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species and the color is totally different. There is no trace of green 

 anywhere and, as the specimen was perfectly fresh when "received and 

 had not been exposed to light, I do not think there ever was any. It 

 is an interesting occurrence and adds a mate to a species that has been 

 long solitary in our lists. 



Noctua spreta, sp. nov. 



Size and form of luhricans, for which it is readily mistaken. The obvious difter- 

 ence is in the absence of all black markings on the collar. Ground color a fawn 

 gray, with a variable admixture of reddish, changing the dominant tint. Basal line 

 single, marked by a black bar across the costal region, then broken and obscure or 

 altogether lost. T. a. line also single, variably indicated, sometimes lost, usually 

 traceable below the median vein, never complete. T. p. line single, usually marked 

 on the costa only, sometimes traceable for its full course as a smoky, evenly outcurved 

 line which is a very little lunulated between the veins. The outer portion of the wing 

 is usually a little darker, and in this the s. t. line may or may not be marked by 

 whitish dots. So there may be also a blackish shading on the costa preceding this 

 line. An obscure, lunulated, terminal line is indicated. None of the markings above 

 described are prominent or contrasting, and all is obscure, powdery. 



In some examples a reddish median line is traceable. Orbicular wanting. Reni- 

 form marked by black scales or small irregular spots ; not outlined. Secondaries 

 smoky in both sexes, darker in the female, a little paler basally. Head a little paler 

 gray in front ; sides of palpi blackish. E.xpands i. 30-1. 50 inches = 33-37 mm. 



Habitat. — Hastings, Florida. 



Four males and six females from Mr. George Franck, in fair con- 

 dition. The line of variation has been indicated, and the specimens 

 before me range from almost immaculate to one in which all the de- 

 scribed maculation is easily visible. 



Feltia subgothica Ha^v. 



The rearrangement of my Agrotid series brought to light certain 

 examples from British Columbia, Vancouver and Washington, that did 

 not appear to be specifically identical with the eastern form. The 

 specimens ran larger, the markings seemed better defined and the reni- 

 form tended to become upright, not kidney-shaped or even oval. With 

 this was also a more or less marked discoloration, the spot in some ex- 

 amples being of a uniform, discolorous, pale yellow. I suspected the 

 latter of being evanidalis Grt. , but the antennae are not more obviously 

 pectinated than in the eastern form. 



Finally I wrote to my correspondents for specimens, and bought a 

 lot from Mr. George Franck, so that I now have before me a series of 

 over 100 selected examples ranging in locality from the Atlantic to the 



