ANOMIS. 337 
Anomis grandipuncta, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 400; Walk. Cat. xiii. p- 989°; Butler, Trans. 
Ent. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 37°. 
Noctua xylina, Say, Trans. New York State Agr. Soc. 1857, p. 813"; Complete Writings, i. p. 370. 
Hab. Norva America’, North Carolina, California——Mexico, near the city (Hége), 
Atoyac in Vera Cruz (HZ. H. Smith); Guaremata, El Reposo 800 feet (Champion) ; 
Panama, Chiriqui (Ribde, in mus. Staudinger ; Arcé, in mus. D.).—VENEZUELA5 ; 
Braziu**, Bahia?; Amazons®, Santarem®, S. Paulo; Awntittes, Cuba 3, San 
Domingo >, | 
A common and widely distributed insect in the warmer parts of the New World. 
The larva is stated to feed upon the cotton-plant, and is known in the United States 
under the name of the cotton-worm’. A. argillacea varies considerably in colour and 
also in the distinctness of the whitish spot on the primaries, this being obsolete in 
some examples. 
2. Anomis exacta. 
Anomis exacta, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. t. 198. ff 1-4; Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 249; 
Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 3991; Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 989’; Herr.-Schaff. Corr.-Blatt 
zool.-min. Ver. Regensb. 1868, p. 178 (sep. copy, p. 16)*; Grote, List of North-American 
Moths, p. 33 (1882) *. 
Hab. Norra America 4.—Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (Schumann), Teapa in Tabasco 
(H. H. Smith); Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe).—VeEnezueta?; Braziu}, Rio Janeiro; 
Amazons, Para ?, 8. Paulo; ANTILLES, Cuba 3, San Domingo 2. 
Specimens from the Volcan de Chiriqui agree with Hiibner’s figures, and also with 
other examples from South America in my own collection; those from Mexico are 
rather brighter in colour. 
8. Anomis aricina, sp.n. (Tab. XXX. fig. 26.) 
Primaries dark brown, crossed by several very fine waved greyish-white lines, some greyish-white dots at the 
end of the cell, the fringe dark brown ; secondaries uniform dark blackish-brown, the fringe rather paler : 
head, thorax, abdomen, legs, and antenne brown. Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Ribée). 
An example of this dull-coloured species is also contained in Dr. Staudinger’s collec- 
tion, and from the same locality. 
4, Anomis (?) illita. 
Anomis illita, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 4001; Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 9927. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger).—Brazi 12, 
A specimen from Chiriqui, apparently referable to this species, has been forwarded 
to me by Dr. Staudinger for examination. So far as I can judge from a single example, 
A, illita would be better placed in the genus Gonitis. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. I., December 1889. 2 uu 
