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A. retardata Wlk.* 



1861. Wlk., Cau. Nat. and Geol., vi, 38,? Microccclia. 

 1X77. Grt., Can. Ent., ix, 26=ds*ee<a. 



dissecta G. & It. 



1X70. G. & R., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc., in, 178, pi. ii, f. 81, Acronycta. 

 1883. Grt., Papilio, in, 113, Lepitoreuma. 



HABITAT. Canada, Northern, Eastern, Middle, and Central States. 

 Canada and Northern States, June and July. 



The type of dissecta is in the collection of the American Entomologi- 

 cal Society. Mr. Grote himself stated the identity of dissecta with 

 retardata, yet nevertheless continued to use the former term. The type 

 of retardata is in the collection of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



A. sperata Grt. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Xat. Sci., i, 81, pi. ii, f. 1. Acronycta. 

 1883. Grt., Papilio, in, 113, Arctomyscis. 



HABITAT. Eastern, Middle, and Central States, to Colorado; North- 

 ern States, May to August; Canada. 

 The type is in the collection of the American Entomological Society. 



A. edolata Grt.* 



1881. Grt., Papilio, I, 153, Apatela. 



1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 49, pi. i, f. 4. Mastiphanes. 



HABITAT. Arizona; Colorado. 



A. extricata Grt. 



1882. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 575, Apati-la. 



1883. Grt., Papilio, in, 113, Mastiphanes. 



HABITAT. Texas. 



A. pallidicoma Grt." 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Snrv., iv, 169, Apatela. 



HABITAT. Eastern, Middle, and Central States to Kansas ; Canada 

 in May, June, and August. 



A. xyliniformis Gn.* 



1852. Gu., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 56, Acronycta xi/ lino ides. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., in, 400, xi/7iH ifonn i.s. 



1*50. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 60, Acronycta. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 81, note 11, xylinoides. 

 1X73. Kilcy, 5th Kept. Ins. Mo., 126, xylinoides, larva. 



1885. Dimmock, A. K., Psyche, iv, 274, Apatela. 



HABITAT. New York to Florida; Texas in July and August. 



A. lithospila Grt.* 



1874. Grt., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvi, 240, Acronycta. 

 1883. Hy. Edw., Papilio, in. 132, larva. 



HABITAT. Northern, Middle, and Central States; Massachusetts in 

 June. 



