52 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The type is in the collection of the American Entomological Society 

 at Philadelphia, and specimens are in the British Museum, both agree- 

 ing with the specimens in the U. S. National Museum. 



R. minimalis Grt.* 

 1879. Grt., No. Am. Ent., I, 45, Agrotis. 



HABITAT. Maine, Colorado. 



The type is in the British Museum and is like the species so named 

 in the U. S. National Museum. 



R. anchocelioides Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Sp. Gen., Noct., i, 384, Cerastis. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 452, Cerastis. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 26, Glcea. 

 cupida Grt. 



1864. Grt., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil., in, 525, pi. 5, f. 7, Noctua. 

 1869. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., n, 309, Agrotis. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 16, Cerastis. 

 1878. Grt., Can. Ent., X, 234, Agrotis. 

 1878. Lintn., Ent. Cont., iv, 124, Agrotis. 



1889. Butler, Trails. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, 383, Amatlies. 

 velata Wlk. 



1865. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xxxn, 710, Graphiphora. 

 1889. Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, 383 = cupida. 



var. brunneipennis Grt. 



1875. Grt., Can. Eut., vn, 187, Agrotis. 

 1878. Grt., Can. Ent., x, 234, an var. pr. ? 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xxi, 155, Agrotis. 



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

 Iowa; Nebraska; Colorado; New Mexico; Canada in July and August; 

 Massachusetts in August; Illinois, New York, and District of Columbia 

 in September. 



Mr. Grote has utterly mistaken Guenee's species. One of the types 

 or specimens from which the description was made is in the British 

 Museum. It is a poor, somewhat rubbed specimen, but it is unques- 

 tionably Mr. Grote's cupida. The original type of cupida is in the col- 

 lection of the American Entomological Society at Philadelphia and a 

 duplicate "type" is in the British Museum. The type of Graphiphora 

 velata Walker is also referable to the same species, as Mr. Butler has 

 stated. The type of brunneipennis is with Mr. Thaxter and I have seen 

 it in his collection. 



R. placida Grt.* 



1876. Grt., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., xi, 305, Agrotis. 

 1878. Grt., Can. Ent., x, 235, Agrotis. 



1889. Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., 1889, 383 = cupida. 



HABITAT. Maine; New York, Lewis County, in July; Nevada; 

 Colorado, Glen wood Springs in August and September; 'Utah-j Ari- 

 zona; New Mexico; Canada. 



