Morrison.] 140 [November 4, 



white, gray and cinereous. Tegulse with a black line. Abdomen un- 

 tufted. On the anterior wings the median and terminal spaces are 

 olivaceous gray; the basal space shows a lighter shade of the same 

 color, and the subterminal space is whitish cinereous, contrasting. A 

 distinct, longitudinal basal streak ; beneath this and between it and 

 the interior line, a dark, oblique shade. Interior line widely re- 

 moved from the base, double, with a pale included shade, and 

 strongly outwardly lobate between the nervures. Attached to it in 

 the usual place is the black-edged, concolorous claviform spot. Or- 

 dinary spots very large, contrasting, whitish or reddish cinereous, 

 with included olivaceous shades; orbicular open above; reniform 

 indistinctly limited outwardly, followed by a pale reddish shade, 

 which extends to the exterior line. This latter is subobsolete above, 

 defined mainly by the contrast in color between the subterminal and 

 median spaces ; below the median nervure it is distinct, black, strongly 

 drawn in and approaching closely the claviform spot. Pale carneous 

 cinereous shades prevail over a portion of the upper part of the sub- 

 terminal space; below, this space is very clearly whitish, particularly 

 at the inner angle, where it forms a distinct blotch. Subterminal 

 line whitish, distinct, preceded by narrow blackish shades, and by a 

 very conspicuous triangular black mark, just above the inner angle. 

 Beyond the line the terminal space is of an olivaceous, partly yel- 

 lowish-gray, with the nervules distinctly black. A clear black spot 

 between the third and fourth median branches. Fringe dark, in- 

 tersected with light at the termination of the nervules. Posterior 

 wings uniform fuscous, without lines or spots. Fringe whitish. Be- 

 neath, the anterior wings are uniform fuscous, the posterior whitish, 

 sprinkled with dark atoms, and with a median line and discal dot. 



Hab. California. From my collection. 



Allied to M. cuneata Grote, from California, and to M. vicina, from 

 the Eastern States, but sufficiently distinct from both. It is also ap- 

 parently allied to Diantlicecia leucogramma Grote, unknown to me. 

 M. passa differs in several particulars from the description of that 

 species, but it is so short that I cannot be fully satisfied. 



Mamestra impolita nov. sp. 



Expanse 35 mm. Length of body 13 mm. 



Eyes hairy. Male antennae with fine hairy clothing. Collar gray, 

 with a median line. Abdomen strongly tufted. In this species the 

 lines and spots are arranged as in clienopodil Albin, but the mark- 

 ings are more broken, and the squamation is rough and uneven. 



