1875.] 117 [Morrison. 



are somewhat rubbed, it is possible that the spines have been lost. 

 Anterior wings above with a fine, black, basal streak; interior line 

 brown-black, preceded by a light line which bounds the purple-gray 

 basal space ; claviform spot small, black encircled and concolorous ; 

 median space brown, much darker between the ordinary spots; the 

 latter are light brown, contrasting, and with black annuli, the reni- 

 form spot with a central light line ; the exterior line of the usual 

 shape, dentate and indistinct; the purple-brown subterminal space 

 contrasts strongly with the yellowish terminal space; the subterminal 

 line is shown only by the contrast of the two colors. Posterior wings 

 with faint discal dots and a scarcely perceptible median line; their 

 color is yellow, deepening into brown towards the outer margin. 

 Beneath almost immaculate, yellowish, tinged with reddish brown 

 towards the outer margin. Anal tufts yellow, brown above. 



Hab. Anticosti Island. From the collection of Mr. Herman 

 Strecker. 



We have compared this insect with Drs. Moschler and Staudin- 

 ger's descriptions of Labradorian Agrotids, and it appears to be a 

 distinct species. 



Agrotis chardinyi Bdv. 



Agroiis gilvipennis Grote. Sixth Ann. Rep. Peab. Ac. Sc, p. 28. 



Mr. Strecker, in his work on exotic and native Lepidoptera, cor- 

 rectly determines this species from Anticosti, and about the same 

 time Mr. Grote described it under the name above mentioned. We 

 have seen in Mr. Strecker's collection, and also have in our own, per- 

 fect specimens of our insect, as well as the Siberian A. chardinyi, and 

 there can not be any doubt that they are the same; there is not even 

 the usual slight geographical difference in color noticed by Dr. 

 Speyer in insects common to Europe and America. 



Prof. C. H. Fernald has sent us a fine specimen from Maine, 

 which still further extends the range of the species. 



Agrotis prseflxa nov. sp. 



Expanse, 42 mm. Length of body, 22 mm. 



Tibiae spinose. Eyes naked. Habitus and markings of Agrotis 

 occulta Linn., but the wings are wider, and not so elongate. Thorax 

 gray, mingled with white. Abdomen not tufted. Anterior wings light 

 cinereous gray; half-line present; a distinct basal longitudinal dash; 

 interior line dark, geminate, and nearly straight; the claviform spot 

 large, black, and distinct ; the space between the ordinary spots black- 



