CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 73 



HABITAT. Northern, Middle, ami Eastern States; Canada in July; 

 Massachusetts and New York, June and July. 



Mr. Butler lias succeeded in mixing up several distinct species under 

 this name. Subporplnjrai, phi/llnpliora, alternata, and rariata are all 

 good species. On the other hand the type of cricitNttt is simply a some- 

 what suffused form, in which the basal and costal spaces are mottled 



with yellow. 



N. rubifera Grt.* 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vin, 207, 227, pi. i, f. 14, Agrotis. 



rtilri t Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Eiit., vn, 207, Agrotis. 



dahlli var. A, Gn. 



1852. Gn., Sp. Gen., Noct., i, 332, Noctna. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 393, Graphiphora. 



HABITAT. Northern and Eastern States; Canada, in July; New 

 York, in August. 



The type is in the British Museum, and is the species I have de- 

 scribed in the monograph under this name. 



II. oblata Morr.* 



1875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvm, 116, Agrotis. 



hilliana Harv. 



1878. Harv., Can. Ent., x, 55, Agrotis. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 86, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Anticosti; New York; Nevada; Sierra Nevada, California. 



A specimen of hilliana marked "type" is in the British Museum, 

 and another so marked is in Mr. Hill's collection. They agree with 

 each other and also agree with specimens of the same species marked 

 "oblata type," by Mr. Morrison. A number of good specimens are in 

 the National Museum, agreeing with Dr. Harvey's types. The original 

 type -of oblata is in Dr. Strecker's collection. 



N. rosaria Grt." 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 172, Agrotis. 



HABITAT. California; British Columbia; Colorado, August. 



The type is in the British Museum. The male is very like the east- 

 ern rubifera $ , and specimens of this sex resemble each other much 

 more than do the females. 



N. rava H. Sell.* 



1850. H. Scli., Schmctt. Eur.. vi, 59, Suppl. f., Agrotis. 

 1860. Moeschl., Wien. Eut. Monatsclir., iv, 367, Agrotis. 



dissona $ Pack. 

 1867. Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II., xi, 38, Agrotis. 



iniihrala Pack. 

 1867. Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 37, Agrotis. 



HABITAT. Labrador: Nova Scotia. 



Dr. Packard's type is in the Museum of Comparative Zoo'logy, Cam- 

 bridge. 



