ordinary spots not well defined ,shaped as in collarix, tJie orl)icui;ir pre- 

 ceded by a black spot; the median shade"' distinct, passing between the 

 spots; subterminal space darker brown, subterminal line indefinite. Pos- 

 terior wings viniform dark brownish gray, discal dots present. ]5eneath 

 brownish gray, with discal dots and a common diffuse median line. Ex- 

 panse, 32 """. 



Hab.: Beverly, Mass. Mr. Edward Burgess. 



Type Locality: Beverly, Mass. 



NuJNiBER AXD Sexes of Types: 



Ty'pes in: 



Specimens Examined: None. 



N. B. There is no known insect that this description will fit 

 in all details. Morrison gives it as an "Agrotis" with unspined 

 fore tibiae, with brown wings and "black" collar, thereby practically 

 restricting our choice of known insects to L. rufipectus or brun- 

 neicollis. 



CRYPTOCALA, Genus nov. 

 Rhynchagrotis, Hampson (Smith in part), Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 

 648, 1903. Cites gilvipennis as tyj^e. 



Type, C. GILVIPENNIS 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the second joint 

 moderately scaled in front, the third scaled ; f rons smooth ; eyes 

 large, rounded; antennae of male ciliated, with longer setae from 

 the segments ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the 

 latter without crests ; fore tibiae unspined, mid and hind tibiae 

 strongly spined. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rectangular ; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 

 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the aerole ; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wings with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from near 

 middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle. (Hind wings 

 always orange with a broad terminal black band.) 



CRYPTOCALA GILVIPENNIS, Grt. 



1874. Grt., 6th Kept. Peab. Ac. Sci., App., 24, Agrotis. 



1874. Grt, Can. Ent., A^l, 71, Agrotis. 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., II, 301, Agrotis. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., XVIII, 111 = char clinyi, (Agrotis). 



1876. Grt., Stett. Ent. Zeit., XXXVII, 135 = chardinyi, (Agrotis). 

 1883. Grt., Pros. Am. Phil. Soc, p. 156, ^ chardinyi ?, (Agrotis). 

 1890. Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XXXVIII, U = chardinyi, (Rhynchagrotis). 

 1893. Sm., Bull. L". S. N. M., XLIV, 51, Rhynchagrotis. 



1895. Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver., Bremen, XIV, 17, Agrotis (Lanvpra) 

 1903. Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., IV, 649, pi. LXXVII, f. 23, Rhyn- 

 chagrotis. 

 1903. Holl., Moth Book, p. 178, pi. XXI, f. 18, Rhynchagrotis. 

 1908. Sm., Can. Ent., XL, 222, Rhynchagrotis. 



AGROTIS GILVIPENNIS, Grote. $. 9- 



Size moderate. Thorax hairy. Fore tibiae unarmed. Male antennae 

 pubescent and with very short pectinations. Fore wings varying in tint 

 from reddish to dusky ochre brown with the transverse lines blackish, even, 

 tolerably distinct; the t.p. line with a rounded outward extension opposite 

 the cell" and a slight outward tooth on vein 1. Ordinary spots sometimes 



