LAMPRA EXSERTISTIGMA form EXSERTISTIGMA, Morr. 



1874. Morr., Proo. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVII, 166, Agrof/iti. 

 1S75. Grt., Can. Ent., VII, 26, = alternata, (Agrotis). 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., VII, 101, ? an sp. dist. alternata, (morriaoniatujma 



? in error) (Agrotis). 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., II, 303, an sp. dist., (morrisonlntigma 



in error) (Agrotis). 



1876. Grt., Bull. BufF. Soc. Nat. Sci., Ill, 79, morrisonistigma named, 



(Agrotis). 

 1887. Sra., Proc. [J. S. N. M., X, 4-50, Ac/rotis. 



1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XXXVIII. 30, Rhynchagrotis. 



1891. Grt., Can. Ent., XXIII, 151, Agrotis. 



1893. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 55, Rliynchagrotis. 



1894. Grt., Can. Ent., XXVI, 84, Agrotis. 



1895. Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, 18, exsertistigma, Morr. in part 



? Coll. Teppev = observabilis, (Aqrotis) (Lampra). 

 1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV,' 631, pi. LXXVII, f. 1, (Tri- 



fhaena). 

 1908. Sm., Can. Ent., XL, 225, Rhgn dm gratis. 



AGROTIS EXSERTISTIGMA, nov. sp. 



Expanse, 37'"™. 



This species resembles the Eastern alternata Grote, but it can be sep- 

 arated by the following characters: Orbicular spot open above, not sub- 

 quadrate, as in alterimta. The median space is suffused with black. Clavi- 

 form spot distinct and disconcolorous. The exterior line is drawn in below 

 the cell; and lastly, tiie collar is black above, whitish and contrasting below. 



Hab., California. 



Dr. Smith appears to place observahilis and forma.Us as exsertistigma, 

 specimens identified by him as such in the Barnes Collection. 



Type Locality: California. 



Number Aifu Sexes of Types: 1 J. 



Types ix: Graef Collection. 



Specimexs ExAsriXED: 1, compared with type (Brooklyn), by Dr. 

 McDunnough, from Mission San Jose, Calif.; 1, Alameda, Calif.; 1, Glen 

 Alpine, Lake Tahoe, Calif. 



LAMPRA EXSERTISTIGMA form OBSERVABILIS, Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Ent., VII, 144, Aqrotis. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., IV, 174, Agrotis. 

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

 1887. Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., X, 451, ? pr. syn., (Aqrotis). 

 1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XXXVIII, si = exsertistigma ? (Rhi/ncha- 

 grotis). 



1893. Sm.,' Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 55, = exsertistigma, (Rhi/nchagrotis). 



1894. Grt., Can. Ent., XXVI, Si, = exsertistigma, (Agrotis). 



1895. Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, is, Agrotis (Lampra). 



1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 631, = exsertistigma, (Triphaena). 

 AGROTIS OBSERVABILIS, n. s. 

 $. — Fore tibiae unarmed; middle and hind tibiae spinose. By the 

 flattened abdomen allied to mipidissima.. Fore wings dark blackish brown, 

 with the terminal space paler, somewhat olivaceous. As in exsertistigma. 

 the orbicular i.s open, triangulate, broadly pale margined, fusing superiorly 

 with a pale subcostal shacle extending from the base of the wings above 

 this spot. Unlike exsertistigma, the orbicular and reniform are black, the 

 ground color of the median space about them Iieing powdered with deep 

 yellow. A black basal dash before the geminate, waved, t.a. line; the latter 

 interrupted by the subcostal shade and with an interior pale shading. 

 Claviform moderate, pale-edged. T.p. geminate, the inner line scalloped. 



