It is (listilU'l I \' |)fn|i,'ilili lli.'il cci-lMiii r.-iccs. Idinis. <ir sprcics in 

 llu" placidd serifs (l<si r\ i m.imk s. .■iiid will in linn- he nanud. AKm. 

 tluTi" is the (lisllMcl pnil'alnl il \ ol li \ liridi/.i I inn ll<•(■lln•in^ Ixlwccn 

 " placid a" ;ni(l .•illicd lOrnis. oi' liclwrcn Inrnis williin I In- placida 

 srrii's. A( llir jircsc iil lime il seems heller Id aw.-iil ini)r( nial erial 

 »)f tnu" f-.aslern phiclchi. i>i- I'lill life hislorx miles and lai-\al eiiarae 

 Icrs lii'l'ore pulling;' a series cd nauKs inln lln' lilei'ahire w Ideli will 

 only I'onliise and in ll:e end niav have lo lie i-ele^alid lo llie 

 synoiiomx . 



K.i\ TO iiii l'i,\( IDA (inori' 



Lines usually douhle, median shade + or -, color \arial)le, 



."placidd" 



Linos sinii'lc, niedinn shndc '. color reddish, ah. mi)ii))i(dis. 



LAMPUA PL ACID A, (nl. 



1870. Grt., Ann., Lye. Nat. Hist., N. V., XL .'JO/j, A<irofis. 



1H78. Grt., Can. l-'.rit., X, 235, Jr/rofis. 



1SS;5. Grt.. Proc. Am. I'hil. Soc," p. 144, Aijrolis. 



1889. r.utl., Tran.s. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 383," = rupido. 



1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. X. M., XXXVIH, 21, Jihi/nrha;iroth. 

 1893. Sm., Bull. V. S. X'. M., XLIV, 52, Ehi/iirlnuiroiis. 



1895. Grt., Ahh. Xat. Ver., Bremen, XIV,' IS, Aqrofi.s ( L>i,iij>r>i ). 

 won. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Llial., W. ^\.. IN', (nS.-),' ]>]. LXWII, f. 10. 



Tri})h(iei!(i. 

 1903. HolL, Moth Book, p. 178, pi. XXI, f. 23; ])!. XXI, f. 21, "red form 



plackhi" ( tiiiuiuialifi text), RJiyrhafirntin. 

 1908. Sm., Can. Ent., XL, 227, Rhi/nrhin/rofis. 



AGROTIS PLACIDA, N. S. 



Fore tibiae unarmed: antennae .simple. Fuscous gray. Fore winps 

 .smooth, dark fuscous. Basal and suliterminal spaces blaskish and dark- 

 e.'Jt: median space a little lighter, .slightly brownish; terminal space gray, 

 contrasting. I>ines even, perpendicular, pale. Trans\erse anterior line 

 with a slight subcostal notch, slightly oblique; median space wide; stigma 

 difficult to make out, pale ringed, concolorous; median shade noticeable, 

 obscuring the reniform. Transverse posterior line with a slight outward 

 costal extension beyond the point of origination, thence somewhat squarely 

 cxserted opposite the cell, and running nearly straight downwards without 

 submedian sinus. Subterminal line indicated by the great difference in 

 color between the two terminal spaces; fringes dark. Hind wings con- 

 colorous, rather dark fuscous, with paler interlined fringes. Beneath 

 fuscous, with a slight purply shade, irrorate, with an external common 

 band incomplete; a .slight discal mark on hind wings. Terminal abdominal 

 hairs .somewhat ocherous. Expanse 35 '"'^. Lewis Co., X'. Y., July 26. 



Differs from other species of the cupidn grouji in the sha]ie of t.p. 

 line at co.sta. 



Type Locality: Lewis Co., X'. Y. 



X'UMBER AND SeXES OF TyPES: $. 



Types ix: British Museum, 1 5. 



Specijiexs Examixed: exclusive of genitalic .slides: 2 $, Duncans, 

 Vane; 1$, Arrowhead Lake and 1 5, Kaslo, 15. C. ; 1$, r>randon, Mani- 

 toba; 8 2, Cartwright, Man.; 2 $,2 $, Calgary, Alberta; 4 5, Hymers, 



