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but by an error of transcription it was sent to Dr. Dyar as simplicinia, 

 which being shorter may stand with this explanation of my meaning. 



Autographa pasiphaea Grt. (PL IX, Fig. 14.) 

 My material agrees with type in British Museum. 



Autographa albavitta, sp. nov. (PI. VIII, Fig. 8.) 



Pale brownish cre«m with base and terminal border of primaries, lines and 

 fringes whitish. T. a. line inwardly oblique from costa to median vein, outwardly 

 curved below the vein. T. p. line wide, prominently outcurved near apex, continuing 

 downward as one gentle incurve. Between the t. p. and s. t. lines the darker color 

 appears as a wide band crossing the wing. At the central part of the terminal space 

 there is a prominent rectangular blotch, the darkest color in the pattern. This is 

 crossed by the vein, which divides it almost equally. There is a pale blotch at the 

 apex. The reniform, orbicular and sign are clearly outlined each by a fine yellowish 

 line inclosing the ground color. Secondaries concolorous, crossed centrally by a 

 faint band of lighter color. Collar, patagiae, thorax the same, shaded with the 

 lighter color. Fringes of all four wings, whitish, cut with darker .shade. Expands, 

 30 mm. 



Habitat : Middle California. 



Described from a female, in the collection of Dr. Barnes, with 

 whom the type remains. 



This is placed among the Pliisia group only tentatively. The dis- 

 covery of a male may render it possible to more correctly classify it. 



Autographa basigera Walk. (PI. IX, Fig. 5.) 



This is the laticlavia of Morr. The type of laticlavia is reported 

 to be in the Tepper collection to which I have not had access. My 

 material agrees with the type of basigera in British Museum, where 

 the synonymy is made to include a^/i nome ns Wa.\k. , and intracta Walk., 

 but not knowing the localities from which these latter were described 

 I prefer not to intrude the names in the American list. 



Autographa sackeni Grt. (PI. VIII, Fig. 17.) 

 My material agrees with type in British Museum. 



Autographa snowii Hy. Edw. (PI. VIII, Fig. 16.) 



In nearly all collections, and in the British Museum collection, 

 this specimen is considered synonymous with sackeni, but it is very 

 questionable whether authentic siunui is well known. I imagine that 

 sackeni has been sometimes labeled sackeni, and sometimes snowi, so 

 that when one collector has found hiinself possessed of both names he 

 has judged the species to be identical. I have seen a plentiful num- 

 ber of sackeni, and they all meet the description accurately, except as 



