NEW NOCTUID MOTHS— SMITH. - 451 



the contrasting black filling of the cell about the ordinary spots. 

 Basal line black, geminate, distinct. Transverse anterior line marked 

 by geminate brown costal spots; below this it is single, slender, brown, 

 scarcely contrasting, outwardly oblique and outcurved in the inter- 

 spaces. Transverse posterior line marked by geminate brown spots on 

 the costa, else obsolete. Subterminal line marked by a jireceding cos- 

 tal shade and by the slightly dusky terminal space, the apex being 

 clear. A slender brown terminal line is followed by a yellowish line at 

 the base of the fringes. Claviform wanting. Orbicular large, oblique, 

 incomplete above, annulate with pale, else concolorous. Reniform 

 large, kidney-shaped, extending well below the cell and seemingly 

 much too large for i,he insect; not outlined except by the black filling 

 of the cell and the blackish filling of the sj^ot which defines it against" 

 the ground color. Secondaries white, veins yellowish, marginal line 

 smoky. Beneath, primaries gray, secondaries white, both powdery 

 with a discal spot and with a punctiform outer line. 



Expanse, 29 mm. =1.16 inches. 



Habitat. — Brandon, Manitoba, October 27, 1898 (Hanham). 



A single male only, under So. 426, of this pretty little species which 

 recalls the Texas Noctua pellucid alis. In Garneades its nearest ally is 

 albipe7inis Grote. 



46. CARNEADES PINDAR, new species. 



Ground color an even brownish gray. Head somewhat paler, more 

 fawn gray, palpi blackish at sides. Collar fiiwn gray inferiorly, brown- 

 ish above, with a contrasting black line between the shades. Thoracic 

 vestiture mostly flattened hair, patagia hardly relieved, tuftings indis- 

 tinct, no markings. Primaries with the costal region a little paler, ter- 

 minal space smoky brown, cell before and between the ordinary spots 

 black or blackish, basal space with a black streak below the median 

 vein, becoming diffuse outwardly, else very smooth, not at all powdery. 

 Basal line marked by geminate smoky dots on costa and by a pale shade 

 interrupting the basal streak below the cell. Transverse anterior line 

 geminate, very feebly defined, almost upright to vein 1, below which 

 it makes a long outcurve. Transverse posterior line geminate, very 

 slightly darker, inner portion lunulate, outer even, as a whole almost 

 parallel with the outer margin. Subterminal line concolorous, marked 

 by the dark terminal space, which leaves the apex pale, and a preced- 

 ing shade which is best marked on the costa and then breaks ui) into 

 black or blackish sagittate interspaceal marks. A series of small, black, 

 terminal lunules, from which blackish rays are sent inward to oppose 

 the sagittate preceding marks. Claviform of good size, concolorous, 

 narrowly black-ringed. Orbicular oblong, oblique, large in size, open 

 to the costa, else black-ringed, concolorous. Keniform of good size, 

 kidney-shaped, black-ringed, concolorous. Secondaries whitish with a 

 faint luteous tinge, outer margin narrowly smoky, the border becoming 



