218 NOCTUID^. 



claviform obsolete ; orbicular moderate, rounded, with ochreous 

 annulus ; reniform narrow, with blackish centre and ochreous 

 annulus ; subterminal line represented by a series of irregular 

 ochreous points preceded and followed by dusky shading. Hind 

 wing ochreous, fuscous at base, blackish towards margins, the veins 

 and a discoidal lunula blackish ; cilia ochreous at base, fuscous at 

 middle, and whitish at tips ; the underside fuscous with darker 

 irroration, a discoidal spot and somewhat incomplete postmedial line. 

 Hah. U.S.A., California, High Sierras {Dyar). Exp. 36 millim. 

 This species is unknown to me ; figured from a photograph from type 

 in U.S. JNat. Mus. 



367. Euxoa 'bicollaris. (Plate LXII. fig. 10.) 



Agrotis bicollaris, Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 173 (1878) ; id. Proc. Am. 

 Phil. Soc. sxi. p. 155 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. <J0. 



Pale grey-brown with an ochreous tinge andirrorated with brown ; 

 palpi blackish at sides except at extremity ; tegulae with the basal 

 half mostly black. Pore wing with traces of brown antemedial line 

 angled on median nervure, and with stride from costa before and 

 beyond it ; orbicular and reniform large, very indistinct, with dark 

 outline, the former rounded, the latter with darker centre ; the 

 postmedial line double, very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, 

 then represented by series of points on the veins ; the subterminal 

 line indistinct, double, angled outwards below costa and slightly at 

 vein 4, the area beyond it with darker irroration ; a terminal series 

 of small triangular spots. Hind wing brown, the veins and small 

 discoidal lunule rather darker; cilia pale, with a brown line through 

 them ; underside with the costal area strongly irrorated with brown. 



Hah. U.S.A., Nevada, California, Havilah, 1 c? 1 $ type, Grote 

 Coll., Arizona. Exp., S 34, $ 38 millim. 



368. Eiixoa excogita. (Plate LXII. fig. 11.) 

 Carncades excogita, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 423 (1900). 



5 . Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi blackish at sides, 

 except at tips ; tegulae with medial black band ; abdomen brownish 

 grey. Pore wing grey, suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated 

 with black; the subbasal line represented by a slight black striga 

 from costa and point below cell ; the antemedial line indistinct, dark, 

 waved ; claviform and orbicular obsolete ; reniform an indistinct 

 dark lunule ; postmedial line indistinct, dentate, slightly bent out- 

 wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale 

 points on costa towards apex ; the subterminal line indistinct, greyish, 

 waved, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. 

 Plind wing brownish grey, the cilia white except at base ; the under- 

 side whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a 

 slight discoidal point and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs {Barnes), 1 5 , Exp. 

 34 millim. 



