belongs to the gravis group, the handsomest species yet 

 found of this group. Terminal space light leather- brown, 

 and joining an equally broad similar band along internal mar- 

 gin, which is edged above and below by two deep velvety 

 black curved longitudinal stripes at base of wing. These 

 bands vividly contrast with the black subterminal space and 

 brownish-black surface of the wing. The dentate terminal 

 anterior line and even terminal posterior line partly visible. 

 Stigmata contrasting ; orbicular small, pale, with dark cen- 

 tral dot ; reniform small, pale, upright, not constricted, with 

 brown line. Head and collar rich ochre-brown; thorax black- 

 ish. Hind wings fuscou3, with reddish fringes. Beneath 

 powdered with reddish brown, common band and discal dots 

 distinct on secondaries. No. 925. Expanse 35 millim. 



Agrotis planalis^ n. s. 



<$ . Allied to the Normaniana-esurialis species. Fore wings 

 and thorax concolorous dark chestnut-brown ; subterminal 

 line narrow, commenced in black, with a subcostal tooth point- 

 ing inwardly, thence straightly, indistinctly scalloped to 

 inner margin. Lines double, marked on costa; terminal poste- 

 rior line faint, not much bent ; stigmata small, concolorous, set 

 in a black discal shade. Thorax a little darker than primaries 

 above. Beneath distinctly marked. Fore wings blackish to 



subterminal line, beyond which the terminal space is pale ; 

 outer mesial line marked on costa; hind wings pale, with dis- 



