March, 1902.] SmITH : NeW NOCTUID/E. 39 



long, the bristle tufting well-marked. In the actual arrangement of 

 these tufts it is nearer to subgothica than to tricosa. It is probable 

 that other examples occur, confused under another specific name. 



Luperina trigona, sp. nov. 



Ground color a dull, pale luteous, variably irrorate with deep smoky brown. 

 Head and thorax concolorous with either the light or the darker parts of the wings. 

 Primaries with costa, terminal space, and a broad band along the internal margin 

 luteous, leaving a contrasting dark brown triangle which touches the outer margin 

 only at the costa in the s. t. space. The median lines are lost. S. t. line marked 

 by the contrasting colors, and by a series of darker, more velvety brown spots. A 

 series of very small, powdery, blackish, interspacial terminal lunules. Median vein 

 to the end of cell a little luteous. Orbicular small, variable in shape, luteous. Reni- 

 form moderate, upright, a little constricted, incompletely outlined, luteous, partly 

 brown tilled inferiorly. Secondaries pale luteous, the disk a little smoky in the female. 

 Beneath pale luteous, disk a little smoky, all wings with a narrow darker lunule. 

 Expands I.60-1.80 inches ^= 40-45 mm. 



Habitat. — Smith County, Tenn., August 6, 7, 21. 



Two males and two females in fair condition only, of this remark- 

 able species are before me, through the kindness of Mr. Stanley T. 

 Kemp, of Elizabeth. It is allied most nearly to passer, but is a much 

 more robust species. There is absolutely no danger of mistaking this 

 species and that it should so long have evaded discovery I cannot 

 understand. I know nothing of the country where it was taken or 01 

 the circumstances of its capture. 



Hadena miseloides G/i. 



In looking over a long series of specimens of this species to deter- 

 mine the range of variation to be represented in the collection, I 

 noticed that certain Texan examples did not seem to fit anywhere 

 satisfactorily, so, by the courtesy of Dr. Dyar, I secured such as were 

 represented in the U. S. National Museum from that State ; in all six 

 specimens. All are females, unfortunately, and while their association 

 with the normal form of the species is obviously indicated, they offer 

 certain characteristic features that indicate a well-marked geographical 

 race, at least. 



Compared with a series of 15 female examples within the normal 

 range of variation, the Texans ranged an average of 32 mm. in ex- 

 panse against 34 mm. in the others. None of them had the brilliant 

 mossy green powderings of the typical form. Two specimens had an 

 obviously green shading, but much reduced in extent and not at all 



