NO. 1203. NEW NOCTUID MOTHS— SMITH. 441 



iipriglit, outwardly bent in the interspaces. Transverse posterior line 

 geminate, blackisli, evenly outcurved over the cell, a little incurved 

 below, inner line best marked and lunulate, outer more diiiuse and more 

 faint, but also lunulate. Subterminal line irregular, broken, pale, 

 marked on the costa by a preceding dusky shade, leaving the apex 

 clear, and below this by blackish preceding or following powderiugs. 

 A series of small, dusky, terminal lunules, followed by a yellowish line 

 at the base of the fringes. A faintly marked, diffuse, dusky median 

 shade darkens the space between the ordinary spots and crosses thence 

 obliquely and evenly inward to the margin. Claviform small, the out- 

 line traceable by a few black scales only. Orbicular round or nearly 

 so, concolorous, outlined by black scales. Reniform large, broad, kidney- 

 shaped, concolorous, narrowly outlined by black scales. Secondaries 

 dull grayish white, with a rather broad smoky outer border, the fringes 

 whitish with a yellowish line at base; veins and a discal lunule smoky. 

 Beneath gray, powdery, primaries darker, both wings with a discal spot. 



Expanse, 36 mm.= 1.44 inches. 



Habitat. — Calgary, Canada (Dod). 



A single male, in good condition. This is an obscure powdery form 

 allied to lagganw, but with whitish secondaries and better-marked 

 antennal joints. A distinctive character is the doubly lunate trans- 

 verse posterior line, which is not shared with any of its allies. 



34. CARNEADES DIFFORMIS, new species. 



Ground color dull gray or smoky, powdery. Collar with a smoky 

 median line. Thoracic vestiture hairy with some flattened hair inter- 

 mixed, loose, patagia and tuftings well indicated. Primaries with the 

 markings all coarsely written though not always distinct. Basal line 

 geminate, black, slender, very close to base. Transverse anterior line 

 outwardly oblique, outcurved between the veins and broken on them, 

 geminate, inner part narrow, brown, rather even, outer black, broad, 

 seeming rather a series of heavy black or brown curved marks than a 

 line. Transverse posterior line geminate, evenly outcurved over cell 

 and drawn in below, the outer line even, brown, the inner composed of 

 thick black or smoky lunules separated by the gray veins. Subtermi- 

 nal line irregularly sinuate, gray, narrow, marked by a broad, irregular, 

 smoky preceding shade, which may or may not be cut with gray on 

 the veins, the terminal si)ace more or less dusky powdered. A series 

 of black or brown terminal lunules, fringes luteofuscous. An upright 

 or slightly curved median shade crosses the wing between the ordinary 

 spots and may darken the outer portion of median space. Claviform 

 small, barely indicated or fairly evident. Orbicular moderate or rather 

 small, round or nearly so, gray filled, outlined by black scales. Reniform 

 moderate in size or rather small, kidney-shaped or tending to become a 

 little constricted centrally, narrowly outlined by black scales, more or 

 less smoky filled. Secondaries white with a yellowish tinge in the male, 



