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4. Agrotis penicillum. 
Agrotis penicillum, Feld. & Rogenh. Reise der Novara, Lep. iv. t. 109. f. 33, Erkl. der Taf. 109'. 
Hab. GUATEMALA }, 
Unknown to me. 
5. Agrotis anteposita. 
Agrotis anteposita, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. v. p. 278"; Walk. Cat. x. p. 336°. 
Agrotis decernens, Walk. Cat. x. p. 833°. 
Noctua lutescens, Blanch. in Gay’s Hist. fisica y polit. de Chile, Zool. vii. p. 76‘; Butl. Trans. Ent. 
Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 128°. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge, M. Trujillo) ; Honpuras (Dyson); Costa Rica, Volcan 
de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet 
(Champion).— VENEZUELA? ; SoutH-EasT Brazi.; Uruauay, Monte Video12; Cum 4°: 
ANTILLES, San Domingo 8, 
Though very widely distributed, this species appears to be rare in all the above- 
mentioned localities. 
6. Agrotis obelisca. 
Noctua obelisca, Wien. Verz. p. 80 (1776), edit. 2, i. p. 258 (1801); Hiibn. Samml. Europ. Schmett. 
t. 26. f. 123; Godart, Hist. Nat. Lép. Fr. v. p. 214, t. 64 f. 3. 
Noctua (Agrotis) obelisca, Meig. Syst. Beschr. iii. p. 86, t. 92. f. 10. 
Agrotis obelisca, Treitschke, Schmett. Europ. v. 1, p. 143; Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. Europ. Lep. 
p. 110; Guén. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 240; Sp. gén. des Lép. v. p. 291; Walk. Cat. x. 
p. 323°, 
Metazxyja obelisca, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 223. 
Noctua obeliscata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 222. 
? Agrotis obeliscata, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 124. 
Noctua praticola, Hiibn. Samml. Europ. Schmett. t. 123. f. 567. 
Phalena Noctua pratincola, Borkh. Europ. Schmett. iv. p. 553. 
Bombyx molothina, Esp. Europ. Schmett. iii. t. 85. f. 1. 
Hab. Norra America, Nova Scotia :—Mexico, Las Vigas (Hége) ; Costa Rica, Volcan 
de Irazu (fogers).—EvRoPe }. 
This insect appears to be common in Mexico, but from Costa Rica we have only 
received one specimen. Central-American examples agree well with European ones; 
7. Agrotis c-nigrum. 
Phalena Noctua c-nigrum, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 316. no. 1198 (1761) ; Clerck, Icon. Ins. t.i. f. 3; 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2542. © 
Noctua c-nigrum, Wien. Verz. p. 77. 
Megasema c-nigrum, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 223. 
Graphiphora c-nigrum, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 186; Westw. & Humphr. Brit. Moths, i. 
p- 182, t. 26. ff. 4,5; Walk. Cat. x. p. 389°. 
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