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1816. Him., Verzeichuiss. I'll!, pr. syii. 



oblh'tosa Wlk. 



1858. Wlk., C. B. Mus , Het., xv, 1(583. Mamestra. 

 1891. Smith, Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, Mamestra. 



HABITAT. Europe; United States; Canada in July; New York, 

 July and August; Colorado. October. 



Walker's type is in the British Museum, and is what we know as 

 lateritia. On the other hand, both insignata and dnbitans Wlk., do not 

 agree with lateritia, but are exactly the same as Mr. Grote's sputatrix. 

 Insignata has been referred to both species at different times by Mr. 

 Grote. 



X. cogitata Smith.* 



1890. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., xin, 421, Xylopltasla. 



insignata \\ Wlk. 

 1860. Wlk., Cau. Nat. and Geol., v, 254, Apamea. 



HABITAT. Sierra Nevada, California; Colorado, Mauitou in June 

 and September; Canada, in July; New Hampshire. 



Types are in the National Museum, at Rutgers College and in the 

 Neumo?gen collection. The type of Walker's insignata described in 

 the Can. Nat. and Geol., I owe to the courtesy of Mr. Moffat, curator 

 for the Entomological Society of Ontario. It is a very poor specimen, 

 but undoubtedly the species described by me. Fortunately Walker 

 had preoccupied the name in 1857 for a closely allied species. 



X. dubitans Wlk.* 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 232, Mamestra. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 108, Uadena. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 215 = lateritia. 



1875. Speyer, Stett. Eut. Zeit., xxxvi, 146, an var. lateritia. 

 inxignata Wlk. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xi, 729, Apamea. 



1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., n, 78=lafentia. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, W8=lateriiia. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., r, 190, n. b. 1. 



sputatri.r Grt. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 190, Uadena sputator. 

 1875. Grt., Check List Noct., 9, Hadena sputatrix. 



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

 July, August, September. 



The types of all the names are in the British Museum, and the type of 

 flubitans ivS undoubtedly the same as sputatrix and not like lateritia. 

 The question of whether this insignata should be considered a nometi 

 Ms lectum need not be decided under the circumstances. 



. plutoiiia Grt. 

 1883. Grt., Can. Eut., xv, 9, Hadena. 



HABITAT. Maine; Wisconsin. 



The type is in Dr. Thaxter's collection. The plutonia of the British 

 Museum collection is an Agrotis pastoralis. 



