Habitat: San Francisco County, California; Puliiiian, Wasliinj^ton, 

 June 10, Exjieriment Station No. 295. 



Three females in good condition. Tlie California, exani])le has been 

 in my collection for a long time and was looked ujjon as a suffused form 

 until the specimens received from Prof. C. V. Piper made it certain that 

 there is a good species. It has the wing form of placida and a casual 

 resemblance to that variable species; but the open orbicular separates the 

 new form at once and, among its associates in tliis character, I know of 

 none with whicli it can be readily confused. 



As between the specimens, that from California is the largest and 

 has the least contrasts; not a black scale is on the primaries and the gray 

 has a reddish tinge throughout. 



Type Locality: Pullman, Washington; San Francisco, California. 



Number and Sexes of Types: 3 $. 



Types in; Piolotype 5 ("Type"), Pullman, Wash.; 1 5 Paratype 

 ("Cotype"), San Francisco, Calif., Collection Rutgers College; 1 $ Para- 

 type ("Cotype"), Pullman, Wash., Barnes Collection. 



Specimens Examined: 1 San Francisco, 2 San Diego, 2 Middle and 

 1 Alameda Co., Calif.; 1 Paratype from Pullman, Wash. 



(N. B. — No specimen in the series really compares favorably with 

 this Paratype.) 



LAMPRA EXSERTI STIGMA form EMARGINATA, Grt. 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff Soc. Nat. Sci., Ill, 82, Agrotis. 



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



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



1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XXXVIII, 33, ?=form€dis var., (Bhyncha- 



grotis). 

 1893. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 55, = fornwlis, (Rhyncha gratis). 

 1895. Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, 18 = formalis var., (Agrotis) 



(Lnmpra). 

 1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 632,= formalis, (TripJiaena). 

 1908. Sm., Can. Ent., XL, 226, Rhynchagrotis. 



AGROTIS EMARGINATA, n. s. 



2 ■ — Resembling insukiris, but without pale margin to primaries. Ab- 

 domen flattened; tiiis and the following species with insularis are nearest 

 to formalis. Wings narrower than in carissirnia. Dark purple brown. 

 Collar surmounted by a narrow black line. Stigmata concolorous, sub- 

 equal., narrowly pale margined. Lines black, geminate, indicated on costal 

 region, else faint, no black marks or shades. Orbicular open to costa. 

 Hind wings dark fuscous with interlined fringes. Beneatii paler; costal 

 regions stained with purplish; conunon line and cliscal mark on hind wings. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous above; purple stained beneath. 



Expanse, 33 >"■". No. 784 California, Mr. Hy Edwards. 



To>E Locality: Saucalito, San Joachim, California. 



Number and Sexes of Types: 9 • 



Types in: British Museum. 



Specimens Exajiined: 2, Middle, Calif.; 1, San Diego, Calif.; 1, Yo- 

 semite, Calif, marked "like type formalis var. emarginata not carissim-a" 

 in Sir George Hampson's liandwriting. 



Gen ITALIC Slides: 1, Middle, Calif. 



LAMPRA EXSERTI STIGMA form CARISSIMA, Harv. 



1875. Harv., in Grote, Check List, 25, Agrotis. 



1890. Sm., Bull. 11. S. N. M., XXXVIIl', 33, RJujnchagrotis. - 



1893. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 54, Rhynchagrotis. 



1895. Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, 18, Agrotis (Lampra). 



1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 634, pi. LXXVII, f. 5, Triphaena. 



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