ADITA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
pupilled, the reniform macula distally brownish-red; instead of the undulate line there are small sagittae. 
Hindwing diaphanous white, at the margin brownish, in the $ darker and broader. From Chile. 
L. differens Wkr. (11 h) is monotonously dull brown, suffused with a purple reddish tint, with traces difjcrcns. 
of darker double anterior transverse lines, the posterior line being absent; the 3 maculae are surrounded with 
a faded reddish brown; the undulate line is marked by hardly noticeable dark dots. Hindwing white, on the 
veins, costal and distal margins brownish. Venezuela. 
L. digna Morr. ( — nigrovittata Grt.) (11 g) has yellowish-white forewings striated in grey and strewn dUjnu. 
with a dark brown especially towards the margin, with entirely extinct markings except the reniform macula 
being occasionally marked by 2 black dots. Hindwing diaphanous white, in the $ the costal and distal margins 
are tinted ochreous-yellowish. From Texas. 
L. tepperi Sm. (= atricincta 8m.) (11 g). Forewing white, dusted with a greyish brown and strewn tepperi. 
with black; transverse lines black, the posterior line dentate, and there is also a median shade proceeding from 
a black costal spot like the anterior transverse line; no ring-macula, the reniform macula is a small black spot 
with a black streak below it; undulate line grey, proximally with small black spots, and the marginal area behind 
it is dusted darker. Hind wing diaphanous white, at the costal and proximal margins brownish. Canada, Dakota. 
L. bairdi Sm. is much larger than tepperi (11 g), light grey, lustrous, scantily strewn with blackish, bairdi. 
particularly at the proximal and distal margins; the transverse lines run the same as in tepperi , but they are 
quite extinct except the black costal-marginal spot from which they proceed; the ring-macula is a small round 
spot, the reniform macula is a narrow, small luna laterally scaled black. Hindwing whitish, tinted yellowish. 
Expanse of wings: 43 mm. Established on 1 $ from Canada (Alberta). 
L. exuberans Sm. (lli) is much lighter, reddish or ash-grey, scantily strewn in a darker tint, the exuberans. 
transverse lines mostly only marked in their beginnings by dark costal spots; maculae, except the small black 
reniform macula, extinct; an indistinct median shade is present; the undulate line is lighter than the ground¬ 
colour, proximally at the costal margin shaded darker, the marginal area behind it darker. Hindwing iridescent 
white, towards the margin brownish. Colorado. 
L„ eostigera Wkr. (lli) is grey, dusted with red-brown and. strewn with a dark brown, the extreme eostigera. 
costal margin being white, the transverse lines somewhat more distinct than in exuberans , likewise proceeding 
from black costal spots; only the small, grey reniform macula is present, surrounded with blackish. Hindwing 
white, dusted with ochreous-brown. Chile. 
L. lubricans Gn. (= spreta Sm., associans Wlcr.) (11 h) is a very variable insect both in size and lubricans. 
colouring. The markings only consist of more or less extinct single transverse lines starting with thick black 
costal spots, and of a small grey reniform macula surrounded with black, which may be reduced to streaks or 
dots; the whitish undulate line is likewisse composed of small whitish diffuse spots, before which there is 
mostly red-brownish shading. The nomenclatural type has dark chocolate thorax and forewings and smoked 
hindwings also in the <$ and seems to be confined to the south-western part of the United States. — The eastern 
and Canadian form: illapsa Wkr. (= lubricans Hmps.) has reddish-brown forewings more or less dusted with lllapsa. 
grey and strewn with black, particularly the costal part is grey, and entirely white diaphanous hindwings. -— 
beata Grt. (Hi) has been described from New Mexico and is distinguished by blackish-brownish not ferruginous bcaia. 
brown proximal shading of the undulate line. 
L. espoetia Dyar (lli) almost looks like a strong dark lubricans, but it has much stronger, distinctly espoetia. 
dentate-serrate antennae; the colouring is more reddish lilac-grey, in the basal and costal parts bluish-grey, 
more coarsely strewn with black, the transverse line being mostly always present, rather strong; no ring-macula, 
the reniform macula forms an L-shaped black mark; the undulate line is proximally broadly shaded with blackish ; 
fringes intermixed with chestnut-reddish and sharply contrasting with the more bluish-grey marginal area. 
Hindwing diaphanous white with brownish veins and costal margin. Base of collar like in lubricans deep blackish- 
brown. Mexico. 
L. molibdoida Stgr. (Ilk) is lead-coloured black, more or less suffused with ferruginous brown, with molibdoida. 
single, indistinct, dentate transverse stripes; maculae small, surrounded with an extinct ferruginous brown, 
the undulate line being absent. Hindwing brownish-grey, towards the base and proximal margin whitish, with 
yellowish- white fringes. Patagonia. 
L. analis Grt. (= mantalini Sm.) (12 a). Forewing dark brown, suffused with black, particularly analis. 
in the proximal half and on the veins; the transverse lines are quite indistinct, the posterior line very sharply 
dentate; the long coniform macula is surrounded with light, the upper maculae are very small, the ring-macula 
long and pointed elliptical, surrounded with light; the dentate undulate line and a dentate median line are 
marked by traces. Hindwing brownish-grey. United States (Nevada). 
21. Genus: Adita Grt. 
In the anatomical marks it entirely resembles the genus Onychagrotis from which it differs by the anterior 
tibiae being on the inside armed with a long bent claw at the end, whilst outside there is none at all. Only 
one species is known. 
