70 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. incivis Gii.* 



1852. Gn., Sp. Geu.,Noct., i, 274, Agrotix. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., X, 330, Agrotis. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n. 303, Agrotis. 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvn, 164, Agrotis. 



1880. Freuch, Can. Eut., xii, 14 (larva sub nom. lubricant). 



1882. French, Cau. Ent., xiv, 240, Agrolis. 

 alaliamai Grt. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 159, Anicla. 



1875. Grt., Cau. Ent., vn, 102, pr. syu. 



HABITAT. Massachusetts in September; District of Columbia to 

 Florida; Mississippi; Illinois; Texas, November, December, and June; 

 California. 



The types of both incivis and alabamcc are in the British Museum, and 

 both names refer to the species known as incivis in our collections. I 

 have not given the bibliography relating to infecta Ochs., and^mecoa?! 

 Hbu., because I consider the synonymy doubtful. It is given in the 

 Bull. IT. S. Nat, Mus., No. 38, p. 72. 



P. tenuescens Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 73, Peridroma. 



HABITAT. Nebraska. 



The types are in the Graef and Neumoegen collections, labeled by Mr. 

 Morrison as types of the name, but not described. 



P. simplaria Morr.* 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvn, 164, Agrotis simplicuis. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvn, 210, Ayrolis simplaria. 

 1875. Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 5, Agrotis simplii-ia. 

 1880. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv.. vi, 108, J//r/i.s. 



i HABITAT. Texas, March, April, October, and November. 



The type, sub nom. ,S?'WJ>//C/M\ is in the Museum of Comparative 



Zoology at Cambridge. 



P. digna Morr.* 



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A 875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II., xvm, 115, Agrolis. 



nigrovittata Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 77, Agrotin. 



HABITAT. Texas, May and August. 



Mr. G rote's type is in the British Museum; that of Mr. Morrison 

 is in the Tepper collection. The two are specifically identical. 



Genus NOCTUA Linn. 

 175S. Linn., Systema Naturae. 



N. baja Fabr/ 



1787. Fabr., Mant. Ins., n, 175, Noctna. 



1791. Oliv., Euc. Meth., vni, 345, 



1793. Fabr., Eut. Syst., in, 2, 109, 



1793. Gmel., ed. Linn. Syst. Nat., 2579, Noctua, 



