74 Journal New York Entomological Society. [voi. x. 



mens the gray shades are lost. T. a. line a strong outcurve from costa to median 

 vein, gray against a strong brown l)lotch at costa. Below the vein distinct, 

 slightly oblique, outwardly bent, gray, a]iparently crossing the .solid chocolate brown 

 of the median space, the brown appearing inwardly of the line as a second line paral- 

 leling it. The t. p. line faint from the costa to median vein, distinct, geminate 

 below, grayish ; it is fairly straight, inwardly bent. The space between the t p. 

 line and the s. t. line wider than usual, unicolorous, brown. Outwardly of the s. t. 

 line the border is lighter, a mixture of the brown and gray shading. The s. t. line 

 distinct as a demarcation between these two areas, as usual, outcurved near costa, 

 with two dentations opposite the sign. Orbicular indistinct, grayish. Reniform 

 more easily seen, blackish with gray outlines, a yellowish splotch between it and the 

 costa. The sign is white and shaped as in the gaini/ia group. Secondaries pale 

 yellowish-brown, lighter at the base. Fringes cut. Expands, 34 mm. 



Habitat: Corfield, Vancouver. 



Type : Female, with the author. 



Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. Clermont Living- 

 ston at Corfield, Vancouver. This is one of the most beautiful of 

 our species, and for a new form, \ery satisfactorily distinct. 



Autographa falcifera Kirby. (PI. IX, Fig. 2.) 



Kirby's description undoubtedly applies to our common insect 

 known as si))iplex. Fortunately he described the gray form ; thus 

 simplex is properly retained for the brown form as a varietal name. 

 Falcifera was named from Nova Scotia, and it is noteworthy that in 

 the north the brown form is rare. Simplex was described from New 

 York where the brown form is common. This seems to be the only 

 species thus far known to me, having an authentic varietal form, the 

 genitalia of both gray and brown specimens being identical. 



Autographa simpliclma, sp. nov. (PI. VI, Fig. 6.) 



Color dull brown, slightly darker in median space. T. a. line absent above the 

 median vein ; below the vein oblique, neat, metallic, inconspicuous. T. p. line, 

 oblicjue, slightly waved, very faint. S. t. line starting absolutely at apex, oblique, 

 faint, gently curving. The sign as in falcifera, only very small, and terminating in 

 an acute angle. Secondaries concolorous, crossed centrally by lighter band. 

 Expands, 28 mm. 



Habitat: Washington. 



Type : Female, with the author. 



Described from a single female presented by Professor John B. 

 Smith. This closely resembles the simplex form of falcifera, but is 

 much smaller, suffused in color, and easily identified by the acute 

 termination of the sign, which is always knobbed in falcifera and 

 simplex. I had intended to write the name simplicissima — simplest — 



