NO. 1203. NEW NOCTUID MOTHS— SMITH. 431 



broadly outcurved over the cell, then parallel with the outer margin. 

 Subterminal line barely indicated by a series of dusky spots. Median 

 shade broad, diffuse, vague, a little outwardly bent at its middle. 

 Orbicular round, moderate in size, a little paler than the ground, but 

 not otherwise defined. Eeniform moderate in size, indefined and incom- 

 plete, a little paler than ground, but with a central dusky crescent, 

 which is diffuse and leaves the lower X3art of the spot scarcely separ- 

 able from the ground. No trace of claviform. Secondaries smoky, 

 pale gray, scarcely darker outwardly, veins marked, and end of cell 

 indicated by a narrow lunule. Beneath, pale yellowish gray, silky, 

 both wings with an obscure outer shade line and a vague discal spot, 

 secondaries with a blackish line through the cell from base almost to 

 the lunule. 



Expanse, 40 mm.=1.60 inches. 



Habitat. — Laggan, British Columbia, 5,000 feet, Sejitember 9 (Bean). 



A single female only, in fair condition. The species is allied to 

 hostoniensis, but is much more obscure and powdery. It has that 

 peculiar pallid, washed-out appearance that is characteristic of northern 

 mountain forms, as well as the loose, woolly vestiture. I know of noth- 

 ing with which this might conflict. 



22. CARNEADES SESSILE, new species. 



Ground color an even, dull, smoky gray, without marked contrasts 

 of any kind. Head and thorax concolorous, the palpi tipped with yel- 

 low. Yestiture hairy; but somewhat flattened, not loose or diverging. 

 Collar well relieved, patagia not dilferentiated, tuftings barely indi- 

 cated in the female, fairly suggested in the male. Primaries with a 

 faint reddish shading, best marked in the male, very evenly and not 

 densely black powdered. Basal line geminate, broken, blackish, not 

 well marked. Transverse anterior line smoky, geminate, the two parts 

 almost equally well defined, almost upright to the median vein, a little 

 outcurved below, and a longer, outward loop below the internal vein. 

 Transverse posterior line geminate, inner portion evenly outcurved over 

 the cell, lunulate and a little incurved below ; outer part obscure, smoky, 

 even. Subterminal line vaguely traceable, really visible only near the 

 costa, where it is marked by the contrast between the apex and a 

 slightly darker subterminal shading. Median shade diffuse, rather 

 broad, slightly darker than the ground color and a little darkening the 

 cell between the ordinary spots. Claviform small, concolorous, com- 

 pletely outlined in smoky. Orbicular irregularly oval, decumbent, out- 

 lined in black, of the ground color or a very little paler. Eeniform large, 

 broad, irregular, extending below the median vein, outlined by black 

 scales, concolorous or a very littie paler. There is a narrow, black, bro- 

 ken, terminal line, followed by a yellowish line at the base of the fringes. 

 Secondaries smoky yellowish, paler at the base, in the male rather 

 whitish, with a smoky discal lunule and a white fringe which, in the 



