874.] 165 [Morrison, 



Agrotis monochromatea nov. sp. 



Expanse 32 mm. 



Male antennas very strongly bipectinate. Collar, thorax and ante- 



i ior wings uniform reddish-brown. All the lines and spots obsolete, 



xcept the two median lines, which are dark, broad, outwardly curved, 



and subparallel. Posterior wings brownish-fuscous, with yellow 



fringes. 



Hab. Massachusetts. 



Agrotis redimacula nov. sp. 



Expanse 34 mm. 



Allied to tessellata Harr. Ground color cinereous, suffused with 

 black. A large, thick, basal, black dash. The ordinary spots and 

 another costal spot at the base, clear cinereous, contrasting. Clavi- 

 form spot small. 



Hab. Colorado (T. L. Mead) ; Albany, N. Y. (J. A. Lintner) ; 

 Massachusetts. 



Agrotis rufipectus nov. sp. 



Expanse 39 mm. 



Collar dark brown, disconcolorous. Breast red. Anterior wings 

 and thorax light violaceous gray. The markings indistinct, the lines 

 simple, the spots annulate, concolorous. A black dot in the basal 

 space. Interior line oblique, undulate. The subterminal line faint» 

 preceded by a more or less distinct, blackish, diffused shade. Be- 

 neath, the anterior wings are tinged on the costa with carneous. 



Hab. New York. (T. L. Mead.) 



Kindly sent to me by Mr. A. R. Grote, for determination. 



Agrotis scropulana nov. sp. 



Expanse 33 mm. 



The basal, subterminal and terminal spaces bluish-cinereous, shaded 

 with brown. The median space rich deep brown. Claviform spot 

 elongate, yellowish. The ordinary spots cinereous, with brown 

 central shades. A thick, brown, basal dash. Collar yellow. Pos- 

 terior wings fuscous, with yellow fringes. 



Hab. The alpine region of Mt. Washington. 



Agrotis opipara nov. sp. 



Expanse 37 mm. 



Allied to scropulana. Wing without any brown admixture, cin- 

 ereous, with heavy black markings. The spots have black central 

 shades. The claviform very thick, black, and conspicuous. The 



