TRIPH^JSIA. PROXOCXUA. 6-H 



llab. Cajtada, British Columbia ; U.S.xl., Kansas, Douglas Co. 

 {Snow), 1 c^ , 1 $ . Exp. 40-44 millim. 



*1104. Triphsena inelegans. (Plate LXXVII. fig. 18.) 



Agrotis inelegans, Smith, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc. xvii. p. 43 (1890) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 54. 



2 . Dull blackish browu ; tegulae tinged with reddish especially 

 at tips; thorax, base of patagia, and pro- and metathoracic crests 

 at tips reddish ; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing with a slight 

 reddish tinge at base of costa ; the medial area slightly darker ; the 

 , subbasal line double, black, distinct ; antemedial line double, blackish, 

 distinct, even, oblique, slightly excurved in interspaces ; claviform 

 faintly marked ; orbicular and reniform moderate, with slight 

 annuli of pale scales : postmedial line with double spot on costa, 

 only defined by the slight contrast between the medial and post- 

 medial areas, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then in- 

 curved ; subterminal line prominent, somewhat irregular, formed of 

 white scales and almost continuous except towards costa and inner 

 margin. Hind wing fuscous, the underside with dark irroration and 

 tinged with reddish, a discoidal spot and interrupted postmedial line. 

 Hah. U.S.A., California, Sierra iVevada. Exp. 31 millim. This 

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

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



1105. Triphsena Isetula. (Plate LXXVII. fig. 19.) 



Agrotis Iwtida, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 83 (1876) ; Smith, 



Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 56. 

 Rhynchagrotis distracta. Smith, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38, p. 36 (1890). 



S . Head and tegulae dark brown mixed with grey ; palpi 

 purplish red : thorax deep purple-brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen 

 grey-brown irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing grey-brown 

 suifused with purplish brown and strongly irrorated with black ; a 

 double black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold, excurved 

 below costa, then oblique ; an oblique double, waved, antemedial line ; 

 claviform defined by gTcyish ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 grej', the former semicircular, open above, the latter moderate ; the 

 postmedial line indistinctly double, minutely dentate, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line 

 defined by greyish on inner side and some fuscous at costa, slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series 

 of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with 

 a brown line through them ; the underside greyer, irrorated with 

 brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Washington Terr., "2 c? type, Oregon, California 

 {Wahingham), 1 J. Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus PEONOCTUA. 



Tjpe. 

 Pronoctua, Smith, Traus. Am. Ent, Soc. xxi. p. 44 (1894) , iypica. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the 2nd 

 TOL. IV. 2t 



