II. — Base of the amj^ulla of the clasper covered partially by 

 the sacculus,ari,sing well below the junction of the arm 

 and bod}^ of the valve (see figure), 



A. — Plate of the penis with flatened "teeth" belfragei 



B. — Plate of the penis with smaller and more numerous 



well developed "teeth" cupida 



form hrunneipennis 



N. B. — A. — and B. — well within the possible range of variation 

 of one species, but scuperficially quite different. 



LAMPRA CUPIDA, Grt. 



1864. Grt. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., Ill, 525, pi. 5, f. 7, Noctua. 

 1869. Grt., Trans.. Am. Ent. Soc, II, 309, Agrotis. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., VI, 16, Cerastis. 



1878. Grt., Can. Ent., X, 234, Agrotis. 



1878. Lintn., Ent. Cent., IV, 124, Agrotis. 



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



1889. Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc Eond., p. 383, = phi/llojyhor a, (Amatlies). 



1890. Sm., Bull. l\ S. N. M., XXXVIII, 19, Rhynchagrotis. 



1891. Grt, Can. Ent., XXIII, 150, (no genus). 



1893. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 52, = anchocelioides, (Rhynchagrotis). 

 1895. Grt., Abb. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, 17, Agrotis (Lampra). 

 1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 638, = ab. 2. of anchocelioides; 



pi. LXXA'II, f. 13, cupida plated in error for anchocelioides. 



(Triphaena). 

 1903. HoU., Moth Book, p. 178, pi. XXI, f. 19, as anchocelioides in error ?. 



(Rhynchagrotis ) . 

 1908. Sm., Can. Ent. XL, 286, = anchocelioides, (Rhynchagrotis ). 



VELATA, Wlk. 



1865. W\k., C. B. Mus., Het., XXXII, 710, Graphiphora. 



1889. Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 383 = cupida = phyllophora, 



{Amathes). 



1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XXXVIII, 19, = cupida, {Rhynchagrotis). 

 1893. Sm., Bull. I . S. N. M., XLIV, -52, = anchocelioides, {Rhynchagrotis.) 

 1895. Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, 17, = cupida, {Agrotis), 



{Lampra). 

 1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 638, = anchocelioides, {Triphaena). 



NOCIUA CUPIDA, nov. sp. (Plate 5, fig. 7, $) 



Anterior wings uniform reddish ferruginous, very sparsely sprinkled 

 with blackish scales, darker shaded in the sub-terminal space, ordinary lines 

 dark, indistinct. Basal line very faint, geminate; transverse anterior 

 geminate, faint, dentate below the costa, thence regularly undulate to 

 internal margin; ordinary spots distinct, annulated with a paler shade, the 

 orbicular very slightly oblique, concolorous with the rest of the wing, reni- 

 form moderate, with an evenly blackish center, of the normal shape. Trans- 

 verse posterior line geminate, very faint, surmounted by two costal spots, 

 nearly straight, but slightly arcuated at the disc. Sub-terminal space of 

 an even dull brownish color; sub-terminal line broadly marked with blackish 

 at costa, forming slightly darker points on the veins. Terminal space con- 

 colorous with median and basal spaces; fringes blackish. Posterior wings 

 uniformly blackish cinereous, hardly darker shaded along external margin, 

 silky, immaculate; fringes paler, with a central darker line. Lender surface 



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