Ont.; 2 $, Colo.; 1 ?, Colo. (Bruce); 1 ?, Manitoii, Colo.; 3 ,3 , 32 $, 

 Glenwood Springs, Colo.; 7 5, 8 5, Provo, 4 5, 7 5, Stockton; 3 ^, 

 6 5, Deer Creek, and 1 $,8 ?, Vineyard, Utah; 1 V. S. Dak.; 3 $, 

 12 ?, Truckee, 3 $,2 $, Shasta Retreat, 1 9, Yosemite, and 1$, Du- 

 rango, Calif; 1 ?, Hot Springs (Green Iliver), Wash; 2 $, Jeinez Springs, 

 N. M. Total, 125. Also 1 5, compared with the type in the Britisii Mu- 

 seum, by Sir George Hampson, from Cartwright, Manitoija. 



Gen ITALIC Slides: 1, Franklin Co., N. Y. (McKnight) ; 1 Stockton, 

 1 Vineyard, 2 Provo, 5 Deer Creek, Utah; 1, So. Utah; 1, Colo. (Snow); 

 4, Glenwood Springs, Colo.; 1 Las Vegas, 1 Jemez Springs, N. Mex.; 

 1, Truckee, Calif.; 1, Miles City, Mont.; 1, Calgary, Alta.; 1, Cartwright, 

 Man.; 1, Duncans, Vane. Total, 22. 



This "species" has already been discussed at some length and 

 detail under the heading Group Placida. While very heterogeni- 

 ous. its characters appear to be as follows: Antennae minutely 

 ciliate with longer setae ; — all lines usually double and clearly de- 

 fined ;reniform and orbicular often large, usually clearly defined. 

 Orbicular with a strong tendency to be verj^ irregular ;seldom small 

 and round. Usually with at least a trace of the median shade, 

 which is frequently clear and pronounced. The median shade is 

 seldom visible in any allied species except scopeops, from which it 

 can be distinguished bj^ its smoother, stubbier appearance and 

 usually irregular orbicular. 



LAM PR A PLACIDA ab. MINIM ALIS, Grt. 



1879. Grt., No. Amer. Ent., I, 45, Agrotis. 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, p. 144, Agrotis. 



1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XXXVIII, 19, Rhijncha gratis. 



1893. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 52, Rhychagrotis. 



1895. Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, 17, Agrotis (Lamfra). 



1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal., B. M., IV, 639, pi. LXXVII, f. 14, Trifhaena. 



1903. HolL, Moth Book, p. 178, pi. XXI, f. 21, "red form placida'' on 



plate; Rhi/nchagrotis. 



1908. Sm., Can. Ent., XL, 223, Rhi/nehagrotis. 



AGROTIS MINIMALIS, n. s. 



Allied to placida, but reddish like cupida. Fore tibiae unarmed. Orbi- 

 cular small, round, paler with dark center; reniform small, dark. Median 

 shade diffuse, continuous, evident below reniform. Lines single, blackish, 

 followed b.v pale shades. Subterminal space dark red and contrasting 

 with pale terminal. A terminal row of dots, fringes concolorous. Head 

 and thorax reddish, concolorous. Abdomen fuscous, flattened, with reddish 

 anal hairs. Wings beneath fuscous, shaded with red, with common line 

 distinct on secondaries, on primaries marked on costa. Discal dots better 

 marked on hind wings. Palpi black on sides. Expanse 33 "'"^. 



Type I>ocality: Idaho Springs, Colo. 

 Number aivd Sexes of Types: 9 • 



Types in^: Britisii Museum, 1 9 "Tvpe"; Snow Collection, 1 9 

 "Cotype" (?). ■ ^ 



Specimens P^xaimixed: See Text. 

 Genitalic Slides: 3, transitional to placida, Wallace, Idaho. 



In his original description Mr. Grote mentions various charac- 

 ters such as "reddish," "median shade diffuse"; "reniform small"; 



