June, 1908.] Smith : New Species of Noctuid^e. 83 



most conspicuous feature of the wing, in contrast to the other species 

 where the opposite is rather the rule. My specimens are from Los 

 Angeles. 



Raphia elbea, new species. 



Ground color whitish, with an irregularly disposed mottling of luteous and with 

 coarse blackish powderings giving it an ash-gray appearance. Head yellow in front, 

 vertex blackish. Collar black lined and black tipped. Patagia yellowish, powdery, 

 with a dark gray submarginal line. Disc of thorax gray, powdery, posteriorly 

 tipped with blackish. Abdomen gray, powdery, the tufts black mottled. Primaries 

 with all the maculation obscured by the coarse powderings, no two examples being 

 alike in the amount of powderings or yellow mottling. Basal line sometimes indi- 

 cated by black costal spots. T. a. line geminate, sometimes complete, sometimes 

 upper half only distinct, sometimes nearly all lost ; usually the outer part of line best 

 marked and black ; in course it is outcurved with a little outward tooth at middle 

 into the claviform. T. p. line single, linear, shaped as in its allies, sometimes fol- 

 lowed by pale scales giving an obscurely geminate appearance. S. t. line altogether 

 wanting or present as a diffuse irregular pale shading through the darker exterior 

 area. A series of distinct black terminal lunules between the black marked veins, 

 this blackish marking sufficiently conspicuous to give the wings a somewhat strigate 

 appearance. There is a dusky blotch on costa, indicating the inception of a median 

 shade, and below the claviform is a dark cloud across the median space. Orbicular 

 small, round, outlined in gray, yellowish. Reniform scarcely defined, upright, 

 narrow, yellowish, with exterior border more or less black powdered. Claviform 

 large, extending as usual across the median space and more or less yellowish tinted. 

 Secondaries white, with scant black powderings outwardly, grouped into a diffuse, 

 vague blotch at the anal angle, and a series of very distinct black interspaceal ter- 

 minal lunules. Beneath white, more or less black powdered ; with a small discal 

 lunule on all wings and, in some specimens, an indicated common outer line. 



Expands,^ 1 .20-1.28 inches = 30-32 mm.: 9 1. 40-1. 48 inches = 35-37 mm. 



Habitat. — Deming, New Mexico, July 8-15. 



Three males and three females, all in good condition, from Dr. 

 Barnes. The males are uniformly and decidedly smaller in this series 

 of specimens ; but that may not be universally true. As a rule, how- 

 ever, the males throughout this genus average smaller than the females. 



Acronycta tonitra, new species. 



Head, thorax and abdomen a soft smoky gray. Orbits of the eyes white, breast 

 whitish, legs more or less smoky gray. Primaries soft smoky gray, a white shade 

 preceding the t. p. line and extending inward into the median space more or less. 

 T. a. line outwardly oblique, very obscure, sometimes barely traceable, marked by 

 an oblique costal shade, usually also by a little V-shaped mark below the cell, from 

 which a line of black scales may be traced to the base ; a few white scales sometimes 

 indicate the course of the line. T. p. line well removed outwardly, nearly parallel 

 with outer margin, strongly dentate in the interspaces, more or less marked with black 

 scales and preceded by a white shade which may be obscure or well-marked, linear, 



