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marks ; below the apex also by a slight darkening of the terminal space. There is a 

 pale line at the base of the fringes. Claviform narrow, pointed, extending almost to 

 the middle of the median space. Orbicular small, round, or ovate, ringed with 

 yellowish. Reniform large, kidney-shaped, edged with black and usually incom- 

 plete above and below ; with an inner ring of yellow scales and the center of the spot 

 more or less yellowish and discolored. Secondaries dull yellowish white at base> 

 darkening to a broad smoky border, fringes white. Beneath whitish, powdery, all 

 wings with a discal spot, primaries with disc more or less smoky and sometimes with 

 an indicated outer line. 



Expands, I.44-I.56 inches = 36-39 mm. 



Habitat. — Kaslo, B. C, September 6, Mr. Cockle. 



1 c? and 5 ? $, in fair or good condition. This is a peculiarly sor- 

 did looking form with the depressed body of the majority of the species, 

 but the maculation more like that of some of the species of Euxoa of 

 the ochrogaster series. It differs from boretha in the flattened appear- 

 ance and in the concolorous orbicular, costa and collar, it varies in 

 the amount of blackish overlay in the median space, one example being 

 almost purplish black. 



Porosagrotis delorata, new species. 



Ground color dull luteous gray, with a greenish tinge. Head with a black 

 line between the antennae. Collar black powdered, with a black transverse line. 

 Thorax black powdered, the patagia not well marked in the specimen. Primaries 

 with all the maculation well defined, none of it conspicuously contrasting. Basal line 

 geminate, blackish, almost upright, extending into the sub-median interspace. T. a. 

 line upright from costa to vein one, then with a long outward bend to the inner 

 margin ; geminate, outer portion black, inner brown, included space a little paler 

 than the ground. T. p. line geminate, inner portion lunulate, blackish, outer even, 

 less marked, included space a little paler ; in course with a slight, very even outcurve 

 over cell, and an even less obvious incurve below. S. t. line pale, a little irregular, 

 with distinct outward dentations on veins 3 and 4, preceded by black, more or less 

 sagittate marks. There is a series of black terminal lunules. The surface of the 

 wing is very finely black powdered, and where this powdering is absent as on the 

 veins and between the median lines, the appearance is as of a paler marking. The 

 claviform is broad, extends almost to the middle of the cell and is filled with blackish 

 powderings. It does not extend basad of the t. a. line and is not in any way con- 

 nected with the base. The cell is a little more densely powdered before and 

 between the ordinary spots. Orbicular large, nearly round, concolorous, with a pale 

 annulus. Reniform large, incompletely defined, extends a little beyond the borders 

 of the cell, blotched with blackish. The terminal space is a little darker than the 

 remainder of the wing. Secondaries smoky at base, blackish outwardly, fringes 

 whitish. Beneath whitish, lustrous, disc of primaries darker. 

 Expands, 1.46 inches 36 mm. 



Habitat. — High River, Alberta, Canada. 



