Y. QUERCICELLA, Cham.-Can. Ent. iv. 223 et seq.-Ante, p. -. Y. RUDERELLA, Cham.-Can. Ent. iv. 222. ( Var. pometellus.) (Chatochilus trimaculellus, Fitch.)-Rep. Nox. Ins. N. Y. n. 1, 223. Y. UNICIPUNCTELLUS, Clem.-Tin. Nor. Amer. 229.-Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. ii. 125.-Bei. z. Kennt. 1873, 86. Y. VENTRELLUS. (Chatochilus ventrellus, Fitch.)-Rep. Nox. Ins. n. 1, 224. ART. VI.-DESCRIPTIONS OF NOCTUIDE, CHIEFLY FROM CALIFORNIA. BY A. R. GROTE. me. I am indebted to Mr. Henry Edwards for a number of specimens of Californian Noctuidæ, which are partly described in the present paper. What is needed is larger and fresher material than has as yet reached In previous papers, I have shown that some species have a wide range from east to west and from south to west: Agrotis velleripennis, originally described from the Middle States, I have now from Oregon; Heliothis cupes, originally described from Texas, I have received, under its synonym, Heliothis crotchii, from California. But the Californian Noctuido seem, as a whole, quite distinct, and resemble perhaps the Northern Asiatic and European species as much as they do those from the Atlantic district. The collections which have as yet reached me are not extensive enough to allow me to judge finally in the matter. APATELA PALLIDICOMA, n. sp. 9.-Allied to rubricoma, but much smaller, more shaded with white, and with the lines more diffuse. T. a. line with the lobes deeper and more prominent. Stigmata reduced as compared with rubricoma, especially the reniform. T. p. line a little nearer the outer edge of the wing, dentate and lunulate. Terminal series of black dots distinct. Hind wings soiled whitish, with whitish fringes. Beneath whitish, with obsolete line. While very distinct in appearance, the ornamentation is seen to be much like that of rubricoma. Two specimeus examined. Massachusetts (L. W. Goodell, No. 777); New York. Expansion, 36 millimetres. AUDELA ACRONYCTOIDES, Walk. Can. Nat. Geol. vi. 37. The type is in Coll. Can. Ent. Soc. (see Can. Ent. ix. 27). I have seen Panthea leucomelana Morr. (?) in Professor Fernald's collection. I be lieve it to be this same species. AGROTIS JANUALIS, n. 8p. 39.-Allied to badicollis. Fore tibiæ unarmed; & antennæ pectinate. Purplish brown, warmer-tinted beneath. Reniform pale, discolorous. Orbicular concolorous. Lines indicated obliquely on costa, else frag. mentary, their course much as in badicollis. Terminal line obsolete; subterminal very faint. Hind wings fuscous in both sexes, with concolorous or reddish fringes. Head pale; collar ochrey-brownish, without any line. Antennæ pale at base. Beneath with common line indented opposite cell on secondaries, which show a faint discal cloud-spot. Thorax brown. Expansion, 36 to 40 millimetres. Albany (Professor Lintner, a number of specimens; also, from Dr. Bailey, No. 64). Seems to differ from dilucida by the pale reniform and rounded orbicular; varies in depth of color. I am indebted to Mr. Thaxter for an opportunity of seeing Mr. Morrison's type. The t. a. line is outwardly oblique on costa, as in badicollis. I do not think the discal shading a specific character. The collar seems to want the narrow line of badicollis. AGROTIS DILUCIDA, Morr. Pr. Ac. N. S. Phil. 55. I have seen the type from Mr. Thaxter's collection. It seems to differ from badicollis in its larger size and the want of the light brown collar; the ordinary spots are farther apart and the orbicular more rounded and less elongate. Specimens are before me also from Albany, N. Y. (Dr. Bailey and Mr. Hill). The "male specimen", in which "the reniform is white and contrasting ", probably belongs to janualis. The small orbicular is distinctive of janualis as compared with badicollis or dilucida. AGROTIS OPACIFRONS, n. sp. All the tibia spinose. Male antennæ pectinate. Front black, discolorous. Brownish-gray, very similar in appearance to dilucida, but more reddish-brown in tint. Collar and thorax concolorous, unlined. Palpi wholly brownish. Lines