June, 1908.1 Smith : New Species of Noctuidje. 91 



Four males and three females ; of these the Arizona 1 is from Mr. 

 Otto Buchholz ; the Utah female is from Mr. Tom Spalding ; one 

 Salida male is of my own capture ; the others are from l)r. Barnes. 



This species differs from all the others in the absence of discal 

 spots on the underside, in the very sharply defined edges to the bku k 

 border and in fact that on primaries the margin of the border is oblique 

 from costa to inner margin so that the black is of a triangular form. 

 It is also the only species in which there is a black edging before the 

 s. t. line. This series of specimens was separated out as differing 

 obviously from flava and was not recognized as Mr. Edwards' species 

 until I compared the types in the American Museum. The distinctive 

 characters are here brought out more clearly. 



Pseudanarta actura, new species. 



Ground color dull, fuscous brown. Head and thorax concolorous ; abdomen 

 more gray, yellowish at base. Primaries very dull and obscurely marked, the only 

 conspicuous feature of the wing being the white blotch above the anal angle. Basal 

 line geminate, obscure, scarcely traceable in most specimens. T. a. line geminate, 

 black, the outer portion broader and more distinct, very oblique and a little excurved. 

 T. p. line geminate, inner line black, outer brown, included space gray, in course 

 squarely exserted over reniform, making a moderate angle on vein 5, whence it runs 

 with a slight incurve to inner margin. S. t. space marked with gray and brown, 

 forming the palest part of the wing and lightening to a white blotch just above the 

 inner margin. S. t. line pale, a little sinuate, more or less obscured, marked by the 

 darker terminal space. A broad, blackish, broken line at base of fringes. The ordi- 

 nary spots are very obscure, concolorous and faintly defined by a ring of whitish scales. 

 Orbicular oval, oblique. Reniform moderate, kidney-shaped. An obscure blackish 

 bar connects the median lines. Secondaries pale yellowish, with a broad black outer 

 border, the inner edge of which tends to become a little irregular. Beneath, pri- 

 maries so heavily powdered as to seem almost blackish throughout, yet basal ly this is 

 over a yellow ground which shows better in the male. On the secondaries there is 

 less powdering, the outer band is broad, and there is a distinct discal dot. 



Expands, .80-.96 inch = 20-24 mm. 



Habitat. — Deming, New Mexico, September; Wilgus, Cochise 

 County, Arizona. 



Two males and four females ; all in good or fair condition and all 

 from Dr. Barnes. This is the darkest and most obscurely marked of 

 all the species and also the smallest in average size. A single female 

 measures 24 mm., but this is 2 mm. greater than any other example 

 in the series. It does not seem possible to mistake this for any other 

 species and none were included with any of the older species in my 

 collection. 



