Morrison.] 134 [November 4, 



Beneath, the thorax and legs are thickly clothed, and the anterior 

 tibia? are armed with a strong claw. All the tarsi hairy, concealing the 

 short spines. Anterior wings uniform dark gray; half-line distinct, 

 followed on the costa by whitish scales. The ordinary spots obscure, 

 slightly edged with black, but principally indicated by the whitish 

 scales which fill them. Claviform spot also present beneath the 

 orbicular, and marked in the same manner. Interior and exterior 

 lines obsolete. The subterminal line represented by an interrupted 

 series of blackish spots. A faint whitish subapical shade. A dark 

 line at the base of the concolorous fringe. Posterior wings translu- 

 cent, grayish fuscous, with a discal dot and a black line at the base of 

 the conspicuous white fringe. Beneath the anterior wings are gray, 

 with the costa and a terminal border cinereous. Posterior wings cin- 

 ereous. A very distinct black discal dot, and faint traces of a median 

 line. An interrupted black line at the base of the concolorous fringe. 

 Base of both wings slightly tinged with yellow. 



Hab. Massachusetts. 



One specimen taken on April 8, by Mr. Roland Thaxter. Easily 

 recognized by the strong generic characters, and by the metallic 

 thoracic markings. These latter have not before, to my knowledge, 

 been noticed in any Noctuid. They resemble those found on Tolype 

 velleda Stoll. C. vernalis differs from cubilis Grote, in the presence of 

 the metallic spots, and in the antennas, which in the latter are 

 strongly bipectinate. 



Pleoneetopoda fimbriaris Guen. 



Expanse 30 mm. Length of body 13 mm. 



Eyes naked, furnished with hairy .lashes. Antennas strongly bi- 

 pectinate, each pectination clothed with interlacing hair. Front 

 rounded, without a navel-shaped knob. Tongue present, but short. 

 Head drawn in. Palpi nearly horizontal, only reaching to about the 

 middle of the eyes; the first two joints black, shaggily haired, the 

 third yellow, short and round. The thorax stout, rounded, and un- 

 tufted, of the color of the anterior wings, with the addition of a few 

 scattered whitish yellow hairs. Abdomen untufted, reaching to the 

 exterior margin of the posterior wings; above alternately banded 

 with black and yellow. The anterior tibiae are armed on the outside 

 and at the junction with the tarsi with a long spine (not a curved 

 claw, as in Copipanolis). On the inside there is a row of shorter 

 spines, also terminating in a longer one at the tarsi, resembling that 

 on the outside, but considerably smaller. Middle and posterior tibiae 



