Specimens Examined: 27 specimens total, many of tliem Topotyi)es; 

 from, Kaslo, B. C. ; Brandon, Manitoba. Two Topotypes from J. W. 

 Cockle (Coll. Barnes), Kaslo, B. C, one of these last compared with type 

 in the Smith Collection, by Dr. William Barnes. 



Genitalic Slides: 1, Kaslo, B. C. 



It is propesed to treat ornatus as a northern form of erratica. 

 Ornatus only differs from typical erratica in being uniformly ashen 

 with distinct maculation. Specimens of erratica from type locality 

 often present a similar appearance; and specimens from an inter- 

 mediate locality (as already stated) are usually intermediate. 



ABAGROTIS ALCANDOLA, Sm. 



1908. Sm., Can. Ent., XL, 288, Rhyncha gratis. 



1917. B. tS: McD., Check List, p. 48, # 1564, Abagrotis. 



TRISTIS, B. & McD. 



1912. B. & McD., Cont. Nat. Hist. Lepid. N. A., I, No. V, 8; pi. I, 

 fig. 17, Abagrotis. 



1917. B. & McD., Check List, p. 48, # 156i,=alcandola, Sm., 

 (Abagrotis). 



RHYNCHAGROTIS ALCANDOLA, Sm. 



Ground colour pale luteous-gray. Sides of palpi dark brown. Pri- 

 maries very uniform in general tint. Basal line barely indicated on costa. 

 T.a. line faintly indicated by scattered black scales, its course outwardly 

 oblique. T.p. line geminate, consisting rather of venular points connected 

 by black scales, very evenly outcurved over the cell and very slightly in- 

 curved below it. The s.t. space is black powdered, deepening to a dis- 

 tinct shade before the pale, slightly irregular s.t. line, which is the most 

 obvious feature of the wing. Small terminal black points in the inter- 

 spaces and a pale yellow line at base of fringes. Orbicular irregular, 

 oblique, blackish filled, with a narrow yellow defining line. Reniform large, 

 blackish filled, with a narrow yellow defining line; nearlj^ upright, a little 

 drawn in at center. Secondaries smoky, paler at base. Beneath powdery, 

 with an extra medial dusky line and discal spot. 



Expands — 1.40 inches=35 """. 



Habitat — Yavapai Co., Ariz., Oct. 4, Mr. Hudson. One female, in 

 good condition only. Prof. F. H. Snow has other examples and I sent 

 him the MMS. name some time since expecting to get additional material 

 for the description. It is to validate the name sent out that I base the 

 species on a single defective examjile, knowing that there are other and 

 better ones in collections. 



The species is perhaps nearest to alternata, but ob^'iously distinct in 

 the course of the s.t. line, the dark s.t. space and in the form of the 

 ordinary spots. 



Type Locality: Yavapai Co., Arizona. 



Number and Sex of Types: 1 ?. 



Type in: Smith Collection. 



Specimens Examined: 1, comjiared with type alcandola, identified by 

 Dr. Barnes; 1 $ "T3'pe" (Holotype) tristis; 2 $ "Cotypes" (Paratypes) 

 tristis ; 4 other $ s ; total 8 specimens from Santa Catalina Mountains, 

 Ariz.; Ariz.; S. Ariz. 



Genitalic Slides: 1, Santa Catalina Mountains, Ariz. 



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