I'\ri; I.iumiin: Middle Sl.dcs. 



NfMiimi AM) Si;\i;s oi 1^ i'i;s: 



Tyi'ks in: Am. I'.iit. Soc, I'liil.i. 



S^^:l•I.M^•.^•^< l-",x v.minf.i): 'l'nt;il -•2: truni. New Ion 1 lifilil.ind.s ,ind Coii- 

 ronl, Mass.; .IctVcrson, N. II.; l'>r;ind l.akc, N. '^'.; UiclniKtiul llill, ^'iip- 

 liank and l''lusliiii.ir. I.. I. (N- ^ ■) : Dniclics.s Co., \. Y.; Xrw Iiri;xlil()ii, 

 Pit.; ( )coM('c, 111.; Colo. (Iinicc). ( )iic s|ic(iiiHn, conip.ircd willi l\])c, 

 frdiii New {'•riuliloM. I'a. 



("iiiMiMK Si iiii;s: 1, Concord, Mass.; 1, Ya|)liani<, I,. I., X. ^'. 



LAMPUA UrVIPKCTVS, M..n-. 



l.s;t. .Morr., I'l-of. r.o.sl. Soc. Nal. Mist.. W'll. I(i5, .tiirnlis. 



lS7(i. C.rt., Ann. I.vc. Xat. Hist., X. >'., XI, Mol-, .h/riilis. 



ISS;}. Crt., Vrov. .\ni. IMiil. Soc, XXI, 114, A<ir<ilis.' 



IKflO. Sni.. r>ull. r. S. X. M., XXXX'III, ir,, 17, liln/iirlHKiroli.s. 



IS!):}. Sni.. Hnll. V. S. X. M., XLI\', 51, Rhj/ncluu/'rotis. ' 



IS!).!. Cut., .\l)li. Xat. \"(r.. r.rcnien, Xl\', 58, Ai'irotis (Lainpra). 



\W.\. Ilani))., Cat. I.c).. I'hal. I'.. M., IV, (>29, ])]. I. XX VI, f. 29, Triplificnn. 



Um:i. I loll.. Moth 15ook, 178, pi. XXI, f. 22, Rhmirlun, rolls. 



1<)()8. Sin., Can. Ent., XL, 222, Rh;/)irh(i(/rotis. ' 



ACiioris i;ri"iri-:cTrs, Xov. sp. 



Expanse: 39 """. 



Collar dark brown, discoiicoloroiis. lireast red. ,\nlcrior win/is and 

 thorax light violaceous gray. Tlu- markings indistinct, the lines sim])lc, 

 the spots annuhite, ooncolorous. A black dot in the basal s])ace. Interior 

 line oi)liqtu', undulate. The subterniinal line faint, ])receded by a more or 

 less distinct, blackish, diift'iised shade. I5eneath, the finterior wings are 

 tinged on the costa with carneons. 



Hab. X'ew York. (T. L. Mead.) Kindly sent me liy Mr. A. R. Grote, 

 for determination. 



Type Loc.\lity: New York. 



Nri^ruER AXD Sexes of Types: 



Types ix: 



SPECotExs ExA:\nxED: Total 8-5; from, Lewis Co., X'. Y., (Hill); 

 Hymers, Ont.; Cartwright, Man; Calgarv, Alberta; Kaslo, 15. C. ; Arrow- 

 head Lake, B. C; Wallace, Idaho; Yellowstone Park, Wyo.; Colo., (Bruce) ; 

 Provo, Vineyard and Deer Creek, Utah; Duncans, Vane. Is.; Hot Springs, 

 (Green River) Wash.; Truckee and Yosemite, Calif.; White Mts., Ariz.; 

 Richmond Hill, L. I., X. Y. 



Gexitai.ic Slides: 1, Provo, Utah; 1, Wallace, Idaho; 1, White Mts., 

 Ariz.; 1, Richmond Hill, L. I., X. Y. 



SPECIES UNKNOWN TO THE AUTHOR 



LAM PR A HERO, Morr. 



1876. Morr., Proc. Bo.st. Soc. Xat. Hist. XVIII, 238, Aqrotis. 



1882. Grt., New List, 2-5, A(/roti.s. 



1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. X. M., XXXVIII, 228, Aqrotis, (species not placed). 



1893. Sm., Bull. L\ S. X. M., XLIV, 67, Agrotis, (unknown). 



189.5. Grt., Abh. Xat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, Agrotis, "Mattachusetts". 



1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 630, Triphaena, (unknown). 



AGROTIS HERO nov. .sp. 



Related to coUoris and Jjoclinodis, but separated from them by the 

 unarmed fore tibiae. 



Collar black and disconcolorous above. Thorax concolorous with the 

 anterior wings. Anterior wings crossed by two even, simple, dark brown 

 lines, the first preceded, the second followed by a pale accompanying line; 



