WIkmi Dr. Sliiilli .sl.ilcd lli.il the '•-.■nil.il ^Iruclm-i' is ik.I unlike lli.it 

 ot" till" riljiiihl iri(iil|i." llf imdiilllil c-(ll\ li.id ill liiilid llic cli.i l-.;rl cr.s of llic 



'/liti/iliroii.i stTtion" ( l"',iixi)ii). 'I'lif fXiMiit.di.i is csscnl i.dly dilVciciil in 

 Ihiit liotli llif vujtiiln jriotip, (ind rupldisshiKi li.ixc .1 cliilcnons ;iiii|miII;i Id 

 llu" cliispcr, wluTCJis iill forms in llu- sulii;rnns Aii.iurol is li;i\c nicnilir.in- 

 roiis ninimllju'. \\\ fliis they inmc cIdscIn .iiipio.icli llic ( ; ran /is 'l'i-i<iini)i 

 iiiul I'liiridii. 



'riuTC is Ji sli,i;lll \ .■iri;il ion in liic liCM i I ;d i.i id' (rralicii. in;iinl\ in Mic 

 tips (if the valves, hid tliis is n cnnininn r.iMici- lli.in r.irc iV.dnrc llii-dnah 

 o\il the penus I.jiinpr.i. 



Tlu" form onintiis. Sm., wliicli is Iri-alcd iiixl apjx-;! is lo lie iiicrcly 

 tlic norfluvfslcrii form of ;i varial)ic species. Si)ccimcns from Siiasta Re- 

 treai (in Nortiicrn ("alifonna ) arc infcniifdiale liclwccn ormilun and 

 rnnlini. as niiuld Ik- cNpccI cd. in acnilalia tjic 1 wo arc idcniical. 



.tH.Kih'O'lfS l.UU.lTIi'A form OhW.rrrS, Sm. 

 \90:i. Sm.. .lour. N. "^V I'ad. Soc, XI, K Jh<iiir'ilis. 



AI'..\(;i;(n'IS ORXATUS, sp. nov. 



("irmind color creamy Lirav varying to dariver more smoky gray, the 

 marl<ings clearly wrillcn. diilinary spots contrasting, discolored. Head 

 and tliorax concolorons; palpi deep chestnut brown on the sides. Pri- 

 maries with all the markings present. Basal line geminate, blackish, 

 powdery, its parts widely separated. T.a. line geminate, the inner portion 

 vague and broken, the outer distmct, black, not sharply defined; as a 

 whole outwardly oblique, a little outcurved in the interspaces, a longer 

 inward tooth on the submedian vein. T.p. line geminate on the costa, the 

 outer line narrow, powdery, even over the sulicostal, thence reduced to 

 dark venular ])oints. Inner line blackish, powdery, narrow, crenulate: 

 as a whole little outctivved over the cell and then a very little incurved 

 to the inner margin. S.t. line pale, slightly sinuate, preceded and empha- 

 sized liy a narroM% blackish shade, the terminal space a little paler. A 

 broken black terminal line, which may be reduced to a .series of venular 

 dots. Fringes with a slightly paler line at base and narrowly cut with 

 the same shade. Chiviform wanting. Orbicular oval, oblique, narrowly 

 black ringed, defining a pale annulus, within which the spot is solidly and 

 evenly filled with rusty brown. Ueniform upright, rather narrow, only a 

 little kidney-shaped, incompletely outlined by black scales which border a 

 pale annidus: within this the center is brown-filled and a black flowering 

 around the margins emphasize the distinctness of the spot. Secondaries 

 smoky, paler basally, fringes pale with a reddish tinge; a blackish discal 

 lunule apparent. Beneath reddish, powdery, with an incomplete exterior 

 line; primaries with a darker disc and a diffuse discal blotcli; secondaries 

 with a small, rather well-defined discal lunule. Expands 1.32-1.44 inches= 

 33-36 '"'". 



Habitat: Kaslo, British Columbia, J. \V. Cockle; Idaho, C. V. Piper, 



Three female species, one of them in excellent condition, the others 

 somewhat rubbed and broken. The Idaho specimen is darker throughout, 

 but does not diiJer otherwise from the Kaslo examples. 



In the absence of the male the reference to Abagrotis is somewhat 

 uncertain. I am assuming that the $ will be founcl to have serrated 

 and bristle tuffed antennae because the species resembk-s erratica in gen- 

 eral appearance and type of niaculation more than it does any species of 

 Rhynchagrotis. To the latter genus the species must be referred should 

 the 5 antennae prove to be simple. 



Type Locat.ity: Kaslo, B. C. ; Idaho. 



NtrMBER AXD Sexes of Types: 3 5. 



Ty'pes IX: Rutgers College. 



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