blackish, fragmentary, marked on costa. Stigmata concolorous, orbicular preceded and followed by blackish-brown shading on cell; claviform obsolete. Wings concolorous. Posterior line denticulate. The female has the orbicular large and open to costa, the male smaller and nearly closed; in both, the spot is oblique; reniform moderate. Hind wings fuscous in both sexes, with pale fringe; the discal lunule is marked. Beneath yellowish-fuscous, in the female shaded with reddish; discal marks and obliterate common line. Expansion, 38 millimetres. Centre, N. Y., August (W. W. Hill, esq.). AGROTIS APPOSITA, n. sp. 오. -Fore tibiæ unarmed. Of a burnt umber brown; thorax darker. Median space narrowed, the median lines approximate; t. a. line slightly lobed, outwardly oblique, dark brown, with a broad preceding pale shade; t. p. line indistinct, narrow, indented opposite the cell, slightly lunulate, followed by.a pale shade; the median space paler than the rest of the wing. Orbicular rounded, moderate, with faint black annulus, stained with reddish, and pale; reniform near t. p. line, moderate, with dark and reddish-stained centre and pale border. Median shade dark and diffuse; claviform obsolete. Fringes concolorous; s. t. line fine and pale. Hind wings dark fuscous, with pale fringes. Beneath pale, with reddish tinge, irrorate; a faint common mesial line near the discal dots, which are small, and appear to be empty; on primaries a subterminal shade. Expansion, 34 millimetres. Vancouver Island (Mr. Henry Edwards, No. 5626). AGROTIS JUNCTA, n. sp. 3.-Size of treatii, which this species resembles in its dead black primaries. Collar black at base, pale-tipped. Head pale; thorax brown; abdomen pale fuscous. Fore wings with the t. a. line rounded, black; attached to it is the black, pale-margined claviform. Ordinary spots cou colorous, large, finely outlined with pale and fused below; the claviform apparently touching the orbicular at base. S. t. line followed by small pale marks. Hind wings pale fuscous. Beneath pale, with indistinct common line, and discal marks obsolete. Nova Scotia (Mr. Roland Thaxter). One specimen. AGROTIS MICRONYX, n. sp. 9. All the tibiæ spinose. Fore wings fuscous, with a whitish-gray cast. T. a. line perpendicular, black, with two subcostal teeth opposite the orbicular, thence twice very slightly waved to internal margin, preceded by a whitish-gray shade. Orbicular rather large, rounded, gray, annulate with black; reniform finely and subobsoletely annulated with black, and with a gray border, angulated exteriorly, and nearly touching the orbicular behind. T. p. line lunulate, tolerably even, obsoletely double, with an interior gray shade. S. t. interspace wide; s. t. line gray, preceded by a faint brown shading. A terminal series of dark dots alternating with similar dots at the base of the concolorous fringes. Hind wings dark fuscous, with pale interlined fringes. Beneath pale fuscous, with common, even, subdentate line and discal marks. Expansion, 30 millimetres. California (Henry Edwards, No. 4411). Appears to belong to the messoria group, but is very different in appearance. AGROTIS MERCENARIA, n. sp. 3. All the tibiæ armed; antennæ simple; body depressed. Allied to inconcinna and auxilliaris rather than to clandestina. Entirely fuscous; lines faint, double. Stigmata concolorous, all three narrowly outlined in black. Claviform rather long and narrow. Hind wings fuscous, subpellucid, with pale interlined fringes. Beneath much as in auxilliaris. Expansion, 42 millimetres. Texas, November 12 (Belfrage, No. 586, red label). AGROTIS IDAHOENSIS, n. sp. 3.-Allied to costata, but differing in color. Primaries narrow, purple-fuscous. Costa broadly shaded with lilac-gray at base, absorbing the orbicular above. Orbicular gray, oblique, rounded below not angulate as in costata. Reniform gray, smaller and narrower than in its ally. At base below median vein is a rich blackish shade and between the discal spots. Claviform large, concolorous, faintly outlined. T. p. |