A HUKDEED NEW MOTHS OF THE FAMILY NOOTUID^. By John B. Smith, So. D., Mutgers College, New Brunsiviclc, ISfetv Jersey. Among the specimens sent me by correspondents for determination from time to time there is always a little residue that can not be cer-tainly named. The material is for some reason or other not sufficient, or not satisfactory enough to make it safe to say that a new species is at hand, and the specimens are placed with their nearest allies, awaiting mates. The mere description of species is not to me an agreeable task, and so, gradually, specimens have accumulated until it seems necessary to put them into their proper places to facilitate future recognition. In the descriptions presented herewith the source of the specimens is acknowledged in almost every instance. Where it is not done, it is because accurate data no longer exist. With few exceptions, the types of the species are now or will be deposited in the U. S. National Museum. The exceptions are j^rincipally of specimens belonging to other institutions, or where I could not dispose of the specimens according to my own inclinations. There. are a few notes on other species; but the paper, as a whole, is intended to be descriptive. LIST OP SPECIES DESCRIBED. 1. Arsilonehe color ada. 19. Carneades compressipennis. 2. Chytonix semifascia. 20. Carneades falerina. 3. Copibryophila angelica. 21. Carneades vallus. 4. Setagrotis queheceiisis. 22. Carneades sessile. 5. Setagrotis radiatus. 23. Carneades relaxus. 6. Carneades ptogionis. 24. Carneades luteositus. 7. Carneades nevada. 25. Carneades tocoyce. 8. Carneades contagionis. 26. Carneades incubita. 9. Carneades loya. 27. Carneades terrenus. 10. Carneades flaviscapula. 28. Carneades territorialis. 11. Carneades excogita. 29. Carneades fiilda. 12. Carneades exculta. 30. Carneades itodes. 13. Carneades nwvulus. 31. Carneades laggance. 14. Carneades megastigma. 32. Carneades Ontario. 15. Carneades stigmatalis. 33. Carneades testula. 16. Carneades termessus. 34. Carneades difformis. 17. Carneades enteridis. 35. Carneades dakota. 18. Carneades atropulverea. 36. Carneades Iwloberla. Proceedings U. S. National ^ /lusEUM, Vol. XXII-No. 1203. 413
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