NO. 1203. NEW NOCTUID MOTHS— SMITH. 4(39 



ular oblique, white. Eeniform upright, kidney-shaped, moderate in 

 size, marked by blaclj; scales, inwardly annulate with white. Clavi- 

 form broad, pointed at the tii3, extending across the median space, 

 black lined, concolorous. Secondaries whitish, with a narrow smoky 

 margin and a discal Innule. Beneath whitish, powdery, primaries 

 smoky along costal region, secondaries with a discal lunule. 



Expanse, 33 mm. =1.32 inches. 



Habitat. — Montana. 



A single male in fair condition. The species is related to characta 

 in wing form and general pattern of maculation, but differs in the yel- 

 low shadings and generall}^ paler colorings. 



67. HADENA MUSTELINA, new species. 



Ground color bluish gray, with brown shadings. Head and collar 

 chocolate brown, patagia edged with brown scales posteriorly. Abdom- 

 inal vestiture defective. Primaries with the ornamentation obvious 

 along the costal region only. Basal line geminate, inner line deep 

 brown, outer faint. Transverse anterior line geminate, inner line faint, 

 brown, outer black on the costa, then dislocated, broken, and marked 

 only by a few black scales across the wing; as a whole the line is a lit- 

 tle outcurved, and outwardly oblique. Transverse posterior line gemi- 

 nate, marked by black spots on the costa, then brownish, obscurely 

 lunulate, widely outcurved and, as a whole, nearly parallel with the 

 outer margin. Subterminal line pale, irregular, preceded by scattered 

 black scales and by a brown costal shade. Terminal space, except 

 apex, a little darker. A brown, crenulated, terminal line. Ordinary 

 spots proportionately very large, concolorous. Orbicular oblique, oval, 

 open above, preceded by a black patch on the median vein, which 

 seems continuous with the black inception of the transverse anterior 

 line, lleniform kidney-shaped, delined by slightly darker scales, 

 except that the narrow space between it and the orbicular is blackish 

 brown. Claviform marked through the basal space by a whitish shade, 

 margined above by black scales, and beyond the transverse anterior 

 line by a margin of black, inferiorly edged by white scales, outline not 

 complete interiorly; in form it is. short and broad. Secondaries smoky, 

 even, fringes white, based by a darker line. Beneath, primaries smoky, 

 with a scarlet tinge along costa and toward apex, an incomplete outer 

 line and a discal lunule. Secondaries whitish, with a vinous red shade 

 along costa and a blackish discal spot. 



Expanse, 2D mm. = 1.16 inches. 



Habitat. — Santa Oruz Mountains, California. 



One male, evidently bred, numbered, in red, No. 536, by Mr. A.Koebele. 

 The specimen is evidently a little crippled, but the maculation is per- 

 fect and only the vestiture of the abdomen is defective. I cannot say, 

 therefore, just how it is tufted. In a general way the species is allied 

 to the modica series, but not closely to anyone in particular. 



