/ //.7.V. 

 is;(i. (ill., r.nii. r.nir. x.ii. Sci., in. s;}. .hir-'Hs. 



I.SS'J. (I'l., Niw l.i.st, |). 21, \.ii'. iirMcc.;- 



l.SS'l. I'.illl.. TlMlis. l-',iil. Sue. 1,(111(1.. ."{S'J. iilnillDjiluirii ( .1 iniithcs }. 



I.S'IO. Sin., r.iill. r. .S. N. .M.. WW 1 1 1, 'l-l viirUih, i ia,i/,irl,,nirul !.,■ ). 



IMK^. .'-iiii.. I'.iill. r. S. N. .M.. XI.IW ■")•■! viiriiild ( Rliiiiirh(i(iri>tii). 



IS!l."). (Irl., .Mill. N'.il. \'cr., r.nincn, \1\', .')S vnriuld (.h/rntis) ( hiiiniird ). 



l!io:{. Iliiiii".. C.il. l,ci>. rii.il. i;. .M., 1\, (i:jr -r<irl<il>i ('l'riiih«<ii<i). 



ACiM )ri.s \- \i; i.\ r.\ m. .s. 



9. — Anterior tibiae 1111,1 rmril ; Icrinin.il sii.icc |i;i]e. 'I'his species dif'- 

 fers l)y the more irregular, pale powdery ,s.l. line, reliexcd from the jiale 

 terminal .shading hy the ground eolor of the wing olit.iining i)ei)iii(l it. 

 The dark fore wings are stained oeherims. The geininate lines, with pale 

 ineluded sliades. are well delined ,iihI in,iiigiiraf ed hy hlaek costal (lots. 

 Stigmata concoloroiis, ill delined; orliicniar round, moderately large; reni- 

 form upright, narrow; hoth delined hy narrow })ale yellowish annuli, a 

 (litfuse pale powdering over the jilaee of the elaviform. Collar, head and 

 pal])al tips grayish; ])alpi i)lack at the sides; thorax like fore wings. Hind 

 wings fuscous with interlined fringes; heneatli with coninion line si mi^/hlli/ 

 marked with hlaek on eosta of primaries. 



California, Xo. AH73. I'iXpanse, .■J3""". 



Tvim: Locality.: California. 



Xtmheu Axn Skxks of Types: 



'I'vi'ES IX : 



Si'EcorExs ExAJiixEi): TotaK 97; from, Truckee, Eldridge, Camp 

 IJaldy, Mission San Jose, and Shasta Retreat, Calif.; Reno, Xev.; Glenwood 

 Springs and Durango, Colo.; Colo. (Bruce); Prove and Vineyard, Utah; 

 Senator, Ariz.; Fort Wingate, N. Mex.; Hot Springs (Green River) and 

 Hunters, Wash.; Kaslo, B. C. Also one specimen, compared with type of 

 varix, by Sir George Hampson; from, Provo, Utah. 



Gexetai.ic SLmEs: 1, Truckee, Calif.; 1, Hot Springs, Wash.; 1, Vine- 

 jard, Utah. 



AGROTIS VARIX n. s. 



9. — Like the ]5rcceding, with pale terminal sjiace. Of a pule drah or 

 gray olive fuscous. Markings much like the preceding, from which it 

 seems to differ in color, in the greater width of tlie geminate lines, and 

 particularly in that beneath the common line is outwardly obliquely marked 

 with black on the costa of primaries. Generally paler and less distinctly 

 marked than varutta. 



Vancouver I.sland, Xo. 5fiL5. Expanse, 35""". 



Type Locality: Vancouver. 



X'r.AiBER Axn Sexes of Ty'pes: 1 $. 



Types ix: British Museum. 



Specimexs Examixed: See tabulation under varlata. 



Prof. Grote. in 1883 — Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, "Introduction to 

 the Study of X. A. Xoctuidae," leaves varix out of account entirely. 

 In 1895, Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, lie definitely .sinks it as a syno- 

 nym of variata. Sir George Hampson. Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 

 637. has tlie type before him and follows this procedure. The au- 

 thor has a specimen before him matched with the type of varix 

 by Hampson. and it appears to be merely a form of variata; a form 

 which is intermediate in the range of variation of that species, and 

 does not deserve a name. 



The antennae of variata are very heavily scaled, and with but 

 few cilia showing. Longer setae appear on each segment in addi- 

 tion tt) the short cilia. 



