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Grotella citronella, B. & McD. (fig. 13). 



1916, B. & McD., Cont. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. A., Ill, #1, 5, pi. Ill, f. 13, 

 ("Type $"), Grotella. 



Front similar to septempunctata, but the central process is slightly more 

 elongate and not as deeply hollowed out. Fore tibia : with a short heavy claw 

 and three spines with the vestige of a fourth, on the inner side; a short heavy 

 claw-like spine and three other spines on the outer. Mid tibia spined. Hind 

 tibia with a spine between the spurs. 



Head, collar, thorax and ground color of the primaries lemon-yellow. 

 Fringes and abdomen somewhat paler. Each primary crossed by a black t. a. 

 and t. p. line, the lines tending to become punctiform or obsolescent. Secon- 

 daries : smoky fuscous, slightly paler at the very base and in the basal part 

 of the anal region. Beneath : the primary with a deep-fuscus central area 

 bounded along costal, outer and inner margins by pale lemon-yellow. Secon- 

 daries : pale with a slight yellowish tinge. 



Easily told by the lemon-yellow primaries, a color unique in the genus, 

 as far as known. 



Expanse: 19-20 mm. 



Genitalia: rather unique; tegumen rather heavy and broad; the uncus 

 without a definite base, the broad basal part gradually tapering to about the 

 middle of the uncus proper, apparently somewhat flattened laterally to the tip, 

 which is not spoon-shaped and bears a spine. The vinculum has a rounded tip. 

 The penis possesses only about five spines; which, while they appear large for 

 the normal Noctuid, are quite moderate for a Grotella. The valves are very 

 primative looking, with a short poorly developed sacculus. 



Represented in the Barnes Collection from type locality and dates 

 only. 



Type locality: Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Calif. 



Number and sexes of types: "Type $", no date, the specimen figured in 

 the "Contributions", hereby designated the Lectotype; "Type 9" (Allotype), 

 April 16-23; Paratypes, 2 $'s, April 16-23, 1 5, April 8-15. 



Neogrotella, gen. nov. 



Type : Neogrotella spauldingi, B. & McD. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, the second joint upturned and mod- 

 erately scaled, the third porrect. Frons with a large hollowed-out process with 

 corneous walls, and with an additional beak-like central process. Eyes smooth, 

 not ciliated. Antennae simple in both sexes. Fore tibia armed with a slim, 

 more or less spine-like claw on the inner side and with more than two slim 

 spines above; the outer side with a claw or claw-like spine and more than three 

 slim spines above. Mid tibia spined. Hind tibia apparently unspined. Abdo- 

 men and wings smoothly scaled. Primaries : veins, 3 (Cu^) from before angle 



